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RESTAURANTS
The Counter plans to close Palo Alto site after 15 yearsAfter serving up custom-made gourmet burgers in Palo Alto since 2006, The Counter is closing its doors at 369 California...
Original post made on Jul. 13, 2021Last comment by larryncelia, on Jul 18, 2021 at 11:57 am | 25 comments | 33111 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Fuki Sushi owner, a Palo Alto native, subjected to racial-hate tiradeFor three generations, Lumi Gardner's family has operated their popular Fuki Sushi restaurant in Palo Alto. Last Sunday,...
Original post made on Aug. 7, 2021Last comment by Emil Del Pilar, on Aug 11, 2021 at 8:35 am | 61 comments | 33091 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford Cat Network co-founder's home burns, 100 cats perishThe president of Stanford Cat Network narrowly escaped a house fire that gutted her home and killed nearly 100 cats in the...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2013Last comment by businessdecision, on Aug 21, 2013 at 10:04 am | 42 comments | 33025 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Saving the BaylandsThe Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve marshlands, home to the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse and the California clapper...
Original post made on Nov. 1, 2013Last comment by Sally, on Nov 6, 2013 at 6:24 pm | 15 comments | 32987 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Face shields and testing: Teachers union asks for protection, flexibility in working conditions this fallThe Palo Alto school district and Palo Alto Educators Association have begun negotiating working conditions for the next...
Original post made on May. 22, 2020Last comment by Disappointed Parent, on May 31, 2020 at 9:53 pm | 81 comments | 32898 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Seventy-six in Palo Alto school district get tenureSeventy-six Palo Alto teachers, counselors and administrators were granted tenure, or "permanent status," Tuesday night by...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2014Last comment by teacher evals, on Mar 28, 2014 at 7:29 am | 62 comments | 32831 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Women sentenced in $256,000 Palo Alto credit union fraudTwo women who stole more than $250,000 out of a couple's Palo Alto credit union account were sentenced Tuesday, Feb. 14,...
Original post made on Feb. 16, 2012Last comment by Senior Blogger, on Feb 25, 2012 at 2:42 pm | 20 comments | 32805 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Argument preceded shooting of David LewisIn the minutes prior to being fatally shot in the back Wednesday afternoon, East Palo Alto drug-intervention leader David...
Original post made on Jun. 10, 2010Last comment by Patricia A., on Apr 21, 2014 at 7:03 am | 78 comments | 32743 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Stanford made COVID-19 tests available for health care workers. Now, it's considering wider distributionAs the scientific community races to create tests for COVID-19 and end the shutdown, Stanford University is trying to speed...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2020Last comment by Jay T, on Apr 19, 2020 at 3:30 pm | 22 comments | 32696 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
High schools take action to ease student stressAmid fierce community conversation about the role that academic stress plays in the lives of Palo Alto high school students,...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2015Last comment by My Thoughts, on Feb 11, 2015 at 1:29 pm | 89 comments | 32652 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
In East Palo Alto, a microcosm of the state's heated charter school debateAs California's charter school movement booms and polarizes public education, educators, elected officials and researchers...
Original post made on Mar. 22, 2019Last comment by Wayne Martn, on Mar 24, 2019 at 3:07 pm | 23 comments | 32645 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Rescue crews respond to Baylands airplane crashThe Fire Department is responding to a small airplane that has crashed at the duck pond at 2500 Embarcadero Road, near the...
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2018Last comment by noisepolluter, on Oct 6, 2018 at 11:40 am | 108 comments | 32597 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Feds: Parents paid tens of thousands to game the admissions systemThe 204-page federal complaint filed by the United States Attorney’s Office on March 12 in the case of a nationwide college-admissions...
Original post made on Mar. 12, 2019Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Mar 21, 2019 at 12:07 pm | 73 comments | 32552 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Superintendent Max McGee resignsAfter weeks of upheaval over senior school leadership’s handling of two controversies -- a missed deadline that will cost...
Original post made on Sep. 26, 2017Last comment by Cari V., on Sep 29, 2017 at 9:30 pm | 101 comments | 32515 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Longtime Milk Pail employee, son killed in apartment fumesThe two bodies found in an apartment complex in Mountain View on Wednesday have been identified as James Liu and his teenage...
Original post made on Sep. 29, 2014Last comment by iSez, on Oct 12, 2014 at 4:02 pm | 6 comments | 32511 Views
AROUND TOWN
Out with the old and in with the 'new'One person is looking for a rocking chair for a newborn baby. Read the full story here http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=19065...
Original post made on Jul. 9, 2013Last comment by Genevien, on Jul 9, 2013 at 11:04 am | 1 comment | 32499 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Fallen trees cause power outages for about 2,500 Palo Alto Utilities customersStrong winds and stormy conditions caused trees to fall down in Palo Alto, where two separate power outages are impacting...
Original post made on Mar. 14, 2023Last comment by MyFeelz, on Mar 21, 2023 at 6:23 pm | 36 comments | 32496 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Stanford's Hennessy questions state teacher tenure lawsStanford University President John Hennessy this week questioned why California grants job tenure to K-12 teachers after...
Original post made on Nov. 2, 2013Last comment by KISS, on Nov 24, 2013 at 1:46 pm | 37 comments | 32495 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Hundreds of COVID-19 cases appear in Palo Alto schools as omicron surgesClasses have been back in session for less than a week after winter break and local schools are reporting record numbers...
Original post made on Jan. 7, 2022Last comment by Jennifer Tate, on Jan 18, 2022 at 4:36 pm | 42 comments | 32489 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Hidden in plain sightThe young man working at a Mountain View Safeway slammed his head on a commercial refrigerator door, unable to verbally express...
Original post made on May. 8, 2015Last comment by Language Matters , on May 18, 2015 at 9:40 am | 29 comments | 32463 Views
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