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Cyclist busted for carrying cocaine
Police arrested a man riding a bicycle under the influence of drugs or alcohol at a sobriety checkpoint in Palo Alto late Friday night. The checkpoint, at Alma Street and Chur... |
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on Sep 16, 2008 at 6:30 pm by tj, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Letters
Libraries aren't cool
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 12:00 AM |
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on Sep 10, 2008 at 1:45 pm by Still don\'t get it, a resident of the Esther Clark Park neighborhood |
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Guest Opinion: Library efficiency is improved, but we truly need better buildings
Is it good policy to continue to maintain five libraries in Palo Alto? The recent decision by the City Council to place a library-construction bond measure on the Nov. 4 ballo... |
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on Sep 10, 2008 at 5:58 am by Bill, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Baghdad to Bombay to Bay Area
While growing up in Queens, I was fascinated by the stories of the Sofaers across the street. The family came from India, but their roots were in Baghdad. They were Jewish, bu... |
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on Sep 7, 2008 at 11:46 pm by Sami Shlimon, a resident of another community |
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A Book Relevant to Palo Alto
Hello,
In case anyone is interested, I've recently published a book that's relevant to Palo Alto. It's called "Authoritas: One Student's Harvard Admissions and the Founding... |
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on Jul 10, 2008 at 2:32 pm by fireman, a resident of another community |
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Plenty of swim
showdowns
in annual meet
Stanford grad Tara Kirk may get her rematch with world recordholder Leisel Jones of Australia in the 100 breast on Saturday. Stanford grad Ben Wildman-Tobriner can continue to... |
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on Jun 26, 2008 at 7:57 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Guest Opinion: 21st century libraries are good investment
In an earlier opinion piece on the November library bond, Diana Diamond argued that we should cut the proposed bond measure by as much as one-third in the hope that the lower ... |
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on Jun 23, 2008 at 7:28 pm by libraryfan, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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John Adams, David McCullough--Share the journey
I'm more than a little late in getting to this Pulitzer winning book, but come along and make a conversation.-
Within the first 20 pages I'm floored by the fact that by 1776,... |
Elizabeth Henin Misich |
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on Jun 14, 2008 at 11:33 am by Elizabeth Henin Misich, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency
I would like to recommend this book to all. It is by Alexander McCall Smith and it is about Africa, but not in the way you expect. It is a mystery, but not in the way you expe... |
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on Jun 8, 2008 at 7:58 pm by Reader, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Compulsions out of control
Alex, patient of Stanford psychiatrist Elias Aboujaoude, described himself succinctly to the therapist.
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on May 18, 2008 at 5:01 pm by Bassam Kassab, a resident of another community |
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Stanford gets Stephen Jay Gould's books
Stanford University Libraries has acquired the collection of books, papers and artifacts of the late Harvard paleontologist and evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould, autho... |
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on May 14, 2008 at 3:11 pm by Leland, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Guest Opinion: Two campaigns for the heart of the community
The heart of a community is its civic spaces and its commitment to finding common ground on which its residents can come together, learn and exchange ideas.
Read the full st... |
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on May 1, 2008 at 8:54 am by paraphrase, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Guest Opinion: Are books and libraries out of date?
One might think that holding books in a library-style building is an idea that's dead as a dodo. One would be wrong.
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on Apr 9, 2008 at 3:12 pm by Walter E. Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Read "Gotcha Capitalism"!!!
I recommend the new book "Gotcha Capitalism - How Hidden Fees Rip You Off Every Day - And What You Can Do About It"
Reading this book has been an emotional experience - no... |
A.L. |
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on Apr 7, 2008 at 9:31 am by EHM, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Distant Land of My Father by Bo Caldwell
This book is the 2008 Silcon Valley Reads selection.
It is available now at the Palo Alto City Library. People all over Santa Clara County will be reading it and going to e... |
abbyboyd |
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on Mar 19, 2008 at 2:00 pm by Paly reporter, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Book Discussion Group for Diana Gabaldon Outlander Novels
I've been reading and enjoying very much the "Outlander" Novels. I know that there are many online discussion groups for these books but I was hoping to meet some area fans fo... |
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on Mar 19, 2008 at 1:56 pm by Paly reporter, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Peering behind the curtain
While the other little girls in her dance class nurtured dreams of becoming ballerinas, Stanford associate professor Janice Ross pointed her toes toward a different path.
Rea... |
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on Mar 12, 2008 at 5:19 pm by hugh, a resident of Stanford |
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Healing hands
The "laying on of hands" in the biblical sense, may rely on faith, but for women with breast cancer, hands can be the conduits of healing through one's own energy.
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on Jan 13, 2008 at 5:36 pm by doretta, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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UCLA upsets No. 2 Stanford women in hoops' shocker
The Stanford women's basketball team let its game against host UCLA get away early and could never recover in a 69-56 Pac-10 Conference setback on Friday night in Pauley Pavil... |
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on Jan 5, 2008 at 10:36 am by kellytaylor, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Chef shows he has no reservations
He's a celebrity chef who is famous for traveling around the world, eating in the back alleys where most tourists fear to tread, writing books about his culinary and worldly e... |
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on Dec 2, 2007 at 3:39 pm by Like to cook, a resident of Los Altos |
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Palo Alto man wins Sudoku championship
Thomas Snyder of Palo Alto took just 7 minutes, 9 seconds to solve an advanced Sudoku puzzle and win the U.S. Sudoku Championship in Philadelphia last Saturday.
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on Nov 4, 2007 at 3:39 pm by armando, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Goodbye Harry Potter
I have reread all of the Harry Potter books and have just finished rereading "The Deathly Hallows". On my second reading of book 7 I have changed my opinion of it. At first, ... |
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on Oct 13, 2007 at 6:30 pm by natasha, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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More dead bodies, please
What's wrong with Silicon Valley as a setting for a mystery?
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, October 3... |
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on Oct 10, 2007 at 1:16 pm by DotDead Is Good, a resident of another community |
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Thank You Harry Potter!
We have been reading and reading....And we have finished the saga.
Thank you Harry Potter! |
Family of Fans |
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on Sep 28, 2007 at 1:48 pm by Nat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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San Mateo County is Reading Daughter of Fortune this Fall
Welcome to our second fall community read! Our first community reading event was launched last year with The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini. The libraries of San Mateo County... |
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on Sep 19, 2007 at 5:57 pm by Kathleen Beasley, a resident of Atherton |
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