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SCHOOLS & KIDS
School calendar consensus emergesA consensus emerged on the touchy issue of the Palo Alto school calendar Tuesday as Board of Education members indicated...
Original post made on Oct. 23, 2013Last comment by Another Palo Alto Res, on Oct 24, 2013 at 6:34 pm | 21 comments | 37007 Views
AROUND TOWN
Rats!Professorville resident Dexter Girton is an avid gardener who began noticing something was eating his crops. When he was...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2016Last comment by neighbors, on Oct 16, 2016 at 10:14 pm | 5 comments | 36994 Views
AROUND TOWN
Fear, anxiety and Champagne: How Palo Alto is bracing for coronavirusA quiet anxiety grips Palo Alto and Mountain View as residents face the possibility that coronavirus will knock on their...
Original post made on Mar. 3, 2020Last comment by musical, on Mar 5, 2020 at 1:53 am | 22 comments | 36921 Views
MOVIES
The best of 2013 on the big screenWhen the Weekly film critics assemble their lists of the top 10 movies of the year, it's anyone's guess whether anyone will...
Original post made on Jan. 3, 2014Last comment by anonymous, on Jan 7, 2014 at 9:37 am | 15 comments | 36900 Views
SPORTS
CCS adopts new format for section tennis playoffsThe 2011 Central Coast Section girls' tennis playoffs will have a new look next month and local coaches are not happy about...
Original post made on Oct. 21, 2011Last comment by Public School Tennis Coach, on Oct 21, 2011 at 3:45 pm | 1 comment | 36878 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
In-person class twice a week? School district eyes hybrid model this fallWhen Palo Alto Unified middle and high schools reopen this fall, students could be attending school in person twice a week...
Original post made on May. 13, 2020Last comment by Author Jack, on Jul 1, 2020 at 4:37 am | 95 comments | 36801 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Jordan, Terman middle schools to be renamedBy the start of the 2018-19 school year, Palo Alto's David Starr Jordan and Terman middle schools will be no more. The school...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2017Last comment by Nayeli, on Mar 18, 2017 at 11:05 pm | 31 comments | 36798 Views
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Stanford: new model for breast cancer testsStanford University researchers have trained computers to analyze microscopic images of breast cancer with greater accuracy...
Original post made on Nov. 11, 2011Last comment by Joyce, on Nov 11, 2011 at 11:43 am | 1 comment | 36770 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto police begin using license-plate readerThe Palo Alto Police department began using an automated license-plate reader mounted atop a patrol car on Tuesday, July...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2013Last comment by CAMD, on Feb 12, 2015 at 11:33 am | 101 comments | 36754 Views
AROUND TOWN
Bitter fruit: An inside look at street vendingThe strawberry vendors stand on street corners throughout Palo Alto, at busy intersections, outside shopping centers and...
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2009Last comment by Paula, on Sep 18, 2009 at 1:01 pm | 92 comments | 36750 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Cops to wear cameras in Palo AltoDrivers who get pulled over by motorcycle cops in Palo Alto rarely feel like smiling. The Police Department's proposal to...
Original post made on Nov. 14, 2013Last comment by coooper, on Nov 15, 2013 at 1:06 pm | 16 comments | 36718 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Brock Turner: alleged victim gave him verbal consentBrock Turner, the 20-year-old former Stanford University student charged with sexually assaulting an unconscious and intoxicated...
Original post made on Mar. 23, 2016Last comment by iSez, on Mar 24, 2016 at 12:39 pm | 6 comments | 36554 Views
AROUND TOWN
10 things you can still do in Palo Alto (while keeping your social distance)Despite the loss of routine, social contact and freedom to get around because of the stay-at-home order, there are still...
Original post made on Mar. 27, 2020Last comment by Connie, on Apr 3, 2020 at 8:45 am | 15 comments | 36473 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Police: Threat against Palo Alto High was a hoaxA threat against Palo Alto High School has led to a lockdown at Paly and the Palo Alto school district this afternoon, according...
Original post made on Mar. 29, 2018Last comment by a student , on Apr 25, 2018 at 10:43 am | 48 comments | 36467 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto approves new firefighter contractPalo Alto's tortuous struggle with its firefighters union over a new labor deal came to an official conclusion Monday night...
Original post made on Oct. 18, 2011Last comment by JC Meoff, on Oct 26, 2011 at 9:55 am | 22 comments | 36463 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board endorses plan for new academic yearIn Palo Alto, the school board unanimously OK'd the district's plan Friday for reopening schools with some tweaks, including...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2020Last comment by Jim H, on Oct 1, 2020 at 9:28 am | 184 comments | 36404 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
A whole new image for San Antonio corridorThe massive facelift of Mountain View's San Antonio corridor has already begun -- with the first phase of the San Antonio...
Original post made on Oct. 15, 2013Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Mar 31, 2014 at 7:46 pm | 95 comments | 36391 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Children in YMCA adult locker rooms questionedThe YMCA of Silicon Valley has been allowing children 7 years old and younger to join their opposite-sex parents in the locker...
Original post made on Oct. 17, 2014Last comment by member, on Feb 17, 2015 at 4:03 pm | 33 comments | 36169 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto's downtown post office to be soldThe U.S. Postal Service plans to sell the historic building that houses Palo Alto's downtown post office and move its operations...
Original post made on Dec. 16, 2011Last comment by C. Bedford, on Aug 28, 2012 at 11:16 am | 58 comments | 36097 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PAUSD High School Rigor Worth It?I have to wonder how much tutoring and parental help is affecting the teacher's perceptions of our students. Depending on...
Original post made by Parent on Aug. 29, 2013Last comment by Mom, on Oct 24, 2013 at 10:21 am | 257 comments | 36091 Views
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