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CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Injury collision blocks segment of El Camino RealAn injury collision involving a bicycle and a car has blocked a section of northbound El Camino Real in Palo Alto since late...
Original post made on Jun. 18, 2018Last comment by Curmudgeon, 30 minutes ago | 32 comments | 5074 Views
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Court documents detail alleged sexual assault of girl on jogA female high school student who said she was sexually assaulted at gunpoint while on a run in Palo Alto in March told her...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2018Last comment by Twice CAUGHT, 18 hours ago | 7 comments | 3635 Views
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Missing teen last seen in Palo AltoMountain View police are asking for the public's help in finding a 14-year-old boy missing since last week. Read the full...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2018Last comment by resident, on Jun 10, 2018 at 6:20 pm | 2 comments | 4839 Views
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Stanford police warn of phone scamThe Stanford Department of Public Safety issued an alert on Friday evening warning residents to be aware of suspicious robocalls...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2018Last comment by allen, on Jun 10, 2018 at 7:38 am | 13 comments | 3311 Views
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Letters to the editorStand up for health care Read this and other letters to the editor here https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2018/06/08/letters-to-the-editor...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2018Last comment by Disappointed in LaDoris, on Jun 8, 2018 at 1:30 pm | 2 comments | 939 Views
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Roommate: alleged hacker said he was paid to attack news siteAlleged Palo Alto Online hacker Ross M. Colby told a housemate that he had hacked a news website for pay, according to testimony...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2018Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Jun 5, 2018 at 1:16 am | 11 comments | 4121 Views
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Second day of hacking trial focuses on FBI investigationDuring the second day of the federal trial of Ross M. Colby, who is charged with hacking Palo Alto Online and other Embarcadero...
Original post made on Jun. 1, 2018There are no comments yet. 1995 Views
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Letters to the editorNo basis for recall Read the full letters to the editor here https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2018/05/25/letters-to-the-editor...
Original post made on May. 28, 2018Last comment by mauricio, on May 30, 2018 at 4:38 pm | 11 comments | 812 Views
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Trial of alleged Palo Alto Online hacker to beginThe jury trial of a San Francisco man accused of executing a damaging hacking attack of PaloAltoOnline.com and four other...
Original post made on May. 28, 2018Last comment by resident, on May 30, 2018 at 1:36 pm | 8 comments | 4433 Views
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Former City Auditor slams plan to gut officeWhen the City Council’s Finance Committee made a surprise move last week to eliminate nearly every position in the Office...
Original post made on May. 22, 2018Last comment by Annette, on May 27, 2018 at 12:12 am | 23 comments | 3995 Views
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Man run over by truck while sleeping dies in East Palo AltoA 47-year-old homeless man who was sleeping on an abandoned mattress on an East Palo Alto street was killed after being run...
Original post made on May. 17, 2018Last comment by ABC, on May 19, 2018 at 10:12 am | 9 comments | 4769 Views
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East Palo Alto police investigate shootingA 28-year-old man from San Jose was attending a party in East Palo Alto when he was shot several times in the torso, police...
Original post made on May. 13, 2018Last comment by resident, on May 13, 2018 at 10:40 am | 2 comments | 3126 Views
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Men rob teen at gunpoint downtown Saturday nightA teenage boy was robbed at gunpoint by a group of men who fled in a car in downtown Palo Alto on Saturday night, police...
Original post made on May. 7, 2018Last comment by resident, on May 7, 2018 at 10:28 am | 1 comment | 5174 Views
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Man arrested for sexual assault at gunpointA man accused of sexually assaulting a high school-aged girl at gunpoint while she jogged near Stanford Research Park in...
Original post made on Apr. 8, 2018Last comment by Justine, on May 6, 2018 at 1:36 pm | 28 comments | 9049 Views
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Home burglar gets away with jewelry, suitcaseOfficers are searching for a man seen outside a home for stealing a suitcase and a safe with jewelry from a Palo Alto home...
Original post made on May. 4, 2018There are no comments yet. 3664 Views
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Elderly residents being targeted by 'distraction burglars'Burglars are targeting elderly residents in Santa Clara County by distracting them and posing as workers, prosecutors said. Read...
Original post made on May. 3, 2018Last comment by cur mudgeon, on May 3, 2018 at 12:55 pm | 1 comment | 1808 Views
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Bay Area Spare the Air smog season begins todayAs it gets warmer outside, Bay Area air quality officials are urging commuters to limit driving and find other ways of traveling...
Original post made on Apr. 30, 2018Last comment by Online Name, on Apr 30, 2018 at 12:59 pm | 3 comments | 1277 Views
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Two-vehicle collision sends one to hospitalA two-vehicle minor-injury collision that sent a man to the hospital snarled the Thursday morning commute along a heavily...
Original post made on Apr. 26, 2018Last comment by WilliamR, on Apr 27, 2018 at 7:58 am | 14 comments | 3763 Views
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Group robs teen of expensive shoes at parkA 15-year-old boy walking at Palo Alto's Bol Park was attacked on Easter Sunday by four males who beat him on the ground...
Original post made on Apr. 2, 2018Last comment by Kid of Story, on Apr 24, 2018 at 3:29 pm | 52 comments | 6951 Views
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Arsonist gets nine years in prisonA Palo Alto man charged with setting his boss's home on fire was sentenced to nine years in state prison on Friday, a Santa...
Original post made on Feb. 3, 2018Last comment by Curious, on Apr 23, 2018 at 1:44 pm | 9 comments | 4172 Views
Get Rid of Those Roundabouts!
By Diana Diamond | 31 comments | 1,731 views
U-Pick at Webb Ranch
By Laura Stec | 0 comments | 1,310 views
The Right to Listen: Free Speech #2
By Douglas Moran | 11 comments | 944 views
A community in the sand
By Cheryl Bac | 2 comments | 664 views
Modern Hospice Care and The Death of Ivan Ilyich
By Aldis Petriceks | 3 comments | 578 views
