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CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Bol Park donkeys defended with BB rifleThe owner of the donkey pasture where Palo Alto's two beloved donkeys reside defended the animals on Monday night by shooing...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2015Last comment by JaneP, on Aug 21, 2015 at 1:15 pm | 78 comments | 12035 Views
AROUND TOWN
Katsy Swan: The Midpeninsula's garden designerKatsy Swan traces her love of flower arranging and gardening back to her years at the University of Kentucky, where botany...
Original post made on May. 7, 2013Last comment by Community Volunteer, on May 7, 2013 at 8:23 pm | 1 comment | 12035 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Body found Thursday confirmed to be missing Palo Alto hikerThe Alameda County Coroner's Office has confirmed that a body found in a wilderness area that of a Palo Alto man who went...
Original post made on Apr. 19, 2015Last comment by Hedy McAdams, on Apr 26, 2015 at 8:30 am | 4 comments | 12032 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
New study finds local airports are raising blood lead levels in childrenA study has found aircraft traffic around San Jose's Reid-Hillview Airport is contaminating the area with lead, causing a...
Original post made on Aug. 6, 2021Last comment by Me 2, on Aug 9, 2021 at 4:12 pm | 8 comments | 12031 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
National Merit semi-finalists announcedForty seniors from Palo Alto High School and 33 seniors from Gunn High School have earned recognition as semi-finalists by...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2012Last comment by Student, on Feb 20, 2013 at 9:25 pm | 23 comments | 12029 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Editorial: Approve open space Measure AAIt is not an overstatement to say that the creation of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District in 1972 is the single...
Original post made on May. 2, 2014Last comment by THE REAL PLAN, on May 17, 2014 at 8:57 pm | 47 comments | 12029 Views
AROUND TOWN
Shop Talk: Fran's Market closesPalo Alto's Fran's Market closes suddenly; owners and customers say the eviction notice came at a bad time. Read the full...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2015Last comment by Poster, on Aug 3, 2016 at 4:38 pm | 26 comments | 12020 Views
RESTAURANTS
A touch of New EnglandOur beloved Dungeness crab season might be finally getting underway, but in the meantime, we can take advantage of that East...
Original post made on Feb. 18, 2016Last comment by Scarlet, on Feb 26, 2016 at 5:12 pm | 7 comments | 12019 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Grand jury adds money-laundering charge for four local parents in college admissions scandalFederal authorities on Tuesday let the other shoe drop on parents involved in the college admissions scandal, adding fraud...
Original post made on Apr. 9, 2019Last comment by Resident, on Apr 12, 2019 at 4:11 am | 6 comments | 12015 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford's No. 3 football ranking is one for the agesThe ugly loss to Northwestern to start the season is all but forgotten by the Stanford football team, which climbed to No....
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2016Last comment by macbaldy, on Jan 19, 2016 at 1:09 pm | 9 comments | 12013 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Narrower lanes on Middlefield Road could slow traffic, improve safetyMiddlefield Road in Palo Alto is scheduled for some updates that officials hope will improve safety around Jordan Middle...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2016Last comment by Online Name, on Jul 10, 2016 at 2:01 pm | 63 comments | 12011 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PAUSD needs an independent public investigation of bullying and student civil rightsAlong with many Palo Alto residents, I was disappointed to learn last week that the US Department of Education's Office of...
Original post made by Ken Dauber on Feb. 22, 2013Last comment by Edmund Burke, on Apr 5, 2013 at 12:32 am | 30 comments | 12011 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto school test scores buck county and state trendsPalo Alto Unified saw its standardized test scores improve in English language arts compared to before the pandemic, while...
Original post made on Nov. 4, 2022Last comment by Citizen, on Nov 7, 2022 at 7:11 am | 3 comments | 12011 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Alleged thief made hotel his home baseA man and woman from Daly City were arrested in Palo Alto on theft-related charges Thursday (Jan. 19) after an alert Palo...
Original post made on Jan. 21, 2012Last comment by Marla, on Apr 10, 2013 at 2:34 pm | 8 comments | 12011 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Research park companies join forces to fight trafficFor Lockheed Martin, Hewlett-Packard and other titans based at Stanford Research Park in Palo Alto, innovation has always...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2016Last comment by Cheryl, on Mar 18, 2016 at 9:59 am | 9 comments | 12008 Views
AROUND TOWN
Shop Talk: Barry's Bootcamp coming to Palo AltoIn this week's retail column, find out where cult-workout favorite Barry's Bootcamp is opening in Palo Alto plus a new teenage...
Original post made on May. 1, 2017Last comment by cat, on Aug 14, 2017 at 7:34 am | 5 comments | 12008 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Despite pushback, 'retail protection' law passesEvery day, brick-and-mortar shops along Palo Alto's main commercial strips engage in a life-or-death battle against online...
Original post made on Feb. 14, 2017Last comment by Online Name, on Feb 16, 2017 at 8:28 pm | 42 comments | 12005 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Minor injuries in school bus collisionA Cadillac Escalade SUV clipped a school bus this morning when it veered into oncoming traffic on West Bayshore and Embarcadero...
Original post made on Oct. 29, 2013Last comment by Finally , on Oct 29, 2013 at 6:53 pm | 2 comments | 12005 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Stanford upholds fraternity's housing suspensionAfter reviewing an appeal filed by a Stanford University fraternity whose housing privileges were suspended in December following...
Original post made on Mar. 2, 2015Last comment by Hulkamania, on Mar 4, 2015 at 12:41 pm | 10 comments | 12005 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Rape in Stanford basement under investigationA woman reported that she was raped by a man at the basement of a Stanford University building on Friday, according to Stanford's...
Original post made on Oct. 9, 2022Last comment by Rebecca Eisenberg, on Oct 12, 2022 at 3:12 am | 8 comments | 12005 Views
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