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CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Police arrest nursing assistant accused of sexually assaulting patient

A woman recovering from surgery at Webster House Medical Center reported she was sexually assaulted by a nursing assistant...

Original post made on Aug. 15, 2019
Last comment by Lawyer Time, on Aug 15, 2019 at 8:26 am | 2 comments | 5988 Views

SPORTS

Palo Alto football has a chance to make history this season

Palo Alto has a chance to become the winningest football program in Northern California history this season. The Vikings...

Original post made on Aug. 13, 2019
Last comment by Ben Dan, on Aug 15, 2019 at 6:28 am | 2 comments | 3737 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

It's back to school for Palo Alto's middle, high schools

Tuesday marked the first day of a new school year for thousands of middle and high school students in the Palo Alto Unified...

Original post made on Aug. 13, 2019
Last comment by Downfall, on Aug 14, 2019 at 11:51 pm | 12 comments | 8786 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Police: Woman fights off two robbers in Midtown

Palo Alto police are looking for two men who they said attacked a woman during an attempted on Monday afternoon in the city's...

Original post made on Aug. 13, 2019
Last comment by CarlitoWaysman, on Aug 14, 2019 at 6:24 pm | 19 comments | 9471 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Family fears for safety of missing disabled woman

A 20-year-old East Palo Alto woman with learning disabilities and a medical condition disappeared six weeks ago, leaving...

Original post made on Aug. 14, 2019
Last comment by Concerned, on Aug 14, 2019 at 9:21 am | 1 comment | 6294 Views

AROUND TOWN

County supervisors calls for federal assault weapons ban

Two Santa Clara County supervisors are calling for a nationwide ban on assault weapons, calling it a common-sense action...

Original post made on Aug. 11, 2019
Last comment by From Another Galaxy & Time, on Aug 13, 2019 at 9:00 am | 22 comments | 8584 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

East Palo Alto nonprofit seeks back-to-school donations for students in need

With the new school year fast approaching, East Palo Alto's Ecumenical Hunger Program is encouraging community members to...

Original post made on Aug. 10, 2019
Last comment by Patti, on Aug 12, 2019 at 7:15 pm | 2 comments | 5765 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Behind UC's 'admission by exception' side door: sports, money, diversity — and secrecy

While it's unclear if admissions by exception played a direct role in the college cheating scandal, it has surfaced as a...

Original post made on Aug. 10, 2019
Last comment by No Smoke, on Aug 12, 2019 at 12:36 pm | 2 comments | 7682 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Guest Opinion: To create lifelong civic leaders: Lower the voting age

Vote16 Palo Alto is a youth-run organization that has proposed lowering the voting age for Palo Alto school board elections...

Original post made on Jul. 26, 2019
Last comment by Influencing young minds, on Aug 12, 2019 at 12:24 pm | 47 comments | 8053 Views

AROUND TOWN

Around Town

<B>HAZY VISION ...</B> Last March, more than 100 residents and city leaders packed into Ventura Community Center to present...

Original post made on Aug. 9, 2019
Last comment by Staying Young Through Kids, on Aug 12, 2019 at 9:48 am | 3 comments | 5019 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Ravenswood could embark on districtwide naming process

Community concern about losing East Palo Alto's recognition of Cesar Chavez with the phasing out of a middle school named...

Original post made on Aug. 9, 2019
Last comment by The Name Game, on Aug 11, 2019 at 5:37 pm | 7 comments | 4721 Views

AROUND TOWN

Gunn sending 24 student-athletes to the next level

From basketball to swimming, find out which colleges two-dozen Gunn High student-athletes will be attending this fall. Read...

Original post made on Aug. 11, 2019
Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Aug 11, 2019 at 5:06 pm | 1 comment | 4023 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Judge denies bail to man arrested after 29-hour standoff

Saying he posed a public danger, a county Superior Court judge on Wednesday refused to grant bail to Adam Allen Smith, a...

Original post made on Aug. 8, 2019
Last comment by eileen , on Aug 11, 2019 at 3:58 pm | 4 comments | 6901 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Palo Alto veers away from lawsuit against Federal Aviation Administration

Despite rising community frustrations about airplane noise, the Palo Alto City Council decided Monday night not to launch...

Original post made on Jun. 11, 2019
Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Aug 11, 2019 at 11:23 am | 124 comments | 13298 Views

AROUND TOWN

Police arrest peeping Tom who lurked at Palo Alto apartment complex

A man was arrested Wednesday for alleged peeping and lewd conduct at an apartment complex in Palo Alto's Barron Park neighborhood,...

Original post made on Aug. 8, 2019
Last comment by TD, on Aug 9, 2019 at 8:49 pm | 7 comments | 6602 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Community activist Stephanie Munoz dies at 86

Stephanie Munoz, one of Palo Alto's staunchest and most passionate advocates for the less fortunate, died on Aug. 1, city...

Original post made on Aug. 9, 2019
Last comment by Ray, on Aug 9, 2019 at 5:17 pm | 1 comment | 4513 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

New rules could force hospitals to publish prices negotiated with insurers

Federal regulators want to give patients a clearer picture of what they will spend during a hospital visit, with a more accurate...

Original post made on Aug. 7, 2019
Last comment by Anon, on Aug 9, 2019 at 1:25 pm | 4 comments | 4113 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

'Village People' prepare to close up shop

Village Stationers, a family-owned stationery store with locations in Menlo Park and Los Altos, will be closing its doors...

Original post made on Aug. 8, 2019
Last comment by Don, on Aug 9, 2019 at 9:45 am | 12 comments | 5506 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Customers follow their noses to Michoacán Market's charcoal-grilled chicken

When Janet and Ruben Robles first started cooking whole chickens to bring in more business to their Menlo Park market, they...

Original post made on Jul. 31, 2019
Last comment by Crispy Skin, on Aug 8, 2019 at 5:18 pm | 11 comments | 6385 Views

AROUND TOWN

Palo Alto celebrates second annual National Night Out

More than 300 community members attended National Night Out outside Palo Alto police headquarters on Tuesday for an evening...

Original post made on Aug. 7, 2019
Last comment by Not Naive, on Aug 8, 2019 at 12:51 pm | 7 comments | 4456 Views
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