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Todd Burpee found guilty in 2007 sexual assault
Todd Burpee, 22, was convicted today of six of seven felony counts in the Oct. 30, 2007, attack on a Gunn High student. Burpee, a Palo Alto High School graduate, was not found... |
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on Jun 8, 2009 at 6:34 am by lee, a resident of another community |
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Palo Alto police arrest kidnapping suspect
Palo Alto police, with the assistance of U.S. Marshals, yesterday arrested Angelo A. Henry, 19, of Palo Alto, in Marina, Calif., and charged him with seven felonies and two mi... |
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on Jan 31, 2009 at 9:08 pm by sriley90, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Another woman sexually assaulted in Palo Alto
A woman was sexually assaulted while jogging through El Palo Alto Park at Palo Alto Avenue early Wednesday morning, Sept. 19, according to Palo Alto police. Police said the cr... |
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on Sep 30, 2012 at 1:57 pm by 2nd Ammendment, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
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Seventeen-year-old arrested for infant's homicide
Two teenage boys, ages 16 and 17, have been arrested, one in connection with the fatal shooting Sunday (June 5) of a 3-month-old boy in East Palo Alto, police announced at a n... |
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on Jun 7, 2011 at 9:29 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Woman kidnapped in Palo Alto, sexually assaulted
Palo Alto and Santa Clara police are seeking a man who climbed into a woman's SUV on as she was driving on El Camino Real in Palo Alto early Saturday morning, forced her to dr... |
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on May 27, 2010 at 11:52 pm by DadToThree, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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16 arrested at Palo Alto DUI checkpoints
A "sobriety checkpoint" at University Avenue and Seneca Street in Palo Alto netted nine drunk-driving arrests Saturday and seven at a Friday-evening checkpoint, Palo Alto poli... |
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on May 14, 2010 at 1:34 pm by calcheckpoint, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
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Palo Alto police arrest three for assault
Three people were arrested in Palo Alto Tuesday evening after allegedly assaulting a man with chunks of rock and concrete, yelling racial slurs, and stealing the man's jacket ... |
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on Sep 11, 2009 at 11:11 pm by Concealed, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Cleaver attack sets off California Ave. manhunt
A bloody assault with a meat cleaver early Wednesday night in an Asian restaurant on California Avenue in Palo Alto left one kitchen employee hospitalized in critical conditio... |
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on May 29, 2009 at 5:53 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Palo Alto joins lawsuit against rail agency
Palo Alto has decided to join the ongoing lawsuit against the state agency charged with running a high-speed rail from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
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on May 10, 2009 at 12:47 pm by Mediator, a resident of another community |
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Man mugged at downtown Caltrain station
A 19-year-old man was mugged early Thursday as he was leaving the University Avenue Caltrain station, Palo Alto Police Agent Dan Ryan said.
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on Oct 10, 2008 at 12:20 am by Kathy, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
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One year later, questions remain about train/car collision
A year after Indiana resident Judith Goldblatt was killed when a train hit her rental car at the Charleston Road crossing, questions linger about the events surrounding her de... |
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on Apr 18, 2012 at 11:29 am by Reorganize, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Robbery suspect named, sought by police
A man who evaded police capture after a robbery outside Wells Fargo Bank on South California Avenue on Aug. 1 has been identified and is being sought by Palo Alto police.
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on Aug 3, 2011 at 5:28 pm by fact, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Jaguar crashes into downtown Palo Alto toy store
An elderly couple in a Jaguar sedan crashed into the Palo Alto Sport Shop and Toy World on Waverley Street Tuesday at approximately 1:45 p.m., damaging a window display case a... |
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on Jul 17, 2009 at 4:12 pm by A Palo Alto parent, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Officer testifies he was concerned for his safety
Palo Alto Police Officer Kelly Burger testified in court Thursday afternoon that he took his Taser out of its holster March 15 because Joseph Anthony Ciampi, whom police were ... |
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on Dec 24, 2008 at 9:30 pm by reading between the lines, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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Palo Alto woman, dog struck by hit-and-run driver
A 53-year-old Palo Alto woman and her dog were struck by a hit-and-run driver on Friday, Jan. 25, and Palo Alto police are seeking information about the driver's whereabouts.
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on Feb 2, 2013 at 8:18 pm by mamajawa, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Arastradero Road lane-reduction may be extended
Palo Alto's lane-reduction experiment on a busy stretch of Arastradero Road could be extended for another year as staff continues to gauge its impact on traffic.
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on Sep 17, 2011 at 1:08 pm by improve, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Storm shuts down traffic light on Embarcadero
A flurry of violent storms felled a pair of Palo Alto trees, swelled local creeks, slowed down local traffic and disrupted power to more than 1,000 city residents Wednesday mo... |
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on Jan 22, 2010 at 5:28 am by Lisa, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Witnesses help nab Palo Alto burglary suspects
Alert witnesses led to the arrest of two East Palo Alto juveniles, 13 and 15, for a Palo Alto home burglary and attempted burglary Tuesday, according to police Agent Dan Ryan.... |
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on Apr 13, 2009 at 8:17 pm by Nora Charles, a resident of Stanford |
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Commission voices support for new 'tech corridor'
Members of Palo Alto's Planning and Transportation Commission came out in favor of transforming a segment of Park Boulevard into a "tech corridor" filled with startups and inc... |
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on May 15, 2013 at 12:35 am by Douglas Moran, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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More burglaries reported in Palo Alto
Palo Alto police are investigating several unconnected burglaries carried out earlier this week, a crime police say has increased in the city since last year.
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on Nov 14, 2008 at 9:12 am by Ronald L., a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Napping Palo Alto resident awakes, surprises burglar
A napping Palo Alto resident awakened by a clatter found himself face to face with a burglar in his living room Tuesday, according to Palo Alto police. The burglar quickly wen... |
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on Nov 8, 2008 at 2:49 pm by To Surprised, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Grass fire breaks out at Stanford Dish
Firefighters are battling a grass fire near "The Dish," a grassy open area west of the Stanford University main campus, along Junipero Serra Boulevard.
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on Jul 3, 2007 at 9:12 am by Jake, a resident of another community |
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Palo Alto 'dog haven' idea floated
A "dog haven" in Palo Alto? Recreation leaders are pondering the idea, and plan to call a public meeting this fall to collect comments from the community.
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on Jul 15, 2009 at 6:37 pm by Mom, a member of the Jordan Middle School community |
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Pedestrian hit by a Prius in downtown Palo Alto
Palo Alto paramedics treat an injured woman pedestrian after she was hit by a Toyota Prius around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in downtown Palo Alto. The accident occurred on Emerson S... |
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on Nov 14, 2008 at 5:45 am by New conversation, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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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 |