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Skyline slaying suspect also of Yemeni ancestryMalik Dosouqi, the suspect in the Skyline Boulevard double homicide case, shared a Yemeni ancestry with one of the victims...
Original post made on Aug. 1, 2019Last comment by Whataboutism, on Aug 2, 2019 at 12:54 pm | 4 comments | 2161 Views
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$27K in restitution ordered for man who hacked Palo Alto OnlineThe 36-year-old man who hacked and temporarily shut down Palo Alto Online and other Embarcadero Media websites nearly four...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2019Last comment by JUROR , on Jul 31, 2019 at 6:07 pm | 19 comments | 7848 Views
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Video shows police forcefully arresting Palo Alto man outside his home. Now the incident's under investigation.Surveillance footage showing Palo Alto police officers arresting, mocking and slamming a resident of Buena Vista Mobile Home...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2019Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Jul 31, 2019 at 7:51 am | 27 comments | 8421 Views
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Sizzling temperatures in the forecast leads to three-day Spare the Air alertAir quality officials took the unusual step of declaring a three-day Spare the Air Alert due to sizzling temperatures expected...
Original post made on Jul. 27, 2019There are no comments yet. 1406 Views
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USA women win third straight world water polo championshipFormer Stanford All-American Kiley Neushul scored three times to help the United States women’s national water polo team...
Original post made on Jul. 27, 2019There are no comments yet. 1349 Views
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Teens punch, attempt to rob man at gunpoint on Stanford campusThree teens accused of punching and attempting to rob a man at Stanford University on Monday were arrested by police near...
Original post made on Jul. 16, 2019Last comment by Jon Keeling, on Jul 22, 2019 at 11:20 pm | 28 comments | 9633 Views
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Discovery of noose leads Stanford to offer support servicesStanford University has tapped on several campus offices to offer support services for students and staff affected by the...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2019Last comment by Jusse, on Jul 22, 2019 at 7:24 pm | 5 comments | 5173 Views
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Road rage incident evolves into armed robbery outside Stanford Shopping CenterA road rage incident between two drivers fueled into an armed robbery in which one them lost their cellphone at the Stanford...
Original post made on Jul. 18, 2019Last comment by Anon, on Jul 21, 2019 at 7:44 pm | 12 comments | 5797 Views
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Man gropes woman after concert at Stanford's Frost AmphitheaterStanford University deputies are searching for a man who groped a woman leaving a concert at Frost Amphitheater on Wednesday...
Original post made on Jul. 18, 2019Last comment by herr gropenfuhrer, on Jul 19, 2019 at 1:21 pm | 5 comments | 2515 Views
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Investigation launched into noose found at Stanford near student residenceStanford University is investigating how a noose ended up tied to a tall bush near a residence for summer students over the...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2019Last comment by federal law about racists, on Jul 17, 2019 at 10:22 am | 3 comments | 3764 Views
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Man killed in head-on collision on U.S. Highway 101 identifiedA man who died while driving the wrong way in a head-on collision on U.S. Highway 101 in Palo Alto on June 16 was identified...
Original post made on Jul. 16, 2019Last comment by Jim, on Jul 16, 2019 at 7:37 pm | 5 comments | 8113 Views
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ICE put on notice by federal court, no Bay Area raids occurAfter the American Civil Liberties Union took U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to federal court in Northern California,...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2019Last comment by Not WASP, on Jul 15, 2019 at 5:25 pm | 9 comments | 3589 Views
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Fires spark near San Francisquito Creek, burning vegetation, transformerAn initial report of a possible airplane crash at the Palo Alto Airport Monday morning turned out instead to be three electrical...
Original post made on Jul. 8, 2019Last comment by Golfer, on Jul 10, 2019 at 9:52 pm | 6 comments | 3494 Views
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No Security in city parking garagesWe found out the hard way. Our daughter's car was broken into and her belongings stolen. The police let us know there are...
Original post made by Another theft victim on Jul. 1, 2019Last comment by EZ Way To Catch Car Thieves, on Jul 10, 2019 at 1:30 pm | 29 comments | 1970 Views
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Cars driving through red lights!My son was biking home from camp yesterday. He was at the intersection of El Camino Way and El Camino Real, at KEYS school....
Original post made by Jonathan on Jun. 28, 2019Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Jul 10, 2019 at 5:02 am | 50 comments | 2587 Views
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New photo, video show man wanted for sexual battery in Palo Alto's Crescent Park neighborhoodPolice shared more details Wednesday about a man who groped a woman walking in Palo Alto's Crescent Park neighborhood on...
Original post made on Jul. 5, 2019Last comment by Wheels In Motion, on Jul 5, 2019 at 1:55 pm | 6 comments | 5476 Views
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Truck crashes into Palo Alto Airport hangar, damages airplanes, sends driver to hospitalAn out-of-control utility truck plowed into a hangar at the Palo Alto Airport on Wednesday evening damaging three to five...
Original post made on Jun. 27, 2019Last comment by Rich, on Jun 28, 2019 at 9:33 am | 2 comments | 5683 Views
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Woman groped by man while walking through Crescent Park neighborhoodA woman walking in Palo Alto’s Crescent Park neighborhood on Monday night was approached by a man who sexually battered...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2019Last comment by mauricio, on Jun 26, 2019 at 4:11 pm | 7 comments | 3926 Views
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He was a married hospital technician and a Boy Scouts leader. Was former Palo Alto resident John Getreu also a serial killer?Some who have known John Arthur Getreu have seen a seemingly normal person who volunteered with civic groups. But others...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2019Last comment by Anon, on Jun 22, 2019 at 10:54 am | 11 comments | 11036 Views
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Arrest in 1970s cold-case murder points to serial killerNearly six months after a Hayward man was charged in another murder that had gone unsolved for decades, DNA evidence has...
Original post made on May. 16, 2019Last comment by You are kidding, on Jun 21, 2019 at 1:18 pm | 11 comments | 12566 Views
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