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gas leak at El Camino / Los Robles
Web Link
Why was there no emergency notification of any sort? No email or phone or text message broadcast...
Not being para... |
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on Jan 10, 2013 at 4:29 pm by Jon, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Palo Alto set to swear in new mayor, vice mayor
Palo Alto will elect its 2013 mayor and vice mayor tonight, as well as say goodbye to outgoing Mayor Yiaway Yeh and Councilman Sid Espinosa, who will be taking part in their f... |
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on Jan 8, 2013 at 10:50 pm by Daniel Mart, a resident of Mountain View |
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Former Mayor Sandy Eakins dies
Sandra Brown Eakins, a former Palo Alto mayor and civic activist, died Jan. 2 at her home in Oakland after a long illness. She helped organize the League of Women Voters-spons... |
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on Jan 8, 2013 at 12:13 pm by anne, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Perhaps a better way to improve pedestrian and bike safety
Today, 1 January 2013, many communities in the UK introduced 20 MPH speed limits in areas where cars, pedestrians and bicycles share the same space.
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on Jan 7, 2013 at 4:41 pm by Be fair, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Quality of life tops neighborhood goals for 2013
New Year's resolutions are as varied as Palo Alto's residents, but for leaders of the city's neighborhood associations, addressing three issues -- creek flooding, new developm... |
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on Jan 7, 2013 at 3:22 pm by Really anon, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Annoying horn sound at 3:30am?
This morning at about 3:30am, I heard this horn sounding in the distance. I thought it might be from CalTrain, but then it just kept on sounding every 20-30 seconds or so. I... |
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on Jan 7, 2013 at 3:22 am by S Marinos, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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How did horses get on Interstate 280?
Why and how four horses from Webb Ranch got onto Interstate 280 on Saturday, Dec. 29, is unclear. Three of the horses were struck and killed by a car on I-280 north of Alpine ... |
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on Jan 4, 2013 at 9:06 pm by Neighbor, a resident of Los Altos Hills |
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Positive comments about Palo Alto here please
We are constantly criticized here for being a town of whiners, which I don't think is true, but we definitely have opinions and like to share them - justified or not.
Let's... |
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on Jan 4, 2013 at 7:44 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Chi-Chang Kao named new director of SLAC
An associate laboratory director at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has been named as the lab's fifth director, Stanford University President John Hennessy announced Wedn... |
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on Jan 3, 2013 at 6:07 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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New safe-driving laws take effect in California
Texting while driving, red-light cameras and party buses are among the targets of new driving-related laws that took effect in California Tuesday, Jan. 1.
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on Jan 3, 2013 at 5:46 pm by Don\'t Drive with gadgets, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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First Person: A conversation with the Stanford Tree
Stanford grad Jonathan Strange talks to Lisa Van Dusen about what it takes to be the Stanford Tree, mascot of the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band, in anticipat... |
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on Jan 2, 2013 at 7:57 pm by Boooring!, a resident of the Esther Clark Park neighborhood |
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Creeks recede, streets re-open as rain stops
Water levels at all Palo Alto creeks began dropping to less dangerous levels Sunday evening as rainfall stopped and storm drains were able to drain city streets.
Read the ful... |
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on Jan 2, 2013 at 5:19 pm by Joe Teresi, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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I Wish...
Discrimination against the disabled in Palo Alto is entirely indicative of discrimination in society as a whole.
I really wish I could have done a lot more for the Palo Al... |
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on Jan 2, 2013 at 1:45 pm by Daniel Mart, a resident of Mountain View |
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Growing up on Embarcadero Road in the 50s
We never locked our doors when we were growing up in Palo Alto in the 50s.
The late Robbie Makjavich and the clan lived next door, we were buddies along with all the kids on... |
Marcia Temme Hardcastle |
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on Jan 2, 2013 at 12:31 pm by Lee b, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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The time for talk is over, the Rose Bowl game is upon us
Rose Bowl notebook
The work is essentially done. Stanford had a walk through on Monday at Glendale College, and there will be some last-minute film study and instruc... |
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on Jan 1, 2013 at 1:40 am by Monty Hall, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Today's events (Dec. 31)
[Web Link Music: St. Mark's New Year's Eve Organ Concert]
Organist Jessie Jewitt plays works of Bach, Buxtehude, Franck, Langla... |
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on Dec 31, 2012 at 12:47 pm by randy albin, a resident of Mountain View |
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2012: Palo Alto's wild growth spurt
Earlier this month, as Palo Alto's planning commissioners delved into the irksome problem of downtown parking, Commissioner Michael Alcheck made a keen observation: As far as ... |
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on Dec 30, 2012 at 12:22 pm by pat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Flowers for Vets Program Highly Successful
Many thanks to our Vet friends who helped make the second annual Flowers for Vets program on December 16 amazingly successful. Thanks to Palo Alto online for helping to promot... |
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on Dec 30, 2012 at 8:47 am by Karen Froniewski, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Mobile-home park closure would displace 400
The planned closing of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in Palo Alto to make way for an apartment complex took a step forward Tuesday night, as attorneys for the property owners, ... |
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on Dec 29, 2012 at 4:57 pm by BP resident, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Online this year
Ronald McDonald House eyes major expansion
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, December 28, 2012, 12:00 AM |
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on Dec 28, 2012 at 10:43 am by randy albin, a resident of Mountain View |
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Christmas tree - collection of
How do I get rid of my Christmas tree? Can I just have it out on the curb on the day of my garbage collection? I could not find any info about what to do with my Christmas tre... |
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on Dec 27, 2012 at 12:03 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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East Palo Alto sets drunk-driving checkpoint
A sobriety and drivers license checkpoint will be conducted by the East Palo Alto Police Department Friday, Dec. 28, at University Avenue and Bay Road, the department has anno... |
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on Dec 27, 2012 at 2:33 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Arrillaga protest gathers signatures in Menlo
Save Menlo, a group of community members not thrilled with the massive eight-acre, mixed-use complex developer John Arrillaga wants to build on Stanford's car lots in Menlo Pa... |
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on Dec 26, 2012 at 8:58 pm by pat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Two displaced by Christmas Eve apartment fire
A cooking fire in a Menlo Park apartment spread to the unit and attic above it Monday night, Dec. 24, before firefighters extinguished it, fire officials said.
Read the full... |
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on Dec 26, 2012 at 6:35 pm by Yikes..hot oil, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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"Palo Alto is no college town. . ."
Just reading the "Best of Palo Alto" and loved the description in the "Best place to take out-of-towners" category. It's true! Palo Alto is no college town. Life on the farm i... |
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on Dec 26, 2012 at 12:09 pm by mathlete, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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