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Hundreds attend vigil for Christine Blasey FordHundreds of people joined a candlelight vigil on Sunday in support of Christine Blasey Ford, a Palo Alto resident whose sexual...
Original post made on Sep. 24, 2018Last comment by Jack D, 1 minute ago | 56 comments | 4455 Views
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School board to discuss Voting Rights Act legal threatA Palo Alto Unified attorney will give a public presentation at Tuesday's school board meeting on the district's options...
Original post made on Sep. 24, 2018Last comment by Target LASD, 36 minutes ago | 2 comments | 496 Views
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Community to Kavanaugh accuser: 'We are here, and we have your back'Local residents, friends and strangers have rallied around Christine Blasey Ford, who has publicly accused Supreme Court...
Original post made on Sep. 20, 2018Last comment by Curmudgeon, 7 hours ago | 72 comments | 10091 Views
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Family of missing woman to hold search partyFamily and friends will hold a search party on Saturday to try to locate 66-year-old Wamaitha Kaboga-Miller, a Palo Alto...
Original post made on Aug. 22, 2018Last comment by Anon, 8 hours ago | 21 comments | 17648 Views
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Around Town<B>A TALE OF TWO CITIES ...</B> <B>Heidelberg, Germany</B> is celebrating its yearlong sister-city relationship with Palo...
Original post made on Sep. 21, 2018Last comment by Jacke Beridano, 13 hours ago | 2 comments | 1157 Views
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New market to open in College TerracePalo Alto's College Terrace neighborhood will soon have a new grocery store with a name well familiar to neighborhood shoppers. Read...
Original post made on Aug. 28, 2018Last comment by Dottie Silverberg, 13 hours ago | 34 comments | 6231 Views
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Crowds converge at Baylands for Moonlight Run & WalkExcitement filled the air on Friday evening at the Palo Alto Baylands where the Moonlight Run & Walk returned for a 34th...
Original post made on Sep. 22, 2018Last comment by Coordinator gets a gold star, on Sep 22, 2018 at 1:50 pm | 1 comment | 2345 Views
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County struggles to meet 'overwhelming' needsBack in 2006, Chris Tanti sought to reinvent the way Australia delivered youth mental health services. Read the full story...
Original post made on Sep. 22, 2018Last comment by @ guns fer yer health, on Sep 22, 2018 at 12:32 pm | 4 comments | 12351 Views
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Bike Exchange finds new homeThe Silicon Valley Bike Exchange, which repairs bikes and donates them, is set to relocate to a Palo Alto industrial office...
Original post made on Sep. 21, 2018Last comment by Heather Frok, on Sep 21, 2018 at 6:50 pm | 4 comments | 1509 Views
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Moonlight Run returning to the BaylandsThe Palo Alto Baylands is expected to be flooded with visitors this Friday when more than 1,800 runners flock to the trails...
Original post made on Sep. 19, 2018Last comment by Respect Mother Nature, on Sep 20, 2018 at 6:54 pm | 3 comments | 1453 Views
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Palo Alto Players goes ape for 'Tarzan'The Lucie Stern Theatre is transformed into a vibrant, verdant African rainforest this month, thanks to Palo Alto Players'...
Original post made on Sep. 20, 2018Last comment by Ada, on Sep 20, 2018 at 1:17 pm | 1 comment | 1134 Views
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Longtime Stanford volunteer Burt McMurtry diesBurton J. McMurtry, 83, a longtime Stanford University volunteer and philanthropist, died Sept. 2, leaving behind a legacy...
Original post made on Sep. 20, 2018Last comment by Sea Reddy, on Sep 20, 2018 at 5:21 am | 1 comment | 1033 Views
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A better alternative to Caltrain electrificationNo unsightly poles and expensive overhead wires: "Hydrogen trains are equipped with fuel cells that produce electricity...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Sep. 19, 2018There are no comments yet. 91 Views
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Landed to help teachers with down paymentLanded, a San Francisco company that helps public school educators buy homes by covering a portion of their down payments,...
Original post made on Sep. 13, 2018Last comment by mmmmMom, on Sep 19, 2018 at 1:03 am | 10 comments | 2277 Views
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Police recover gun cases in alleged burglar's carA man who was arrested in connection with two home burglaries in Palo Alto on Friday allegedly had gun cases stolen from...
Original post made on Sep. 13, 2018Last comment by Not So..., on Sep 18, 2018 at 1:52 pm | 27 comments | 2298 Views
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Gaining speedRead the full story here https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2018/09/14/gaining-speed posted Friday, September 14,...
Original post made on Sep. 14, 2018Last comment by Jamie Barnett, on Sep 17, 2018 at 10:39 am | 2 comments | 2874 Views
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New data shows slow Bay Area housing productionNew data shows that Bay Area housing increased by only 14,900 new units in 2017, less than 30 percent of the number of new...
Original post made on Sep. 13, 2018Last comment by R. Davis, on Sep 17, 2018 at 7:47 am | 10 comments | 913 Views
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Mixed reactions to funeral home conversionPlans to convert what was once a funeral home into a private club for female workers are getting mixed reviews from the shuttered...
Original post made on Sep. 8, 2018Last comment by danny, on Sep 16, 2018 at 7:48 pm | 26 comments | 6552 Views
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Around Town<B>PARKING PAINS ... </B> After years of planning for a new public-safety building and parking garage in the California Avenue...
Original post made on Sep. 14, 2018Last comment by PatrickD, on Sep 16, 2018 at 12:24 am | 2 comments | 1384 Views
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Around Town<P><P><B><B>THE LOWEST FORM OF FLATTERY ... </B> Palo Alto residents may have seen signs pop up in various locations over...
Original post made on Sep. 7, 2018Last comment by Asher, on Sep 14, 2018 at 2:21 pm | 5 comments | 3619 Views
Populism: A response to the failure of the elites: Palo Alto edition
By Douglas Moran | 10 comments | 1,478 views
Let's Talk Internships
By John Raftrey and Lori McCormick | 1 comment | 1,361 views
Couples: Sex and Connection (Chicken or Egg?)
By Chandrama Anderson | 1 comment | 1,092 views
Zucchini Takeover
By Laura Stec | 2 comments | 897 views
Mountain View's Hangen Szechuan to close after 25 years
By Elena Kadvany | 0 comments | 786 views
