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Comcast Speed is Down all over Palo Alto
Comcast confirmed this to me. It may be intermittent, but now I don't think so. They called ME to replace two modems last week.
The tech came out not knowing anything about... |
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 10:02 pm by Professorville Resident, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Tons of tires to repave Palo Alto's Alma Street
About 1,000 tons of recycled tires will cover a 2-mile section of Alma Street as part of a pilot repaving project in Palo Alto. The rubber-meets-the-road project is the first ... |
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 10:56 am by member, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Stanford wants to expand undergrad enrollment
Stanford University wants to expand its undergraduate enrollment if it can raise the money to build housing for more students, President John Hennessy said Thursday.
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 10:38 am by Frugal, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Experts warn women leaders of nuclear risk
Had Monday's explosions at the Boston Marathon contained nuclear material tens of thousands of people could have been killed, Stanford experts told a group of Bay Area women b... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 9:09 pm by CrescentParkAnon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Palo Alto urged not to fund a Catholic nonprofit
With Catholic Charities facing allegations of discrimination from gay-rights advocates in Massachusetts, Illinois, and Washington, D.C., Palo Alto officials found themselves d... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 2:50 pm by local gurl, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Russ Feingold to discuss the Patriot Act
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ACLU Mid-Peninsula cordially invites you to meet and talk with Russ Feingold, the only senator to vote against the Patriot Act.
May 8th, 6.30 Refreshments 7 pm ... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 1:06 pm by Alice Schaffer Smith, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Grand Boulevard Initiative Survey
The Grand Boulevard Initiative (GBI) is partnering with Fenton, a communications firm, to help achieve the vision for the El Camino Real Corridor as a thriving and vibrant res... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 9:32 am by GBI, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto set to adopt new, belated, housing vision
Palo Alto's newest vision for housing is at once a broad roadmap and a delicate compromise, a document that both expresses the city's values and that complies, however grudgin... |
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on Apr 16, 2013 at 11:29 am by j99, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Pacifist, Kepler's legend Ira Sandperl dies at 90
Ira Sandperl, a well-known pacifist who worked for decades at Kepler's bookstore in Menlo Park -- from the 1950s into the 1980s -- died April 13 at his home in Menlo Park. He ... |
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on Apr 16, 2013 at 10:02 am by Lily, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Keychain storage device holds emergency info for seniors
An offhand question from a Palo Alto octogenarian has sparked a new product that is being offered free -- or nearly free -- to local seniors.
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on Apr 16, 2013 at 7:14 am by LauraR, a resident of another community |
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Paly students to be on KQED's 'Forum' this morning
A Palo Alto High School student magazine cover story on "rape culture" will be among the the subjects Monday of the KQED radio public-affairs program "Forum" hosted by intervi... |
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on Apr 15, 2013 at 5:08 pm by Colleen D., a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Traffic delays expected on Foothill and Junipero Serra
Traffic along Foothill Expressway and Junipero Serra Boulevard may be impacted for months as Pacific Gas and Electric replaces natural gas lines in the area.
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on Apr 15, 2013 at 3:10 pm by commuter, a resident of Mountain View |
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Real Estate Matters
The Bay Area real-estate market has become a challenging market for buyers due to several important developments.
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on Apr 15, 2013 at 9:14 am by Jayne, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Laurene Powell Jobs' film "The Dream Is Now" airs tomorrow on MSNBC
Steve Jobs' window (and Palo Alto resident, of course) has produced a film "The Dream Is Now". It airs tomorrow (Sunday) on MSNBC at 1pm. MSNBC intro: Web Link... |
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on Apr 15, 2013 at 12:24 am by bru, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Just what determines a home's worth?
Nancy Dierx has jumped over fences and been bitten by dogs at least three times in her 31 years working as a real-estate appraiser.
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on Apr 14, 2013 at 1:53 pm by CrescentParkAnon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Palo Alto honors its 34th annual Tall Trees
With Hal Mickelson as master of ceremonies, the recipients of this year's Tall Tree awards received accolades at the 34th annual Tall Tree Award Ceremony on April 10, 2013.
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on Apr 14, 2013 at 10:06 am by Mary Hansen, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Palo Alto could get $5 million for new bike bridge
Palo Alto's ambitious plan to give residents and bicyclists convenient, year-round access to the Baylands took a major leap forward Wednesday morning when Santa Clara County S... |
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on Apr 13, 2013 at 11:19 am by close the gates, a resident of Stanford |
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Stanford researchers create transparent mouse brain
A group of Stanford University researchers have paved the way for increased transparency -- literally and scientifically -- of one of the least understood organs, the brain.
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on Apr 13, 2013 at 9:15 am by some guy, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Palo Alto kicks off neighborhood-grant program
Palo Alto kicked off its latest experiment in engaging local neighborhoods on Friday, April 12, by launching a grant program geared at bringing neighbors closer together.
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on Apr 13, 2013 at 8:52 am by Midtown Court.Neighbors & Friends, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Harbor seal pup rescued at Palo Alto harbor
A baby harbor seal that somehow got stranded in the waters at the Palo Alto harbor was rescued by Palo Alto Animal Services on Tuesday, April 9.
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on Apr 13, 2013 at 7:16 am by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Remodel or move?
A dozen years have passed since Susan and Hugh Daniels found their perfect neighborhood in Mountain View. At the end of a cul-de-sac, their Cuesta Park house seemed a good spo... |
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on Apr 12, 2013 at 6:03 pm by M Levy, a resident of Los Altos |
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More than 500 attend 'high speed boondoggle' rally
Hundreds of critics of California's proposed high-speed rail project packed into Burlingame's Caltrain station Sunday afternoon to wave protest signs, chant "Boondoggle!" and ... |
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on Apr 12, 2013 at 9:00 am by Thiago, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Los Altos Hills Fatal Car Crash
I'm surprised that the cracking news staff on the Weekly hasn't picked up this story.
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on Apr 11, 2013 at 8:50 am by David, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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HSR Corruption - Foreshadowing
California has been using the Chinese High Speed Rail construction as an example of what we can expect here in California. Not surprisingly, the head of the Chinese HSR has b... |
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on Apr 10, 2013 at 4:25 pm by neighbor, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Owner of JJ&F market eyes Miki's Alma Plaza space
Miki's Farm Fresh Market might be closing, but one local grocer is looking at potentially taking over the spot. Joe Khoury, the patriarch of the family that owns JJ&F Market, ... |
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on Apr 10, 2013 at 3:40 pm by keith@klwines, a resident of Atherton |
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