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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Popular clothing brands for middle school girlsWhat are the clothing brands that are most popular with middle school girls right now? I know that wearing the right clothes...
Original post made by Parent on Jun. 7, 2011Last comment by Parent, on Aug 18, 2012 at 1:18 pm | 42 comments | 53665 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Council to rule on divisive senior-housing planAfter two emotional public meetings, Palo Alto officials are preparing to make a major ruling tonight on a development that...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2013Last comment by Richard C. Placone, on Jun 10, 2013 at 1:03 pm | 23 comments | 53649 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto boy killed in Friday night collisionA middle-school aged boy riding a bicycle was killed Friday night (March 6) in a collision at El Camino Real and California...
Original post made on Mar. 7, 2020Last comment by Nick, on Mar 7, 2020 at 8:42 pm | 19 comments | 53375 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Stanford creates new coronavirus test that produces fast resultsStanford Health Care has invented a new test for the COVID-19 disease and is using it to verify suspected cases of the illness...
Original post made on Mar. 6, 2020Last comment by Jano, on Mar 20, 2020 at 4:17 pm | 16 comments | 53092 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford grad's site nets Southwest 'cease and desist'When Nikil Viswanathan created a website to automatically check himself in to his flights on Southwest Airlines in January,...
Original post made on Oct. 23, 2012Last comment by some smarter guy, on Nov 3, 2012 at 12:22 pm | 47 comments | 52812 Views
AROUND TOWN
University Art moving to Redwood CityPalo Alto's high rents and impossible land prices are causing another longtime retailer to leave the city. This time, it...
Original post made on Dec. 17, 2013Last comment by Sad but realistic, on Apr 21, 2014 at 9:35 am | 88 comments | 52729 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PAMF docs: What we can do to reduce risk for our teensThe pediatricians of Palo Alto Medical Foundation are deeply saddened by the local recent events. The loss of a young person's...
Original post made on Mar. 20, 2015Last comment by Goober from Mayberry, on May 29, 2015 at 7:46 am | 285 comments | 52568 Views
RESTAURANTS
Stanford Shopping Center announces further renovation plansStanford Shopping Center will enjoy a shopping spree of its own over the next two years, spending millions of dollars to...
Original post made on Aug. 1, 2014Last comment by DonaldT, on May 9, 2016 at 12:16 pm | 33 comments | 52544 Views
AROUND TOWN
Feature story: In search of the car-less commuteOn any weekday morning, upwards of 17,000 commuters -- some in buses, others on bicycles, but the majority in cars -- stream...
Original post made on Nov. 16, 2012Last comment by resident 1, on Nov 16, 2014 at 11:09 am | 58 comments | 52466 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Palo Alto man, 85, detained in North KoreaA Palo Alto man was removed from a plane and detained in North Korea, his traveling companion to the country confirmed. Read...
Original post made on Nov. 20, 2013Last comment by Resident, on Nov 23, 2013 at 1:56 pm | 25 comments | 52288 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Want to understand Silicon Valley?We arrived in Palo Alto from Hamburg, Germany, on Aug. 6, 2015, with a 5-year-old daughter who was proud to master writing...
Original post made on May. 27, 2016Last comment by just curious, on May 30, 2017 at 4:37 pm | 58 comments | 52138 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto to unveil huge 'light sculpture' SaturdayA two-year grassroots effort led by a Palo Alto father and his two young children to bring a 35-foot-tall interactive light...
Original post made on Nov. 11, 2013Last comment by musical, on Nov 26, 2013 at 10:29 am | 25 comments | 51994 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
California could start testing thousands of people for COVID-19 as early as next weekCalifornia could have thousands of more test kits and multiple new laboratories up and running to detect the virus associated...
Original post made on Mar. 13, 2020Last comment by Trump fired the Pandemic Team, on Mar 29, 2020 at 11:37 am | 27 comments | 51984 Views
AROUND TOWN
What are the pros and cons of owning an Eichler?0...
Original post made by New to Area on Jan. 26, 2007Last comment by Not an issue, on Jul 1, 2013 at 7:24 pm | 39 comments | 51880 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents, school officials, exchange tense wordsFrustrated parents interrupted school district officials Sunday evening in a sometimes tense discussion of the emotional...
Original post made on Feb. 14, 2011Last comment by Bill Johnson, on Feb 25, 2011 at 6:26 pm | 166 comments | 50872 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Commissioners kick back bike-boulevard planWondering why a plan for a bike boulevard doesn't contain any data about bike trips, the Palo Alto Planning Commission kicked...
Original post made on Nov. 14, 2013Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Nov 18, 2013 at 4:01 pm | 55 comments | 50786 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Newsom announces $450-per-student incentive to reopen schoolsAfter painting a dark forecast for the pandemic earlier this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday offered parents and students...
Original post made on Jan. 1, 2021Last comment by EYC, on Jan 5, 2021 at 11:48 am | 6 comments | 50765 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Driven to succeed: How we're depriving teens of a sense of purposeMany Palo Alto adolescents spend their high school years in a contest for credentials, accumulating grades, scores and accolades...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2011Last comment by Citizen, on Nov 30, 2011 at 4:33 pm | 71 comments | 50750 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Gunn, Paly graduates reflect on their high school experiencesGraduates of Gunn and Palo Alto high schools feel well prepared academically and socially for college, though more than a...
Original post made on Nov. 15, 2013Last comment by Midtowner, on Nov 20, 2013 at 10:12 pm | 59 comments | 50596 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Home schooling grows upFor many Palo Alto families who opt to home-school their children, the term is a misnomer for what their children's education...
Original post made on Dec. 15, 2017Last comment by Indie-schooling, on Jan 3, 2018 at 1:10 pm | 74 comments | 50536 Views
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