AROUND TOWN
Arts & Entertainment feature story: Comedy in conflict
It might seem impossible to find humor in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but at least one comedy being shown in this year's San Francisco Jewish Film Festival challenges th... |
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on Jul 27, 2012 at 2:59 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Facebook takes a bath
Facebook shares are down almost 20% this afternoon after both they and partner Zygna reported disappointing quarterly financial reports. Price crashed down through the $24 pri... |
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on Jul 26, 2012 at 7:02 pm by Ken, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PALO ALTO ONLINE Staff STATE WHY YOU CENSOR!
As soon as topic is interesting, important, or drawing relevant comments eg. Bullying, The school district, rankings, etc. some person at Palo Alto Online decides that this to... |
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on Apr 26, 2013 at 3:03 pm by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Injured worker lifted off building deck
Palo Alto firefighters on Thursday rescued a construction worker who fell off the framing of an El Camino Way building and landed on the building's second-floor deck.
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on Apr 24, 2013 at 7:13 pm by Billionaires take over, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Around Town
FLOATING AWAY ... It began at local supermarkets. Now, Palo Alto's war against the plastic bag is set to spread to every other food and retail business in the... |
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on Mar 24, 2013 at 8:11 pm by TimH, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Big transformation underway for San Antonio area
Clearly, the recession is over in the local housing sector. New development could bring more than 1,300 new homes to the San Antonio Road and El Camino Real area of Mountain V... |
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on Feb 13, 2013 at 1:46 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto Orchards
In a close community, residents know their neighbors' names, occupations, hobbies and what the kids are up to.
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on Jun 6, 2012 at 8:30 pm by Outside Observer, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Shop Talk: Vegan variety in Palo Alto
In many cases, yes, according to a few chefs with restaurants in Palo Alto. "Eating vegan is a growing trend," said Calafia restaurant owner and chef Charlie Ayers, who has re... |
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on Jan 31, 2013 at 2:07 pm by Longtime veg, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Boehner got 98% what he wanted - why are we doing this dance again?
John Boenher August 2011 " When you look at this final agreement that we came to with the white House, I got 98 percent of what I wanted. I'm pretty happy. "
Why are we doi... |
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on Dec 5, 2012 at 1:39 pm by Kelly Long, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Phone call scams claim to offer utility deals
Two scams targeting Palo Alto utilities customers are circulating around the city, and the City of Palo Alto Utilities Department is alerting residents to beware.
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on Nov 27, 2012 at 10:16 am by Horselady, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
SPORTS
Gunn gets Robinson back in time for CCS championships
Prep cross country
The 2012 Central Coast Section Cross Country Championships, set for Saturday in Salinas, just got a lot more interesting with the addition of one r... |
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on Nov 10, 2012 at 8:12 pm by anonymous, a resident of another community |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
al qaeda is alive and GM is faicng bankrupsty, again
The narrative of the Obama administration tried to spike the football (Osama killing), but it didn't work. The Libya consulate terrorist attack by al qaeda affiliates was den... |
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on Sep 27, 2012 at 4:58 pm by Kevin, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SPORTS
Women wrestlers: strength, technique and attitude
As the lights dimmed in the gymnasium at Oak Grove High School in San Jose on Feb. 2, 2013, 103-pound Gunn High School junior Cadence Lee stepped onto the spotlit wrestling ma... |
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on Feb 22, 2013 at 10:15 pm by Elizabeth Claghorn, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
SPORTS
Stanford's Debniak has become a quiet force
Alex Debniak is not your average Stanford student-athlete. Peel back the layers, and you discover what an extraordinary journey he made to The Farm.
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on Jan 3, 2013 at 9:07 pm by Nancy, a member of the Jordan Middle School community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Letters
Address Dauber issues
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 16, 2012, 12:00 AM |
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on Nov 17, 2012 at 12:38 pm by All District Student Supporter, a member of the Duveneck School community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Manhunt under way in Menlo Park
Menlo Park police are searching on foot and by helicopter for a man who crashed a stolen vehicle into a patrol car during a traffic stop this afternoon.
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on Nov 1, 2012 at 3:32 pm by huh?, a resident of another community |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Plastic Bags at Retail
I don’t think I am alone in not understanding what the plastic bag ordinances, banning plastic bags at virtually all retail establishments in town, really means.
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on May 3, 2013 at 2:39 pm by just thinkin\', a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Trouble with globalization
We just bought a house and I am scared we paid too much.
I have been told that a lot of recent purchasers borrowed money in China at the very low rates their government offe... |
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on May 6, 2013 at 10:38 pm by Not an issue, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Camera catches burglary suspect in the act
Police arrested a maintenance worker Thursday, Feb. 28, after he was photographed by a surveillance camera burglarizing an apartment the day before, according to Palo Alto pol... |
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on Mar 5, 2013 at 10:23 am by Victim, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
RESTAURANTS
Tasty Thai and Cambodian
On Mountain View's stretch of El Camino Real between Shoreline Boulevard and El Monte Avenue, things change yet the area remains the same, a hodgepodge. Good news: Now we have... |
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on Jan 26, 2013 at 4:14 pm by diversity, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Online education's local incubator
For Foothill College President Judy Miner, online learning represents an opportunity to broaden the reach of her life's work -- extending educational options for people who wo... |
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on Dec 31, 1969 at 4:00 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
The promise and reality of electric cars
While environmentalists are calling for an end to fossil fuel pipelines, and oil company apologists claim that Greens want to force everyone onto mass transit, electric vehicl... |
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on May 14, 2013 at 10:10 pm by Craig Laughton, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto teen places tenth in national science contest
A Palo Alto teenager has placed tenth in a national math and science competition, taking home $20,000 in the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search.
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on Mar 16, 2013 at 9:09 pm by Raman, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Kids health benefit from underground power lines (instead of overhead poles).
Read an PA online article about the debate of putting powerlines undergraound:
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on Jan 26, 2013 at 1:43 pm by Rresident, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Flowers for Vets Program Highly Successful
Many thanks to our Vet friends who helped make the second annual Flowers for Vets program on December 16 amazingly successful. Thanks to Palo Alto online for helping to promot... |
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on Dec 30, 2012 at 8:47 am by Karen Froniewski, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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