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Ambulance-crash driver doesn't remember crash
The driver in the ambulance crash on University Avenue "does not recall the incident and could not provide any information as to the cause," police Detective Brian Philip repo... |
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on Oct 31, 2011 at 1:55 pm by Maria Ivanova, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Police, FBI 'dismantle' EPA-based 'Taliban' gang
In a massive operation involving almost 500 FBI agents and local police in 14 cities, simultaneous raids at 7 a.m. Saturday resulted in the arrests of 32 members or known asso... |
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on Mar 14, 2009 at 6:59 pm by Mayfield Child, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Otto Koloto arrested for Palo Alto 'City Hall murder'
Otto Emil Koloto, wanted for the July 13 murder of 27-year-old Phil Lacy just outside the parking garage of Palo Alto City Hall, was arrested in south San Jose late Thursday n... |
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on Mar 13, 2009 at 11:03 am by dont trip, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Robbers fracture man's shoulder in PA robbery
A 58-year-old man suffered a fractured shoulder today (Monday) in a midday baseball-bat attack by two robbers in the Caltrain pedestrian tunnel at the downtown Palo Alto stati... |
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on Oct 18, 2008 at 5:44 pm by G. Orwell, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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EPA mayor requests formal apology, reprimand
East Palo Alto Mayor Pat Foster sent a letter Friday to Palo Alto Mayor Larry Klein protesting remarks Palo Alto Police Chief Lynne Johnson made during and after a community m... |
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on Nov 9, 2008 at 1:37 am by A Noun Ea Mus, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Palo Alto weighs police, fire staff cuts
If Palo Alto's public-safety unions don't agree to millions of dollars in concessions, the city may have to cut 12 percent of its police force, eliminate a fire-engine company... |
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on May 31, 2011 at 7:00 am by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton |
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Bicyclist 'unsafely turned' before fatal crash
The accident that killed a Los Altos Hills bicyclist on Alpine Road in November occurred after the bicyclist "unsafely turned" on the road and toppled in front of a truck, acc... |
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on Dec 25, 2010 at 7:39 am by Firefighter, a resident of another community |
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Boyfriend arrested in Palo Alto arson death
Bulos Zumot, 36, the boyfriend of Jennifer Marie Schipsi, 29, was arrested at 5:35 p.m. at his downtown Palo Alto hookah shop and was to be booked into jail tonight on one cou... |
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on Oct 24, 2009 at 1:43 am by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Boy may lose eye after 'assault' at Mitchell Park
A young boy may lose sight in his left eye after he was chased by at least three other boys and shot with a plastic pellet gun at Mitchell Park Monday afternoon, according to ... |
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on Oct 23, 2009 at 1:29 am by Cynthia Davis, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Settlement near for theater's Pat Briggs
A closely guarded settlement agreement is reportedly near completion that would allow Pat Briggs, the terminated director of the Palo Alto Children's Theatre, to return to wor... |
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on Feb 19, 2009 at 12:35 pm by Artie Kaye, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto police arrest suspect following manhunt
Palo Alto police arrested Cameron Conley, 19, of Oakland after a nearly three-hour manhunt near downtown Palo Alto Thursday afternoon. Conley led police on a wild chase throug... |
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on Sep 1, 2012 at 7:32 pm by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Police detonate suspicious package in Palo Alto
A suspicious device found on a residential lawn in Palo Alto Friday, Aug. 17, was at first suspected of being an acid bomb by a Santa Clara County Bomb Squad investigator. But... |
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on Aug 21, 2012 at 8:23 am by Anon, a resident of another community |
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Police seek Valentine's Day armed robber
The armed man who allegedly robbed a Palo Alto resident walking a dog Tuesday night was likely responsible for an attempted armed robbery that took place a half hour later in ... |
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on Feb 21, 2012 at 10:10 am by JustMe, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Busy intersection could get road work, building
One of Palo Alto's most prominent and congested intersections may soon have a signature building serving as its anchor as part of a proposal that the City Council weighed for ... |
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on Feb 16, 2013 at 10:02 am by Sad Sad Sad, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Parents of East Palo Alto plane crash victim file suit
The parents of a man who died in a plane crash in East Palo Alto in February filed a lawsuit Tuesday (Aug. 17) alleging that the plane's pilot, who also died in the crash, was... |
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on Aug 23, 2010 at 11:50 am by daniel, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
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Suspect in strong-arm robberies arrested
Palo Alto and Menlo Park police Tuesday night apprehended a suspect in at least some of the series of purse-snatch robberies in Palo Alto in recent weeks.
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on Nov 29, 2008 at 10:37 am by Concerned Citizen, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
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Two men attacked in Midtown Palo Alto
Two Palo Alto men were walking on Colorado Avenue Monday night when they were attacked by four large men who demanded money, according to Palo Alto police.
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on Aug 22, 2008 at 3:55 pm by fireman, a resident of another community |
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Ban on vehicle dwelling back on the table
After balking last year, Palo Alto is now once again pursuing a new law that would make it illegal for people to live in vehicles.
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on May 17, 2013 at 7:38 pm by homeless , a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Bicyclist hit by car on Middlefield Road Monday
A bicyclist was taken to the hospital after a car crashed into him, sending him flying through the air, at the intersection of Middlefield Road and Seale Avenue in Palo Alto M... |
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on Jun 1, 2012 at 2:00 pm by Walker and Driver, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Bicyclist struck, injured in College Terrace
A bicyclist was injured after he was hit by a pickup truck while riding across El Camino Real in Palo Alto's College Terrace neighborhood Monday afternoon.
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on Nov 2, 2009 at 9:57 am by Terry Morse, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Multiple shootings in EPA in four-hour period
Four people were shot in two separate incidents in East Palo Alto on Friday night and Saturday morning, leaving as many as 20 bullet-shell casings littering the street in one ... |
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on Dec 11, 2008 at 8:22 pm by anita smith, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Online education's local incubator
For Foothill College President Judy Miner, online learning represents an opportunity to broaden the reach of her life's work -- extending educational options for people who wo... |
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on Dec 31, 1969 at 4:00 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Palo Alto man, 71, arrested for gun threat
A Palo Alto man's frustration over parking in front of his home escalated into a threat to return to his neighbor's home with a gun, police said Monday.
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on Jun 28, 2012 at 3:33 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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El Palo Alto tree sprayed with graffiti
Palo Alto's iconic El Palo Alto tree has been sprayed with graffiti by one or more vandals, who also left alcohol containers and other litter on the ground next to the famous ... |
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on Aug 16, 2010 at 9:31 am by Zelda, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Ban on car dwelling loses support in Palo Alto
Palo Alto is preparing to abandon a deeply divisive proposal to ban vehicle dwelling and to explore instead a program in which businesses, churches and possibly city lots woul... |
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on Apr 25, 2013 at 7:56 pm by thompsonr, a resident of Los Altos |
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