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PALO ALTO ISSUES
'Our Palo Alto' launches with lessons in local demographicsAn attempt by Palo Alto officials to get out of City Hall and engage residents in a two-year conversation about the future...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2014Last comment by Just Saying, on May 8, 2014 at 5:19 pm | 29 comments | 14210 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Two Palo Altans vie for county school-board seatPalo Alto residents Grace Mah and Sheena Chin are running for Mah's seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Education this...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2016Last comment by County School Board, on Oct 18, 2016 at 9:23 pm | 12 comments | 14208 Views
AROUND TOWN
Police investigate pedestrian fatalityA pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle on Saturday morning, July 23, leading to an investigation by Palo Alto police,...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2016Last comment by Confused, on Jul 26, 2016 at 11:04 pm | 52 comments | 14208 Views
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Stanford's resident doctors largely cut out of first COVID-19 vaccinationsWhen Stanford Health Care gave the first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Friday, most of its resident physicians, many of whom...
Original post made on Dec. 18, 2020Last comment by Online Name, on Dec 24, 2020 at 1:48 pm | 21 comments | 14208 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stepping back in time0...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2007Last comment by KP, on May 7, 2008 at 2:35 pm | 3 comments | 14207 Views
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A singing traditionIt's a Friday evening on the Stanford campus, and as the sun sinks behind the Dish, the members of one student choral ensemble...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2015Last comment by John Sack, on Feb 6, 2015 at 3:46 pm | 2 comments | 14206 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stanford 'ghost' houses to get new lifeSeveral homes owned by Stanford University in the College Terrace neighborhood that have been sitting empty for a year or...
Original post made on May. 25, 2018Last comment by Heritage, on May 30, 2018 at 6:52 pm | 21 comments | 14199 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
In NSA-funded initiative, Palo Alto students sharpen their Mandarin skillsAs Americans debate revelations about sweeping data collection by the National Security Agency, the secretive federal department...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2014Last comment by More important, on Aug 24, 2014 at 12:24 pm | 32 comments | 14194 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Toys that teachForget the Xboxes and the Wiis. Building toys — from Lego sets to tiny robots that light up — have always been...
Original post made on Dec. 22, 2013Last comment by opus, on Dec 24, 2013 at 2:22 pm | 3 comments | 14191 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Students no longer waiting to exhaleThere's a scientific reason the saying "take a deep breath" exists. Read the full story here http://paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2015/05/08/students-no-longer-waiting-to-exhale...
Original post made on May. 8, 2015Last comment by Migues, on Feb 16, 2017 at 12:37 pm | 10 comments | 14190 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Palo Alto, Mountain View and Sunnyvale strike deal over rail fundsIn a move that they hope will boost their efforts to redesign Caltrain rail crossings, Palo Alto, Mountain View and Sunnyvale...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2021Last comment by Leslie York, on Aug 16, 2021 at 10:18 am | 14 comments | 14190 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Stanford resident physicians vote to join unionDoctors who are resident and fellow physicians at Stanford Health Care have voted to join a union by a wide margin, the Committee...
Original post made on May. 4, 2022Last comment by Milton, on May 5, 2022 at 9:24 am | 5 comments | 14190 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto police seek purse snatcherPalo Alto police are looking for a bike-riding purse snatcher who they said committed two crimes in the span of 15 minutes...
Original post made on Jan. 30, 2014Last comment by JustMe, on Feb 3, 2014 at 1:17 pm | 28 comments | 14189 Views
AROUND TOWN
Another fire at Sims metal recycling in Redwood CityFirefighters are battling a two-alarm fire at a metal recycling facility in Redwood City this morning. Read the full...
Original post made on Dec. 17, 2013Last comment by Shut It, on Dec 19, 2013 at 11:10 pm | 45 comments | 14187 Views
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Where to buy turkeysRead the full story here http://paloaltoonline.com/news/2013/11/24/where-to-buy-turkeys posted Sunday, November 24, 2013,...
Original post made on Nov. 25, 2013Last comment by gobble gobble, on Nov 25, 2013 at 8:38 pm | 2 comments | 14180 Views
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Greg Tanaka, Palo Alto's leading fiscal hawk, seeks another four years on City CouncilGreg Tanaka, a tech CEO who over the past four years has established himself as the City Council's most vocal fiscal hawk,...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2020Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Jul 26, 2020 at 8:08 am | 75 comments | 14180 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Offer made to buy mobile home parkThe effort to save Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, took another step forward after a nonprofit corporation sent a bid to owner...
Original post made on Aug. 16, 2015Last comment by Wally, on Aug 18, 2015 at 7:40 pm | 59 comments | 14176 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Inside Stanford's bid to expand -- and how it came undoneThe largest project in Santa Clara County's history got the axe just before noon on Nov. 1, a casualty of fundamental disagreements...
Original post made on Nov. 8, 2019Last comment by Fair Solutions, on Dec 25, 2019 at 1:11 pm | 39 comments | 14176 Views
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Palantir moves headquarters from Palo Alto to DenverPalantir Technologies Inc. hasn't yet publicly announced it, but the software company has moved its headquarters to Denver,...
Original post made on Aug. 20, 2020Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Aug 20, 2020 at 7:27 pm | 21 comments | 14176 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Dangerous crossing worse than ever, Palo Alto residents sayScreeching brakes and crumpling metal are still a continual occurrence at one dangerous Palo Alto intersection, despite nearby...
Original post made on May. 26, 2023Last comment by Native to the BAY, on May 28, 2023 at 4:18 am | 10 comments | 14175 Views
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