SCHOOLS & KIDS Skelly posts local official's letter re Duveneck OCR bullying case Superintendent Kevin Skelly Friday posted a letter to the PAUSD website from a Palo Alto city official that describes the OCR bullying complaint at Duveneck Elementary School ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Curious, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood, on May 18, 2013 at 12:01 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 19, 2013 at 5:47 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Daytime shooting victim probably shot self A 19-year-old man injured in a shooting in East Palo Alto Friday
afternoon probably shot himself, police Chief Ronald Davis announced on Twitter.
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AROUND TOWN Around the block A RITUAL CHEESE CRACKING ... The new gourmet grocery store The Fresh Market will forgo the usual ribbon cutting in favor of a cheese-cracking ceremony when it opens its new... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 17, 2013 at 5:33 pm There have been 20 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 20, 2013 at 7:29 am.
AROUND TOWN Shop Talk FLEMING'S ON THE MOVE ... Big plans are on the horizon for Fleming's Steakhouse at Stanford Shopping Center. Construction recently began for the steakhouse's new stand-alone b... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 17, 2013 at 5:31 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 18, 2013 at 8:47 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Editorial: A backwards process on Maybell project Imagine making a substantial family investment in something before determining its value, how other family members felt about it and deciding if it was the best way to meet yo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 17, 2013 at 10:38 am There have been 46 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 21, 2013 at 11:57 am.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS Part of northbound Foothill Expwy to close tonight Northbound Foothill Expressway between Hillview Avenue and Page Mill Road, including the bike lane, will be closed beginning today at 9 p.m. and remain closed until 5 a.m. on ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 17, 2013 at 9:11 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 12:19 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS School of Rock kids play classics in the iTunes age Even the people who get their kicks on Netflix know the saying "Everything old is new again." At the School of Rock, where the paint smells fresh after four months, kids learn... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 17, 2013 at 9:06 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 18, 2013 at 8:57 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto to bring back traffic-enforcement team After years of budget cuts and staff freezes, the Palo Alto Police Department is now experiencing an "early thaw" and looking forward to hiring more officers and restoring a m... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 17, 2013 at 6:47 am There have been 39 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 21, 2013 at 1:05 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Civil-rights officials present harassment guidelines More than 100 people showed up Thursday night to a parent-education event in which representatives from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights described ho... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 17, 2013 at 12:32 am There have been 36 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 19, 2013 at 11:17 pm.
RESTAURANTS Thread for Restaurant/Bakery Comments Some of the most enjoyable threads I've read on PAO & The Almanac have been about restaurants/bakeries. I thought it'd be nice to have an ongoing thread so that folks can comm... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by iamhmmm@yahoo.com, a resident of East Palo Alto, on May 16, 2013 at 12:03 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 12:58 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Stanford study finds 'killer frog' in San Francisco Killer frogs are on the loose in San Francisco. They don't kill humans, but there is a frog that is carrying a deadly infection that is destroying the amphibian population aro... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 16, 2013 at 11:27 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 8:31 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Two men attempt robbery in downtown Palo Alto Two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, attempted to rob three women in downtown Palo Alto on the 700 block of Emerson Street last night at about 10 p.m.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS 'Rape culture' articles spark inquiry A Palo Alto High School student publication's description of how two victims of sexual assault were treated by their friends and other students has led to an examination of wh... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 16, 2013 at 10:11 am There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 19, 2013 at 10:14 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Another civil-rights complaint filed against Palo Alto district Already dealing with two new active investigations into whether it violated the civil rights of a Duveneck Elementary School student and a middle school student, the Palo Alto... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 16, 2013 at 9:07 am There have been 77 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 21, 2013 at 12:05 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Residents irked by change in Palo Alto's 'housing vision' As Palo Alto nears the finish line in adopting a long overdue housing vision, residents in one neighborhood are rising up to protest a late revision in the document that would... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 16, 2013 at 1:09 am There have been 25 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 21, 2013 at 8:31 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Matadero bike boulevard meeting tonight Plans for a bicycle boulevard along Barron Park's Matadero Avenue will be discussed at a community meeting on Wednesday, May 15.
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CRIMES & INCIDENTS Suspect sought in downtown Palo Alto robbery Palo Alto police are looking for a man who they say robbed a woman in downtown Monday night after grabbing her by the ponytail and pulling her into an alley as she was walking... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 15, 2013 at 9:44 am There have been 23 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 20, 2013 at 10:09 am.
AROUND TOWN PG&E begins new project on Alma Street Pacific Gas and Electric Company on Wednesday began replacing major valves on Alma Street between Colorado Avenue and the Oregon Expressway/Page Mill Road overpass.
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CRIMES & INCIDENTS Ban on vehicle dwelling back on the table After balking last year, Palo Alto is now once again pursuing a new law that would make it illegal for people to live in vehicles.
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AROUND TOWN Town and Country - parking limits 5/15-5/17 Maybe some parking limits in Town and Country Village the next few days due to some maintenance.
Not quite sure what's happening, but I work in TC and business received n... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by business, a resident of the University South neighborhood, on May 14, 2013 at 9:38 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 14, 2013 at 9:58 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto seeks flickers of hope for fiber network As local technologists can readily vouch, Palo Alto's journey toward a citywide high-speed Internet network has been anything but high speed. But members of the City Council's... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 14, 2013 at 8:24 pm There have been 25 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 20, 2013 at 4:13 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS If I found $150,000 to spend on the schools, I would... The school board's answer is "hire a public relations person"! What's yours?
My ideas: better school lunch, tutoring for kids who can't afford it, more supervision at lunchti... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Terman dad, a member of the Terman Middle School community, on May 14, 2013 at 7:25 pm There have been 20 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 16, 2013 at 8:45 am.
AROUND TOWN Baby harbor seal rescued from Baylands dies The baby harbor seal rescued in the Palo Alto Baylands in April has died. Floodgate Dolly, a 5-week-old pup rescued by Palo Alto Animal Services died of an apparent lung infec... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 14, 2013 at 11:24 am There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 16, 2013 at 11:21 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS U.S. civil rights official to come to parent event A representative of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights will appear in Palo Alto to explain the legal rights of students and parents in bullying situati... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 14, 2013 at 10:47 am There have been 24 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 16, 2013 at 10:14 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS District 'not successful' in filling communication post The Palo Alto school district so far has not been successful in its search for a new communication coordinator but the search will remain open until May 31, officials said.
R... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 14, 2013 at 10:36 am There have been 20 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 17, 2013 at 10:01 pm.