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RESTAURANTS
Urbane and unfussyBoth the front and back-of-the-house stand out at The Striped Pig, which opened in downtown Redwood City in 2015. Read the...
Original post made on Dec. 21, 2017Last comment by GGinMP, on Dec 21, 2017 at 5:41 pm | 1 comment | 5847 Views
SPORTS
Menlo School student-athletes who signed earlyMenlo fall college commits (Photo by Pam McKenney/Menlo Athletics): Top row, from left, Niko Bhatia (Brown water polo), Siddharth...
Original post made on Dec. 21, 2017Last comment by merit, on Dec 21, 2017 at 4:52 pm | 2 comments | 5561 Views
AROUND TOWN
Dazzling production, dated stereotypesFrom a purely technical perspective, TheatreWorks puts on a fantastic show. But for all of its merits from the technical...
Original post made on Dec. 7, 2017Last comment by resident, on Dec 21, 2017 at 12:53 pm | 12 comments | 10772 Views
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park Fire Protection District President’s Report 2017As my term as Fire Board President (and my 15th year on the Board) ends, here is what I see as our biggest accomplishments...
Original post made by Peter Carpenter on Dec. 21, 2017There are no comments yet. 1342 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Home salesA complete list of sold homes on the Midpeninsula. This week's highs range from $729,000 to $10 million. Read the full story...
Original post made on Dec. 21, 2017Last comment by dee, on Dec 21, 2017 at 9:18 am | 1 comment | 3251 Views
AROUND TOWN
East Palo Alto extends Weeks Street RV parking banThe East Palo Alto City Council voted on Tuesday night to extend a moratorium on RV parking along the dead-end portion of...
Original post made on Dec. 20, 2017Last comment by Hmmm, on Dec 21, 2017 at 9:07 am | 3 comments | 5546 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford's Sullivan earns soccer's Honda Sport AwardStanford senior midfielder Andi Sullivan was named the Honda Sport Award winner for soccer, Collegiate Women's Sports Awards...
Original post made on Dec. 21, 2017Last comment by BaldEagle, on Dec 21, 2017 at 5:56 am | 1 comment | 3942 Views
AROUND TOWN
Survey shows mixed results in Middlefield 'road diet'Palo Alto's pilot program on a particularly hazardous segment of Middlefield Road has so far netted mixed results, according...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2017Last comment by DT North, on Dec 20, 2017 at 11:52 pm | 36 comments | 8251 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Car and Pedestrian culture in Palo AltoI have been in Palo Alto for about two months now, and am becoming increasingly confused over the right-of-way for drivers...
Original post made by John Doe on Dec. 16, 2017Last comment by Mike, on Dec 20, 2017 at 8:30 pm | 16 comments | 2870 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Cars Driving the Wrong Way via Downtown StreetsFor the past year, I have seen at least five incidents of witnessing cars going the wrong way throughout our downtown streets....
Original post made by Tanya on Dec. 14, 2017Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Dec 20, 2017 at 7:38 pm | 6 comments | 1441 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Gas leak prompts downtown evacuationsPolice and fire officials have closed a one-block area of downtown Palo Alto and have evacuated nearby buildings because...
Original post made on Dec. 19, 2017Last comment by Novelera, on Dec 20, 2017 at 5:41 pm | 2 comments | 6885 Views
SPORTS
Stanford men's soccer coaching staff voted best of yearStanford men's soccer coach Jeremy Gunn and his staff have been voted the Men's Division I National Staff of the Year as...
Original post made on Dec. 20, 2017Last comment by Joel, on Dec 20, 2017 at 1:35 pm | 1 comment | 1546 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Feeding frenzyRealtors say low inventory combined with sales strategies from the dot-com boom are playing a role in bidding wars. Read...
Original post made on Dec. 14, 2017Last comment by buyer seller, on Dec 20, 2017 at 12:35 am | 38 comments | 15261 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Molestation charges mount for former nannyA former Palo Alto elementary school volunteer and nanny accused of child molestation 23 years ago was arraigned on 34 counts...
Original post made on Dec. 19, 2017Last comment by Kathy Hyams, on Dec 19, 2017 at 11:22 pm | 6 comments | 11536 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Anti-idling proposal steers toward educationPalo Alto drivers caught running their engines without going anywhere could be slapped with a fine but will more likely receive...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2017Last comment by I can't sit by and do nothing, on Dec 19, 2017 at 2:34 pm | 44 comments | 6662 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
'Sunny Day' defendant strikes plea deal in fatal shootingA 24-year-old man who pleaded no contest on Friday to manslaughter charges in the shooting death of an alleged gang member...
Original post made on Dec. 19, 2017Last comment by Rusticate, on Dec 19, 2017 at 1:04 pm | 3 comments | 8968 Views
AROUND TOWN
Inmates had elaborate escape planTwo robbery defendants who escaped from the Palo Alto courthouse on Nov. 6 allegedly orchestrated an elaborate plan by phone...
Original post made on Dec. 18, 2017Last comment by Gunn Dad, on Dec 18, 2017 at 10:16 pm | 2 comments | 5897 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto prepares to adopt new prioritiesThe Palo Alto City Council is preparing to adopt new priorities for 2018, even as it acknowledges the need to stay focused...
Original post made on Dec. 11, 2017Last comment by Abitarian, on Dec 18, 2017 at 5:13 pm | 19 comments | 5927 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Effort to provide shelter beds runs into difficultySanta Clara County is searching for new ways to open up more temporary shelters, safe parking programs and other short-term...
Original post made on Dec. 18, 2017Last comment by , on Dec 18, 2017 at 11:36 am | 1 comment | 2244 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Two fatally shot in East Palo Alto home identifiedTwo women found dead from gunshot wounds at an East Palo Alto home in a possible murder-suicide on Wednesday morning have...
Original post made on Dec. 14, 2017Last comment by John E, Chingas, on Dec 18, 2017 at 5:43 am | 3 comments | 12221 Views
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