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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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On Deadline: On hunting imaginary lions
Somewhere deep inside I've always been a lion hunter.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, July 30, 2008,... |
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on Jul 30, 2008 at 3:32 pm by mary, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Community policing?
Imagine the scene...I'm pottering around at the front of my house putting out the garbage cans when a police squad car drives past. Its a quiet afternoon.
Car stops in stre... |
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on Jul 30, 2008 at 2:07 pm by Peter, a resident of another community |
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Man uses garden shears in Palo Alto cab robbery
A man saying he was ill and needed to be taken to Stanford Hospital had a Good Samaritan pay a cab driver to take him to the hospital from the Shell station on Embarcadero Roa... |
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on Jul 29, 2008 at 4:23 am by Tim, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Len Materman selected to head SF Creek agency
Len Materman, an environmental-policy specialist, has been named the new executive director of the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (JPA). Materman's primary init... |
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on Jul 26, 2008 at 10:22 am by Joe, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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Fire at the Palo Alto landfill
Drivers commuting home on Highway 101 in Palo Alto got up close and personal with a fire that broke out at the Palo Alto landfill on Wednesday afternoon.
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on Jul 24, 2008 at 12:29 am by Earl, a resident of Woodside |
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What can we do about recent crime in Palo Alto?
Having been a 15 year resident with two teenage children, I am saddened to think our wonderful community is being taken over by fear. Our house was one of many to be burglari... |
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on Jul 23, 2008 at 10:48 pm by Dave, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Mysterious 'noxious odor' taints air in Palo Alto
More than 200 residents called city emergency lines between 5 at 6:30 p.m. to report a mysterious "noxious odor" in the northern part of Palo Alto, Palo Alto Police Sgt. Sandr... |
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on Jul 23, 2008 at 8:14 pm by TN, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Palo Alto landfill on fire?
The air is filled with smoke around the Charleston/Middlefield intersection, and there are big clouds of smoke on the horizon. A friend tells me the Palo Alto dump is on fire.... |
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on Jul 23, 2008 at 7:11 pm by Concerned citizen, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Alot of smoke near San Antonio and Middlefield
Why is there so much smoke in the area? |
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on Jul 23, 2008 at 6:24 pm by paliguy, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Strong chemical smell
around Greer Rd north of the Loma Verde Av intersection.
Any news of a spill in the neighborhood?
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on Jul 22, 2008 at 5:06 pm by Trying to breath, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Shooting victim taken off life support, dies
A 27-year-old man shot early Sunday morning outside a parking garage near Palo Alto City Hall passed away this afternoon when his family decided to take him off life support, ... |
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on Jul 21, 2008 at 9:57 pm by vf, a resident of another community |
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No fines for hiker who cried 'lion'
The man whose reported weekend mountain-lion attack in Palo Alto's Foothills Park was found "unsubstantiated" by state officials will not be charged with making a false report... |
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on Jul 21, 2008 at 10:46 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Trail through Foothills Park approved
Non-Palo Alto residents will be allowed to walk through a trail in Foothills Park, the Palo Alto City Council decided Tuesday night. The park was formerly open only to residen... |
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on Jul 21, 2008 at 8:19 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Who are the True Blue Crips?
To most Palo Altans, before the night of June 12, when Herbert Kay was fatally beaten on Gilman Street in downtown Palo Alto, gangs were the stuff of documentaries, of mov... |
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on Jul 18, 2008 at 3:27 pm by sam, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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Lion attack 'unsubstantiated' -- investigation ends
The reported mountain-lion attack in Foothills Park Saturday was found to be "unsubstantiated" by state investigators today, according to warden Patrick Foy of the Department ... |
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on Jul 18, 2008 at 2:32 am by Tom Lindsay, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Green bus rolls into town
A lumbering green bus plastered with sponsor decals and with an odor reminiscent of French fries pulled into the parking lot of the Junior Museum and Zoo this morning, and a g... |
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on Jul 17, 2008 at 6:09 pm by sally, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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