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Menlo Park: Assault rifle type weapon found, suspect still on the looseThe rifle used by a man who allegedly was seen firing an assault rifle type weapon in the backyard of a home at 1122 Sevier...
Original post made on Feb. 25, 2018Last comment by Soul Brother , on Feb 25, 2018 at 7:29 pm | 4 comments | 3285 Views
SPORTS
Paly rallies to advance in CCS DI boys soccer tourneyPaul Thie scored twice and Palo Alto recovered from a two-goal second-half deficit and beat visiting Menlo-Atherton in the...
Original post made on Feb. 25, 2018Last comment by Paly student, on Feb 25, 2018 at 7:15 pm | 1 comment | 4368 Views
AROUND TOWN
State assemblyman to hold open house on ThursdayAssemblyman Marc Berman, D-Palo Alto, had a "challenging, humbling and exhilarating" first year in office that ended with...
Original post made on Feb. 21, 2018Last comment by Hmmm, on Feb 25, 2018 at 6:31 pm | 3 comments | 3735 Views
SPORTS
Sunday's hoops game cancelled due to death in WSU familyStanford joins Washington State in mourning the loss of the Cougars' director of strength and conditioning David Lang on...
Original post made on Feb. 25, 2018Last comment by StanfordalumnaHH, on Feb 25, 2018 at 4:00 pm | 1 comment | 4733 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Developer sues College Terrace Market ownersThe now-defunct College Terrace Market was apparently facing steep financial challenges, a lawsuit filed in January against...
Original post made on Feb. 16, 2018Last comment by My bet is on Felipe's type store, on Feb 25, 2018 at 1:20 pm | 30 comments | 9883 Views
AROUND TOWN
Man threatens to stab Xfinity employeeA man ripped two iPhones out of a display at a Palo Alto Xfinity store Wednesday, threatened to stab an employee and then...
Original post made on Feb. 24, 2018Last comment by Old Timer, on Feb 24, 2018 at 5:32 pm | 2 comments | 1795 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Webcast: Airplane noiseWeekly journalists discuss the topic of worsening airplane noise -- and Palo Alto's response to the problem - with Deputy...
Original post made on Feb. 17, 2018Last comment by Palo Alto Native, on Feb 24, 2018 at 1:37 pm | 4 comments | 7956 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Family sues school district for potato-gun injuriesThe parents of a Palo Alto Unified School District student who faces long-term eye damage from an injury sustained during...
Original post made on Feb. 14, 2018Last comment by An Engineer, on Feb 24, 2018 at 1:01 pm | 37 comments | 12386 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
The meaning of 'middle class'The picture that emerges of the middle class in Palo Alto is one in which "keeping up with the Joneses" is increasingly difficult,...
Original post made on Feb. 9, 2018Last comment by Just for fun, on Feb 24, 2018 at 10:19 am | 29 comments | 41583 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: Progress on school reformsThe Palo Alto Board of Education is looking to implement changes that could significantly improve district decision-making...
Original post made on Feb. 23, 2018Last comment by coincidence?, on Feb 24, 2018 at 3:45 am | 17 comments | 7691 Views
AROUND TOWN
Photo essay: The hidden hazards in Foothills ParkAs Palo Alto prepares to open a new section of Foothills Park to the public, officials are keeping a close eye on Buckeye...
Original post made on Feb. 23, 2018Last comment by Resident, on Feb 23, 2018 at 5:00 pm | 7 comments | 7938 Views
SPORTS
Chen found rhythm and the Gators couldn't ask for moreNiki Chen found her groove just when her Castilleja girls basketball teammates needed her the most. As a result, the Gators...
Original post made on Feb. 23, 2018Last comment by Violet G, on Feb 23, 2018 at 10:54 am | 1 comment | 3179 Views
AROUND TOWN
Artificial intelligence helps identify more than 250 species in baylandsEighty citizen and professional scientists gathered at the preserve on Saturday for the baylands' second bioblitz, an observational...
Original post made on Feb. 23, 2018There are no comments yet. 10377 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Man who planned to kill three doctors diesA Visalia man who planned to murder three doctors, including one from Stanford last May has died, the Santa Clara County...
Original post made on Feb. 21, 2018Last comment by Wife of M.D., on Feb 22, 2018 at 10:49 pm | 6 comments | 8950 Views
AROUND TOWN
Timeless, timely 'Fidelio' soarsIn staging Beethoven's "Fidelio," West Bay Opera has put together a cast of magnificent singers and an orchestra of polished...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2018Last comment by Claude Ezran, on Feb 22, 2018 at 8:22 pm | 2 comments | 2809 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City adopts plan to build more housingPalo Alto’s effort to triple its housing production got off to a promising start Monday night, when the City Council unanimously...
Original post made on Feb. 13, 2018Last comment by Anon, on Feb 22, 2018 at 5:06 pm | 82 comments | 14846 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Commissioners split over affordable housingA proposal to create a new zoning district to promote construction of affordable-housing developments in Palo Alto hit a...
Original post made on Feb. 15, 2018Last comment by Anon, on Feb 22, 2018 at 1:19 pm | 50 comments | 17288 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Community Notebook: School district to host experts on sexual violence, healthThe Palo Alto school district is bringing two speakers to discuss with students, staff and community members issues from...
Original post made on Feb. 20, 2018Last comment by chuldren, on Feb 22, 2018 at 8:25 am | 12 comments | 4826 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto mulls more transparency in labor talksFour members of the Palo Alto City Council members are proposing a policy that would publicize every offer and counteroffer...
Original post made on Feb. 21, 2018Last comment by Annette, on Feb 22, 2018 at 1:28 am | 3 comments | 4839 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto Utilities tries to keep pace with technological changeWhen Palo Alto's founding fathers decided more than a century ago to launch a municipal utility, they could hardly have imagined...
Original post made on Feb. 16, 2018Last comment by Joe, on Feb 21, 2018 at 2:23 pm | 13 comments | 8857 Views
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