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Community Notebook: A record $441,000 awarded to local nonprofitsThe Palo Alto Community Fund awarded a record $441,000 in grants to 45 local nonprofit organizations in the greater Palo...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2018Last comment by Family & Children Services of Silicon Valley, 8 minutes ago | 1 comment | 1077 Views
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Ex-Theranos executives indicted by federal grand juryThe former CEO and COO embattled blood-testing company Theranos have been indicted by a federal grand jury for an alleged...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2018Last comment by WilliamR, 30 minutes ago | 56 comments | 3786 Views
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Egg-hausted effortAfter months of fighting plans to remove 7-foot-tall egg-shaped sculpture Digital DNA from Lytton Plaza in downtown Palo...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2018Last comment by Marty, 50 minutes ago | 3 comments | 638 Views
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Community Notebook: 'End of watch' memorial for slain police officer this FridayA Paly and police officer who was gunned down while chasing an armed drug suspect in East Palo Alto 30 years ago will be...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2018Last comment by copaganda , 2 hours ago | 1 comment | 325 Views
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Around Town<B><B>BENZ IN THE BAYLANDS ... </B> A new proposal to construct a <B>Mercedes-Benz</B> dealership in the Baylands is about...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2018Last comment by Rob, 6 hours ago | 11 comments | 1711 Views
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Option for rail realignment at Churchill droppedResponding to an surge of concern in Old Palo Alto and Southgate about potential property seizures, the City Council officially...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2018Last comment by Rainer, 7 hours ago | 30 comments | 2771 Views
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City scraps plan to raise train tracks at ChurchillSeeking to ease concerns from residents in the Old Palo Alto and Southgate neighborhoods about property seizures, Palo Alto...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2018Last comment by Rainer, 7 hours ago | 68 comments | 6109 Views
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Residents sound off on Ross Road changesAfter installing a host of "traffic calming" measures aimed at promoting bicycling on Ross Road, Palo Alto officials are...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2018Last comment by Got my popcorn, on Jun 20, 2018 at 1:38 pm | 79 comments | 5034 Views
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Obituaries<B>Ruth Juhua Chou Read the full story here https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2018/06/08/obituaries posted Friday,...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2018Last comment by RIP is offensive., on Jun 17, 2018 at 6:41 pm | 2 comments | 229 Views
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Former Weekly reporter Don Kazak diesDon Kazak, who joined the Palo Alto Weekly staff when the paper was launched in 1979 and remained for almost 30 years as...
Original post made on May. 23, 2018Last comment by Michael Levin, on Jun 16, 2018 at 1:11 pm | 14 comments | 2747 Views
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Hacker guilty on all counts in attack on Palo Alto OnlineA federal jury on Wednesday convicted Ross M. Colby of two felonies and three misdemeanors relating to computer hacking of...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2018Last comment by AskingForAFriend, on Jun 15, 2018 at 1:49 pm | 13 comments | 3665 Views
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The things I remember about Palo Alto while growing up:0...
Original post made by Andrew L. Freedman on Oct. 19, 2006Last comment by Taro, on Jun 14, 2018 at 10:17 am | 1149 comments | 243288 Views
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Palo Alto ups its stakes in Avenidas, zoo projectsIn a bid to boost two popular community projects, Palo Alto officials agreed on Tuesday night to sell off a highly valued...
Original post made on May. 30, 2018Last comment by PA Native, on Jun 14, 2018 at 2:48 am | 3 comments | 2442 Views
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Council advances plan for new police HQ, garageAfter more than two decades of shattered hopes and frustrating setbacks, Palo Alto officials took a big step Monday night...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2018Last comment by more shortsightedness, on Jun 12, 2018 at 8:22 pm | 4 comments | 2210 Views
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A Bank With Fossil Fuel Free Clean HandsAre there any 'clean banks' in Palo Alto with safe deposit boxes? In 1970 we moved to the Peninsula. Like my employer,...
Original post made by baumgrenze on Jun. 12, 2018There are no comments yet. 94 Views
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Mutt's pizza theft leads to rescue of pupsA dog's desperate snatch at a slice of pepperoni pizza in East Palo Alto in April turned out to be her puppies' saving grace....
Original post made on Jun. 11, 2018Last comment by A Human, on Jun 12, 2018 at 7:26 am | 7 comments | 5630 Views
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Around Town<B>DISTRICT WELCOMES NEW SUPE ...</B> In his first visit to Palo Alto after being approved as the school district's next...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2018Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Jun 12, 2018 at 12:14 am | 2 comments | 1634 Views
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Planned garages draw oppositionAs Palo Alto considers new taxes to address a $76-million backlog in its infrastructure plan, some residents are council...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2018Last comment by Resident, on Jun 8, 2018 at 3:50 am | 21 comments | 2489 Views
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On the cutting edgeFirst came the art collection. Next was the combination guesthouse and private art gallery that could showcase that collection. Read...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2018Last comment by Neighbor, on Jun 7, 2018 at 2:07 pm | 2 comments | 190 Views
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Letters to the editor<B>Recall is overreaction Read the full story here https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2018/06/01/letters-to-the-editor...
Original post made on Jun. 1, 2018Last comment by Theresa, on Jun 4, 2018 at 8:56 pm | 8 comments | 409 Views
U-Pick at Webb Ranch
By Laura Stec | 0 comments | 1,544 views
Modern Hospice Care and The Death of Ivan Ilyich
By Aldis Petriceks | 3 comments | 901 views
A community in the sand
By Cheryl Bac | 3 comments | 752 views
Couples: “It’s Not My Problem. It’s Your Problem.”
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 349 views
