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Another suicide, same placeCaltrain Twitter reports another fatality north of San Antonio. What the heck is going on?...
Original post made by Dave on May. 5, 2009There are no comments yet. 3346 Views
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Suspicious Pizza Delivery Man Asking for different addresses ??An African American man opened my front front door and stuck his head in confronting me in my living room claiming he was...
Original post made by MightBeSomething on Jul. 23, 2016There are no comments yet. 1567 Views
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Man found dead in East Palo Alto homicideA 58-year-old man was found dead in East Palo Alto on Monday in what police are investigating as a homicide, police said...
Original post made on Dec. 22, 2020There are no comments yet. 8889 Views
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Original post made by Walter_E_Wallis on Jul. 8, 2007There are no comments yet. 5779 Views
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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. 3243 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. 4053 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. 3004 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. 2939 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. 5738 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. 3649 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. 4221 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. 4290 Views
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Family faces burglary charges after Dec. 27 arrestA father, mother and daughter from Albania are facing burglary charges in Palo Alto after allegedly attempting to steal men's...
Original post made on Jan. 3, 2013There are no comments yet. 16215 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. 2695 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. 3510 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. 4156 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. 1271 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. 6588 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. 5327 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. 5924 Views
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