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CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police investigate possible child-porn viewing at libraryA woman who visited College Terrace Library earlier this month to pick up a book said she caught another visitor viewing...
Original post made on Sep. 30, 2017Last comment by Reader, on Oct 8, 2017 at 1:41 pm | 14 comments | 9608 Views
AROUND TOWN
Public Art Program seeks panel participants, submissionsThe Palo Alto Public Art Program is putting out calls for art submissions for its upcoming projects, which include the California...
Original post made on Jul. 28, 2017Last comment by Interested Artist, on Oct 8, 2017 at 12:00 pm | 2 comments | 4060 Views
SPORTS
Moonlight Run runners, walkers take to Palo Alto BaylandsAround 2,000 people kicked off their weekend at the Moonlight Run and Walk Friday night at the Palo Alto Baylands for a fundraiser...
Original post made on Oct. 7, 2017Last comment by Town Square Moderator, on Oct 7, 2017 at 10:59 pm | 2 comments | 7064 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Parking program shifts problem, againChanning Avenue and Edgewood Drive are the latest streets to become parked up as drivers seek parking spots outside Palo...
Original post made on Sep. 29, 2017Last comment by resident, on Oct 7, 2017 at 7:11 pm | 39 comments | 9357 Views
SPORTS
Prep report: Menlo, SHP big winners in boys water poloMenlo School went overtime to beat host St. Francis, 11-10, in a nonleague boys water polo game Friday. Sacred Heart Prep...
Original post made on Oct. 7, 2017Last comment by WoPoCCS, on Oct 7, 2017 at 4:33 pm | 1 comment | 3137 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
District investigating data breach at Palo Alto High SchoolThe school district said it is investigating a data breach at Palo Alto High School after discovering a "rogue website" Thursday...
Original post made on Oct. 5, 2017Last comment by Terry, on Oct 6, 2017 at 6:55 pm | 4 comments | 10954 Views
AROUND TOWN
Beloved Palo Alto donkey dies at 32One of the Barron Park neighborhood's beloved and iconic donkeys, Miner Forty Niner, has died, according to his handlers....
Original post made on Oct. 4, 2016Last comment by Candi Campbell, on Oct 6, 2017 at 3:30 pm | 20 comments | 29556 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
HR head named interim superintendentThe Palo Alto school district's new assistant superintendent of human resources, Karen Hendricks, will lead the district...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2017Last comment by No, on Oct 6, 2017 at 2:09 pm | 29 comments | 12857 Views
SPORTS
Prep football: Vikings, Wildcats ready to rumble in Los GatosLast year, in his first year as Palo Alto head coach, former Los Gatos star Danny Sullivan saw his Vikings lose twice to...
Original post made on Oct. 5, 2017Last comment by VikesFan, on Oct 6, 2017 at 12:18 pm | 2 comments | 3233 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Shop Talk: College Terrace Market to open, flower shop could closeIn this week's Shop Talk column, read about the upcoming opening of the College Terrace Market, the potential closure of...
Original post made on May. 26, 2017Last comment by Ffood, on Oct 6, 2017 at 8:34 am | 5 comments | 4950 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Tenants' rights group demands East Palo Alto recordsA statewide organization for renters' rights has filed a Public Records Act request with the City of East Palo Alto after...
Original post made on May. 9, 2014Last comment by flexplex, on Oct 6, 2017 at 8:24 am | 9 comments | 9485 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
HiWheel bicyclist puzzles police, but no tickets0...
Original post made on Dec. 5, 2007Last comment by Lance Mannion , on Oct 6, 2017 at 7:56 am | 78 comments | 20565 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City Council backs ban on car idlingAn effort in Palo Alto to pass a law barring cars from idling moved ahead on Monday night, when the City Council fully endorsed...
Original post made on Aug. 29, 2017Last comment by idle away , on Oct 5, 2017 at 7:27 pm | 62 comments | 8174 Views
MOVIES
Old Testament, new musicalThe story of Moses and his people's Exodus from Egypt has been retold in many ways, including, this month from TheatreWorks...
Original post made on Oct. 5, 2017Last comment by Ken Krechmer, on Oct 5, 2017 at 6:23 pm | 1 comment | 4049 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Hillary Clinton visiting Stanford on FridayHillary Clinton will speak at an inaugural conference that will welcome a new initiative focused on digital policy at Stanford...
Original post made on Oct. 5, 2017Last comment by AlexDeLarge, on Oct 5, 2017 at 4:07 pm | 26 comments | 7594 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City looks to open up newest Foothills Park siteThree years after Palo Alto officials formally added a 7.7-acre site to Foothills Park, they are finally preparing to open...
Original post made on Oct. 3, 2017Last comment by Layers Upon Layers, on Oct 5, 2017 at 3:13 pm | 23 comments | 7685 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Behind the Headlines: Planning for housingEric Rosenblum, member of Palo Alto's Planning and Transportation Commission, joins Weekly journalists to discuss the city's...
Original post made on Oct. 5, 2017Last comment by Abitarian, on Oct 5, 2017 at 1:56 pm | 1 comment | 5633 Views
SPORTS
Prep report: Sudden death goal ends 6-overtime marathonSt. Francis' Izzy Ditzler scored a sudden-death goal in the sixth overtime to hand visiting Sacred Heart Prep its first West...
Original post made on Oct. 5, 2017Last comment by Yon Chung, on Oct 5, 2017 at 10:40 am | 1 comment | 3834 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Flawed VTA Proposed Guidelines for Caltrain Grade SeparationsCurrently, roads cross the Caltrain tracks in eight locations in Palo Alto, Mountain View, and Sunnyvale. Grade separation...
Original post made by Arthur Keller on Oct. 4, 2017Last comment by Pat Burt, on Oct 4, 2017 at 9:42 pm | 7 comments | 1597 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Community Notebook: Utilities workshop to help shape department's workCity of Palo Alto Utilities plans to hold a public workshop Wednesday to hear the community's opinions on which direction...
Original post made on Oct. 3, 2017Last comment by Resident, on Oct 4, 2017 at 7:08 pm | 11 comments | 4208 Views
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