CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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.
... |
Editor |
2749 |
1 |
on Jan 8, 2008 at 11:02 am by Shallow Alto, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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.
Read ... |
Editor |
2601 |
10 |
on Jan 7, 2008 at 5:58 pm by kate, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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.
Read the full story here Web Link.... |
Editor |
2418 |
5 |
on Jan 5, 2008 at 2:03 pm by Jack Robbins, a resident of East Palo Alto |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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.
... |
Editor |
2796 |
8 |
on Jan 4, 2008 at 6:40 pm by Charles, a resident of East Palo Alto |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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.
... |
Editor |
4837 |
30 |
on Jan 3, 2008 at 5:20 am by zztee, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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.
Read the... |
Editor |
2877 |
6 |
on Dec 30, 2007 at 3:10 pm by joyce, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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... |
Walter_E_Wallis |
2588 |
9 |
on Dec 28, 2007 at 11:23 pm by Marie, a resident of Portola Valley |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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... |
Editor |
3189 |
15 |
on Dec 25, 2007 at 8:20 am by Joanna, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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.
Read the full... |
Editor |
2927 |
6 |
on Dec 18, 2007 at 10:01 pm by resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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... |
Editor |
2873 |
2 |
on Dec 17, 2007 at 4:17 pm by Doris, a resident of East Palo Alto |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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... |
shocked and awed |
2891 |
12 |
on Dec 13, 2007 at 2:59 pm by Anamika, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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.
Re... |
Editor |
2710 |
3 |
on Dec 12, 2007 at 1:32 pm by mike, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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.
Read the full story he... |
Editor |
3667 |
26 |
on Dec 12, 2007 at 12:26 am by jb, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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... |
Editor |
2817 |
0 |
on Dec 8, 2007 at 6:02 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Stanford to provide more help for grad students
Stanford University has announced a new program aimed at giving more support to minority graduate students.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
Editor |
2609 |
0 |
on Dec 3, 2007 at 5:48 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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.
Read the fu... |
Editor |
3703 |
28 |
on Dec 1, 2007 at 7:17 pm by Needs-Facts, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
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.... |
Editor |
3311 |
25 |
on Nov 29, 2007 at 11:27 pm by Mayfield Child, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Al Gore joins Menlo Park venture capital firm
Al Gore, former vice president and recent Nobel Prize winner, has joined the Menlo Park venture capital firm of Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB) as a partner, it was ... |
Editor |
3521 |
24 |
on Nov 26, 2007 at 10:40 pm by Reality Check Cubed, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
8 year old's bike stolen
My 8 year old had a green Diamondback bike. His first new bike that he had for only one month. He had locked it up at El Carmelo, and left it there on Friday Nov. 9 after sch... |
Sad mother |
3598 |
17 |
on Nov 19, 2007 at 12:56 pm by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
'Excuse me, your car's on fire' -- then boom
A woman barely escaped serious injury this morning after parking in front of the Palo Alto Post Office in downtown Palo Alto when a bystander warned her that her car was on fi... |
Editor |
2949 |
10 |
on Nov 19, 2007 at 9:49 am by Typist, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Man found guilty in Menlo Park kidnap plot
A San Mateo County Superior Court jury found a Fresno man guilty today of masterminding a plot to have a former female employee of his Menlo Park store kidnapped and murdered ... |
Editor |
2812 |
1 |
on Nov 16, 2007 at 3:46 pm by Watched This Case, a resident of another community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Man killed on El Camino by hit-and-run driver
Mountain View police are asking for the public's help in connection with a fatal hit-and-run accident Monday night on El Camino Real.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
Editor |
2812 |
7 |
on Nov 16, 2007 at 1:54 pm by Fireman, a resident of another community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto officers receive minor injuries in crash
A Palo Alto police officer and a lieutenant were shaken up when their patrol car was broad-sided by another car while they were driving to assist other officers Friday afterno... |
Editor |
2901 |
12 |
on Nov 13, 2007 at 8:18 am by Tim, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Gunn collecting money for attacked student
Gunn High School is collecting donations for the family of the student who was brutally attacked last week.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
Editor |
3358 |
5 |
on Nov 12, 2007 at 2:55 pm by Marvin, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Gunn 16-year-old died in car crash early July 6
He just finished his sophomore year at Gunn - one of my child's best friends - I am frightened and at a loss on how to deal with this. Does the PAUSD district do any counselli... |
Southgate neighbor |
15167 |
147 |
on Nov 12, 2007 at 5:09 am by <3, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |