SPORTS
Great hoop opportunity for Stanford's Wiggins
Stanford senior Candice Wiggins may have to miss a few women's basketball meetings this fall. Cardinal coach Tara VanDerveer thinks that's just fine.
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on Sep 12, 2007 at 10:17 am by Sarah Bakhiet, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Consideration of third high school paused
Members of Palo Alto's new High School Task Force don't feel qualified to look at whether the district should re-open a third high school == the core reason the group was form... |
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on Sep 12, 2007 at 9:40 am by natasha, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
SPORTS
New league offers Menlo fresh start
The Menlo College football program has come full circle and once again takes a historic leap.
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on Sep 12, 2007 at 5:25 am by JD, a resident of Menlo Park |
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG
More honesty please, at city hall
Sometimes a small incident – like the redesign of the city’s website – can serve as the symbolic “straw” in our community. Many residents are complaining loudly that the newly... |
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on Sep 12, 2007 at 12:25 am by resident who\'s had enough, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Our city council wasting time
Rather than deal with the important issues (i.e. infrastructure issues etc.) facing the city, council member Cordell is wasting time on nonsensical issues:
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Bye bye LaDoris |
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on Sep 11, 2007 at 5:47 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mandarin growing in American education
Enjoy these articles from New York and Atlanta.
Web Link
Web Link... |
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on Sep 11, 2007 at 3:18 pm by tired, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Small Schools, Small Class Size
PAUSD recommends that its elementary schools have between 340-450 students. We’ve heard all about the importance of small class size, but what about small school size? Is ther... |
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on Sep 11, 2007 at 12:50 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Council rejects campaign-financing guidelines
Palo Alto City Council hopefuls can strike signing a campaign-financing pledge from their to-do lists for the Nov. 6 election. With a 6-2 vote Monday evening the council douse... |
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on Sep 11, 2007 at 10:25 am by Bye bye LaDoris, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Editorial: Is it MySpace or TheirSpace?
Both parents and school officials are becoming rightfully concerned in the face of well-documented cases of sexual-predators across the nation trolling Web sites used by young... |
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on Sep 11, 2007 at 9:49 am by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Time to Ban Ms Diamond?
How about banning the blogger Ms Diamond from this forum? Perhaps it is time for her to find another job. She really puts no time into factual writing on this forum. Perhaps s... |
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on Sep 10, 2007 at 9:38 pm by Anonymous, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Science Fair!!
If your 6-12 grade student has an interest in science, please have him or her check out the Santa Clara County Science Fair ( www.science-fair.org ).
I help with the admi... |
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on Sep 10, 2007 at 7:29 pm by Scientist\'s mom, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Shultz to speak on energy panel at Stanford
Former Secretary of State George Shultz will be one of the panelists during a discussion of "Clean, Secure and Efficient Energy: Can We Have It All?" at Stanford Wednesday nig... |
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on Sep 10, 2007 at 4:40 pm by Tired, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Welcome home
Family members were reunited Saturday when 10 members of the California 15 Air National Guard arrived at Moffett Field in Mountain View after being deployed in Afghanistan. |
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on Sep 10, 2007 at 4:22 pm by Theo, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Begging in front of Whole Foods
Why is there still begging in front of Whole Foods?
Victor Frost and someone else are there. Why?
I thought that there was a recent law. Are there exceptions?
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on Sep 10, 2007 at 12:11 pm by Ben W, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
SPORTS
Paly veterans spark 20-6 football victory
Palo Alto almost missed the kickoff to its 2007 season opener on Friday night, with traffic on the way to McClymonds High in Oakland bordering on gridlock.
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on Sep 9, 2007 at 9:20 pm by SkepticAl, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
A universe of possibilities
It may be a little while before Tim Han's idea for an anti-matter linear accelerator that uses human waste to power a space station the size of Palo Alto is realized.
Read th... |
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on Sep 9, 2007 at 5:59 pm by Anonymous, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Diana Diamond: STAR test results show many students have proficiency problems
The news, at first blush, seemed great. The 2007 STAR scores (California Standardized Testing and Reporting Program) were released last week and Palo Alto student scores were ... |
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on Sep 9, 2007 at 5:23 pm by Not very appreciative of Education degrees, a resident of another community |
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG
Should we ban pit bulls in Palo Alto? Yes!
I read with horror the story this week of the Fremont mother who was repeatedly bitten by a pit bull while trying to protect her four-month old son.
The 32-year-old woman, ... |
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on Sep 9, 2007 at 5:21 pm by Andrew - Native of Palo Alto, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Caltrain rejects two Wi-Fi bids
The Caltrain Board of Directors has voted this week to reject two bids for Wi-Fi service on commuter trains.
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on Sep 9, 2007 at 3:50 pm by toda, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SPORTS
Ostrander shines in Stanford football loss
T.C. Ostrander's season officially began just before halftime of Stanford's 45-17 season-opening loss to UCLA. Forget about those early drives on Saturday, when the Cardinal o... |
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on Sep 9, 2007 at 2:06 pm by William Gregg, a resident of another community |
SPORTS
SHP boys, Castilleja win water polo titles
It's still early in the season, but the Sacred Heart Prep boys and Castilleja girls have surfaced as two of the top water polo teams in Northern California.
Read the full s... |
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on Sep 9, 2007 at 9:06 am by michelle :), a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Soldier injured in Iraq receives Bronze Star
Army Staff Sergeant Jay Wilkerson was presented the Bronze Star Medal for heroic actions in Iraq Thursday morning at the Palo Alto VA Hospital. Wilkerson almost died after two... |
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on Sep 8, 2007 at 11:15 pm by BP, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Spanish classes full?
My 7th grader has just got home from school. His first choice elective was Spanish which he hasn't got. I have called the school and it seems that they can't change him into S... |
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on Sep 8, 2007 at 10:20 pm by Thoughts, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Slideshow: Creatures of the night
It's midnight in Menlo Park -- not typically a bastion of countercultural subversion. That is, unless it's the first or third Saturday of the month, and you've ventured out to... |
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on Sep 8, 2007 at 1:40 pm by dolly dee, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Downtown district opponents circulate petition, ignore assessments
Antipathy toward the Palo Alto Business Improvement District (BID) appears to be building, as some merchants and professionals have chosen to stop paying their annual bills an... |
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on Sep 8, 2007 at 11:08 am by For the BID, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |