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Final weekend to see 5th of July at Pear Ave Theatre
Friends have said the current production at Pear Ave Theatre in Mountain View is very good, hope to get over there before it closes Sunday. '5th of July' by American playwrig... |
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on Oct 7, 2011 at 4:21 pm by KATHY, a resident of Mountain View |
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Cohousing project approved in MV
Three Palo Alto households (of whom my wife and I are one) were delighted Tuesday night when Mountain View City Council approved 7-0 our application to build a new cohousing p... |
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on Sep 29, 2011 at 11:53 am by Paul Berry, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Palo Alto Bowl: Do Not Ever Think That You are Incapable of Positive Change! Make Your Voice Heard Today! Read On...
Everybody: it is never too late to begin altering what is obviously a very, very broken status quo. A status quo that favors the rich and, as this issue shows us, can very ea... |
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on Sep 28, 2011 at 7:02 pm by Daniel Mart, a resident of Mountain View |
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Earth Hour tomorrow night!!
Just a reminder to everyone that tomorrow, from 8pm - 9pm local time, is Earth Hour.
SF is participating as well, & both the Golden Gate & Bay bridges will go dark for that t... |
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on Sep 23, 2011 at 1:46 pm by mmmmMom, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Stanford professor named new ambassador to Russia
President Obama named a Stanford University political science professor the new ambassador to Russia, the university announced Thursday. Michael McFaul, a Stanford University ... |
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on Sep 19, 2011 at 12:44 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Chet Frankenfield: Our Canadian Neighbors
We were driving to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, and on Sept. 10 we arrived in Cache Creek, B.C., a forlorn little town in the middle of nowhere.
Read the full story he... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:14 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Anne Ream: Talismans in Milan
We checked in a day early. The Hotel Diana Majestic is just as its name suggests ... gorgeous, art deco, amazing. We'd been hiking for two weeks and in Cinqueterre for three h... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:13 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Miriam Palm: Return from Montana
I was with my husband and his family -- mother Laura Palm (who was about to turn 91 -- she will be 101 this coming Sept. 14), sister, brother, and brother's wife, in Glacier N... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:12 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Jeanne Kennedy: The Hospitality of Strangers
We were returning home from Prague and were halfway across the Atlantic. The pilot announced that the skies over the United States were closed and that we had to turn back.
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:12 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Paul Werner: On a Boston Bus
We were on a private tour bus, with a group from the Peninsula, just leaving the Boston area. The driver was starting to pick up a little information on his radio, as was our ... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:12 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Mimm Patterson: Homesick, in Ireland
I left Palo Alto for Ireland in 1994. On 11 September 2001 I was living in Donegal, Ireland, and working as the manager of a small health food store.
Read the full story h... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:11 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Mark VanZanten: A Forced Landing
Early on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, I made my way to the Austin, Texas, airport from home. My family and I had relocated to Austin from the Bay Area just two year... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:11 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Art Kraemer: 'Stuck' on Maui
My wife, Helen, and I were on Maui. Our daughter called us very early for Hawaiian time to tell us to turn on the TV, and we watched all the horror on for hours.
Read the ... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:11 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Richard Placone: Voyage of a Lifetime
On Sept. 10, 2001, my wife, Jeanne, and I, my mother and a good friend left for what was to be a wonderful cruise to Alaska aboard the Norwegian "Wind."
Read the full stor... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:10 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Mark Meyers: There for Our Country
We deployed to Ground Zero WTC NYC on Sept. 18. We left from Travis Air Force Base on a C-5 Constellation and a C-141.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:09 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Bill Barranco: Whose News?
I was attending the press conference at the Frankfurt Auto Show in Germany. Suddenly the large projector screens at all the car manufacturers' stands were broadcasting CNN as ... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:09 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Kathleen Hughes: Almost Losing the Love of Her Life
On Sept. 11, 2001, I received a wake up call from my mom, Joanne, in Pennsylvania. It was a little after 6 a.m. here in Palo Alto. She asked me where (my husband) Tony was.
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:08 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Mohinder Pelia: A Visitor Stands in Solidarity
On 11 Sep 01, at 0800 hours, I received a call from Mr. Larry, the father-in-law of my eldest daughter, telling me, "America is attacked. See on TV."
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:08 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Joy Robinson: Sympathy in Tibet
I was at lunch in Tsedang, Tibet, having just arrived from the airport at the start of a tour. We were approached by a French woman whose group had just arrived from Lhasa and... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:08 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Carina Rossner: Birth amid Chaos
On Sept. 11 we were 10 months pregnant (official due date had been the 10th) with our second child and trying to convince each other of our choices for his name. Our neighbor ... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:07 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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M. A. Fruth: Gap Teeth
The harbor gapes in unnatural haze, its two front teeth knocked out--
it cannot chew the ash that shades a mourning moonscape.
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:07 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Megan Hulce: Who Could Believe ... ?
I had hurt my back the day before and had had a sleepless night. In the morning I decided I needed to go to the emergency room, so I had called a taxi as it was too painful to... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:06 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Carolyn Dole: Silent Skies
September eleventh airports closed
heavy rumblings of loaded aircraft
stopped passing overhead
a few from foreign ports
interrupted the welcome silence
of preflight quiet... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:06 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Tina McMinn: Far from Home
My day started at 4 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001. My roommate had saved for a couple of years for a three-week vacation to see her family in Hungary and needed to be at SFO by 6:15 ... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:05 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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Samina Sundas: A Voice for Peace
My journey to becoming a full-time community activist was unfortunately motivated by pain. I was at Costco when I first learned about the tragedy.
Read the full story here... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 5:04 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
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