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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto High SchoolRead the full story here https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2019/05/30/palo-alto-high-school posted Thursday, May 30,...
Original post made on Jun. 5, 2019Last comment by PA, on Jun 18, 2019 at 5:03 pm | 2 comments | 6323 Views
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'The Cubberley Project' celebrates community voices"The Cubberley Project," a temporary audio-visual installation by the Cubberley Artist Studio Program's Martha Sakellariou...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2019Last comment by Jon Keeling, on Jun 18, 2019 at 4:30 pm | 5 comments | 5065 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
After confusion over Adult School compensation, teachers poised to get 16% raiseThe school board will vote Tuesday on a 16% raise for Palo Alto Adult School teachers who, despite the fact that they are...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2019Last comment by Teacher, on Jun 18, 2019 at 11:57 am | 8 comments | 4686 Views
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Palo Alto World Music Day returns June 16Returning for its 11th year, Palo Alto World Music Day will take place on Sunday, June 16, 3-7:30 p.m. at outdoor locations...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2019Last comment by change the date!!!, on Jun 18, 2019 at 9:23 am | 6 comments | 4304 Views
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Tim Cook to Stanford grads: 'It's our humanity that got us into this mess and it's our humanity that's going to have to get us out'Stanford University's 128th commencement ceremony on Sunday touched on timely themes of data privacy, humanity and responsibility...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2019Last comment by Kenny, on Jun 18, 2019 at 9:10 am | 8 comments | 7686 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
With bans on straws, produce bags, city seeks to curb plastic wastePalo Alto sharply escalated its war on plastic waste Monday night, when the City Council passed a ban on straws, utensils,...
Original post made on Jun. 11, 2019Last comment by @jerry99, on Jun 17, 2019 at 6:12 pm | 25 comments | 17724 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Menlo Park woman using oxygen dies in accidental fireA woman who was smoking in her Menlo Park home while also using oxygen in a medical cylinder to breathe died Friday night...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2019Last comment by So sorry, on Jun 17, 2019 at 4:23 pm | 2 comments | 5729 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Attempted robberies leave pedestrians injured on East Palo Alto overpassEast Palo Alto police are investigating two attempted robberies by groups of teenagers on Thursday night within a two-hour...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2019Last comment by YP, on Jun 17, 2019 at 4:21 pm | 6 comments | 6346 Views
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Community Notebook: Palo Alto marks Pride Month with events celebrating LGBTQ communityIn celebration of Pride Month, several community groups have organized their own Pride-themed events in Palo Alto, including...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2019Last comment by Meg Portle, on Jun 17, 2019 at 11:50 am | 1 comment | 4785 Views
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Stanford graduate-to-be, 70, hopes doctorate degree will inspire his peersFor Alan Zorn, who at 70 is the oldest person in his class, graduating with a doctorate in aeronautics and astronautics from...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2019Last comment by Island Girl, on Jun 16, 2019 at 4:48 pm | 3 comments | 15075 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Letters to the editor<B>Stanford could worsen housing crisis Read the full story here https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2019/06/14/letters-to-the-editor...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2019Last comment by Minority Resident, on Jun 16, 2019 at 1:26 pm | 4 comments | 2191 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
A journey of 9,500 miles. Why recyclables are heading overseas to Asia.As Palo Alto works to achieve zero waste, there are new environmental obstacles arising from changes in global recycling...
Original post made on Apr. 12, 2019Last comment by Recycle For Constructive Purposes, on Jun 16, 2019 at 12:57 pm | 23 comments | 15070 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New Stanford study stresses benefits of paternity leavePaid leave from work following the birth of a child has long centered on mothers. But new research from Stanford University...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2019Last comment by MAGA, on Jun 15, 2019 at 11:29 pm | 3 comments | 5803 Views
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. 2504 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 | 8719 Views
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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 | 7822 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 | 3701 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 | 6254 Views
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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 | 4793 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 | 19646 Views
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