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Indecent exposure reported in Seale ParkPalo Alto police are looking for a man who they said committed indecent exposure while walking through an occupied playground...
Original post made on Aug. 4, 2014There are no comments yet. 5307 Views
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VIDEO: Palo Alto's year in reviewOn this week's news webcast, "Behind the Headlines," Palo Alto Weekly journalists Gennady Sheyner, Elena Kadvany, Sue Dremann,...
Original post made on Dec. 30, 2016There are no comments yet. 4936 Views
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Burglars hold Woodside man at gunpointAlan Lucas, an 82-year-old Woodside man living in the 100 block of Marva Oaks Drive, came home around 2 p.m. Tuesday to find...
Original post made on Nov. 26, 2008There are no comments yet. 4845 Views
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acid bomb explosion in front of Palo Alto homeAttack was Friday morning. Police say the homeowners have been attacked in the past. Story in the Mercury-News: http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_16984716...
Original post made by resident on Dec. 31, 2010There are no comments yet. 3505 Views
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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. 4152 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. 1656 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. 4723 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. 5959 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. 3404 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. 6695 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. 4206 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. 4092 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. 4201 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. 2846 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. 7046 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. 6266 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. 3544 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. 3469 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. 4177 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. 3569 Views
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