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'101 Bandit' pleads guilty to 20 bank robberies
A Napa resident, dubbed the Highway 101 Bandit, pleaded guilty Monday to robbing 20 banks, including one in Menlo Park, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced.
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on Aug 27, 2008 at 11:31 am by Dick, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Restaurant worker flings oil on co-worker
An altercation between two workers in a Midtown Palo Alto restaurant Saturday afternoon ended up with one employee being taken to Stanford Hospital with third-degree burns and... |
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on Aug 25, 2008 at 10:22 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Paintball attacks raise questions about police response
A recent spate of paintball vandalism in Palo Alto's Crescent Park neighborhood has residents frustrated over the police response — and wondering whether Palo Alto's law... |
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on Aug 25, 2008 at 5:00 pm by With-My-Own-Eyes&Ears, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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The Professional Panhandling Plague
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The Professional Panhandling Plague
A new generation of shakedown artists hampers America’s ... |
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on Aug 25, 2008 at 1:32 pm by Second Ammendment, a resident of the Monroe Park neighborhood |
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Plane crashes into weigh station off Highway 101
A single-engine plane that crashed Wednesday evening in San Martin was registered to a Palo Alto man, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
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on Aug 24, 2008 at 8:37 pm by Tim, a resident of another community |
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Two men attacked in Midtown Palo Alto
Two Palo Alto men were walking on Colorado Avenue Monday night when they were attacked by four large men who demanded money, according to Palo Alto police.
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on Aug 22, 2008 at 3:55 pm by fireman, a resident of another community |
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Man arrested for rape of 94-year-old woman
A 40-year-old man has been extradited to the United States and placed under arrest for the 2002 beating and rape of a 94-year-old woman in a Palo Alto assisted living center, ... |
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on Aug 22, 2008 at 6:20 am by fireman, a resident of another community |
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EPA shooting victim was purported gang member
John Leonard, the 20-year-old Milpitas men shot and killed in East Palo Alto Friday night, was a member of the Taliban, an African-American street gang, according to police.
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on Aug 21, 2008 at 3:33 pm by KINDRA, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Guy wire snaps, cuts power for 21,000
A guy wire attached to a metal power pole apparently came loose, whipped up and hit an electrical transmission line Monday at around 11:45 a.m., cutting power to about 21,000 ... |
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on Aug 20, 2008 at 12:23 pm by barbara, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Menlo Park police hunt for robbery suspects
Menlo Park police today are trying to track down two suspects in an armed robbery carried out Monday afternoon.
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on Aug 20, 2008 at 10:55 am by To Peter, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Woman robbed while walking downtown
A woman walking in downtown Palo Alto late Friday night was robbed by a man who placed an object at her neck and demanded her purse.
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on Aug 19, 2008 at 5:51 pm by Kim, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Teens shot in front of East Palo Alto home
Two juveniles were shot multiple times in the front yard of their East Palo Alto home on Sunday and no suspects were arrested, according to the Police Department.
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on Aug 18, 2008 at 9:18 am by Ted, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Plane from Palo Alto Airport crashes near Reno
A small airplane that took off from the Palo Alto Airport Thursday evening crashed early Friday morning outside of Reno, Nev., killing the pilot. Officer Brooke Keast of the W... |
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on Aug 16, 2008 at 12:09 am by Student, a resident of Mountain View |
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Following fire, family sees neighbors' generosity
When Palo Alto resident Jackie Yu discovered fire spitting out from under her dishwasher on the morning of Aug. 3, she was also to discover something else: the kindness of her... |
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on Aug 13, 2008 at 3:47 pm by Long Ago, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Police nab suspect in Greer Road burglary
A suspect in the midday interrupted residential burglary on Greer Road in south Palo Alto Wednesday — which triggered a chase and later manhunt in Newark — was arr... |
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on Aug 9, 2008 at 1:35 pm by contro, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Man fatally shot in East Palo Alto
Police are trying to locate witnesses who may have seen a fatal shooting in East Palo Alto on Friday night. At about 10:25 p.m., officers responded to the report of a shot fir... |
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on Aug 9, 2008 at 1:24 am by PA, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Police locate rental car linked to Lacy murder
A small, white Toyota that murder suspects Otto Emil Koloto and Donald Robert Lee Jr. were thought to have rented was found several days after the July 13 shooting, Det. Brian... |
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on Aug 8, 2008 at 5:09 pm by Ted, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Mountain View fire causes $150,000 in damage
A one-alarm fire in Mountain View Wednesday afternoon took less than 45 minutes to control but caused an estimated $150,000 in damage, fire officials said.
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on Aug 7, 2008 at 1:46 pm by ., a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Foiled PA burglary leads to chase, manhunt
As of 3 p.m. today (Wednesday), Newark police are searching for two suspected house burglers who took off after Palo Alto police spotted them in the midst of a burglary on Gre... |
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on Aug 7, 2008 at 9:52 am by Mystified, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Closed for cleanup
The Palo Alto landfill remains closed while cleanup operations continue following a 2-acre fire Wednesday evening.
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on Aug 6, 2008 at 9:47 pm by Even Another Employee, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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PA police arrest another suspected auto burglar
Thanks to an alert witness, Palo Alto police arrested a man on suspicion of attempted auto burglary shortly after midnight today -- the fourth person arrested on suspicion of ... |
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on Aug 6, 2008 at 7:16 pm by Tim, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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PA police ask suspected killer to turn himself in
Palo Alto police are asking Otto Koloto, suspected of shooting and killing Philip Lacy outside of City Hall July 13, to turn himself in so they can "learn his perspective and... |
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on Aug 4, 2008 at 9:42 pm by C me around, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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Two men rob Palo Alto Bank of America
Two men walked into the Bank of America on Quarry Road at Stanford Shopping Center at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, passed a note to a teller and walked out with an undisclosed about of... |
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on Aug 4, 2008 at 7:10 pm by chris, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Cold-case unit DOA in county
The cold-case unit that Palo Alto and other police agencies in Santa Clara County depend on has shut down — partially — as part of a $4.9 million budget cut in cou... |
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on Aug 1, 2008 at 9:50 am by Furnace, a resident of another community |
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Arrested men suspects in wave of car burglaries
After thieves broke into his car twice in the past few weeks, a former police officer who lives in the California Avenue area of Palo Alto became extra alert and suspicious --... |
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on Jul 31, 2008 at 6:30 pm by Jim, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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