SPORTS
Stanford vs. UCLA: It's a run for the roses
College football
Next game: Friday, 5 p.m., FOX (2)
The formalities are over -- the All-Pac-12 football team has been announced and major conference honors awa... |
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on Nov 30, 2012 at 11:28 am by James, a resident of another community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Helicopter over midtown this morning
Does anyone know why there's a helicopter hovering over our neighborhood this morning? |
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on Nov 20, 2012 at 7:35 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Front-loading respect and compassion in the digital age
Like many people throughout the world, I'm mesmerized by the Olympics.
Read the full guest opinion here Web Link posted... |
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on Aug 15, 2012 at 8:08 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto picks new Human Resources director
Palo Alto will soon have a new leader in its Human Resources Department -- a veteran attorney whose experience with labor relations includes stints at Kaiser Permanente, Alcoa... |
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on Mar 20, 2012 at 9:36 am by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
California Bill Seeks Campus Credit for Online Study
Read this and scream Palo Alto
Web Link
This is a disaster. The ... |
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on Mar 14, 2013 at 4:04 pm by This is it, a member of the Nixon School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Good luck to all the school board candidates today...
You've certainly made the forums fun! |
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on Nov 6, 2012 at 9:55 am by determinant, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
No settlement in high-speed-rail lawsuit
Efforts to settle a lawsuit filed against the California High-Speed Rail Authority failed nine days after they started because the agency insisted on a four-track system, acco... |
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on Jul 29, 2012 at 12:01 pm by Rockridge Kid, a resident of another community |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
State Senate candidates in 30 minutes or less
California State Assemblyman Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) seems like a man who really could tell you his life story in three minutes flat. He demonstrated his mastery of the eleva... |
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on Jul 19, 2012 at 10:17 pm by JoAnn, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Host an exchange student and bring the world home!
AFS in the Peninsula is looking for host families for our newest exchange students for the 2012-2013 school year! Welcome a student into your home for a school year, a semeste... |
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on Jun 24, 2012 at 12:44 am by Kate C., a resident of Mountain View |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Record $100,000 donated to Holiday Fund
An anonymous $100,000 donation from a Palo Alto family foundation has propelled this year's Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund total to more than $330,000, the largest amount ever ... |
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on Jan 6, 2012 at 4:06 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Tenure celebration fetes newly permanent teachers
Forty-two Palo Alto teachers as well as Jordan Middle School Principal Greg Barnes were honored for achieving permanent employment status Tuesday in a tenure celebration at sc... |
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on Apr 11, 2013 at 7:15 pm by Tenure Info, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Peet's Coffee & Tea selling for $1 billion
Longtime Bay Area fixture Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc. will be sold to a German company for $1 billion, the Emeryville-based company announced in a statement Monday. Peets has sev... |
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on Jul 31, 2012 at 8:13 pm by Vivian, a resident of Mountain View |
AROUND TOWN
Catching neighbors who fall through the gap
A Palo Alto neighborhood group is working to turn a holiday food drive for needy neighbors into a monthly grocery giveaway. Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a volunteer group in M... |
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on May 8, 2013 at 10:47 am by NeighborsHelpingNeighbors (NHN), a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Do AP classes live up to their promise?
Though skeptical of the unequivocal value of Advanced Placement courses, a Stanford University researcher says high schools with well-supported AP programs should not cap or l... |
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on Apr 29, 2013 at 3:50 pm by Gunn Dad, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto teachers seek pay raise
As Palo Alto schools cheer a surplus for the first time in years, teachers are asking for a pay raise.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Mar 26, 2013 at 6:53 am by Susan, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Fire Department hosts Twitter ride-along Tuesday
Fresh on the heels of Palo Alto Police Chief Dennis Burns' "virtual ride-along" on Twitter Friday, the Palo Alto Fire Department is now holding its own Twitter ride-along. Fol... |
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on Feb 20, 2013 at 6:45 am by Kate, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
New Palo Alto Fire Chief Eric Nickel sworn in
After two and a half years without a permanent fire chief, Palo Alto held a promotional ceremony Thursday, Jan. 17, for Eric Nickel, the former Novato deputy fire chief hired ... |
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on Jan 21, 2013 at 1:41 pm by Welcome Wagon, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Learning how to save lives
Kim Roderick, EMS Chief for the Palo Alto Fire Department, helps Drew Reeder and other HP employees learn how to properly apply pressure during CPR training on Sept. 24, 2012.... |
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on Sep 27, 2012 at 7:51 am by smartinson, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Spare the Air alerts continue through Saturday
A Spare the Air alert warning of poor air quality has been issued for Saturday, air quality officials said Friday, Aug. 10.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Aug 12, 2012 at 6:25 am by daniel, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
East Palo Alto man arrested after chase
A 19-year-old man was arrested in Fremont Monday after he allegedly rammed his vehicle into San Mateo County Vehicle Theft Task Force agents' cars in East Palo Alto and then f... |
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on Jun 27, 2012 at 2:32 pm by Choice, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto lobbies USPS to sell downtown post office to city
Seeking to preserve the historic downtown post office for public use, Palo Alto officials last week submitted a letter of interest to the United States Postal Service expressi... |
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on Mar 28, 2012 at 3:16 am by I like this idea, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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... |
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on May 16, 2013 at 10:14 pm by Former Palo Alto Parent, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Karate Kick-a-thon to support families from Newtown
I have been teaching Karate and Self-Defense in this area for many years and have been organizing an annual charity kick-a-thon for quite a few years as well.
We just added... |
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on Dec 15, 2012 at 5:21 pm by Read the post, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Is Palo Alto prepared to deal with the Big One?
BANG! The entire house went dark. I stumbled around my room, disoriented, not knowing what had happened. I looked out the window and stared at the pitch-black block in front o... |
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on Nov 22, 2012 at 2:57 pm by Bi Ones, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
RNC fails to light the fire for conservatives
Think of past conventions and recent political tidal waves or sea changes:
- Sarah Palin igniting the crowd in 2008
- in 2004, Zell Miller unleashed pure fury
- George... |
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on Aug 30, 2012 at 9:21 am by Steve Mills, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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