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CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Stanford's Matthiessen earns All-American recognitionStanford junior right-hander/designated hitter Will Matthiessen has been named a third-team All-American as a utility player...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2019There are no comments yet. 2427 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Ex-Stanford sailing coach who accepted nearly $800K in bribes through college admissions scam sentencedStanford University's former head sailing coach John Vandemoer became the first person to be sentenced in the college admissions...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2019Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Jun 15, 2019 at 10:41 pm | 24 comments | 8320 Views
AROUND TOWN
Better barbecueQuality barbecue is notoriously hard to find in the Bay Area. John Capelo is working to change that, one slow-smoked piece...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2019Last comment by East Bay Too Far To Drive, on Jun 15, 2019 at 10:14 am | 3 comments | 7609 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police searching for man who gave woman unwanted kiss at Stanford campusA woman received an unwanted kiss from a man while walking on the Stanford University campus late Thursday night, the university's...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2019Last comment by Marroll, on Jun 15, 2019 at 12:16 am | 3 comments | 3588 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
City, school district at odds on pace of redeveloping CubberleyTension over mismatched timelines for redeveloping Cubberley Community Center surfaced in a meeting on Wednesday morning...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2019Last comment by Dishonest, on Jun 14, 2019 at 4:51 pm | 17 comments | 6099 Views
AROUND TOWN
TheatreWorks' 'Archduke' satirizes the assassination that set off World War IRajiv Joseph's dark comedy about Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassin, 19-year-old Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip, draw parallels...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2019Last comment by Annette, on Jun 13, 2019 at 9:02 pm | 6 comments | 4655 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Barely scraping by: How the Bay Area housing crisis is making it near impossible for students to stay in community collegeMany local community college students are pursuing education to break a cycle of difficult life circumstances -- homelessness,...
Original post made on May. 10, 2019Last comment by Be All That You Can Be, on Jun 13, 2019 at 5:17 pm | 79 comments | 19438 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
RV parking program proposed, againFollowing the lead of East Palo Alto and Mountain View, two members of the Palo Alto City Council are proposing an overnight...
Original post made on May. 31, 2019Last comment by RVer in MV, on Jun 13, 2019 at 5:08 pm | 117 comments | 11775 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City looks to ban plastic straws, produce bagsPlastic straws, disposable utensils and beverage stirrers may soon be on their way out of Palo Alto as part of the city's...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2019Last comment by use paper and compost, on Jun 13, 2019 at 4:02 pm | 51 comments | 8752 Views
AROUND TOWN
Community Notebook: Palo Alto Community Fund awards a record $457K on its 40th anniversaryThe Palo Alto Community Fund, which awards grants to local community groups in and around Palo Alto, raised a record $457,000...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2019Last comment by W. Reller, on Jun 13, 2019 at 12:02 pm | 1 comment | 4634 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
County supervisors reject informing ICE when inmates are releasedThe Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 Tuesday to reject changing course and notifying Immigration and Customs...
Original post made on Jun. 5, 2019Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Jun 13, 2019 at 11:23 am | 39 comments | 5870 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto school board to discuss next year's $256M budgetThe school board will discuss on Tuesday night the ins and outs of the district's $256 million budget for next year, including...
Original post made on Jun. 11, 2019Last comment by Noequity4HUR, on Jun 13, 2019 at 9:33 am | 9 comments | 4746 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Peninsula Photo Contest winners capture awe-inspiring moments in a clickFor the second consecutive year, the Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Art Center have teamed up to bring exposure to a greater...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2019Last comment by Amy, on Jun 12, 2019 at 6:53 pm | 2 comments | 8368 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Environmentalists cheer as Palo Alto retires incineratorsOn Wednesday, the city bid farewell to its incinerators and debuted a new facility where sludge from Palo Alto and surrounding...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2019Last comment by John, on Jun 12, 2019 at 1:52 pm | 9 comments | 7101 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Afternoon power outage affects nearly 5,000 Palo Alto Utilities customersA power outage has put nearly 5,000 Palo Alto Utilities without electricity this afternoon in the southern section of the...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2019Last comment by Zhang Zhou, on Jun 12, 2019 at 1:36 pm | 36 comments | 13188 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Guest Opinion: I feel sorry for Stanford UniversityStanford is a precious community asset dedicated to educating students and providing research in all fields that affect all...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2019Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Jun 12, 2019 at 12:18 pm | 67 comments | 10668 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Community Notebook: 'Grand reopening' of downtown celebrates the end of constructionAfter a year of road closures and construction, Palo Alto plans to mark a "grand reopening" of its downtown with a Tuesday...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2019Last comment by Tom from Midtown, on Jun 11, 2019 at 12:13 pm | 6 comments | 3436 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Bay Area under third straight Spare the Air alert TuesdayThe Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a Spare the Air Alert for Tuesday due to high temperatures and light...
Original post made on Jun. 11, 2019Last comment by Rose, on Jun 11, 2019 at 12:03 pm | 1 comment | 3149 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto chips in $10M for affordable housing projectA proposal to build 59 apartments for low-income residents in Palo Alto's Ventura neighborhood received a boost late Monday...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2019Last comment by Kenny, on Jun 10, 2019 at 11:45 pm | 25 comments | 6447 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Castilleja commencement emphasizes sisterhood, social responsibilityCastilleja School's Class of 2019 linked arms and held hands as they marched in unity to the front of the crowd filled with...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2019Last comment by Sisterhood Has Its Limits, on Jun 10, 2019 at 3:47 pm | 10 comments | 7824 Views
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