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CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Suspect in burglary of Jobs' house gets new lawyer, plea date
Kariem McFarlin, who was arrested earlier this month for allegedly burglarizing the Palo Alto home of the late Steve Jobs and making off with a cache of computers, iPads, Tiff...
 
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on Aug 27, 2012 at 7:43 pm by Sabrina Martin, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto, Choked By Famously Free Parking, May Consider Pricing the Curb
Streetsblog article "Palo Alto, Choked By Famously Free Parking, May Consider Pricing the Curb": Web Link...
 
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on Jul 30, 2012 at 2:02 pm by Adina, a resident of Menlo Park
AROUND TOWN
Lin heads to Houston as Knicks say no thanks
Paly grad flies to Houston on Wednesday Palo Alto's Jeremy Lin is leaving the bright lights and media glare of New York and taking his all-around basketball game to t...
 
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on Jul 19, 2012 at 12:22 pm by local gurl, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Today's events (May 29)
[Web Link Music: Opera talk] Stanford humanities professor Stephen Hinton will give a preview lecture at 7:30 p.m. tonigh...
 
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on May 29, 2012 at 9:25 am by randy albin, a resident of Mountain View
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. Read the fu...
 
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on Nov 27, 2012 at 10:16 am by Horselady, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Malala Yousafzai
Web Link This young girl will live through time, as a heroine. She still still ...
 
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on Jan 15, 2013 at 3:04 pm by Susan, a resident of the Southgate 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
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Chemical weapons in the Mid-East
"There would be enormous consequences if we start seeing movement on the chemical weapons front or the use of chemical weapons." (Barack Obama, regarding Syria) Web Link....
 
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on Sep 20, 2012 at 9:48 am by That User Name is already, a resident of another community
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Editorial: Finish El Camino Park
Palo Alto's Parks and Recreation Commission was right earlier this week when it urged the city staff and City Council to drop the idea of relocating the historic MacArthur Par...
 
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on Apr 27, 2013 at 1:22 pm by Resident, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
People of the year
Ken Alsman Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, December 28, 2012, 12:00 AM
 
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on Dec 28, 2012 at 5:00 pm by Too late, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Today's events (June 21)
[Web Link Music: Irene Sharp, Cello] Special concert with cellist and teacher Irene Sharp. Today, June 21, 7:30-8:30 p.m. at Community ...
 
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on Jun 21, 2012 at 9:15 am by randy albin, a resident of Mountain View
AROUND TOWN
Yonkel Goldstein: At Ground Zero
From the vantage point of a decade after 9/11 it seems as fate wanted me to be in New York City -- not just in New York City, but probably at almost the precise location which...
 
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on Sep 16, 2011 at 1:54 pm by svatoid, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
jets overhead -- 7:50am
Anyone know what's up with all the jets flying overhead this morning? VERY noisy!
 
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on May 15, 2013 at 1:32 pm by Magic jets!!!!, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Teen attacked while riding bike in Mountain View
A teenager riding his bicycle in Mountain View on Monday night was seriously injured when an assailant struck him in the head, police said Tuesday. Read the full story here h...
 
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on Jan 30, 2013 at 12:48 pm by John P, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood
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
SPORTS
High School Athletes of the Week
Lucy Tashman Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, November 16, 2012, 12:00 AM
 
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on Nov 16, 2012 at 8:58 pm by Finola, a resident of Woodside
AROUND TOWN
Election Day energizes Palo Alto voters
Recent elections have been eye-glazing, shoe-gazing affairs for Palo Alto's poll workers -- occasions for pleasure reading, quiet rumination and playful banter with the rare v...
 
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on Nov 6, 2012 at 2:20 pm by rick, 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
AROUND TOWN
Tomorrow's events (Feb. 22)
[Web Link Theater: 'The Apple Never Falls'] Opening night is tomorrow, Feb. 22, for the new play "The Apple Never Falls," a hard-boiled 1960s de...
 
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on Feb 21, 2013 at 10:39 am by randy albin, a resident of Mountain View
AROUND TOWN
Staying true to original vision
Near Middlefield and Oregon Expressway is a house originally designed by a Palo Alto legend and recently remodeled by the two professional designers who now live there. Read ...
 
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on Jan 11, 2013 at 3:48 am by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Ellen Fletcher Legacy Bike Ride - Friday November 23
An American hero, Ellen Fletcher, died on November 7 at age 83. The long-time Palo Alto resident served on the city council from 1978 to 1989, and was a tireless advocate for ...
 
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on Nov 23, 2012 at 8:35 am by Adina Levin, a resident of Menlo Park
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
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Tri-E-Z robbed by man with semi-automatic gun
The clerk at a Menlo Park liquor store got an unwelcome customer Wednesday night. Around 10:30 p.m., a man brandishing a semi-automatic handgun entered the store and demanded ...
 
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on Jul 27, 2012 at 12:48 am by only thing, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Police arrest man for downtown burglary
Palo Alto police arrested a man for residential burglary and prowling late Saturday, Dec. 8, in the 300 block of Emerson Street. Read the full story here Web Link...
 
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on Dec 11, 2012 at 12:30 am by rick, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Acterra executive director to retire
Michael Closson, who has led the Palo Alto environmental nonprofit Acterra for a decade, will retire as executive director on Aug. 31, the organization has announced. Read ...
 
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on Dec 31, 1969 at 4:00 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online


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