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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Another sexual assault reported at PalyA female Palo Alto High School student who said she was sexually assaulted on the school’s quad by a male student in November...
Original post made on May. 24, 2017Last comment by PAHS Parent, on Aug 12, 2017 at 8:55 pm | 92 comments | 22534 Views
AROUND TOWN
Midtown Shopping Center parcel sold for $15.26 millionA parcel of a shopping center that has long been the centerpiece of Palo Alto's Midtown neighborhood has been sold to a private...
Original post made on Dec. 19, 2016Last comment by Question, on Aug 12, 2017 at 7:24 pm | 55 comments | 23652 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Inside CubberleyWhen looking at photographs of Cubberley Community Center from the 1960s when the facility served as a high school, it's...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2017Last comment by anon, on Aug 12, 2017 at 1:40 pm | 1 comment | 7332 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
New office building planned for University CircleUniversity Circle, the prominent commercial park that replaced the Whiskey Gulch neighborhood in East Palo Alto more than...
Original post made on Aug. 9, 2017Last comment by Hmmm, on Aug 12, 2017 at 1:11 pm | 21 comments | 15188 Views
AROUND TOWN
George ThompsonGeorge Thompson died in his Palo Alto home on May 12. He was 97. Read the full story here https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2017/07/07/george-thompson...
Original post made on Aug. 12, 2017Last comment by Sandra Newell, on Aug 12, 2017 at 12:29 pm | 1 comment | 2409 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
North Korea threat hangs over Mattis visitU.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis arrived in Mountain View on Thursday intending to highlight the development of new...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2017Last comment by Mark Silverman, on Aug 11, 2017 at 6:52 pm | 1 comment | 3666 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
With new pension contract, Palo Alto takes aim at growing problemOn Monday, the Palo Alto City Council will vote on a contract aimed at containing the city's looming pension liability by...
Original post made on Aug. 8, 2017Last comment by resident, on Aug 11, 2017 at 6:37 pm | 47 comments | 7961 Views
RESTAURANTS
Something new (to eat) under the sunSummer is always a busy time on the restaurant beat, and 2017 has been no different. Here's our roundup of the summer's new...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2017Last comment by john_alderman, on Aug 11, 2017 at 3:22 pm | 1 comment | 6723 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Council prepares to revise Buena Vista lot linesHaving succeeded in preventing the closure of Palo Alto's sole mobile-home park, the City Council is preparing to take the...
Original post made on Aug. 9, 2017Last comment by Robert Smith, on Aug 11, 2017 at 11:16 am | 22 comments | 5339 Views
SPORTS
Stanford's Carter races to new heights at World meetStanford grad Kori Carter is on top of the world. The nine-time All-American raced 53.07 from lane nine to edge fellow American...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2017Last comment by Jim Rutter, on Aug 11, 2017 at 12:37 am | 1 comment | 3253 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Battle over the BaylandsThe brown and dusty expanse of barren land next to Palo Alto's water-treatment plant looks like an unlikely setting for the...
Original post made on Oct. 21, 2011Last comment by DarinNot, on Aug 10, 2017 at 7:29 pm | 38 comments | 10395 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
One of two elderly pedestrians struck by vehicle diesOne of two elderly pedestrians who were hit by a car as they crossed the street on May 9 has died, according to the Santa...
Original post made on May. 23, 2017Last comment by Long Time Resident, on Aug 10, 2017 at 7:18 pm | 21 comments | 10136 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Travel demand drives up Bay Area gas pricesGas prices are going up in cities across the Bay Area where drivers are paying on average $3.02 per gallon, up 3 cents from...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2017Last comment by HUTCH 7.62, on Aug 10, 2017 at 6:51 pm | 3 comments | 3454 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Santa Clara County looking for transgender services program managerSanta Clara County officials on Friday announced the county is expanding services to the transgender community with the hiring...
Original post made on Aug. 8, 2017Last comment by resident, on Aug 10, 2017 at 6:00 pm | 10 comments | 3857 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board eyes range of district goalsRolling out new curriculum, closing the achievement gap and supporting wellness are among the school district's potential...
Original post made on Aug. 9, 2017Last comment by new leadership required, on Aug 10, 2017 at 5:42 pm | 4 comments | 4284 Views
AROUND TOWN
From the top"My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding," by David Hein and Irene Sankoff, subverts the "new" part of the annual TheatreWorks...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2017Last comment by ElaineB, on Aug 10, 2017 at 5:32 pm | 1 comment | 3538 Views
SPORTS
Relics prove to be grand masters of ultimate frisbeePalo Alto residents Ken Joye and Warren Packard recently returned from Aurora, Colo., where the team they played on -- the...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2017Last comment by Denis R, on Aug 10, 2017 at 4:13 pm | 4 comments | 5505 Views
AROUND TOWN
Shop Talk: Teavana to close; Nobu takes over hotelIn this week's retail news, Teavana will close at Stanford Shopping Center, Nobu Hospitality takes over The Epiphany Hotel...
Original post made on Aug. 8, 2017Last comment by CK, on Aug 10, 2017 at 2:12 pm | 3 comments | 10230 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Longtime teacher, administrator named Terman principalA longtime Palo Alto teacher and middle-school administrator was named Tuesday as principal of Terman Middle School. Pier...
Original post made on Jul. 30, 2013Last comment by Former Terman Student, on Aug 9, 2017 at 4:55 pm | 29 comments | 259723 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Police pilot psychiatric response teamThe Palo Alto Police Department will soon become the first in Santa Clara County to pair an officer and a mental health professional...
Original post made on Jan. 12, 2017Last comment by concerned parent, on Aug 9, 2017 at 8:01 am | 15 comments | 12893 Views
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