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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...
 
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on Jun 22, 2007 at 8:20 am by beast, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Simitian to discuss pet-neuter bill Saturday
I'm writing to encourage all citizens to accept our state senator Simitian's invitation to attend a forum at City Hall on Saturday Jun-23 10AM regarding the pet-neuter legisla...
 
Karey
 
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on Jun 21, 2007 at 10:44 pm by Rick, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Okay, you impeach Bush and Cheney ?who takes over?
There may have been a point a couple of years ago when spending $100 million plus and grinding Congress to a halt for the sake of impeaching Bush, Cheney, or both. That time i...
 
Norm
 
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on Jun 21, 2007 at 6:10 pm by Norm, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
SPORTS
PA/Stanford Playing Fields closed...why? how long?
anyone know why the Palo Alto/Stanford Community Playing Fields are closed, and how long they're staying closed?
 
Peter
 
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on Jun 21, 2007 at 6:03 pm by Bern Beecham, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Stolen Ford Thunderbird found 31 years later
A 1956 Ford Thunderbird stolen from its Palo Alto owner in 1976 has surfaced 31 years later in Southern California when a woman bought it over eBay from a man in Ohio who ship...
 
Editor
 
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on Jun 21, 2007 at 5:15 pm by prankster, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood
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...
 
Editor
 
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on Jun 21, 2007 at 9:11 am by Disappointed in all of you, a member of the Palo Alto High School community
AROUND TOWN
Deepening a sense of place
Windy Hill above Palo Alto, overlooking Silicon Valley, is living up to its name -- the frigid wind whips in a constant roar. Photos by Norbert von der Groeben/Palo Alto We...
 
Editor
 
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on Jun 21, 2007 at 7:19 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Are they really selling free cable installations for Comcast?
Two scruffy young men were going door to door in Charleston Gardens this evening about 8:00 PM offering to sell free cable installation for Comcast. One gave me the pitch whi...
 
A Neighbor
 
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on Jun 21, 2007 at 12:10 am by A Neighbor, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto Start Up Looking for Users to Test Product
A Palo Alto start up is looking for young adults (between 14 and 24) to test a new type of instant messenger. Your input helps up make our product safer and more fun for thou...
 
IMVU
 
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on Jun 21, 2007 at 12:06 am by Mom, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood
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 ...
 
Editor
 
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on Jun 20, 2007 at 10:24 pm by Palo alto mom, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood
SPORTS
PA Little League tourney forced to extra game
Beating a team three times is hard enough. Beating that same team four times is even more difficult, as Bike Connection discovered Saturday in its 15-14 triumph over Tickets E...
 
Editor
 
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on Jun 20, 2007 at 7:49 pm by BEAST, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
PA plans $181,000 green-coordination effort
With little discussion and less public input, the Palo Alto City Council has earmarked $181,000 to create an environmental-coordinator position and hire consultants to focus t...
 
Editor
 
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on Jun 20, 2007 at 6:42 pm by Marvin, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Qualifications for Palo Alto City Council candidate
What should be the 'ideal' qualifications for a Palo Alto City Council candidate? What should be the 'minimum' qualifications for a Palo Alto City Council candidate?
 
Mary Carlstead
 
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on Jun 20, 2007 at 5:04 pm by bruce, a resident of the University South neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto fiber vote delayed to July 9
With too few voting City Council members, Palo Alto's plan to link residents and businesses with superfast broadband fiber-optics hit another hitch Monday night. Council membe...
 
Editor
 
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on Jun 20, 2007 at 2:48 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood
SPORTS
Little League Community Forum - any comments?
Did anyone go to the Little League Community Forum last night and can give some information to those who were unable to attend. Thank you.
 
Little League Parent
 
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on Jun 20, 2007 at 11:47 am by Little League Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
EPA residents vent at 'mock' Dumbarton hearing
The culmination of the "Dumbarton Dialogue" project on Wednesday night was not the "multi-jurisdictional" approach to gathering community input on solving Dumbarton Bridge tra...
 
Editor
 
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on Jun 19, 2007 at 9:24 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Town and Country parking lot re -design
Have you figured out yet it is taking longer to do this parking lot than it took to build the new stadium at Stanford from the ground up. I sure feel sorry for the tenants at ...
 
Jerry
 
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on Jun 19, 2007 at 7:45 pm by Resident, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
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. Read the ...
 
Editor
 
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on Jun 19, 2007 at 6:15 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
Barron Park Market, DOA?
Does anyone know what the status of the new Barron Park Market is? They are almost a month late opening. Are they waiting on permits or something else? Thanks.
 
PA Foodie
 
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on Jun 19, 2007 at 2:19 pm by whattttt??, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Utilities supervisor demotion reignites department troubles
Union leaders are decrying the city of Palo Alto's plans to demote Michael Haynes -- a former Utilities Department supervisor previously reprimanded for involvement in the wid...
 
Editor
 
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on Jun 19, 2007 at 11:33 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
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...
 
Editor
 
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on Jun 18, 2007 at 11:25 pm by Fireman, a resident of another community
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Telling the Truth is a Good Thing. Tony Blair
"If we end up saying that because these people are committing these acts of terrorism in Iraq or Afghanistan, that we shouldn't have done the removal of Saddam or the removal ...
 
Jim
 
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on Jun 18, 2007 at 9:57 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
SCHOOLS & KIDS
What happened to our kids in Palo Alto schools ? The spark seems gone.
What is wrong with this town? It has no sense of humor and now demands that young kids behave a little adults, if not robots. This is the impression that all the negati...
 
Sad mother
 
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on Jun 18, 2007 at 9:37 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PAUSD planning for future enrollment recommendation is out
The recommendation including the work of the AAAG and its peer streaming sub-committee is out and posted on the PAUSD website under Board Agenda items. This will be discussed ...
 
Parent
 
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on Jun 18, 2007 at 8:52 pm by natasha, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood
AROUND TOWN
PA may host key part of California bike race
Palo Alto could host a key part of the Tour of California bicycle race and be the center of the cycling world for a day if the City Council approves a letter of intent tonight...
 
Editor
 
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on Jun 18, 2007 at 7:03 pm by Infrastructure/Bicycle fan, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood


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