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CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Silly little incident downtown tonightMy girlfriend and I were walking home tonight from the Guild theater along Emerson passing the intersection of Hamilton...
Original post made by Anon. on Oct. 28, 2011Last comment by Welll, on Nov 2, 2011 at 4:07 pm | 30 comments | 5268 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police probe two street robberies and a burglaryPalo Alto police are investigating two attempted street robberies and one residential burglary that occurred in the north...
Original post made on Dec. 10, 2011Last comment by Concerned, on Jan 7, 2012 at 10:20 pm | 30 comments | 10199 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police nab burglary suspects in Duveneck neighborhoodPalo Alto police chased down and arrested two Menlo Park men who they believe were planning to burglarize a residence in...
Original post made on Jan. 31, 2012Last comment by Nora Charles, on Feb 14, 2012 at 3:56 am | 30 comments | 5522 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto contractor faces felony chargesThe owner and chief financial officer of a Palo Alto construction company have been charged with several felonies in a scheme...
Original post made on Jan. 24, 2013Last comment by THe flip side, on Aug 13, 2016 at 7:41 pm | 30 comments | 9069 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Accused murderer of activist David Lewis set freeThe man who confessed to gunning down well-known East Palo Alto community leader David Lewis was set free by the San Mateo...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2013Last comment by Just Wait, on May 30, 2013 at 2:59 am | 30 comments | 6640 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Scharff lays out bold plans in 'State of the City'Calling Palo Alto a place where the "future continues to be invented," Mayor Greg Scharff rolled out on Wednesday night a...
Original post made on Feb. 27, 2013Last comment by Wayne Martin, on Mar 1, 2013 at 2:17 pm | 30 comments | 6529 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Road rageJust yesterday I was followed by a man who had the worst road rage I have ever seen. He was upset that he felt I cut him...
Original post made by Bambi on Apr. 17, 2013Last comment by sunshine, on Jun 12, 2013 at 11:41 am | 30 comments | 5470 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Paly grad acquitted of burglary chargesA Palo Alto man who suffers from schizophrenia was acquitted of residential burglary on Tuesday, April 23, but he still faces...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2013Last comment by Longtime resident, on May 2, 2013 at 10:36 am | 30 comments | 4686 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police give chase, arrest man on grad nightA man with three outstanding warrants was at the wrong place at the wrong time Wednesday evening, as police officers at Palo...
Original post made on May. 29, 2014Last comment by Inigo Montoya, on Jun 2, 2014 at 6:27 pm | 30 comments | 2623 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Ohlone teacher charged with child abuseAn Ohlone Elementary School teacher has been placed on unpaid compulsory leave after the district discovered he is facing...
Original post made on Jan. 14, 2016Last comment by CoachFromAnotherTown, on Jan 17, 2016 at 3:49 pm | 30 comments | 32782 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Video released in fatal Christmas police shootingOfficers who fatally shot a mentally ill man on a Palo Alto street on Christmas Day were justified when they discharged their...
Original post made on May. 24, 2016Last comment by Resident, on May 27, 2016 at 10:52 am | 30 comments | 13201 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
DA proposes mandatory prison term for sexual-assault crimesIn the wake of widespread outrage over the three months former Stanford University student-athlete Brock Turner will spend...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2016Last comment by More smears from rapists, on Jun 23, 2016 at 3:15 pm | 30 comments | 12549 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Alleged cockfighting operation in East Palo AltoNearly 60 chickens were removed from an East Palo Alto property on March 23 after city police and Peninsula Humane Society...
Original post made on Mar. 30, 2017Last comment by Resident, on Apr 2, 2017 at 9:24 pm | 30 comments | 12392 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Stanford construction site could be in violation of city lawStanford University is violating a city nuisance ordinance that prohibits storing building materials on a site where construction...
Original post made on Feb. 15, 2019Last comment by Neighbor, on Feb 19, 2019 at 4:33 pm | 30 comments | 8614 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Stanford researcher allegedly concealed Chinese military tiesA 38-year-old Stanford University researcher has been arrested by federal authorities for allegedly failing to disclose that...
Original post made on Jul. 23, 2020Last comment by Atilla C., on Jul 29, 2020 at 8:47 am | 30 comments | 66751 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Rumsfeld coming to Hoover0...
Original post made by Anonymous on Sep. 9, 2007Last comment by Dr. Ferragamo, on Sep 12, 2007 at 1:10 pm | 30 comments | 6025 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Palo Alto's long 'eruv' saga0...
Original post made on Dec. 31, 2007Last comment by Not Dr Ferragamo, on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:24 am | 30 comments | 9442 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
The Committee of Three: Paulson, Bernanke, & Geithner0...
Original post made by Left of Boom on Sep. 19, 2008Last comment by Gary, on Sep 22, 2008 at 8:02 pm | 30 comments | 5683 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Dems get set to muzzle the right0...
Original post made by peter s on Oct. 20, 2008Last comment by Mike-Crescent Park, on Oct 21, 2008 at 12:09 pm | 30 comments | 3825 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
This will help our economy nicely! ( NOT)http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/23/AR2009032302830_pf.html Obama wants EXPANDED POWER beyond...
Original post made by Perspective on Mar. 24, 2009Last comment by Walter_E_Wallis, on Mar 26, 2009 at 9:24 am | 30 comments | 3711 Views
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