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CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Brock Turner sentenced to six months in county jail, three-year probation

Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky sentenced on Thursday former Stanford University student-athlete Brock Turner to six...

Original post made on Jun. 2, 2016
Last comment by marie, on Jun 10, 2016 at 6:40 pm | 35 comments | 88461 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Oregon Expressway flooding likely to continue

As the first rain in 2018 swept into the Bay Area, the underpass at Oregon Expressway near Alma Street flooded once again,...

Original post made on Jan. 10, 2018
Last comment by Simple minded resident, on Jan 14, 2018 at 10:40 am | 35 comments | 8925 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Injury collision blocks segment of El Camino Real

An 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, 2018
Last comment by Good news, on Jun 21, 2018 at 3:01 pm | 35 comments | 10904 Views

SPORTS

Menlo crunched by Carmel in CCS football finale

Menlo School's football team knew it needed a near-perfect performance Saturday to defeat unbeaten Carmel and earn the school's...

Original post made on Dec. 6, 2009
Last comment by Todd, on Dec 12, 2009 at 8:09 am | 35 comments | 8816 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Guest Opinion: Why Rumsfeld doesn't deserve a 'distinguished' post at Hoover

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Original post made on Oct. 30, 2007
Last comment by a, on Nov 7, 2007 at 9:10 pm | 35 comments | 11675 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Bird species face extinction from global warming

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Original post made on Dec. 7, 2007
Last comment by perspective, on Dec 16, 2007 at 4:18 pm | 35 comments | 8362 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Carbon dioxide emissions linked to mortality

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Original post made on Jan. 3, 2008
Last comment by AnObserver, on Jan 8, 2008 at 11:34 am | 35 comments | 10275 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Thousands in Hollywood protest remarks from CNN's Jack Cafferty

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Original post made by julie on Apr. 19, 2008
Last comment by a, on Apr 25, 2008 at 3:23 pm | 35 comments | 6470 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Obama tried to stall Iraq withdrawal

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Original post made by Sharon on Sep. 15, 2008
Last comment by OhlonePar, on Sep 17, 2008 at 3:11 am | 35 comments | 3872 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Obama's safety net: the TelePrompter

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19663.html If anyone cares to see how he goes off the rails, when his teleprompter...

Original post made by Gary on Mar. 6, 2009
Last comment by Marvin, on Mar 9, 2009 at 2:29 pm | 35 comments | 3616 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Popular San Mateo County beaches may close

Ten San Mateo County beaches, including an elephant-seal rookery and a popular hostel and lighthouse, could be closed if...

Original post made on Jun. 1, 2009
Last comment by bru, on Jun 4, 2009 at 11:04 am | 35 comments | 5712 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

GOP Looking for a Voice

Full disclosure: I am a registered Democat. And I think it is important that there are two healthy political parties...

Original post made by Paul Losch on Jul. 3, 2009
Last comment by Walter_E_Wallis, on Jul 9, 2009 at 10:21 am | 35 comments | 3683 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Honduras

The OAS is now expelling Honduras because its democratically elected Congress, and Supreme Court, are trying to stick with...

Original post made by Perspective on Jul. 5, 2009
Last comment by update, on Dec 21, 2009 at 6:58 pm | 35 comments | 4026 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Court halts Calif. gay marriages pending appeal

That was an fast decision----http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100816/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_trial "A federal appeals...

Original post made by Sharon on Aug. 16, 2010
Last comment by Walter_E_Wallis, on Aug 20, 2010 at 7:56 am | 35 comments | 7462 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Why are we involved in yet another war, in Libya, President Obama?

President Obama, I voted for you. I believed in you. Why are you starting yet ANOTHER war? Today, it was reported that...

Original post made by Karen on Apr. 21, 2011
Last comment by The real sharon, on Apr 29, 2011 at 10:16 am | 35 comments | 5088 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

HP names Meg Whitman new CEO

Former eBay CEO and 2010 Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman will become president and CEO of HP effective immediately,...

Original post made on Sep. 22, 2011
Last comment by Nayeli, on Sep 24, 2011 at 1:19 pm | 35 comments | 5917 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Obama presidency a failure in every way to the Right

President Obama truly has an administration that has failed... ...to live up to every far rightwing fringe paranoid fantasy. Admit...

Original post made by Matt Mateo on Feb. 21, 2012
Last comment by Jen Carlo, on Mar 9, 2012 at 5:26 pm | 35 comments | 3650 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Will Joe Biden be dumped from the Dem ticket?

Biden is the gift that keeps on giving to the opponents of Obama. Will Barack dump him, in time for the election? Personally,...

Original post made by John on Aug. 15, 2012
Last comment by John Sutter, on Aug 17, 2012 at 5:18 pm | 35 comments | 4267 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Menlo Park bans plastic bags at checkout

Earth Day (April 22) will see the end of single-use plastic bags at the checkout counter in Menlo Park. The City Council...

Original post made on Jan. 23, 2013
Last comment by Eat Change, on Jan 26, 2013 at 5:58 am | 35 comments | 6459 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Is the drive for success making kids ill?

Interesting article from Sunday's NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/opinion/sunday/is-the-drive-for-success-making-our-children-sick.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSou...

Original post made by Sunday NYT reader on Jan. 2, 2016
Last comment by pamom, on Jan 10, 2016 at 11:11 am | 35 comments | 3329 Views
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