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Remodeling gone overboard
A letter in today's weekly mentions that a new neighbor on David is planning to tear down what has been a tastefully remodeled, well maintained home. As someone who is in the... |
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on Dec 11, 2007 at 4:06 pm by renovator too, a resident of another community |
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Filming Sunday Dec 1st at El Camino and Sherman
A large crew was out today filming at the motel on the corner of El Camino and Sherman. Does anyone know what they were filming? I asked one of the Production Assistants but... |
curious minds |
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on Dec 10, 2007 at 1:29 am by Peter, a resident of the Esther Clark Park neighborhood |
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Suggestions about sleeping with neck gear?
My eight-year-old son just got fitted with neck gear (phase one of a several phase orthodontic plan for him). He has been working up for the last week to get use to it and sta... |
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on Dec 9, 2007 at 3:06 pm by anonymous, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Stanford professor wins $200,000 prize
Albert Bandura, a Stanford University psychology professor, has been awarded the 2008 Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology, which includes a $200,000 prize.
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Editor |
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on Dec 7, 2007 at 9:09 pm by Catherine, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Stanford students win Marshall scholarships
Two Stanford University students, who both happen to be musicians, have won prestigious Marshall scholarships sponsored by the British government.
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on Dec 7, 2007 at 6:41 pm by Cardinal Fan, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
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VIDEO Streetwise: 'What will you be doing differently this year for the holidays?'
Palo Alto Online reporters strolled the streets of downtown Palo Alto this week with a video camera in tow to ask everyday citizens what they expect to do differently during t... |
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on Dec 6, 2007 at 10:28 am by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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a preventable accident
Is anyone else concerned about being hit by a silent Prius? I love the cars, but I've been surprised several times in parking lots and on walks, and it seems inevitable that ... |
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on Dec 6, 2007 at 2:40 am by Jack, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Wildlife Rescue gets a rescue of its own
Wildlife Rescue Incorporated, a Palo Alto-based nonprofit, has completed a merger with San Mateo-based Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA, the latter announced today.
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on Dec 5, 2007 at 5:15 pm by Anonymous, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Feature story: 'I make dance'
Dancer-choreographer Robert Moses would prefer that audiences take pleasure in the sheer joy of watching movement on stage rather than probe his work to find the "right" meani... |
Editor |
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on Dec 4, 2007 at 11:47 am by Kim Stinson Serrano, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Table tennis, anyone?
Listening to 11-year-olds Ariel Hsing and Lily Zhang talk is like watching a pingpong match. Sentences zip through the air, the girls volleying them back and forth in one seam... |
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on Dec 4, 2007 at 8:28 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Sears grand re-opening (?)
Went to Sears today and was surprised that they announced today was their first grand re-opening. It was about as busy as it ever was and looked pretty much the same. They do ... |
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on Dec 3, 2007 at 4:42 pm by bikes2work, a member of the Santa Rita (Los Altos) community |
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Stanford football seniors finally win the Big one
This time the Stanford football players left the field as conquering heroes. That is, if they were able to leave the field at all amid a flood of students and well-wishers.
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on Dec 3, 2007 at 9:40 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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No one in line for Palo Alto manager post, yet
By the time City Manager Frank Benest retires at the end of June, Palo Alto should have selected or be very close to hiring his replacement. But who that might be is anybody's... |
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on Nov 30, 2007 at 9:28 pm by to Ken, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
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Woman crashes car into Midtown building
An 87-year-old woman attempting to park apparently hit the gas pedal by mistake and her car struck a building at 2655 Middlefield Road late Thursday afternoon, according to Pa... |
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on Nov 29, 2007 at 9:27 am by Brit, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Bus-service changes to be discussed Tuesday
After months of protest, Palo Altans were unable to keep the Valley Transportation Authority from slashing service on bus Route 88 this summer. But Tuesday they can critique V... |
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on Nov 27, 2007 at 1:36 pm by a long time resident, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Lighted Busycle Nite Ride
Web Link
Ride with us on the 15-person BUSYCLE from its garage in Midtown to one of the Palo Alto downtow... |
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on Nov 24, 2007 at 11:31 am by Busycle, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Google workers' kids to play by the bay
The salt-marsh harvest mouse won't be the only thing scurrying around the Palo Alto Baylands next year. Tots will be, too.
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on Nov 24, 2007 at 4:32 am by Walker, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Medi-Cal
My mother turned 65 last month. She currently has BlueCross insurance (we pay for it). BlueCross kindly increased her premium promptly :)
My mother's friends do not seem t... |
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on Nov 21, 2007 at 1:55 pm by trudy, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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The Art of Collage: Works by Sylvie A. Serex-Bonnet at CSMA's Mohr Gallery
A Benefit Exhibition for the Community School of Music and Arts at Finn Center, December 3, 2007 to January 26, 2008.
OPENING RECEPTION & CONCERT -- Friday, December 14, 6 ... |
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on Nov 21, 2007 at 1:18 pm by Community School of Music and Arts, a resident of another community |
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Electric cars to be sold in Menlo Park
The electric automaker Tesla Motors has chosen Menlo Park as the site for its Northern California sales and servicing as the excitement builds for the mass production later th... |
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on Nov 20, 2007 at 3:46 pm by Greg, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
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Man wounded in car-to-car EPA shooting
A 29-year-old man was shot and wounded Sunday morning in East Palo Alto in a car-to-car shooting, Sgt. Shante Williams reported.
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on Nov 20, 2007 at 8:44 am by Roy, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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What happened to the 88 bus this morning?
I drove down Louis Rd. and Charleston Rd. this morning at about 7:35 and saw a half dozen or more students at every bus stop, waiting to be picked up. They were looking anxiou... |
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on Nov 18, 2007 at 12:37 am by joe willie, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Separated twin girl has successful heart surgery
One of the conjoined twin 2-year-old girls who underwent successful separation surgery at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto has undergone cardiac surgery to repa... |
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on Nov 16, 2007 at 2:38 pm by Danny, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Something to talk about
A Kenney Mencher painting is like a man crying on a bus. You aren't supposed to watch, but something nags at you to look closer. Maybe you'll find out the full story.
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on Nov 16, 2007 at 10:05 am by Sue, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Does anyone know who owns the Cardinal Hotel?
Does any one know who owns the Cardinal HOtel? |
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on Nov 15, 2007 at 8:27 pm by Hank Cardinal, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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