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Mysterious gas odor in Palo Alto
A mysterious gas-like odor prompted closure of a block of Hamilton Avenue in downtown Palo Alto shortly before noon today.
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on Jan 24, 2008 at 3:26 am by Palo Alto Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Woman jailed after disturbance at Whole Foods
After taking off her underwear in Whole Foods Market in Palo Alto, a middle-aged woman was arrested early Friday.
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on Jan 19, 2008 at 4:07 pm by Sammy, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Palo Alto gas station robbed at gunpoint
Two men robbed a Palo Alto gas station at gunpoint Monday night, getting away with $400 in cash and miscellaneous items, Detective Brian Philip said.
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on Jan 18, 2008 at 11:26 pm by C me around, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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Missing elderly man found in Mountain View
An elderly Sunnyvale man suffering from dementia who went missing Wednesday in Mountain View was found at Wal-Mart, the Mountain View Police Department announced today.
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on Jan 18, 2008 at 12:09 pm by Joanna, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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scammers
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on Jan 14, 2008 at 12:41 am by C me around, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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Drug dealer sentenced for shooting ex-client
An East Palo Alto drug dealer sentenced in San Mateo County Superior Court today could spend up to life in prison for the 2006 attempted murder of a man who had stopped purcha... |
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on Jan 10, 2008 at 2:14 pm by Pamela Burch, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Worst of storms over, but more rain expected
The worst of several severe winter storms passed over the Bay Area Friday, but don't expect to see stars in the night sky until at least Thursday, weather experts say.
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on Jan 10, 2008 at 2:00 am by aerated water, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
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Anniversary memorial service set for Officer Richard May
A memorial service marking the two-year anniversary of the shooting death of East Palo Alto Police Officer Richard May will be held Saturday. May was shot and killed by a man ... |
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on Jan 8, 2008 at 4:14 pm by ItWwas TWO Years Ago, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Three burglary suspects caught in Palo Alto
Palo Alto police arrested two men and a juvenile early Saturday morning after a deliveryman saw them inside Kirk's Steakburgers at Town & Country Village Shopping Center.
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on Jan 8, 2008 at 11:02 am by Shallow Alto, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Oregon Expressway underpasses re-opens
Shortly after noon, the Embarcadero Road and Oregon Expressway underpasses were flooded and had been closed to traffic, according to Palo Alto Police Sgt. Sandra Brown.
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on Jan 7, 2008 at 5:58 pm by kate, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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East Palo Alto fails to pass rent freeze
The East Palo Alto City Council came up one vote short of imposing a six-month moratorium on apartment rent increases Thursday night.
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on Jan 5, 2008 at 2:03 pm by Jack Robbins, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Stray bullet comes through Palo Alto roof
A bullet that was likely fired in the air in celebration of New Year's Eve in East Palo Alto came down through the roof of a Palo Alto home in the 500 block of Hilbar Lane.
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on Jan 4, 2008 at 6:40 pm by Charles, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Tiffany at Stanford Shopping Center robbed
Two masked men boldly robbed the Tiffany & Co. jewelry store at Stanford Shopping Center at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, telling 15 employees and 12 customers to get on the floor.
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on Jan 3, 2008 at 5:20 am by zztee, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Woman with drug-resistant TB at Stanford
A 30-year Sunnyvale woman who flew internationally while suffering from an active case of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis is now in isolation at Stanford Hospital.
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on Dec 30, 2007 at 3:10 pm by joyce, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Mass murderers and the medis
My first lesson with a firearm, I was impressed with the fact that I was absolutely responsible for the consequences when a gun in my control fired. There was no such thing as... |
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on Dec 28, 2007 at 11:23 pm by Marie, a resident of Portola Valley |
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Police arrest two men for Palo Alto burglary
Two employees of a Bay Area termite control company were arrested this week after the company's owner suspected that they might have been involved in residential burglaries in... |
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on Dec 25, 2007 at 8:20 am by Joanna, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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More than 30K raised for abducted student
The Gunn High School community has donated $30,200 to the family of the student who was abducted and abused in October, Gunn Principal Noreen Likins said today.
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on Dec 18, 2007 at 10:01 pm by resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Fire destroys Mountain View apartment
A three-alarm fire that destroyed one apartment unit Sunday and damaged three others was started after a cooking fire got away from a resident, according to Mountain View fire... |
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on Dec 17, 2007 at 4:17 pm by Doris, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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PAMF parking garage vandalism
our minivan was vandalized last week in the underground PAMF garage. And it wasn't just a casual key scrape.
Windshield wipers were snapped off and thrown 50 feet. The outs... |
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on Dec 13, 2007 at 2:59 pm by Anamika, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Third weekend shooting occurs in East Palo Alto
Gunshots rang out again in East Palo Alto Sunday night, capping a weekend of gun violence in the city that saw three separate shootings in less than 25 hours, police said.
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on Dec 12, 2007 at 1:32 pm by mike, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Home invasion robbery in Palo Alto
A woman was robbed in her Palo Alto home at gunpoint Friday afternoon by three intruders, including two women who said they were looking for someone.
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on Dec 12, 2007 at 12:26 am by jb, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Video phone puts ill children in touch with Santa
Next Monday, children will be able to see and talk to Santa from their beds at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, thanks to a video phone that will be brought to... |
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on Dec 8, 2007 at 6:02 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Stanford to provide more help for grad students
Stanford University has announced a new program aimed at giving more support to minority graduate students.
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on Dec 3, 2007 at 5:48 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Five cited in Palo Alto liquor sting
People at four restaurants and one liquor store were cited for serving alcohol to minors in a Nov. 16 sting operation by Palo Alto police using juvenile decoys.
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on Dec 1, 2007 at 7:17 pm by Needs-Facts, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Driver chases would-be robbers
A man and his wife pulling out of a driveway in the 200 block of Tennyson Avenue in Palo Alto around 7 p.m. Saturday after visiting family members night saw something unusual.... |
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on Nov 29, 2007 at 11:27 pm by Mayfield Child, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |