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CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Injury collision blocks segment of El Camino Real

An injury collision involving a bicycle and a car has blocked a section of northbound El Camino Real in Palo Alto since late...

Original post made on Jun. 18, 2018
Last comment by Good news, on Jun 21, 2018 at 3:01 pm | 35 comments | 10648 Views

SPORTS

Menlo crunched by Carmel in CCS football finale

Menlo School's football team knew it needed a near-perfect performance Saturday to defeat unbeaten Carmel and earn the school's...

Original post made on Dec. 6, 2009
Last comment by Todd, on Dec 12, 2009 at 8:09 am | 35 comments | 8522 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Guest Opinion: Why Rumsfeld doesn't deserve a 'distinguished' post at Hoover

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Original post made on Oct. 30, 2007
Last comment by a, on Nov 7, 2007 at 9:10 pm | 35 comments | 11478 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Bird species face extinction from global warming

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Original post made on Dec. 7, 2007
Last comment by perspective, on Dec 16, 2007 at 4:18 pm | 35 comments | 8148 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Carbon dioxide emissions linked to mortality

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Original post made on Jan. 3, 2008
Last comment by AnObserver, on Jan 8, 2008 at 11:34 am | 35 comments | 10035 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Thousands in Hollywood protest remarks from CNN's Jack Cafferty

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Original post made by julie on Apr. 19, 2008
Last comment by a, on Apr 25, 2008 at 3:23 pm | 35 comments | 6318 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Obama tried to stall Iraq withdrawal

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Original post made by Sharon on Sep. 15, 2008
Last comment by OhlonePar, on Sep 17, 2008 at 3:11 am | 35 comments | 3734 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Obama's safety net: the TelePrompter

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19663.html If anyone cares to see how he goes off the rails, when his teleprompter...

Original post made by Gary on Mar. 6, 2009
Last comment by Marvin, on Mar 9, 2009 at 2:29 pm | 35 comments | 3479 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Popular San Mateo County beaches may close

Ten San Mateo County beaches, including an elephant-seal rookery and a popular hostel and lighthouse, could be closed if...

Original post made on Jun. 1, 2009
Last comment by bru, on Jun 4, 2009 at 11:04 am | 35 comments | 5550 Views

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GOP Looking for a Voice

Full disclosure: I am a registered Democat. And I think it is important that there are two healthy political parties...

Original post made by Paul Losch on Jul. 3, 2009
Last comment by Walter_E_Wallis, on Jul 9, 2009 at 10:21 am | 35 comments | 3568 Views

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Honduras

The OAS is now expelling Honduras because its democratically elected Congress, and Supreme Court, are trying to stick with...

Original post made by Perspective on Jul. 5, 2009
Last comment by update, on Dec 21, 2009 at 6:58 pm | 35 comments | 3910 Views

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Court halts Calif. gay marriages pending appeal

That was an fast decision----http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100816/ap_on_re_us/us_gay_marriage_trial "A federal appeals...

Original post made by Sharon on Aug. 16, 2010
Last comment by Walter_E_Wallis, on Aug 20, 2010 at 7:56 am | 35 comments | 7340 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Why are we involved in yet another war, in Libya, President Obama?

President Obama, I voted for you. I believed in you. Why are you starting yet ANOTHER war? Today, it was reported that...

Original post made by Karen on Apr. 21, 2011
Last comment by The real sharon, on Apr 29, 2011 at 10:16 am | 35 comments | 4980 Views

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HP names Meg Whitman new CEO

Former eBay CEO and 2010 Republican gubernatorial nominee Meg Whitman will become president and CEO of HP effective immediately,...

Original post made on Sep. 22, 2011
Last comment by Nayeli, on Sep 24, 2011 at 1:19 pm | 35 comments | 5714 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Obama presidency a failure in every way to the Right

President Obama truly has an administration that has failed... ...to live up to every far rightwing fringe paranoid fantasy. Admit...

Original post made by Matt Mateo on Feb. 21, 2012
Last comment by Jen Carlo, on Mar 9, 2012 at 5:26 pm | 35 comments | 3496 Views

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Will Joe Biden be dumped from the Dem ticket?

Biden is the gift that keeps on giving to the opponents of Obama. Will Barack dump him, in time for the election? Personally,...

Original post made by John on Aug. 15, 2012
Last comment by John Sutter, on Aug 17, 2012 at 5:18 pm | 35 comments | 4118 Views

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Menlo Park bans plastic bags at checkout

Earth Day (April 22) will see the end of single-use plastic bags at the checkout counter in Menlo Park. The City Council...

Original post made on Jan. 23, 2013
Last comment by Eat Change, on Jan 26, 2013 at 5:58 am | 35 comments | 6255 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Is the drive for success making kids ill?

Interesting article from Sunday's NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/03/opinion/sunday/is-the-drive-for-success-making-our-children-sick.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSou...

Original post made by Sunday NYT reader on Jan. 2, 2016
Last comment by pamom, on Jan 10, 2016 at 11:11 am | 35 comments | 3247 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Cities clash with VTA over grade crossings

As the Valley Transportation Authority prepares to dole out the first leg of the $6 billion Measure B sales tax, Midpeninsula...

Original post made on Apr. 24, 2017
Last comment by John, on Apr 29, 2017 at 3:01 pm | 35 comments | 10059 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Guest Opinion: Attack of the killer balloons, and the clean local energy solution

On June 2, a seemingly innocent party decoration caused a power outage for two hours for 4,500 Palo Alto Utility customers....

Original post made on Jun. 29, 2018
Last comment by An Engineer, on Jul 9, 2018 at 12:31 pm | 35 comments | 6320 Views
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