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CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Stanford police warn of phone scamThe Stanford Department of Public Safety issued an alert on Friday evening warning residents to be aware of suspicious robocalls...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2018Last comment by allen, on Jun 10, 2018 at 7:38 am | 13 comments | 3348 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Commissioner's ethics questionedA legal dispute last fall between the city of Palo Alto and planning commissioner Michael Alcheck arose over converting two...
Original post made on Mar. 12, 2018Last comment by Neighbor, on Jun 8, 2018 at 10:17 pm | 134 comments | 7219 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Gunn High student dies in East Bay collisionA 17-year-old girl who died shortly after a head-on collision on Monday in the East Bay was a Gunn High School student, California...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2018Last comment by Her friend, on Jun 8, 2018 at 8:27 pm | 2 comments | 6322 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Letters to the editorStand up for health care Read this and other letters to the editor here https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2018/06/08/letters-to-the-editor...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2018Last comment by Disappointed in LaDoris, on Jun 8, 2018 at 1:30 pm | 2 comments | 1031 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PAUSD names new superintendentDon Austin, the superintendent of the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District, has been named Palo Alto Unified's...
Original post made on May. 7, 2018Last comment by Resident, on Jun 8, 2018 at 1:25 pm | 66 comments | 17273 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Residents say Lincoln-Middlefield intersection is dangerousResidents living near Lincoln Avenue and Middlefield Road are petitioning the city of Palo Alto to do something now rather...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2018Last comment by Online Name, on Jun 8, 2018 at 9:29 am | 72 comments | 5472 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Off Deadline: Past manager steered open space district into a new eraAs the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District approaches its 50th anniversary, it is doing so as a more mature organization,...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2018There are no comments yet. 2073 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Peninsula Photo Contest winners offer a new perspectiveAfter a four-year break, the Palo Alto Weekly collaborated with the Palo Alto Art Center to revive and revamp the newspaper's...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2018There are no comments yet. 2222 Views
AROUND TOWN
Planned garages draw oppositionAs Palo Alto considers new taxes to address a $76-million backlog in its infrastructure plan, some residents are council...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2018Last comment by Resident, on Jun 8, 2018 at 3:50 am | 21 comments | 2511 Views
SPORTS
Menlo School honors its college-bound student-athletesMenlo School officially honored the 18 student-athletes who will study and compete in their respective sports in colleges...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2018There are no comments yet. 966 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
College Terrace residents concerned about coyotesConcerned about a recent spate of coyote sightings and the disappearance of two neighborhood cats, the College Terrace Residents...
Original post made on May. 25, 2018Last comment by Daniel, on Jun 7, 2018 at 9:58 pm | 30 comments | 4546 Views
RESTAURANTS
A Korean introductionDespite its pedestrian storefront, So Gong Dong Tofu House is immensely popular and one of the only restaurants in the area...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2018Last comment by parent, on Jun 7, 2018 at 5:25 pm | 3 comments | 1376 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Early results show sizeable support for recall of judgeJudge Aaron Persky, whose June 2016 verdict in the Brock Turner case sparked a national debate about sexual violence, campus...
Original post made on Jun. 5, 2018Last comment by Dotty Henderson, on Jun 7, 2018 at 4:55 pm | 28 comments | 8735 Views
AROUND TOWN
On the cutting edgeFirst came the art collection. Next was the combination guesthouse and private art gallery that could showcase that collection. Read...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2018Last comment by Neighbor, on Jun 7, 2018 at 2:07 pm | 2 comments | 197 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board eyes special-education investmentPalo Alto school board members, staff and parents were largely heartened Tuesday by a district plan to allocate $2.4 million...
Original post made on May. 29, 2018Last comment by PA Resident, on Jun 7, 2018 at 1:39 pm | 14 comments | 2963 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Synchronized green lights in University Avenue's futureA strategy to get traffic moving on University Avenue and off Crescent Park residential streets in Palo Alto could include...
Original post made on May. 17, 2018Last comment by Cathy Fisher, on Jun 7, 2018 at 1:30 pm | 25 comments | 3125 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Tree trimmer dies in accident at Stanford housing complexA 36-year-old man died while working on trees at a Stanford University housing complex in Palo Alto on Saturday afternoon,...
Original post made on May. 21, 2018Last comment by landscaper, on Jun 7, 2018 at 10:54 am | 8 comments | 10100 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board to consider renaming resolutionIn the wake of divisive debate over a proposal to rename a Palo Alto middle school after a Japanese-American alumnus who...
Original post made on Jun. 4, 2018Last comment by @OL, on Jun 7, 2018 at 10:23 am | 43 comments | 3584 Views
SPORTS
Stanford grads qualify for the U.S. Open championshipStanford senior golfer Franklin Huang and Stanford grad Cameron Wilson each qualified for the U.S. Open Championships at...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2018Last comment by Baron Weber, on Jun 6, 2018 at 10:07 pm | 1 comment | 1779 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Castilleja graduation emphasizes sensibility, open-mindednessDressed in white, Castilleja School's Class of 2018 faced their friends and classmates for what was at once a celebration...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2018Last comment by Online Name, on Jun 6, 2018 at 8:03 pm | 8 comments | 2340 Views
Japanese noodle shop to open at Stanford Shopping Center
By Elena Kadvany | 1 comment | 4,696 views
Modern Hospice Care and The Death of Ivan Ilyich
By Aldis Petriceks | 4 comments | 1,299 views
Get cars off our streets??
By Diana Diamond | 35 comments | 962 views
Couples: “It’s Not My Problem. It’s Your Problem.”
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 892 views
Running with the flow
By Cheryl Bac | 0 comments | 462 views
