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New race, route changes announced for annual Moonlight Run & WalkPalo Alto Weekly's annual Moonlight Run & Walk is returning Friday, Sept. 21, with some exciting changes -- most notably,...
Original post made on Sep. 14, 2018There are no comments yet. 4431 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police seek help finding missing elderly womanPalo Alto police are asking the community to help find an 84-year-old woman missing since Thursday afternoon out of the Crescent...
Original post made on Sep. 13, 2018Last comment by SB, on Sep 14, 2018 at 6:34 am | 3 comments | 4186 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Condo project proposed for San Antonio RoadThe developer behind a 16-home project on a former orchard site on Maybell Avenue is now pitching another housing project...
Original post made on Sep. 7, 2018Last comment by mauricio, on Sep 14, 2018 at 6:05 am | 50 comments | 8631 Views
AROUND TOWN
Why is a former Palo Alto dump site blocking our beautiful bay views still?I understand that the former Palo Alto dump was established before environmental responsibility was important to most people,...
Original post made by Palo Parent on Sep. 13, 2018Last comment by Think Big, on Sep 13, 2018 at 10:46 pm | 5 comments | 883 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Bikeway launched to connect Peninsula citiesSept. 8 marked the opening of the Peninsula Bikeway, a bike route on surface streets that connects Redwood City and Mountain...
Original post made on Sep. 13, 2018Last comment by R. Davis, on Sep 13, 2018 at 10:10 pm | 10 comments | 5627 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Armed robber takes man's wallet, cellphonePolice are searching for an armed robber who took a man's wallet and cellphone near Palo Alto High School early Sunday morning,...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2018Last comment by heckler and koch, on Sep 13, 2018 at 7:31 pm | 13 comments | 7059 Views
RESTAURANTS
Sichuan classicsMost people heading out to dinner at a Sichuan restaurant want authentic cuisine or are looking for the typical Chinese comfort...
Original post made on Sep. 6, 2018Last comment by R. Davis, on Sep 13, 2018 at 6:56 pm | 24 comments | 5870 Views
AROUND TOWN
Flawed but fabulousSummer may be ending, but drag queens are hot right now -- and you can find them at the Bus Barn Theatre during the Los Altos...
Original post made on Sep. 13, 2018Last comment by SP Phil, on Sep 13, 2018 at 4:58 pm | 1 comment | 3561 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Accomplice sentenced up to 20 years in Palo Altan's murderA Las Vegas woman was sentenced to to four to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for her role in the 2015 shooting death of Palo...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2018Last comment by Not Watching It, on Sep 13, 2018 at 3:11 pm | 3 comments | 5479 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Teacher housing proposal gains tractionA proposal to build affordable housing for North County school employees in Palo Alto is picking up steam, after one local...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2018Last comment by Wayne Martin, on Sep 13, 2018 at 11:41 am | 13 comments | 5938 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Man pleads guilty to mailing powder to Stanford professor, othersA Massachusetts man agreed Friday to plead guilty to mailing six threatening letters containing suspicious white powder to...
Original post made on Sep. 8, 2018Last comment by A Noun Ea Mus, on Sep 13, 2018 at 12:45 am | 6 comments | 4723 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police probe attempted street robberiesPalo Alto police are investigating two attempted street robberies that they said were reportedly perpetrated by a man with...
Original post made on Jul. 9, 2018Last comment by R. Davis, on Sep 12, 2018 at 5:37 pm | 7 comments | 6516 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Castilleja: Lessons learned, future solutionsLocated in Palo Alto for more than 100 years, Castilleja School was originally founded to ensure more women had access to...
Original post made on Aug. 24, 2018Last comment by No upside for Palo Alto, on Sep 12, 2018 at 12:59 pm | 75 comments | 11806 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teens hope their videos will prompt dialogue about mental healthLocal students who serve on the student advisory board for the Menlo Park mental health advocacy group SafeSpace have made...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2018Last comment by Sarah1000, on Sep 12, 2018 at 11:52 am | 1 comment | 5775 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Peace picnic memorializes 9/11, brings together all faithsPeople of all ages and various religions came together Tuesday night outside Palo Alto City Hall where they remembered the...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2018There are no comments yet. 4850 Views
SPORTS
Prep report: M-A silences the Scots in PAL volleyballEmma Spindt recorded 15 kills and the Menlo-Atherton girls volleyball team beat host Carlmont, 26-28, 25-19, 25-17, 25-17,...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2018Last comment by PacManFever, on Sep 12, 2018 at 7:53 am | 1 comment | 2439 Views
SPORTS
Vikings discover a diamond in premiere field hockey gamePalo Alto sophomore Lexi Gwyn scored, on an assist from Jesse Arons, in the final four minutes to lift Palo Alto past visiting...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2018Last comment by former viking, on Sep 12, 2018 at 2:55 am | 1 comment | 3939 Views
AROUND TOWN
Marshland destruction along East Bayshire RoadCould anyone tell me what is going on with the construction project in the marshlands along East Bayshore Road? This land...
Original post made by WGO on Sep. 11, 2018Last comment by musical, on Sep 11, 2018 at 11:27 pm | 2 comments | 1158 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Elementary principal reprimanded for special-education failuresJuana Briones Elementary School Principal Tom Jacoubowsky was reprimanded in January for leadership failures that led the...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2018Last comment by Angry lemons, on Sep 11, 2018 at 8:44 pm | 30 comments | 10775 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
State aims to use 100 percent clean electricity by 2045Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed into law a bill that sets a goal of 100 percent clean electricity for California by 2045. Read...
Original post made on Sep. 11, 2018Last comment by DTN Paul, on Sep 11, 2018 at 4:22 pm | 7 comments | 2840 Views
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