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Bill to fund high-speed rail hangs in the balance
With residents preparing for holiday celebrations Tuesday night, lawmakers in Sacramento released in the closing hours of July 3 a much-anticipated bill for funding the larges... |
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on Jul 7, 2012 at 11:03 am by Robert, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Environmental Volunteers rescues baby raccoons in Baylands
The new mother probably wandered away for just a few minutes, but she never returned to the spot where she left her two infant raccoons. Without intervention, the little ones,... |
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on Jul 6, 2012 at 10:08 am by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Any advice on attending Shoreline's SF Symphony show?
I plan to take my family there next year and am wondering how it works. It begins at 8:00 when it is not dark. So we sit and enjoy and then at 9:45 they play the music to the ... |
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on Jul 5, 2012 at 3:12 pm by Eric G., a resident of Mountain View |
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Romney agrees with Obama on Healthcare not a tax - RomneyCare was not a tax
Today on Morning Joe (Scarbourough, conservative former GOP congressman) Eric Fehrnstrom, chief of staff of the Romney campaign:
FEHRNSTROM: "The governor believes that wha... |
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on Jul 5, 2012 at 10:13 am by Kerry Barnes, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Raccoon chase goes south when dog maroons self
Tradition has it that when a dog trees a raccoon, it's a three-step process, ending with the dog, in frustration, walking away. That's not what happened in the extraordinary c... |
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on Jun 29, 2012 at 6:46 pm by dog, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Western snowy plover gets local baylands protection
A threatened pocket-sized shorebird will have 89 acres of its critical habitat protected in the baylands near Palo Alto, the Center for Biological Diversity has announced.
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on Jun 29, 2012 at 6:24 pm by darloss, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Obamacare stands.
We have just entered another historic first for our nation. Individuals can now be told what products they MUST buy,and producers can be told what products they MUST produce. ... |
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on Jun 28, 2012 at 5:10 pm by Paul, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Caltrain workers raise $12K for suicide prevention
A team of San Mateo County Transit District employees who manage Caltrain have raised nearly $12,000 to help prevent suicides.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Jun 28, 2012 at 3:12 pm by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Fast And Furious conspiracy theory finally peters out with fake contempt vote
For a year, every day, Fox news has worked with the Republican Party on a conspiracy theory with made up stories about Obama wanting to take away guns by giving criminals guns... |
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on Jun 28, 2012 at 2:18 pm by Rich Alto, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Food stamps
Too many Americans are still out of work to justify cuts to the food stamp program. Democrats and Republicans banded together in the Senate to defeat an amendment by Sen. Ra... |
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on Jun 28, 2012 at 8:08 am by Perspective, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
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James Lovland, godfather of the global warming hysteria, now backs off
Loveland, the Gaia guy, is now sobering up. He is a scientist, who decided to become scientific, instead of an alrmist.
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on Jun 26, 2012 at 4:08 pm by Sean, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Toronto Hospital First to Recognize Symptoms from Wireless Radiation
Web Link ournal.com/ pr/757245
TORONTO, June 18, 2012 /CNW/ - Women's College Hospital says family doctors must learn to detect the symptoms of exposure to wirel... |
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on Jun 24, 2012 at 5:31 am by Perspective, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
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Two new judges value greater access to courts for all
When Allison Danner and Mary Greenwood are sworn in to the Santa Clara County Superior Court this week, they will bring extensive experience from opposite sides of the judicia... |
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on Jun 21, 2012 at 8:09 pm by Debbie Cauble, a resident of another community |
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obama thread removed--more censorship by the Weekly
Why was the thread started by Gary regarding Obama removed??? Another example of censorship by the Weekly. Shame on them.
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on Jun 20, 2012 at 9:59 am by Bill Johnson, publisher of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Cover story: The caregiver's marathon
Family members frequently take on the all-consuming responsibility of caregiving when loved ones age or become ill. Some care for frail parents, others for an ailing spouse. T... |
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on Jun 19, 2012 at 5:20 pm by Mary, a resident of another community |
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Hurting Cuba
The U.S. is trying to blame Cuba's poverty and troubles and everything else on Fidel Castro, when for 50 years the U.S. has devastated Cuba through American sanctions and emba... |
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on Jun 16, 2012 at 9:24 am by D Pepp, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
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Report: Economic impact of electric Caltrain
Modernizing the Caltrain corridor with electrified trains and updated signal systems could create 9,600 jobs in the Bay Area, according to a report released this week by the B... |
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on Jun 14, 2012 at 10:09 pm by Phill, a resident of the Greendell/Walnut Grove neighborhood |
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Woman, 73, beaten after teen asks for cigarette
A 73-year-old woman out for a walk Monday night in Menlo Park was beaten by a teenage boy after he asked for a cigarette and she said she didn't have one, police said.
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on Jun 14, 2012 at 5:46 pm by SelfDefenseInstructor, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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2012 Walk to Cure Psoriasis in SF June 23rd
The 2012 Walk to Cure Psoriasis will be held on Sat June 23rd in San Francisco, starting 9am at Justin Herman Plaza. Ana Hom a local elementary school student is a youth amba... |
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on Jun 14, 2012 at 4:01 pm by Ivan Hom, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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Legislators need courage to end high-speed rail now
Readers! Please inundate our local state legislators with calls, emails, tweets, whatever, urging them to vote no on high-speed rail. No hedging their bets, kicking the can do... |
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on Jun 13, 2012 at 11:35 am by Toady, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Scott Walker is the next Reagan
Walker is the most potent politician of our times. He didn't flinch, and he believes in his own message, and is comfortable in his own skin. He took on the unions and crushe... |
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on Jun 12, 2012 at 5:51 am by svatoid, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Newt Gingrich accuses foreigners of manipulating the US Presidential election
Story in the New York Times: Web Link
Newt Gingrich, a former employee of Fox News, accuses Australian ... |
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on Jun 9, 2012 at 9:42 am by BBC is gr8, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Researchers find radioactivity in migratory tuna
More than a year after a tsunami in Japan flooded the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, researchers from Stanford and Stony Brook Universities report discovering trace a... |
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on Jun 7, 2012 at 6:06 pm by nucleer, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Did Barack Obama impersonate police officer as college student?
Ummm, no, not Obama, the other guy.
Local news, former Stanford student had state police uniform, used it to impersonate police officer.
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on Jun 7, 2012 at 12:42 pm by curmudgeon, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Wlker and his Lt Govenor Win in Wisconsin
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MADISON, Wis.—Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker survived a recall election Tuesday, dealing a blow to organized labor, unsettling President Barack Obama's re-election strateg... |
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on Jun 7, 2012 at 9:57 am by Debbie, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |