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Slim chances, but worth fighting for
When Democratic and Republican presidential or vice-presidential candidates come to the area for their campaigns, they fly in on Air Force One, or something like it, and they ... |
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on Nov 2, 2012 at 4:17 pm by Sanda, a resident of another community |
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Hollywood leftist oppression.
The recent movie "Zero Dark Thirty" explained the truth that waterboarding, and related enhanced interrogation methods, produced the crucial elements that allowed for OBL to b... |
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on Feb 17, 2013 at 6:35 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Chemical weapons in the Mid-East
"There would be enormous consequences if we start seeing movement on the chemical weapons front or the use of chemical weapons." (Barack Obama, regarding Syria)
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on Sep 20, 2012 at 9:48 am by That User Name is already, a resident of another community |
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Stanford Arrillaga project grows by adding housing
Is this a case of "be careful what you wish for"? The latest revision of the proposed Stanford-Arrillaga development in Menlo Park added some housing. But there's a catch: The... |
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on Jan 24, 2013 at 11:29 am by Palo alto parent, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
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Palo Alto braces for turnover at City Hall
With work habits shifting and employee benefits under fire, Palo Alto is bracing for an exodus of workers from City Hall over the next five years and scrambling to find new wa... |
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on Oct 18, 2012 at 9:54 pm by slow torture, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Shedding light on blindness
White canes were a common sight in downtown Palo Alto Wednesday morning as Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired teamed with the Western Blind Rehabilitation Center... |
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on Oct 24, 2012 at 6:59 pm by Ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto 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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Paycheck-fairness bill introduced by Eshoo
Fifty years after a fair-wage bill became law, women still earn just 77 cents for every dollar a man makes for doing equal work. And that disparity costs each individual, coup... |
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on Apr 25, 2013 at 12:01 pm by Old Mary, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Great gourds
Long gone are the days when the only squash people could name was zucchini. This fall, farmers markets and grocery stores are filled with winter squashes of many shapes, sizes... |
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on Nov 18, 2012 at 6:12 pm by Anne, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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CHP Officer critically wounded
A CHP Officer was critically wounded this morning after being shot by a suspect on 680, about 40 miles from PA. Another CHP officer was able to return fire and kill the suspec... |
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on Sep 4, 2012 at 4:01 pm by Terrible news, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Caltrain kicks off track-vigilance campaign
After numerous suicides and train-pedestrian accidents, Caltrain is kicking off a year-long campaign to enlist passengers in keeping an eye on the tracks.
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on Jan 15, 2013 at 10:50 am by Boing!, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Community Notebook: Exhibit exposes human trafficking
The Menlo Park Presbyterian Church will host an exhibit this week that aims to teach the public about global human trafficking. Staffed by volunteers from the church, SOLD is ... |
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on Jan 30, 2013 at 5:00 pm by Really, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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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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Veterans Day
So, how are we doing around here? Have H-P, Stanford, VMware, and the other big corporations in our back yard been hiring any veterans? Any disabled veterans? How about PAU... |
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on Nov 12, 2012 at 12:13 pm by Ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Phone solicitors suddenly, Anyone else?
Salespeople have been calling me in the mornings, as early as 8:15 this morning. How can they be stopped? I am listed in the phone book but have been for almost a decade with ... |
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on Feb 21, 2013 at 5:42 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Stanford-affiliated firms generate $2.7 trillion a year
Companies formed by Stanford University graduates or professors generate global revenues of $2.7 trillion annually and have created 5.4 million jobs since the 1930s, according... |
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on Oct 29, 2012 at 9:18 pm by Ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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East Palo Alto residents march against violence
East Palo Alto community organizers held a "Stop the Violence" march and rally Sunday, Oct. 14, in the wake of a pair of homicides that occurred within three blocks of each ot... |
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on Oct 15, 2012 at 2:10 pm by Jan H., a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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National commission: 'School inequality threatens U.S. prosperity'
"Not every kid's going to be as lucky as I was," says Mariano-Florentino "Tino" Cuellar, whose work ethic and smarts propelled him from a mediocre high school on California's ... |
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on Apr 24, 2013 at 9:33 am by resident, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Willie Mays named 'history maker' by San Mateo County
Willie Mays, a resident of Atherton since 1969 and considered by many the best all-around baseball player of all time, has been named the San Mateo County History Maker for 20... |
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on Sep 25, 2012 at 12:14 pm by Cid Young, a resident of another community |
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State of the Union
SOTU speech tonight.
With the Republican response from two: Marco Rubio (who voted AGAINST the Violence Against Women Act today,) and Rand Paul (who also voted against prot... |
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on Feb 18, 2013 at 1:59 pm by That User Name is already, a resident of another community |
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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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Romney flip-flops on FEMA
A year ago, Romney went on record saying he wanted to kill FEMA and privatize national disaster relief programs. Today, Republican governors and mayors all along the East Coas... |
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on Oct 30, 2012 at 4:39 pm by flip flop, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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Coming clean
About 40 employees of SurveyMonkey, a Palo Alto tech firm that offers online surveys, grew mustaches in November, only to have them shaved off en masse Friday, Nov. 30. The ef... |
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on Dec 1, 2012 at 6:38 am by annon, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Make the Bay Area a single Silicon Valley Region
This is the sort of idea that makes so much sense to me. I am glad that the powers that be are starting to think along these lines. Web Link... |
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on Feb 11, 2013 at 3:15 pm by identity, a resident of the Community Center 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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