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USA women win third straight world water polo championshipFormer Stanford All-American Kiley Neushul scored three times to help the United States women’s national water polo team...
Original post made on Jul. 27, 2019There are no comments yet. 3056 Views
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Cause of crash that killed three Stanford students remains mysteryVery tragic and still very mysterious http://www.mercurynews.com/valley/ci_10988765 The driver in a Highway 1 crash that...
Original post made by Sharon on Nov. 16, 2008There are no comments yet. 3946 Views
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short white male robs Palo Alto Jack-in-the-Box on Wednesday"The man was described as short, thin and in his 20s. He had blue eyes and blond hair and was wearing dark-colored pants...
Original post made by news on Mar. 15, 2012There are no comments yet. 2901 Views
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Sizzling temperatures in the forecast leads to three-day Spare the Air alertAir quality officials took the unusual step of declaring a three-day Spare the Air Alert due to sizzling temperatures expected...
Original post made on Jul. 27, 2019There are no comments yet. 2765 Views
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Police say Zumot, Schipsi fought before she diedThe night before investigators found the remains of Jennifer Schipsi at her Addison Avenue cottage in Palo Alto, Schipsi...
Original post made on Jul. 12, 2010There are no comments yet. 5567 Views
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Palo Alto landlords from hell sentenced to 4 years in prisonKip and Nicole Macy lived in Palo Alto and own an apartment building in San Francisco. News report: http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/sfs-landlords-from-hell-get-4-years-in-pri...
Original post made by resident on Jun. 19, 2013There are no comments yet. 3551 Views
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Heavy rains cause accidents, traffic jams, floodsA heavy rainstorm that hit the Bay Area overnight is causing floods, accidents and traffic snarls throughout the region....
Original post made on Mar. 3, 2010There are no comments yet. 4096 Views
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Gunn theft of Haiti funds far less than reportedThe value of a Haiti earthquake relief fund stolen from a Gunn High School classroom last weekend was far less than the $200...
Original post made on Mar. 28, 2010There are no comments yet. 4162 Views
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fire in southern Palo Alto this afternoon?Is there a fire in southern Palo Alto this afternoon? We went for a walk near El Carmelo Elementary School and had to turn...
Original post made by smokey on Jan. 2, 2012There are no comments yet. 2589 Views
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Vehicle crash into tree on MataderoA female driver has crashed into a tree at 738 Matadero Ave knocking it into power lines. Please be careful in the area neighbors,...
Original post made by qq on Feb. 11, 2009There are no comments yet. 3414 Views
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Safeway clerk sentenced for dealing drugsCayetano Figueroa-Fernandez, a 32-year-old stock clerk at the Safeway supermarket on El Camino Real in Menlo Park, was sentenced...
Original post made on Feb. 10, 2010There are no comments yet. 4010 Views
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Video of police arresting bank robberIf anyone filmed police arresting a man on University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto on Tuesday, May 23, around 3 p.m., please...
Original post made by Palo Alto Online staff on May. 24, 2017There are no comments yet. 1180 Views
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Police: Man gropes 15-year-old girl walking in Palo AltoPolice are looking for a man who allegedly groped a 15-year-old girl as she was walking in the Homer Avenue pedestrian tunnel...
Original post made on May. 9, 2016There are no comments yet. 6451 Views
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Vigil at Laurel School for classmate Lisa XavierA candlelight vigil in memory of Lisa Xavier was held at Laurel Elementary School in Atherton Wednesday (Dec. 9). Lisa, 6,...
Original post made on Dec. 10, 2009There are no comments yet. 5154 Views
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Money to crossing guardsI got off the bus - south bound - the crossing guard was waiting with 3 boys on bikes. The 3 boys reached into their pockets...
Original post made by Leigh on Oct. 11, 2013There are no comments yet. 5820 Views
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Looking for witness to collision with dalmatian on MiddlefieldHi, I had a collision with a large dalmatian on the 3300 block of Middlefield Road (cross street of Ames Avenue) on Thursday...
Original post made by Satyadev Patel on Dec. 10, 2009There are no comments yet. 3367 Views
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Early Morning Fire at Cubberly Community CenterPassed it on middlefield at around 5am. Looks like a lot of hardware was out. You could smell smoke and steam in the air,...
Original post made by Rwolf on Aug. 9, 2010There are no comments yet. 3169 Views
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Loma Verde closed0...
Original post made by Resident on Apr. 11, 2008There are no comments yet. 4517 Views
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Crash victim remains on life supportA 37-year-old woman severely injured in an East Palo Alto auto crash a week ago remains on life support, Police Sgt. Alma...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2009There are no comments yet. 3149 Views
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Suspended at Nola'sA man has fallen off the roof of Nola's on Ramona downtown. He is currently floating on the canvas awning in the inner courtyard....
Original post made by qq on Mar. 21, 2009There are no comments yet. 3401 Views
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