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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg buys historic Palo Alto homeFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly purchased a historic home in Palo Alto that was once owned by a Palo Alto pioneer....
Original post made on May. 5, 2011Last comment by Kevin, on Mar 19, 2013 at 3:36 pm | 47 comments | 32832 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Saving the BaylandsThe Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve marshlands, home to the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse and the California clapper...
Original post made on Nov. 1, 2013Last comment by Sally, on Nov 6, 2013 at 6:24 pm | 15 comments | 32746 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Seventy-six in Palo Alto school district get tenureSeventy-six Palo Alto teachers, counselors and administrators were granted tenure, or "permanent status," Tuesday night by...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2014Last comment by teacher evals, on Mar 28, 2014 at 7:29 am | 62 comments | 32722 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Face shields and testing: Teachers union asks for protection, flexibility in working conditions this fallThe Palo Alto school district and Palo Alto Educators Association have begun negotiating working conditions for the next...
Original post made on May. 22, 2020Last comment by Disappointed Parent, on May 31, 2020 at 9:53 pm | 81 comments | 32683 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Women sentenced in $256,000 Palo Alto credit union fraudTwo women who stole more than $250,000 out of a couple's Palo Alto credit union account were sentenced Tuesday, Feb. 14,...
Original post made on Feb. 16, 2012Last comment by Senior Blogger, on Feb 25, 2012 at 2:42 pm | 20 comments | 32637 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Fuki Sushi owner, a Palo Alto native, subjected to racial-hate tiradeFor three generations, Lumi Gardner's family has operated their popular Fuki Sushi restaurant in Palo Alto. Last Sunday,...
Original post made on Aug. 7, 2021Last comment by Emil Del Pilar, on Aug 11, 2021 at 8:35 am | 61 comments | 32590 Views
RESTAURANTS
The Counter plans to close Palo Alto site after 15 yearsAfter serving up custom-made gourmet burgers in Palo Alto since 2006, The Counter is closing its doors at 369 California...
Original post made on Jul. 13, 2021Last comment by larryncelia, on Jul 18, 2021 at 11:57 am | 25 comments | 32521 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Argument preceded shooting of David LewisIn the minutes prior to being fatally shot in the back Wednesday afternoon, East Palo Alto drug-intervention leader David...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2010Last comment by Patricia A., on Apr 21, 2014 at 7:03 am | 78 comments | 32467 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Stanford's Hennessy questions state teacher tenure lawsStanford University President John Hennessy this week questioned why California grants job tenure to K-12 teachers after...
Original post made on Nov. 2, 2013Last comment by KISS, on Nov 24, 2013 at 1:46 pm | 37 comments | 32422 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Stanford made COVID-19 tests available for health care workers. Now, it's considering wider distributionAs the scientific community races to create tests for COVID-19 and end the shutdown, Stanford University is trying to speed...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2020Last comment by Jay T, on Apr 19, 2020 at 3:30 pm | 22 comments | 32395 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Rescue crews respond to Baylands airplane crashThe Fire Department is responding to a small airplane that has crashed at the duck pond at 2500 Embarcadero Road, near the...
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2018Last comment by noisepolluter, on Oct 6, 2018 at 11:40 am | 108 comments | 32371 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
High schools take action to ease student stressAmid fierce community conversation about the role that academic stress plays in the lives of Palo Alto high school students,...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2015Last comment by My Thoughts, on Feb 11, 2015 at 1:29 pm | 89 comments | 32350 Views
AROUND TOWN
Out with the old and in with the 'new'One person is looking for a rocking chair for a newborn baby. Read the full story here http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=19065...
Original post made on Jul. 9, 2013Last comment by Genevien, on Jul 9, 2013 at 11:04 am | 1 comment | 32343 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Longtime Milk Pail employee, son killed in apartment fumesThe two bodies found in an apartment complex in Mountain View on Wednesday have been identified as James Liu and his teenage...
Original post made on Sep. 29, 2014Last comment by iSez, on Oct 12, 2014 at 4:02 pm | 6 comments | 32279 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Hidden in plain sightThe young man working at a Mountain View Safeway slammed his head on a commercial refrigerator door, unable to verbally express...
Original post made on May. 8, 2015Last comment by Language Matters , on May 18, 2015 at 9:40 am | 29 comments | 32207 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stanford geneticist Leonard Herzenberg diesLeonard Herzenberg, a retired geneticist whose discoveries are said to have kept thousands of people alive, died Oct. 27...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2013Last comment by Hmmm, on Nov 15, 2013 at 11:43 am | 2 comments | 32192 Views
AROUND TOWN
Shop Talk: Ninth Starbucks opens, boutiques shuffleThis week's Shop Talk is a highly caffeinated one. The ninth Starbucks is opening in Palo Alto and a new tea shop, David's...
Original post made on Jul. 7, 2014Last comment by resident, on Jul 8, 2014 at 7:43 pm | 12 comments | 32161 Views
AROUND TOWN
Arts season kicks offStudents may go back to school in August nowadays, but autumn is still the time when many arts groups roll out their new...
Original post made on Sep. 17, 2010Last comment by Rebecca Wallace, on Sep 17, 2010 at 11:51 am | 2 comments | 32138 Views
SPORTS
Castilleja rallies to advance in CCS water polo tourneyCastilleja scored three times in the fourth quarter to complete a comeback and beat Sobrato, 7-6, in a quarterfinal match...
Original post made on Nov. 16, 2013Last comment by Rick, on Nov 16, 2013 at 5:35 pm | 2 comments | 32129 Views
SPORTS
Palo Alto, Menlo and Priory reach CCS volleyball finalsIt will be a busy day for local volleyball fans with Palo Alto, Menlo School and Priory all playing for Central Coast Section...
Original post made on Nov. 21, 2013Last comment by john, on Nov 22, 2013 at 1:54 am | 2 comments | 32126 Views
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