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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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City: Composting violations too minor to alert council
A local composting facility may be a crucial component of Palo Alto's green movement, but as city leaders learned this week, too much compost isn't always a good thing.
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on Dec 12, 2008 at 11:44 am by No B.S., a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
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Phyllis Seidman fatally injured by car
The memorial service for Phyllis Seidman, who died Tuesday night after she was struck by an SUV in Palo Alto Tuesday afternoon, will be held in January to give family and frie... |
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on Dec 10, 2008 at 12:58 am by Ron Wolf, a resident of Menlo Park |
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High-rise fire evacuates downtown building
A fire of undetermined cause broke out in an eighth-floor apartment in downtown Palo Alto late Saturday morning, causing a complete evacuation of the high-rise residential bui... |
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on Dec 6, 2008 at 5:17 pm by Witness, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Peeping Tom? Middlefield & Kingsley 8:00pm Tues
police in my neighborhood Professorville are looking for a peeping tom--and we wondered if anyone else besides one of my neighbors spotted this guy. This happened around 8pm t... |
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on Dec 2, 2008 at 11:15 pm by Kate, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Another strong-arm robbery occurs in Palo Alto
A woman walking alone in the 600 block of Webster Street in downtown Palo Alto at 6 p.m. Saturday was pushed to the ground by an assailant as he pulled a backpack from her sho... |
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on Nov 17, 2008 at 9:25 am by JustMe, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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East Palo Alto sees two shootings in one day
East Palo Alto police are investigating two separate shootings along Cooley Avenue Wednesday, including one that may have stemmed from a Craigslist setup, Detective David Cars... |
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on Nov 7, 2008 at 2:47 am by MIDTOWN MAINTENANCE OF THE RAVENSWOOD COMMUNITY, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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unlicensed software?
I was trying to view the Palo Alto Weekly photos here: Web Link
Which re-directs me to the url here: Web Link... |
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on Nov 5, 2008 at 6:08 am by Frank Bravo, webmaster of Palo Alto Online |
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Angel Island fire is 75 percent contained
The fire on Angel Island is 75 percent contained and has consumed about 400 acres — more than half the 740-acre state park — Marin County Fire Department forester Kent Julin s... |
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on Oct 13, 2008 at 5:15 pm by sally, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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San Jose police efforts in East Palo Alto end
The efforts of San Jose police to find two men in East Palo Alto who allegedly robbed a liquor store in San Jose Tuesday afternoon and then fled to East Palo Alto are over, ac... |
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on Oct 13, 2008 at 2:07 pm by Eric Thomas, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Free at last
Though it sounds cliched, Rick Walker considers himself a living lesson. He is proof, he says, that the justice system is flawed — that white cops and prosecutors are no... |
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on Oct 13, 2008 at 11:03 am by ., a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Whats Up??
A whole bunch of Police and fire ambulance activity tonight at around 9:05 PM.
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Fire, Car crash? |
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on Oct 5, 2008 at 9:15 pm by Gus L., a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Manhunt underway for MV murder suspects
A nationwide manhunt is underway for two final suspects wanted in the June fatal shooting of a Mountain View brother and sister, police announced Thursday.
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on Oct 3, 2008 at 4:47 pm by jack, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Koloto arrested
The Daily News is reporting that Otto Koloto was found and arrested last night: Web Link. |
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on Oct 3, 2008 at 12:55 pm by tv, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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The power to forgive
Eva Mozes Kor, a 72-year-old spitfire of a real estate agent, is rolling toward another sale in Terre Haute, Indiana. In a scene from a film about her life, she pounds a "For ... |
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on Sep 28, 2008 at 7:45 pm by rose young-stewart, a resident of another community |
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Bicyclist down on Foothill at Arastradero on Sept 15
Does anyone know what happened this morning at Foothill and Arastradero about 7:50? My husband was taking the kids to Gunn (Arastradero eastbound) and there was a bicyclist d... |
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on Sep 15, 2008 at 9:21 pm by Inquiring minds, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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MV police arrest sixth suspect in double murder
Mountain View police announced the arrest of a sixth suspect in the fatal shooting of a brother and sister in June. Eric Williams, 22, was arrested without incident in Union C... |
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on Sep 9, 2008 at 11:27 am by afprinsis, a resident of another community |
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'101 Bandit' pleads guilty to 20 bank robberies
A Napa resident, dubbed the Highway 101 Bandit, pleaded guilty Monday to robbing 20 banks, including one in Menlo Park, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced.
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on Aug 27, 2008 at 11:31 am by Dick, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Guy wire snaps, cuts power for 21,000
A guy wire attached to a metal power pole apparently came loose, whipped up and hit an electrical transmission line Monday at around 11:45 a.m., cutting power to about 21,000 ... |
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on Aug 20, 2008 at 12:23 pm by barbara, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Following fire, family sees neighbors' generosity
When Palo Alto resident Jackie Yu discovered fire spitting out from under her dishwasher on the morning of Aug. 3, she was also to discover something else: the kindness of her... |
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on Aug 13, 2008 at 3:47 pm by Long Ago, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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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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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 |