AROUND TOWN Real life after reality TV In the age of the Internet, celebrity isn't what it used to be. It's stranger.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Council campaign off to slow start Six months before the election, with four spots on the Palo Alto City Council up for grabs, only Planning Commissioner Pat Burt has officially launched a campaign.
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Americans can by illegal immigrants too We always think of illegal immigration being one way only as someone trying to live here illegally. This may give the other side of the story http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_new... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Legal Alien, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jun 15, 2007 at 6:51 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 24, 2007 at 8:39 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS School district gets $200,000 language boost Palo Alto Unified School District can expect to receive $201,418 in federal money to help increase foreign language instruction, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spelling ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 15, 2007 at 1:48 pm There have been 66 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 20, 2007 at 10:24 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Host Families Needed in Palo Alto this Summer! Edu-Culture International is bringing high school aged teens from Bilbao, Spain to Palo Alto this summer from June 26th until July 24th! The group has activities and excursion... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Phyllis O\'Neill, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Jun 15, 2007 at 12:53 pm
SPORTS Rematch set for PA Little League title game Undefeated Tickets Express will meet once-beaten Bike Connection on Saturday for the championship of the Palo Alto Little League City Tournament at Middlefield Park. Game time... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 15, 2007 at 12:23 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 22, 2007 at 8:20 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Council considers developing broadband plan Monday marks another decision point for the Palo Alto City Council in its quest to link the city's residences and small businesses with state-of-the-art, two-way broadband cab... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 15, 2007 at 11:55 am There have been 57 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 16, 2007 at 10:49 pm.
AROUND TOWN Soap Box Derby The Soap Box Derby was run this past weekend with 33 kids from neighboring communities racing their home built racers down Dana Street in Mountain View at speeds up to 27mph. ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by joe sparaco, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jun 15, 2007 at 7:50 am
PALO ALTO ISSUES rising copper levels in ash from incinerator "Other people, including Palo Altan Jeff Hoel, postulate a link between San Francisco Public Utilities Commission's addition of chloramine to its water supply in 2004"
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Help put 100 EPA youth and young adults to work this summer! From: Faye McNair-Knox
Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 12:29 AM
Dear Neighbor,
I am writing to ask for your help on behalf of East Palo Alto (EPA) youth and young adults who need ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Michael Levin, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood, on Jun 14, 2007 at 6:39 pm
AROUND TOWN Hot Day - Library Closed - Again With memories of last summer, Mitchell Park library is closed again due to excessive heat. In other communities, the library is a place to go to cool down on a hot day, but no... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Reader, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jun 14, 2007 at 4:50 pm There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 17, 2007 at 3:44 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Big boom rattles south Palo Alto residents A loud boom in south Palo Alto at about 10:35 p.m. Wednesday night caused several people to call police dispatch to ask if something had exploded.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto anti-panhandling effort kicks off "I'm going to be a panhandler," Palo Alto Yoriko Kishimoto told a crowd gathered at a downtown street fair Saturday afternoon. Shortly after that, Kishimoto and other city off... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 14, 2007 at 10:45 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 14, 2007 at 12:50 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Palo Alto High School graduates 400 students Cheering on Palo Alto High School's 110th graduating class of 400 students, parents and family from across the country weathered the sweltering heat Wednesday evening on the s... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 14, 2007 at 10:11 am There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 18, 2007 at 6:49 am.
AROUND TOWN Loud Boom last night At just after 10.30 last night (Wed) there was a flash of light followed by a very loud boom, enough to wake and scare my kids. We thought it may have been a transformer blowi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Neighbor, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood, on Jun 14, 2007 at 9:47 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 14, 2007 at 11:18 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS No 'felony prank' charge for Blaine Marchant There will be no felony charge against Blaine Marchant, 18, the Palo Alto High School senior who left his old Volvo station wagon overturned on the deck in the school's Quad l... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 13, 2007 at 12:49 pm There have been 34 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 21, 2007 at 9:11 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES The Alma Plaza decision as a window into Palo Alto politics The City Council is scheduled to finalize their decision on Alma Plaza this Monday (June 18). I wrote an opinion piece using Alma Plaza as an example of some of what is wrong... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Douglas Moran, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Jun 13, 2007 at 2:16 am There have been 65 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 22, 2007 at 3:06 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Serious spinners With approximately 1,700 Palo Altans -- 5.6 percent of the working population -- choosing two wheels instead of four for their daily work commutes, Palo Alto has almost five t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 12, 2007 at 11:10 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 14, 2007 at 8:21 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Gearing up for school board elections Palo Alto school board elections are months away, but PTA Board President Melissa Baten Caswell, former 2005 board candidate Claude Ezran, and GATE Math Specialist Barbara Kla... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 12, 2007 at 11:05 pm There have been 29 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 11, 2007 at 11:19 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Are friends and foes of Mandarin immersion really oceans apart? School board members learn fast to become friends with their e-mail, but the flood of inbox activity on Mandarin immersion has been a tsunami.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Fire concerns dominate PA budget approval Saving $140,000 by reducing staffing at Fire Station 8 in the fuel-laden Palo Alto foothills dominated the discussion of a 'disciplined' $139-million 2007-08 city budget Monda... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 12, 2007 at 1:38 pm There have been 19 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 18, 2007 at 11:25 pm.
AROUND TOWN Getting to know each other after 30 years Something unusual happened in Monroe Park last Sunday.
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO School Board Opening TO: MVLA Union High School District Community
FROM: Dr. Barry Groves
DATE: June 12, 2007
SUBJECT: Board member... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Political watcher, a resident of Los Altos, on Jun 12, 2007 at 10:14 am
SPORTS Palo Alto Little League tourney is wide open With two rounds of the Palo Alto Little League City Championship tournament in the books, a pair of teams have slipped into the driver's seat in a double-elimination event tha... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 12, 2007 at 9:48 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 13, 2007 at 1:42 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Rally for Healthcare in Sacto with Michael Moore! Go SiCKO in Sacto today with Michael Moore, 1:45pm! Rally with Mike and California nurses!
http://www.michaelmoore.com
Great quote for the Executive Director of the Calif... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Anne, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood, on Jun 12, 2007 at 7:56 am There have been 78 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 11, 2007 at 12:32 am.