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East Palo Alto residents want surveillance cameras after park shootingWhen volleys of gunfire erupted Tuesday at Jack Farrell Park in East Palo Alto, screaming children ran from the playground...
Original post made on May. 21, 2022Last comment by We Are The People, on May 23, 2022 at 12:06 pm | 4 comments | 4156 Views
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A real-life Gilded Age whodunitEvidence suggests Stanford University co-founder Jane Stanford died of poisoning in 1905. Author and historian Richard White...
Original post made on May. 19, 2022Last comment by Erica Decker, on May 23, 2022 at 10:11 am | 13 comments | 3587 Views
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City reaches settlement with victim of violent arrest outside Happy DonutsPalo Alto reached a settlement on Wednesday with Julio Arevalo, who suffered a facial bone fracture at the hands of a city...
Original post made on May. 19, 2022Last comment by Chase Willingham, on May 23, 2022 at 9:57 am | 25 comments | 2867 Views
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East Palo Alto sends message to shooters: 'We're not going to tolerate this'East Palo Alto police, city officials and faith leaders vowed on Wednesday, in the aftermath of a deadly shooting the night...
Original post made on May. 19, 2022There are no comments yet. 5366 Views
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Elderly woman accosted by robbers in roadside attackTwo people attempted to rob an elderly Palo Alto woman of her wedding ring on Saturday afternoon, causing her injuries,...
Original post made on May. 16, 2022Last comment by Erin Hubbell, on May 17, 2022 at 10:57 am | 4 comments | 5735 Views
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Two injured when teen accidentally discharges firearm in parked vehicleTwo teenagers were injured early Thursday morning when one of them accidentally discharged a firearm while he was in his...
Original post made on May. 13, 2022Last comment by Erin Hubbell, on May 16, 2022 at 2:51 pm | 10 comments | 2422 Views
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Friends and family gather at intersection where Mountain View teen died after a collision with a truckFamily and friends have left flowers, candles, balloons and mementos at an impromptu memorial at the corner of El Camino...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2022Last comment by Bystander, on May 16, 2022 at 12:34 pm | 2 comments | 8852 Views
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Palo Alto man drowns in Lake TahoeA local businessperson died in Lake Tahoe after falling out of a boat on Thursday, a El Dorado County Sheriff's Office spokesperson...
Original post made on May. 11, 2022Last comment by MyFeelz, on May 11, 2022 at 6:23 pm | 2 comments | 9228 Views
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Man arrested for alleged break-in at Goodwill storePolice arrested a man suspected of breaking into a Goodwill of Silicon Valley store in Palo Alto last week. Read the full...
Original post made on May. 9, 2022Last comment by eileen , on May 9, 2022 at 7:38 pm | 2 comments | 2346 Views
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Police arrest man for lewd act in Palo Alto SafewayA man who allegedly committed a lewd act in the self-checkout line of a Palo Alto grocery store in January was arrested in...
Original post made on May. 5, 2022Last comment by John, on May 7, 2022 at 7:42 pm | 4 comments | 3243 Views
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Vandalized yard sign prompts hate crime investigationA Palo Alto resident's Black Lives Matter sign was defaced by someone who replaced the word "Black" with "Asian," prompting...
Original post made on Apr. 12, 2022Last comment by We Told You So!, on May 5, 2022 at 5:13 pm | 6 comments | 4535 Views
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Woman robbed inside Nordstrom at Stanford Shopping CenterA woman who was shopping at Nordstrom at Stanford Shopping Center was robbed of $2,500 in purchases while inside the store...
Original post made on Apr. 27, 2022Last comment by Green Gables, on Apr 27, 2022 at 11:32 am | 3 comments | 23548 Views
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As COVID-19 recedes, Californians have new worriesA new poll found that Californians’ worries about COVID-19 have receded, but their attention has shifted to some old issues...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2022Last comment by Bystander, on Apr 21, 2022 at 10:37 am | 1 comment | 2373 Views
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Palo Alto resident robbed at gunpoint in driveway while child is in the carTwo armed men robbed a man at gunpoint Friday evening in the University South neighborhood while a young child sat in his...
Original post made on Apr. 16, 2022Last comment by South PA resident , on Apr 20, 2022 at 12:46 pm | 25 comments | 20210 Views
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Police arrest suspect in November sideshow collisionPalo Alto police have arrested a man they say sideswiped a police patrol car before crashing his vehicle into a tree while...
Original post made on Apr. 18, 2022Last comment by BruceS, on Apr 18, 2022 at 4:10 pm | 1 comment | 3793 Views
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Prowler allegedly brandishes knife at residentA man prowling in the backyard of a Palo Alto home on Wednesday evening allegedly pulled a knife on a resident who confronted...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2022Last comment by Bystander, on Apr 16, 2022 at 8:47 am | 5 comments | 7247 Views
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Police investigating hate crime after Palo Altan's Ukrainian flag torn downPolice are looking into a recent vandalism case as a hate crime, after a resident's Ukrainian flag was torn down and bundled...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2022Last comment by Lynne Henderson, on Apr 12, 2022 at 10:35 am | 8 comments | 5777 Views
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Midtown resident robbed at gunpoint after online meetup goes awryA Midtown resident who invited a woman he met online into his home early Thursday morning was robbed at gunpoint minutes...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2022Last comment by MyFeelz, on Apr 10, 2022 at 4:05 pm | 9 comments | 10358 Views
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Four teens arrested for Stanford Shopping Center robberyPalo Alto police arrested four teenagers on Monday evening after they allegedly attempted to carjack a woman and robbed her...
Original post made on Apr. 5, 2022Last comment by Leslie York, on Apr 7, 2022 at 5:09 am | 11 comments | 11243 Views
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Three alleged robbers who pepper-sprayed, punched Macy's security officer arrestedThree women who allegedly pepper-sprayed and struck a loss-prevention officer at Stanford Shopping Center when he tried to...
Original post made on Apr. 6, 2022Last comment by eileen , on Apr 6, 2022 at 8:03 pm | 3 comments | 6842 Views
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