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please don't park on the street on street sweeping daysWork crews try to sweep city streets once a week during the fall and winter. Unfortunately, scofflaws parking on the street...
Original post made by resident on Nov. 20, 2013Last comment by , on Nov 20, 2013 at 4:15 pm | 1 comment | 8862 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
How bad is the drug problem at Palo Alto high schools?Rylan Fuchs, a good looking, white, 17 year old high school student in Danville, was shot and killed this week apparently...
Original post made by Sarah on Jan. 24, 2009Last comment by rick, on Apr 29, 2009 at 8:17 am | 33 comments | 8861 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Lackadaisical library adminFour years ago the city auditor suggested hiring a collection agency for unpaid library fines. $300,000 is due now, and they...
Original post made by $300,000 on Feb. 23, 2011Last comment by Library Hound, on Feb 28, 2011 at 5:21 pm | 11 comments | 8860 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto Utilities tries to keep pace with technological changeWhen Palo Alto's founding fathers decided more than a century ago to launch a municipal utility, they could hardly have imagined...
Original post made on Feb. 16, 2018Last comment by Joe, on Feb 21, 2018 at 2:23 pm | 13 comments | 8860 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
How the U.S. Air Force fought suicide, and we can, tooAs a parent of three, including a Gunn student and a Terman student, I shared the sense of grief, concern and helplessness...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2010Last comment by Midtown Parent, on Apr 27, 2010 at 11:30 pm | 18 comments | 8860 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto police arrest three people for burglaryThree people from Albania were arrested Thursday, Dec. 27, on commercial burglary and conspiracy charges at the Stanford...
Original post made on Jan. 2, 2013There are no comments yet. 8860 Views
AROUND TOWN
Khoury's Market set to open in College TerracePalo Alto shoppers won't have any trouble knowing which family is in charge of the new College Terrace supermarket. Khoury's...
Original post made on Oct. 16, 2018Last comment by Nayeli, on Oct 18, 2018 at 10:19 am | 18 comments | 8860 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board approves Addison donationA plan to significantly renovate Addison Elementary School took a step forward Tuesday night with the Palo Alto school board...
Original post made on Mar. 8, 2016Last comment by policy update, on Oct 29, 2016 at 5:05 pm | 14 comments | 8859 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Catalytic-converter thefts on rise in Palo AltoThieves are targeting catalytic converters on the Peninsula and three thefts were reported in Palo Alto Friday and Saturday,...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2012Last comment by lenehey, on Jan 2, 2013 at 10:01 am | 31 comments | 8859 Views
AROUND TOWN
Robotics builds community for Space Cookies girlsA 5-foot-tall, 120-pound, Frisbee-throwing contraption that was built by a group of Girl Scouts and is being pitted in competitions...
Original post made on Nov. 26, 2013Last comment by concerned about your attitude, on Dec 2, 2013 at 8:05 pm | 2 comments | 8859 Views
AROUND TOWN
Community reunites at Moonlight Run & WalkThe annual Moonlight Run & Walk, a beloved Palo Alto tradition held under the full harvest moon, resumed in person at the...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2021Last comment by akohrman, on Sep 19, 2021 at 4:52 pm | 1 comment | 8859 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Possible train part catapults into Palo Alto carA mysterious large object slammed into a parked Chevrolet Suburban in Palo Alto sometime on Monday night, Oct. 8, or Tuesday...
Original post made on Oct. 10, 2012Last comment by Senior RFE, on Oct 12, 2012 at 8:52 pm | 32 comments | 8858 Views
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Original post made on May. 16, 2008Last comment by Thanks whoever took the photo, on May 16, 2008 at 6:52 am | 2 comments | 8858 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Ex-Stanford sailing coach who accepted nearly $800K in bribes through college admissions scam sentencedStanford University's former head sailing coach John Vandemoer became the first person to be sentenced in the college admissions...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2019Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Jun 15, 2019 at 10:41 pm | 24 comments | 8857 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto eyes new ways to manage storm waterFor decades, Palo Alto's storm drains have functioned like hidden highways, ferrying water away from local streets and into...
Original post made on Jun. 30, 2016Last comment by resident, on Jul 7, 2016 at 7:53 pm | 18 comments | 8856 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City Council rejects appeal, allows Verizon to install wireless equipmentRejecting an appeal from a group of residents, the Palo Alto City Council approved last week a plan by Verizon to install...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2021Last comment by Loren Pfister, on Jul 12, 2021 at 8:50 am | 9 comments | 8856 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police search for man who assaulted woman on sidewalkPalo Alto police are searching for a man who assaulted a woman while she was walking on the 2500 block of El Camino Real...
Original post made on Dec. 29, 2018Last comment by Another One Captured!, on Jan 3, 2019 at 6:14 pm | 51 comments | 8856 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Former Palo Alto transportation head dies at 71No matter how daunting a task, Joseph Kott believed that Palo Alto and the greater Silicon Valley region could become a national...
Original post made on Feb. 19, 2019Last comment by Yoriko, on Mar 5, 2019 at 11:43 am | 11 comments | 8855 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teachers push back against reorganization of arts departmentFor the second time in as many years, Palo Alto Unified art teachers, students and parents are protesting the consolidation...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2019Last comment by PA, on Apr 28, 2019 at 8:36 pm | 22 comments | 8855 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Tech companies, research institutes cash in on federal loan programResearch institutes, tech companies and hotels were among Midpeninsula's biggest beneficiaries of the federal Paycheck Protection...
Original post made on Jul. 8, 2020Last comment by neighbor, on Jul 8, 2020 at 7:18 pm | 4 comments | 8854 Views
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