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SPORTS
Women's water polo, basketball, golf and swimming stock up on new talent==B Signing Day == John Tanner announced five recruits who signed national letters of intent Wednesday to play women's...
Original post made on Nov. 16, 2012Last comment by Tom, on Nov 16, 2012 at 11:36 am | 1 comment | 10495 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Santa Clara County braces for surge of refugees following U.S. withdrawal from AfghanistanThe county is expecting an increase in refugees following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, with nonprofits estimating...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2021Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Sep 20, 2021 at 5:32 pm | 13 comments | 10494 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Children's Theatre criminal probe to be dropped?0...
Original post made on May. 8, 2008Last comment by Hero, on May 19, 2008 at 8:38 am | 65 comments | 10493 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Battle over the BaylandsThe brown and dusty expanse of barren land next to Palo Alto's water-treatment plant looks like an unlikely setting for the...
Original post made on Oct. 21, 2011Last comment by DarinNot, on Aug 10, 2017 at 7:29 pm | 38 comments | 10491 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Recent Paly graduate to run for school boardA 2015 graduate of Palo Alto High School focused on special education and mental health reform is running for a seat on the...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2018Last comment by Cindy Goral, on Aug 5, 2018 at 3:18 am | 11 comments | 10490 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
County prepares for major housing boomSanta Clara County is moving quickly on a strategy to build thousands of new homes for the county's low-income and homeless...
Original post made on Feb. 21, 2017Last comment by resident, on Mar 2, 2017 at 9:30 am | 60 comments | 10490 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A dearth of candidatesWith just 12 days remaining before the Aug. 15 extended filing deadline for candidates running for City Council and Board...
Original post made on Aug. 3, 2012Last comment by common sense, on Aug 9, 2012 at 8:33 am | 26 comments | 10489 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto eyes emergency law to protect retailWith several long-time retail establishments recently shutting down to make way for offices in downtown Palo Alto, city officials...
Original post made on Mar. 28, 2015Last comment by Online Name, on Mar 28, 2017 at 4:36 pm | 70 comments | 10488 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Castilleja School forced to revise its redevelopment planCastilleja School suffered a setback Monday to its plan to rebuild and modernize its Bryant Street campus when a skeptical...
Original post made on Mar. 30, 2021Last comment by Annette, on Apr 11, 2021 at 11:56 am | 32 comments | 10488 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district fires contractor after trapped ground squirrels diePalo Alto Unified terminated its contract with a pest control company on July 14 after ground squirrels that it trapped were...
Original post made on Jul. 21, 2021Last comment by Demetrius Lanham, on Jul 26, 2021 at 12:32 pm | 20 comments | 10487 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Jay Paul withdraws Park Boulevard projectAfter more than a year of commission reviews and design revisions, Jay Paul Company has withdrawn the application for one...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2016Last comment by Counterclockwise, on Feb 10, 2016 at 10:39 pm | 18 comments | 10486 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Escaped inmates' alleged accomplices arrestedInvestigators from Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office have arrested a woman who they say rented a U-Haul van and staged...
Original post made on Nov. 7, 2017Last comment by OR, on Nov 13, 2017 at 8:29 am | 12 comments | 10486 Views
AROUND TOWN
Knead to bakeEvery week, subscribers to As Kneaded Bakery, a new Community Supported Bakery, get a different variety of bread -- from...
Original post made on Mar. 24, 2017Last comment by Ron Wolf, on Mar 24, 2017 at 4:52 pm | 1 comment | 10486 Views
MOVIES
James Franco: A modern Renaissance manMark Twain once turned over Socrates' famous chestnut thusly: "The unexamined life may not be worth living, but the life...
Original post made on Sep. 13, 2010Last comment by Sylvia, on Sep 13, 2010 at 5:32 pm | 2 comments | 10486 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto's assistant city manager to depart for San JosePalo Alto Assistant City Manager Pamela Antil will step down from her post later this month to take a similar job in San...
Original post made on Apr. 16, 2014Last comment by Resident, on Apr 17, 2014 at 4:26 pm | 22 comments | 10484 Views
AROUND TOWN
Christmas tree - collection of0...
Original post made by Anna on Jan. 1, 2008Last comment by Tree Disposal, on Jan 9, 2016 at 4:17 pm | 7 comments | 10484 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
To raise funds, Fire Department proposes new service: Ambulance insurancePalo Alto residents and businesses may soon have the option of subscribing to a new service that most will hope they'll never...
Original post made on Dec. 22, 2020Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Dec 26, 2020 at 2:45 pm | 20 comments | 10483 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Man attacked with a bat in downtown Palo AltoA man who had been out drinking in downtown Palo Alto bars was attacked and beaten with a bat or stick near Pizza My Heart...
Original post made on Dec. 14, 2011Last comment by Hmmm, on Dec 16, 2011 at 12:02 pm | 30 comments | 10482 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Proposed school calendars released0...
Original post made by Paly parent on Sep. 18, 2006Last comment by Paly Student Journalist, on Jan 17, 2007 at 11:10 am | 27 comments | 10482 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Second day of hacking trial focuses on FBI investigationDuring the second day of the federal trial of Ross M. Colby, who is charged with hacking Palo Alto Online and other Embarcadero...
Original post made on Jun. 1, 2018There are no comments yet. 10481 Views
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