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Resident: Atherton building department negligentIn the midst of a legal battle with her building contractor, Kimberly Sweidy is also taking on the town of Atherton's building...
Original post made on May. 16, 2016There are no comments yet. 29360 Views
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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 | 28987 Views
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Menlo couple walking dog killed by alleged drunken driverTwo people walking a dog were struck from behind and killed by a suspected drunken driver in Menlo Park on Thursday night,...
Original post made on Oct. 25, 2013Last comment by neighbor, on Oct 30, 2013 at 3:05 pm | 49 comments | 28905 Views
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Palo Alto hiker dies after fallA Palo Alto woman has died after she fell from a ledge during a hike in Arizona, friends of the woman have confirmed. Read...
Original post made on Apr. 8, 2014Last comment by Still missing Carol, on Apr 5, 2015 at 7:43 am | 36 comments | 28519 Views
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Un-forgetting the segregationist history of Palo Alto (and Daly City, and San Francisco, and…)Richard Rothstein presents the Bay Area as Exhibit A of how tangible segregationist housing policy had been implemented in...
Original post made on Jun. 28, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Jul 5, 2020 at 11:38 am | 31 comments | 28476 Views
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Thieves tamper with pumps, make off with gasThieves were able to fill up multiple vehicles without paying a dime when they tampered with gas pumps at the Valero station...
Original post made on Jul. 9, 2013Last comment by Duh, on Jul 11, 2013 at 9:54 am | 11 comments | 28391 Views
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Metals fire put out; 'Shelter in place' liftedAfter extinguishing the metals fire that prompted "shelter in place" alerts from several Peninsula cities, Redwood City announced...
Original post made on Nov. 11, 2013Last comment by Shut it down, on Dec 17, 2013 at 11:21 am | 47 comments | 27568 Views
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Woman steals purse, spends $2,000 at NordstromA woman walked into a downtown Palo Alto office building, stole a change purse from a desk drawer and promptly went on a...
Original post made on Oct. 31, 2012Last comment by EF, on Nov 2, 2012 at 12:01 pm | 7 comments | 27496 Views
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Woman hit with milkshake loses $2,000A woman who was struck with a milkshake and angrily threw her purse at a vehicle full of teenagers lost $2,000 after the...
Original post made on Jun. 26, 2012Last comment by Steve, on Jul 7, 2012 at 7:24 pm | 48 comments | 26565 Views
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Questions follow surprise resignation of Sofia University headStudents and faculty at Palo Alto's Sofia University are asking questions following the surprise resignation Saturday of...
Original post made on Dec. 18, 2013Last comment by Neighbor, on Jul 18, 2014 at 9:14 pm | 44 comments | 26534 Views
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Palo Alto officials brace for story in The Atlantic magazinePalo Alto school and city officials, with the help of local mental health professionals, are bracing for the release of a...
Original post made on Nov. 16, 2015Last comment by Michael O., on Nov 17, 2015 at 9:58 pm | 48 comments | 26513 Views
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Brock Turner sentencing draws strong reaction across countryReaction to last Thursday's high-profile sentencing of a former Stanford University student-athlete convicted of sexual assault...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2016Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Jun 8, 2016 at 5:43 pm | 86 comments | 26452 Views
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Woman in Stanford sexual-assault case testifiesThe woman whom former Stanford University student Brock Turner allegedly raped on campus in January appeared in court in...
Original post made on Oct. 5, 2015Last comment by Chill96, on Feb 19, 2016 at 2:20 pm | 13 comments | 26434 Views
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Bicyclist struck, killed by car on Page MillA bicyclist was struck and killed by a car just outside of Palo Alto this morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. Read...
Original post made on Nov. 3, 2015Last comment by Peter Spicer, on Nov 6, 2015 at 4:09 am | 102 comments | 26069 Views
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Redwood City burglars tied to theft in Palo AltoThree men who were arrested inside a Redwood City home last week have been linked to additional burglaries in Redwood City,...
Original post made on Oct. 16, 2012Last comment by JustMe, on Oct 17, 2012 at 12:32 pm | 8 comments | 25800 Views
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Coroner releases identity of man killed on train tracksA man who died on the train tracks in Palo Alto on Oct. 15 has been identified by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner's...
Original post made on Oct. 20, 2014Last comment by dolfsmom, on Oct 22, 2014 at 10:39 pm | 17 comments | 25554 Views
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Burglars smash vehicle into Apple Store in Palo AltoA burglary ring crashed through the front glass windows of the downtown Palo Alto Apple Store early Sunday morning by driving...
Original post made on Dec. 5, 2016Last comment by Dan, on Dec 31, 2016 at 6:34 pm | 18 comments | 25303 Views
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Shop Talk: Lots of chocolate in Palo AltoA high-end chocolate shop is scheduled to open this week in downtown Palo Alto in the former space of hair and makeup studio...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2013Last comment by Panos for Alegio Alegio Chocolaté-Claudio Corallo, on Mar 21, 2013 at 6:37 pm | 23 comments | 25251 Views
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Manhunt underway in Stanford Research Park for assault suspectPalo Alto police are searching for a man who allegedly assaulted a girl on Arastradero Road at Deer Creek Road this afternoon,...
Original post made on Mar. 28, 2018Last comment by eileen , on Mar 30, 2018 at 12:13 am | 12 comments | 25218 Views
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Missing woman found dead off of East Bay freewayThe body of Palo Alto woman Wamaitha Kaboga-Miller was found in her car in Newark on Sunday, more than five weeks since she...
Original post made on Sep. 24, 2018Last comment by Steph, on Oct 10, 2018 at 11:50 pm | 28 comments | 24981 Views
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