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Truck destroys fire hydrant in Portola Valley
A tractor-trailer truck demolished a roadside telephone junction box and a fire hydrant at the entrance to the Alpine Hills Tennis & Swimming Club on Monday evening.
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on Apr 21, 2009 at 5:39 pm by Cindy, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Computers, cameras stolen from Gunn
Two Macintosh computers and 14 digital cameras – totaling between $5,000 and $10,000 – were stolen from Gunn High School the weekend of April 10, Palo Alto Police ... |
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on Apr 16, 2009 at 9:50 am by Resident, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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FBI investigates attack on county communications
Most of the 52,000 landlines, Internet connections and cell phones in the Santa Clara County area were restored Thursday night, after fiber optic lines were allegedly vandaliz... |
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on Apr 10, 2009 at 10:50 am by YSK, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Young Mountain View woman killed in Oakland
A young woman who was killed in Oakland early Tuesday was identified as 17-year-old Mountain View resident Tamara Thompson, a police spokesman said Sunday afternoon. Her death... |
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on Apr 7, 2009 at 9:34 am by adan, a resident of Mountain View |
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Two East Palo Alto men wounded in shooting
A 29-year-old Menlo Park man and a 34-year-old Union City man were injured in a shooting in East Palo Alto Thursday night, police said Friday. At about 8:45 p.m., officers wen... |
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on Apr 3, 2009 at 10:28 pm by YSK, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto Hills
"One and a half acres, across from a golf course, view of the San Francisco Bay, seven oak trees — it was like a wish list!" Chuck Colby said, describing the lot he boug... |
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on Mar 28, 2009 at 2:13 pm by Marijke Huijsman, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
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Sketch released of would-be kidnapper
Mountain View police have released a sketch of a man suspected of trying to kidnap a 13-year-old girl on a popular thoroughfare in Mountain View on Feb. 1. The girl was walki... |
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on Mar 25, 2009 at 9:33 am by Dale, a resident of another community |
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Page Mill to get charged in electrocution death?
By Jessica Bernstein-Wax
Daily News Staff Writer
Posted: 03/19/2009 10:52:49 PM PDT
The San Mateo County District Attorney's office will decide within four weeks whethe... |
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on Mar 20, 2009 at 12:16 pm by fireman, a resident of another community |
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Bus driver recognized for heroism
It was a sunny April afternoon, the kind of day when sunlight warms the skin and relaxes the mind. School bus driver Dena Pitre, 52, was on her usual route, feeling calm and c... |
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on Mar 11, 2009 at 5:15 pm by CSEA Member, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Mixup on TheatreWorks equipment theft
Police are now saying that two police reports were filed in the case of $20,000 worth of sound equipment being stolen from TheatreWorks in early February. The items were taken... |
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on Mar 10, 2009 at 2:49 pm by Greg, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Pedestrian hit by car on/near California Avenue
We are receiving early reports that a pedestrian was hit by a car on or very near California Avenue in Palo Alto. Early word suggests the pedestrian was taken to Stanford Hosp... |
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on Mar 2, 2009 at 11:05 am by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online |
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Sentencing continued in EPA murder case
Sentencing for a 27-year-old man convicted of fatally shooting another man on the victim's 24th birthday was delayed this morning for the fourth time since his conviction last... |
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on Mar 2, 2009 at 6:08 am by you dont need to know, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Mountain View apartment fire quickly controlled
Firefighters in Mountain View quickly extinguished a two-alarm blaze at a multi-unit townhouse and apartment complex Friday afternoon.
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on Feb 22, 2009 at 10:32 am by Linda Jekel, a resident of Mountain View |
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Neighbor, alarms foil four Palo Alto burglary tries
Alarms and an alert neighbor thwarted four residential burglaries in Palo Alto Sunday afternoon and night, police reported Monday.
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on Feb 10, 2009 at 3:37 pm by Coconito, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Dead homeless man may have Palo Alto ties
The Monterey County Coroner's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying a homeless man who died from head injuries after being knocked to the ground at a Salinas g... |
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on Feb 4, 2009 at 2:20 pm by YouShouldKnow, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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East Palo Alto crimes now mapped online
East Palo Alto residents can now find out where crimes have occurred in the city through an online crime-mapping service. Residents can also sign up for crime alerts in their ... |
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on Feb 2, 2009 at 2:37 pm by crblogger, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Jury starts deliberations in Walgreens fire trial
A 12-person jury received final instructions from U.S. District Court Judge Jeremy Fogel shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday in San Jose and began their deliberations in the trial... |
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on Jan 29, 2009 at 12:43 pm by Webster&Forest, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Trial of doctor for illegal prescription delayed
A trial in San Mateo County Superior Court for a Colorado doctor accused of illegally prescribing anti-depressant pills to a Stanford University student who ended up committin... |
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on Jan 14, 2009 at 2:43 pm by Clotho, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto 'Zombie Bandit' arrested in Wyoming
Wyoming state police arrested a Palo Alto bank robbery suspect known as the "Zombie Bandit" in Albany County near Laramie today for the robbery of a Liberty Mutual Bank in Med... |
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on Jan 9, 2009 at 11:30 am by rr, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
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Stanford faculty members win $125,000 awards
Two Stanford faculty members who co-direct a program teaching entrepreneurship skills to engineering students have been given a top award from the National Academy of Engineer... |
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on Jan 7, 2009 at 2:08 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Sexual assault suspect pleads not guilty
An Atherton man charged with assaulting a teen girl he met on the Internet pleaded not guilty in San Mateo County Superior Court Wednesday.
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on Jan 2, 2009 at 7:36 pm by itt:, a resident of another community |
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Major-injury crash sends five to hospital
A crash that injured five people and sent a vehicle off a cliff in San Mateo County Sunday morning shut down state Highway 1 for about five hours, a California Highway Patrol ... |
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on Jan 1, 2009 at 10:27 am by cid, a resident of another community |
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Helicopter rescues people stranded on rock
Authorities used a California Highway Patrol helicopter to rescue two people stranded at Pescadero State Beach in unincorporated San Mateo County on Monday afternoon, accordin... |
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on Dec 31, 2008 at 7:19 pm by Melinda, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Car crash kills one along Page Mill Road
A crash involving two vehicles along Page Mill Road has left one person dead and four others injured. The accident at Old Page Mill Road and Page Mill occurred shortly before ... |
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on Dec 29, 2008 at 7:04 pm by bruce, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Burglars hit four Palo Alto businesses
Four businesses along East Bayshore Road in Palo Alto were burglarized over the weekend, Detective Brian Philip reported.
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on Dec 29, 2008 at 1:09 pm by Greg K, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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