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The candidates next doorFourteen candidates -- including 13 newcomers and one political veteran -- will be jostling for five seats on the City Council...
Original post made on Oct. 12, 2009There are no comments yet. 3956 Views
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Pedestrian Killed at Embarcadero and 101Big-rig hit a pedestrian on the southbound onramp to 101....
Original post made by Anonymous on Apr. 19, 2015There are no comments yet. 1541 Views
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Community Notebook: More than 1K people expected to attend Earth Day festivalSaturday's Earth Day festival and the fifth annual Great Race for Saving Water at the Palo Alto Baylands serves a reminder...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2018There are no comments yet. 4475 Views
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Man charged for allegedly taking $50K in jewelry from downtown storeSanta Clara County prosecutors have charged a man for 20 commercial burglaries, including a smash-and-grab at a jewelry store...
Original post made on Feb. 16, 2022There are no comments yet. 5620 Views
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Did anyone witness an accident on 6/26 @ Middlefield and University AveHello - did anyone witness an accident on June 26, 2013 at around 1:20PM at the intersection of University Ave and Middlefield...
Original post made by Arnav Sharma on Jul. 3, 2013There are no comments yet. 3221 Views
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Stanford's graduate business school reopens after bomb threatPolice this morning evacuated the area around Stanford University's Graduate School of Business after school officials received...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2015There are no comments yet. 6496 Views
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PUBLIC AGENDA: School board, budget updateThe Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education will hear a budget update, an assessment of how the district is...
Original post made on Oct. 12, 2009There are no comments yet. 4013 Views
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Announcing Next Round of BPC (Block Preparedness Coordinator "ClassesFollow-On to the Red And Green City Wide Drop of Information: After the very successful collaboration of emergency preparedness...
Original post made by Annette on Feb. 18, 2009There are no comments yet. 3896 Views
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PA Police HelicopterPA Police Helicopter circling over head. "Come out with your hands up." I thought they were filming CSI. But PAPD says they...
Original post made by VS on Oct. 5, 2010There are no comments yet. 4037 Views
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Last night on Middlefield past UniversityDoes anyone know if there was an accident on Middlefield last night past University going into Menlo Park? The traffic was...
Original post made by Lucy on Dec. 3, 2011There are no comments yet. 2691 Views
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Video phone puts ill children in touch with Santa0...
Original post made on Dec. 8, 2007There are no comments yet. 6784 Views
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Home burglar gets away with jewelry, suitcaseOfficers are searching for a man seen outside a home for stealing a suitcase and a safe with jewelry from a Palo Alto home...
Original post made on May. 4, 2018There are no comments yet. 6056 Views
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Drug Bust at Barron Park ElementaryJust after 4AM on Sunday a security guard at BPE observed three subjects with drug paraphernalia at BPE. 3 PAPD units responded...
Original post made by qq on Mar. 29, 2009There are no comments yet. 3402 Views
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Stanford's Bauer named Pac-12's top soccer scholar-athleteStanford's Maddie Bauer was named the Pac-12 Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year for the 2016 season, the Conference...
Original post made on Mar. 29, 2017There are no comments yet. 3247 Views
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Three Stanford golfers are in at U.S. AmateurStanford golfers Steve Ziegler and David Chung and Stanford grad Dodge Kemmer made the cut at the U.S. Amateur Championships...
Original post made on Aug. 26, 2009There are no comments yet. 3978 Views
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What happened in City Hall Garage tonight?Any one know what happened in the City Hall parking garage tonight? There were several police cars and multiple officers....
Original post made by resident on Jun. 24, 2010There are no comments yet. 3442 Views
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Wing returns to gymnastics programLindsay Wing represents the Stanford tradition of great women's gymnasts. She has the opportunity to help the Cardinal maintain...
Original post made on Aug. 26, 2009There are no comments yet. 4968 Views
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East Palo Alto murder trial beginsAn attorney for an East Palo Alto resident accused of fatally shooting a man said Monday (Jan. 3) that his client was justified...
Original post made on Jan. 3, 2011There are no comments yet. 4961 Views
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Man who broke into Jerry Hill's home meets assemblyman, asks forgiveness 11 years laterMark Harvin was 18 years old when, high on crystal meth and alcohol, he broke into the garage of Jerry Hill, a San Mateo...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2012There are no comments yet. 4667 Views
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Baby and mother hit on El Camino tonight @Ventura/El Camino0...
Original post made by Mayfield Child on Jul. 18, 2007There are no comments yet. 5834 Views
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