AROUND TOWN
Locals celebrate Earth Day at Palo Alto Baylands
Nine-year-old Alex Carvalho summed up Earth Day while at the Baylands Nature Preserve's Earth Day celebration: "You have to be extra nice to the Earth," Carvalho said. "You sh... |
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on Apr 22, 2013 at 8:58 am by bob enz, a resident of the Palo Alto Orchards neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Walgreens to pay $1.4 million to settle suit
Walgreens has agreed to pay $1.4 million in penalties and legal costs to settle a lawsuit accusing the retailer of charging prices higher than marked on store shelves, a prose... |
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on Apr 21, 2013 at 3:54 pm by customer, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Eshoo to host Saturday meeting on gun control
The topic of gun legislation, and the Senate's failure this week to pass a bill to strengthen the nation's gun laws, will be the subject of a Saturday community meeting hosted... |
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on Apr 21, 2013 at 2:33 pm by Deutscherin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New civil-rights complaints filed against Palo Alto district
The Palo Alto Unified School District received notification last week that federal investigators are probing two new cases brought to them by district parents last month, acco... |
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on Apr 21, 2013 at 10:56 am by Eileen 1, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
County asks state Attorney General to investigate DA Rosen
The California Attorney General has been asked to investigate a pay-compensation policy District Attorney Jeff Rosen has given to supervising attorneys in his office for the p... |
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on Apr 21, 2013 at 5:37 am by William Berry, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
'Color of Palo Alto' artist pays commission surprise visit
Samuel Yates, the creator of the "Color of Palo Alto" art project, paid a surprise visit to last night's public art commission meeting, where he presented his side of a confli... |
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on Apr 20, 2013 at 8:04 pm by ART or GPS, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto adds 'chief communications officer' to leadership team
Palo Alto added a new position to its leadership team this week, tapping a former California State University executive to serve as the city's first "chief communications offi... |
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on Apr 20, 2013 at 11:15 am by Bill Bucy, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Happy Anniversary BP!
This year, Earth Day celebrates the 3rd anniversary of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico (April 20, 2010). In honor of this event, the states of Mississippi, Louisiana, a... |
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on Apr 20, 2013 at 10:38 am by greed, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Police nab suspect in Saturday's bank robbery
Palo Alto police have made an arrest in connection with Saturday's bank robbery on El Camino Real after tips from two other law-enforcement agencies led officers to the suspec... |
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on Apr 20, 2013 at 3:21 am by Social Butterfly, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Broken pipe leaves 100 in Midtown without water
A water main break in midtown Palo Alto in the area of Middlefield Road and Sutter Avenue early this morning left about 100 customers without water.
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on Apr 20, 2013 at 2:50 am by Social Butterfly, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Poppy project seeks to restore hills to native full bloom
Standing in the Pearson-Arastradero Preserve parking lot, ecological restorationist Craig Dremann held up a California postcard, aligning its picturesque landscape with the hi... |
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 10:58 pm by Claire Elliott, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Comcast Speed is Down all over Palo Alto
Comcast confirmed this to me. It may be intermittent, but now I don't think so. They called ME to replace two modems last week.
The tech came out not knowing anything about... |
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 10:02 pm by Professorville Resident, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Peery Foundation grants $1 million for disability playground
The Peery Foundation will donate a $1 million matching grant to build a playground for disabled children and adults at Mitchell Park, members of the project said today.
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 9:34 pm by Olenka Villarreal, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Yogurtland employee charged with burglary
A Yogurtland employee was arrested on Wednesday for stealing cash from his own place of work.
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 3:50 pm by Not condoning, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Hard at work: transforming the Palo Alto Bowl site
Crews are building townhomes at the site of the Palo Alto Bowl at 4329 El Camino Real. The site will hold 26 homes and a hotel.
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 1:02 pm by Nora Charles, a resident of Stanford |
AROUND TOWN
Tons of tires to repave Palo Alto's Alma Street
About 1,000 tons of recycled tires will cover a 2-mile section of Alma Street as part of a pilot repaving project in Palo Alto. The rubber-meets-the-road project is the first ... |
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 10:56 am by member, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
REBECCA WALLACE'S AD LIBS BLOG
Attorneys + art
Palo Alto artist Florence de Bretagne has a team of lawyers backing her up as she creates six big murals at a local school. No, there are no legal issues; these folks are wiel... |
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 10:51 am by Rebecca Wallace, arts & entertainment editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
AROUND TOWN
Stanford wants to expand undergrad enrollment
Stanford University wants to expand its undergraduate enrollment if it can raise the money to build housing for more students, President John Hennessy said Thursday.
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 10:38 am by Frugal, a resident of Menlo Park |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Mtn. View arts committee chair resigns after disputed comments
Before City Council members could vote to remove or censure him Tuesday night, Chris Parkinson resigned his post as chair of the city's Visual Arts Committee.
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 10:06 pm by galen, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto nears deal on paying for golf course revamp
As Palo Alto plows ahead with a complete overhaul of its Baylands golf course, city officials are finding themselves balancing the ambitious renovation plan against a broader ... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 9:56 pm by think about what you are saying, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Experts warn women leaders of nuclear risk
Had Monday's explosions at the Boston Marathon contained nuclear material tens of thousands of people could have been killed, Stanford experts told a group of Bay Area women b... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 9:09 pm by CrescentParkAnon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Hope dims for Palo Alto's proposed police building
Palo Alto's long and tortuous path toward a new police headquarters took another frustrating twist Tuesday afternoon when city officials learned that the latest proposal for a... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 8:58 pm by John, a resident of Mountain View |
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto urged not to fund a Catholic nonprofit
With Catholic Charities facing allegations of discrimination from gay-rights advocates in Massachusetts, Illinois, and Washington, D.C., Palo Alto officials found themselves d... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 2:50 pm by local gurl, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Man who tried to run over police officer pleads 'no contest'
An East Palo Alto man who tried to run over a police officer and deliberately smashed a stolen vehicle into a police van in East Palo Alto pleaded no contest to assault with a... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 2:37 pm by Jeff, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Russ Feingold to discuss the Patriot Act
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ACLU Mid-Peninsula cordially invites you to meet and talk with Russ Feingold, the only senator to vote against the Patriot Act.
May 8th, 6.30 Refreshments 7 pm ... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 1:06 pm by Alice Schaffer Smith, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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