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SPORTS
Palo Alto NJB teams head for the national championshipsPalo Alto will send six teams to the National Junior Basketball (NJB) All Net Nationals in Orange Country next week after...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2011Last comment by Jane Kershner, on Mar 17, 2011 at 1:51 pm | 1 comment | 8846 Views
AROUND TOWN
Police investigating incident at Palo Alto mobile home park, where man was found mortally injuredA resident of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in Palo Alto was found mortally wounded on Monday evening, prompting police to...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2019Last comment by Palo 94306, on Jun 27, 2019 at 4:52 pm | 10 comments | 8846 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Council to weigh controversial Marriott proposalWith Palo Alto's hotel boom in full effect, the City Council will consider on Monday the latest entrant into the crowded...
Original post made on Dec. 5, 2015Last comment by Abitarian, on Dec 7, 2015 at 4:12 pm | 31 comments | 8845 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Study: Blacks subconsciously 'dehumanized'0...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2008Last comment by perspective, on Feb 13, 2008 at 5:16 pm | 31 comments | 8845 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford panel lays out drought-survival strategiesAs the state's drought deepens, Stanford University's water conservation efforts and strategies for expanding water resources...
Original post made on Feb. 27, 2014Last comment by resient 1, on Mar 12, 2014 at 7:47 pm | 4 comments | 8844 Views
RESTAURANTS
Palo Alto's Cal. Ave. district welcomes Local Kitchens, prepares for NaschmarktIn Palo Alto's California Avenue neighborhood, Anatolian Kitchen will be replaced by an Austrian-themed restaurant. Around...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2022Last comment by mjh, on Feb 22, 2022 at 1:34 pm | 1 comment | 8844 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto, police union deadlocked over contractFive months after Palo Alto completed its long and bitter negotiations with the city's firefighters union, officials find...
Original post made on Feb. 24, 2012Last comment by Earn the respect, on Aug 10, 2012 at 11:34 pm | 82 comments | 8843 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
How law enforcement's response to active shootings has changedPalo Alto police officers' training for active shooter situations has completely changed to focus on "preserving as much...
Original post made on Mar. 30, 2018Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Apr 8, 2018 at 6:31 pm | 3 comments | 8843 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
'Friends' seek to avert Caltrain demiseWithout funding to stabilize Caltrain's operating costs, commuters could find themselves without the rail line on the Peninsula...
Original post made on Nov. 10, 2010Last comment by Deep Throat, on Nov 15, 2010 at 3:23 pm | 49 comments | 8842 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Mayor apologizes for downplaying traffic concernsAfter facing a backlash for suggesting that the community’s traffic concerns are "exaggerated," Mayor Liz Kniss issued...
Original post made on Aug. 13, 2018Last comment by Online Name, on Aug 20, 2018 at 7:55 pm | 46 comments | 8842 Views
AROUND TOWN
Local health care providers reeling from huge spike in demand for vaccineHealth care providers in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties are reeling from a massive spike in requests for COVID-19 vaccines...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2021Last comment by rsmithjr, on Jan 19, 2021 at 12:52 pm | 1 comment | 8842 Views
BOOKS
Fantastic New Utopian Fiction Novel0...
Original post made by Thomas Sigel on Sep. 27, 2006There are no comments yet. 8840 Views
AROUND TOWN
Settlement in landmark Channing House caseSally Herriot, a 91-year-old Palo Alto woman who sued Channing House senior community for the right to remain in her private...
Original post made on May. 13, 2010Last comment by musical, on May 1, 2014 at 11:09 pm | 21 comments | 8839 Views
AROUND TOWN
Local marathoners reflect on what makes them runNine local runners reflect on why, time and time again, they push their bodies to run 26.2 miles in a race that is the ultimate...
Original post made on Apr. 19, 2014Last comment by Yupp, on Apr 21, 2014 at 1:32 pm | 3 comments | 8839 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Bill and Carolyn RellerIn 2007, three years into Carolyn Reller's battle with a brain tumor, she and her husband, Bill, were approached to be honored...
Original post made on May. 6, 2011Last comment by Bob & Stephanie Byrne, on May 8, 2011 at 8:43 am | 2 comments | 8838 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 | 8838 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Two-alarm fire chars downtown restaurantA two-alarm fire broke out at Evvia Estiatorio in downtown Palo Alto Thursday at approximately 2:30 p.m. No one was injured,...
Original post made on Sep. 24, 2009Last comment by Crescent Park Dad, on Sep 26, 2009 at 5:45 pm | 36 comments | 8838 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Report: Taser deployed in Palo Alto arrestAfter nearly two years of silence, Palo Alto Police Department Tasers buzzed to life earlier this year with officers deploying...
Original post made on Nov. 29, 2012Last comment by just thinkin', on Nov 30, 2012 at 5:42 pm | 9 comments | 8837 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 | 8836 Views
AROUND TOWN
Memorial service, reception held for Cate FisherA memorial service for Catherine (Cate) Fisher, 19, of Menlo Park, who died after being shot in East Palo Alto, was held...
Original post made on Jul. 25, 2011Last comment by mother of 5, on Jul 28, 2011 at 8:38 am | 4 comments | 8836 Views
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