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Police searching for two suspects in armed robbery of Midtown 7-ElevenPolice are searching for two suspects in the armed robbery Friday night of a convenience store in Midtown Palo Alto. Read...
Original post made on Aug. 8, 2020Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Aug 13, 2020 at 6:28 pm | 10 comments | 6506 Views
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Violent assault leaves elderly man with several stab woundsA teenager accused of violently assaulting a man in his 80s in Palo Alto's Crescent Park neighborhood, leaving him with multiple...
Original post made on Aug. 6, 2020There are no comments yet. 8131 Views
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Stanford researcher allegedly concealed Chinese military tiesA 38-year-old Stanford University researcher has been arrested by federal authorities for allegedly failing to disclose that...
Original post made on Jul. 23, 2020Last comment by Atilla C., on Jul 29, 2020 at 8:47 am | 30 comments | 60211 Views
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Police confiscate over 1,300 pounds of fireworks in East Palo AltoA series of operations to tamp down on illegal fireworks in East Palo Alto led police officers to confiscate 1,304 pounds...
Original post made on Jul. 10, 2020Last comment by EPA Resident, on Jul 28, 2020 at 2:13 pm | 14 comments | 13428 Views
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California sets new coronavirus testing guidelinesAs the nation grapples with growing demands for COVID-19 testing, renewing shortages and delays in results, California is...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2020Last comment by resident, on Jul 15, 2020 at 5:38 pm | 1 comment | 3549 Views
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Remdesivir treatment shows 62% reduction in COVID-19 deathsThe experimental antiviral drug remdesivir reduced the mortality rate in severely ill COVID-19 patients by 62%, Foster City-based...
Original post made on Jul. 14, 2020Last comment by JT, on Jul 15, 2020 at 11:15 am | 2 comments | 8403 Views
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Should the state investigate local police shootings? California rethinks its resistanceIf this state is the nation's laboratory for progressive laws, why has it been unable to keep the police from policing themselves? Read...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2020Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Jul 14, 2020 at 11:59 am | 3 comments | 4976 Views
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Woman arrested in 1993 homicide of her daughterTwenty-seven years after a 3-year-old girl was found unresponsive in her family's East Palo Alto home, investigators have...
Original post made on Jul. 9, 2020Last comment by Resident, on Jul 11, 2020 at 7:09 am | 4 comments | 8394 Views
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Man chases alleged car burglars to dead-end street where they nearly run him overPolice have arrested a 15-year-old boy and are searching for another teenager after they nearly ran over a man with a stolen...
Original post made on Jun. 11, 2020Last comment by Nayeli, on Jul 10, 2020 at 3:09 pm | 17 comments | 7485 Views
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Tri-city fireworks summit examines enforcement, culture changeLoud explosions on East Palo Alto's city streets formed a backdrop for a public meeting on Monday night as leaders from three...
Original post made on Jun. 30, 2020Last comment by Resident, on Jul 7, 2020 at 5:48 pm | 20 comments | 5513 Views
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State denies Santa Clara County's plan to reopen economy, prompting confusion over outdoor diningSanta Clara County suffered a stinging setback over the weekend in its strategy to reopen the economy, when the state rejected...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Jul 7, 2020 at 9:09 am | 12 comments | 7567 Views
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Un-forgetting the segregationist history of Palo Alto (and Daly City, and San Francisco, and…)Richard Rothstein presents the Bay Area as Exhibit A of how tangible segregationist housing policy had been implemented in...
Original post made on Jun. 28, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Jul 5, 2020 at 11:38 am | 31 comments | 28562 Views
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Weekend demonstrations extend into Monday as Peninsula residents protest death of George FloydHundreds of protesters marched through Menlo Park and into Palo Alto on Monday to protest police brutality in the wake of...
Original post made on Jun. 1, 2020Last comment by Jason Eldredge, on Jul 1, 2020 at 10:17 pm | 86 comments | 69130 Views
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Santa Clara County previews new COVID-19 reopening planThe Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and Public Health Department held a joint meeting Monday with the San Jose City...
Original post made on Jun. 30, 2020Last comment by Resident, on Jul 1, 2020 at 2:41 am | 7 comments | 8567 Views
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The cost of COVID-19 drug remdesivir: $2,340 to $3,120 per patientGilead Sciences, the manufacturer of an experimental antiviral drug used to shorten the effects of the COVID-19 disease,...
Original post made on Jun. 29, 2020Last comment by Marketing Guru, on Jul 1, 2020 at 1:36 am | 5 comments | 2950 Views
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Police release video of 2019 arrest that led to excessive-force claimThe Palo Alto Police Department released on Friday video footage of the July 10, 2019, arrest of Julio Arevalo, who suffered...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2020Last comment by Resident 2, on Jun 29, 2020 at 9:35 pm | 54 comments | 13615 Views
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Bay Area religious services slowly return under tight COVID-19 rulesChurches, synagogues and mosques throughout Santa Clara County are taking small steps to return to normal this month, with...
Original post made on Jun. 18, 2020Last comment by Resident, on Jun 22, 2020 at 12:20 pm | 5 comments | 4125 Views
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Why was a helicopter circling low in Midtown this morning?We saw a blue and white helicpoter, with no obvious police or news markings, circling very low over midtown around 9:30 this...
Original post made by Witheld on Jun. 16, 2020Last comment by obvious joke (but not really funny), on Jun 17, 2020 at 10:13 am | 4 comments | 839 Views
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Uber ride goes awry: Passenger allegedly batters driver during unexpected stop in Palo AltoAn Uber passenger who requested a destination change during the middle of his ride allegedly battered his driver and attempted...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2020Last comment by Midlander, on Jun 16, 2020 at 4:08 pm | 7 comments | 8913 Views
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Drive-by shooting sends police on search for gunmanDetectives are looking for a man who fired multiple shots at an occupied car near U.S. Highway 101 in Palo Alto on Wednesday...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2020Last comment by HN, on Jun 13, 2020 at 11:22 pm | 26 comments | 7221 Views
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