Firefighters to battle smokey dump fire all night A giant backhoe clawed into a 20-foot-high pile of smoking compost and sawdust at the Palo Alto city dump Wednesday evening -- resembling a mini volcano with flames spouting occasionally from the top -- as firefighters doused embers and flames. Earlier a CalFire helicopter dumped bay water on a peripheral grass fire ignited by the compost blaze. Photo by Keith Peters/Palo Alto Weekly.(Wednesday, 9:49 PM)
TODAY'S TOP POSTSVIEW ALL POSTS Bike-loan program considered for Palo Alto A small test fleet of loaner bicycles, accessible with the flick of a library-like card, could be on its way to Palo Alto, the City Council decided Monday night.
Read the fu... Last comment from Tim, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, 12 hours ago (Comments: 29) Briggs to retire, stay on as artistic advisor until Jan. '09 Longtime Children's Theatre Director Pat Briggs, 72, will retire Aug. 1 and then return as a contracted "advising artistic director" for six months, City Manager Frank Benest ... Last comment from Joe, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, 5 hours ago (Comments: 86) What can we do about recent crime in Palo Alto? Having been a 15 year resident with two teenage children, I am saddened to think our wonderful community is being taken over by fear. Our house was one of many to be burglari... Last comment from Dave, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood, 4 hours ago (Comments: 44) Why does LAH attend PAUSD? I know that Los Altos Hills students have attended our schools since the 70s but now that Gunn is going to close its doors to new students and most of the PA schools are packe... Last comment from newneighbor, a resident of Stanford, 3 hours ago (Comments: 26)
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG editor of the Palo Alto Weekly On hunting imaginary lions Somewhere deep inside I’ve always been a lion hunter.
And the recent episode of the lion hunt in and around Palo Alto’s Foothills Park and the Los Trancos Woods residential ... Posted on Jul 22, 2008 at 1:09 pm (Comments: 7)
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Roche may leave Palo Alto if it buys Genentech The Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche will close down its Palo Alto facility, where 1,000 employees currently work, if its offer to acquire biotechnology giant Genentech is successful. (Wednesday, 6:20 PM)
Supreme Court to hear trails lawsuit appeal The California Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal of a lawsuit filed against Stanford University and Santa Clara County by the Palo Alto-based Committee for Green Foothills over hiking trails Stanford may build in the foothills. (Wednesday, 4:30 PM)
VA plans big Palo Alto, Menlo Park expansion A $750 million reconstruction project is underway at the Palo Alto campus of the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, in addition to projects in Menlo Park. (Wednesday, 3:31 PM)
Palo Alto skipped for 2009 Tour of California After a successful — and profitable — bike race kick-off in February, local bicycling advocates were fairly confident Palo Alto would be picked to host a stage in the 2009 Tour of California. (Wednesday, 12:57 PM)
Manhunt intensifies for suspected robber/killer Otto Emil Koloto Palo Alto police are intensifying the manhunt for Otto Emil Koloto of Gilroy, suspected of robbing and shooting a South San Francisco man outside of Palo Alto City Hall in the early morning hours of July 13. The victim, Philip Lacy, 27, later was pronounced dead after being removed from life support at Stanford Hospital. Koloto, 22, may be hiding in the Palo Alto area, Police Agent Dan Ryan said Monday. (Monday, 10:42 AM)
The (not so) real world More than 65,000 users log in to Second Life — an Internet site resembling a 3-D virtual world — every day to socialize, stroll beaches, visit islands and cities, shop, attend lectures and classes, visit libraries and night clubs and do business.
SPORTS: Wozniak proves she's more than qualified Aleksandra Wozniak finished off the best tennis week of her life by winning her first professional tournament, the 38th Bank of the West Classic on Sunday at Stanford's Taube Family Tennis Stadium. Visit PASportsOnline.com for the complete story, as well as scores, schedules, video and more. (Monday, 10:56 AM)
The Incredible Hulk Fans furious with Ang Lee's artsy 2003 flick about Marvel's green behemoth can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Marvel's second attempt to bring Hulk to the big screen fares far better than the first. Stellar casting in the way of Edward Norton ("The Illusionist") and Tim Roth ("Pulp Fiction"), plenty of action, and scenes punctuated by both humor and heart help "The Incredible Hulk" leap well above its predecessor... (Read the full review here.) View movie trailer
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CommunityEvents The City of Palo Alto Arts & Science Division presents Twilight and Brown Bag Concert Series Twilight Concerts: Tuesday evenings 6:30 - 8:00 pm; June 17 - August 5, 2008. In various parks throughout Palo Alto. Upcoming Shows include: 7/22 - Norton Buffalo and Roy Rogers; 7/29 - Limpopo; 8/5 - The Tommy Castro Band.
Brown Bag: Thursdays, 12 - 1pm; July 10 - 31, 2008. Cogswell Plaza: Lytton & Ramona Streets. Free to the public. Upcoming shows include: 7/17 - Kaweh; 7/24 Miss Ann Gibson and Frederick Hodges; 7/31 DME/Damien Masterson Ensemble.
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