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Spare the Air alert issued for New Year's Day
The Bay Area will ring in the new year with a Spare the Air Day on Tuesday, Jan. 1, air quality officials have announced.
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on Jan 4, 2013 at 9:29 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Fiscal cliff: estate tax opinions?
Can someone who thinks the estate tax is a good thing tell me why they think so? As I'm examining fiscal cliff impacts, the estate tax exemption falling to $1M and the tax goi... |
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on Jan 4, 2013 at 8:07 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Caltrain board elects new officers
The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (JPB), which owns and operates Caltrain, unanimously elected Santa Clara County Supervisor Ken Yeager as board chair Thursday.
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on Jan 3, 2013 at 9:40 pm by Wondering?, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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CHP arrests 208 for DUI over New Year's weekend
The California Highway Patrol is reporting that it made the same number of DUI arrests in the Bay Area over the holiday compared to the same period last year while fatal colli... |
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on Jan 2, 2013 at 6:27 pm by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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East Palo Alto to New Year revelers: 'Use a gun, go to jail'
Celebratory gunfire is getting a serious crackdown in East Palo Alto, where police plan to more than triple the number of officers on city streets on New Year's Eve, the depar... |
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on Jan 1, 2013 at 10:02 am by Dumkopf, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Palo Alto Falls Behind - again
Concord braces for ban on single-serving water bottles to take effect Jan. 1
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on Jan 1, 2013 at 8:43 am by Love it or leave it, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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East Palo Alto construction worker dies after fall
A construction worker who died after a fall at a home under construction has been identified as Jose Plancarte, 51, of East Palo Alto, according to the San Francisco Medical ... |
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on Dec 30, 2012 at 7:53 pm by roberto garcia, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Three people killed in crash on I-280 identified
The California Highway Patrol has identified the victims of a crash involving a stopped car on interstate Highway 280 near Redwood City Friday afternoon, Dec. 14, that left th... |
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on Dec 29, 2012 at 11:35 pm by mannybrandystory, a resident of another community |
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Campaign signs go missing -- so does cell phone
Who will be elected to the Menlo Park Fire Protection District (MPFPD) Board of Directors is not a question keeping most people awake at night, but some are taking it very, ve... |
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on Dec 28, 2012 at 9:07 am by curious, a resident of another community |
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Pedestrian deaths, Hangar One top Mountain View news in 2012
From the banning of plastic grocery bags to rejection of a Chick-Fil-A restaurant, there was no shortage of news in Mountain View in 2012.
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on Dec 27, 2012 at 1:01 pm by Don Draper wins, a resident of Mountain View |
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Let it go over the cliff
I have worked for the federal government for the last three years. It is absurdly bloated and corrupt. Even though it will cost me my job, probably, it is time to cut the bai... |
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on Dec 25, 2012 at 5:54 pm by Jamie, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Unattended pot on stove sparks midnight blaze
Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Redwood City and Woodside firefighters were able to extinguish a two-alarm blaze that had a female trapped inside an apartment building in East Palo Alt... |
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on Dec 23, 2012 at 4:44 pm by Time-For-NextGen-Stoves, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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NASA scientist flooded with doomsday questions
On his Web page, "Ask an Astrobiologist," local NASA scientist David Morrison has received more than 5,000 questions about the supposed end of the world tomorrow.
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on Dec 23, 2012 at 1:07 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Hill, Leno push for disclosure in political ads
Political advertisements would have to clearly identify their top three funders under legislation that state Sens. Jerry Hill and Mark Leno introduced Thursday, Dec. 20.
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on Dec 22, 2012 at 9:37 am by corporations are not people, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Zuckerberg donates $500 million to local foundation
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Tuesday that he is giving nearly $500 million in Facebook stock to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation -- its largest donation ever.... |
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on Dec 21, 2012 at 6:27 pm by Anonymous, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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How to express support for Newtown families
The Postal Service in Newtown, Conn., has set up a post office box for cards and letters of support for shooting victim families, the American Red Cross has announced.
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on Dec 20, 2012 at 7:25 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Prayer Services for Children & Staff of Sandy Hook Elementary
There will be two services on Friday, a week after this terrible incident that has made so many feel afraid and sad during this season that should be joyous.
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on Dec 20, 2012 at 6:44 pm by non denominational, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Children murdered in Connecticut grade school
Earlier today there was a story from China that 22 children in a grade school were wounded by a nut with a big knife. The story mentioned that there were a number of such atta... |
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on Dec 17, 2012 at 9:14 pm by Mensch, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Why would anyone, with a mentally challenged child, have weapons in their home?
Mentally unbalanced kids cannot be trusted around weapons, of any type, including hammers and knives. What was this mother thinking, having loaded up her house with guns? |
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on Dec 17, 2012 at 4:10 pm by That User Name is already, a resident of another community |
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Walgreens to pay $16.57 million for violations
Walgreen Co. has settled a lawsuit by 42 California counties for illegally dumping hazardous waste and unlawfully disposing confidential customer medical information, the San ... |
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on Dec 17, 2012 at 1:39 pm by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Sharon Hofstedt: Hot chocolate and community building
As a pre-teen in small-town Minnesota, Sharon Hofstedt delivered the Minneapolis Star Tribune door to door seven days a week.
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on Dec 16, 2012 at 6:26 pm by danielle you-know-who, a member of the Nixon School community |
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New law calms loud television commercials
A law authored by Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, that turns down the volume on TV commercials went into effect Thursday.
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on Dec 16, 2012 at 9:25 am by MIdtown resident, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Bechtel, Swenson to head Foothill-DeAnza trustees
Palo Alto residents Betsy Bechtel and Bruce Swenson have been unanimously elected as president and vice president respectively of the Board of Trustees of the Foothill-De Anza... |
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on Dec 12, 2012 at 3:57 pm by Steve C, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Genome project finds variations in ethnic groups
When it comes to a person's chances of getting a disease, one's ethnicity may not be as telling as some people believe, according to new research published by Stanford Univers... |
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on Dec 10, 2012 at 4:17 pm by MIDTOWN, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Atherton Neighborhoods
The privacy gained by lots of at least one acre, winding streets with mature trees, gracious mansions set well back from the curbless streets -- this is Atherton today.
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on Dec 8, 2012 at 7:54 am by homeless , a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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