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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Former Paly student, horse fan dies from fall exercising polo horseAriel Shaker, 21, a 2005 graduate of Palo Alto High School and a horse enthusiast since she was 8, was pronounced dead Wednesday...
Original post made on Oct. 9, 2009Last comment by Roxanne Pinto, on Oct 26, 2013 at 2:19 am | 16 comments | 11649 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Mobile-home residents pack school board meetingAbout 375 Palo Alto residents -- including more than 100 children in local public schools -- would be displaced by the closure...
Original post made on May. 8, 2013Last comment by palo alto parent, on May 11, 2013 at 2:17 pm | 31 comments | 11647 Views
AROUND TOWN
Real life after reality TV0...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2007Last comment by haha-- bithcy samantha bonderman, on Jul 6, 2007 at 10:50 am | 43 comments | 11647 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Stanford announces focus on campus drinking: 'We cannot turn away from this'Concerned about the "dangerously high rates" of undergraduate alcohol use on campus, Stanford University announced this week...
Original post made on Jan. 10, 2019Last comment by maguro_01, on Jan 16, 2019 at 3:21 pm | 37 comments | 11646 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto adds motion detection to Caltrain corridorA first-of-its-kind system to detect suicide attempts along railroad tracks will be piloted in Palo Alto. Read the full...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2016Last comment by Joe Bloe, on Jul 9, 2016 at 12:24 pm | 34 comments | 11646 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Rebounding from loss, refocusing on the students2015 in the Palo Alto Unified School District was, indelibly, a year of immense loss but also one of significant change and...
Original post made on Dec. 31, 2015Last comment by parent, on Jan 5, 2016 at 4:44 pm | 41 comments | 11644 Views
AROUND TOWN
Resident group petitions city for housingA coaltion of Palo Alto residents, including eight former mayors, is petitioning the City Council to fix the city's affordable-housing...
Original post made on Mar. 13, 2016Last comment by Mike-Crescent Park, on Mar 18, 2016 at 4:58 pm | 110 comments | 11643 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto expands its control over BaylandsPalo Alto's effort to expand and restore the sprawling marshlands on the city's eastern fringes will hit a milestone next...
Original post made on May. 31, 2017Last comment by Oldster, on Jun 6, 2017 at 10:42 am | 25 comments | 11642 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Burglars break into home, flee when confronted by residentPalo Alto police are looking for four people who they believe broke into an occupied home on Friday night in the city's Barron...
Original post made on Oct. 11, 2021Last comment by Chuck , on Oct 12, 2021 at 11:03 pm | 8 comments | 11642 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
District moves to correct civil-rights violationsA Palo Alto special-education student whose complaints of bullying and harassment led to a federal civil-rights investigation...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2013Last comment by wondering, on Feb 24, 2013 at 5:11 pm | 106 comments | 11640 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Greene Middle School celebrates 'transformative' renamingGreene Middle School held a rededication ceremony on Wednesday in honor of its new namesake, an African-American technologist,...
Original post made on Nov. 14, 2018Last comment by Grren Acres Is the Place to Be, on Nov 20, 2018 at 7:55 am | 43 comments | 11640 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Recall election of Brock Turner judge postponedThe group working to unseat Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky for alleged judicial bias has decided to delay placing...
Original post made on Mar. 22, 2017Last comment by My Left Foot, on Mar 25, 2017 at 11:26 am | 21 comments | 11637 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Holman, Scharff to vie for board seat on open-space districtTheir City Council tenures may be coming to an end, but Karen Holman and Greg Scharff are preparing to square off in another...
Original post made on Aug. 15, 2018Last comment by Karen Holman has my vote., on Oct 31, 2018 at 11:51 am | 78 comments | 11635 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
High Speed rail routes from San Jose to San Francisco0...
Original post made by Rick on Dec. 21, 2007Last comment by interesting read...., on Nov 19, 2008 at 5:11 pm | 96 comments | 11634 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
A liberated lifeMany residents of Channing House knew that their personable executive chef, Ghazwan Alsharif, made delicious moussaka and...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2018Last comment by Robert, on Jul 10, 2018 at 12:30 am | 5 comments | 11634 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Foothill College vying to offer new, affordable four-year degreeFoothill College is in the running to become one of the first California community colleges to offer a four-year bachelor's...
Original post made on Jan. 5, 2015Last comment by Marie, on Jan 8, 2015 at 7:37 am | 4 comments | 11632 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto homelessness rises 26 percentThe number of homeless persons in Palo Alto has risen by 26 percent since 2015 -- the highest it's been in 10 years, according...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2017Last comment by unemployment, on Jul 8, 2017 at 9:40 pm | 36 comments | 11632 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Growing his own0...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2007Last comment by John, on Jul 16, 2007 at 2:15 pm | 8 comments | 11630 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Soccer star's parents sue Stanford University after her deathThe parents of a Stanford women's soccer star who died by suicide after learning she faced disciplinary action filed a lawsuit...
Original post made on Nov. 30, 2022Last comment by III, on Dec 10, 2022 at 10:07 am | 20 comments | 11628 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto bike-sharing program hits speed bumpA bicycle-sharing program will be doomed to fail in Palo Alto unless planners place the rental stations in locations that...
Original post made on Aug. 2, 2012Last comment by Mark, on Nov 9, 2012 at 11:38 am | 20 comments | 11626 Views
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