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CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Stanford, Kaiser hold drive-thru coronavirus testing, but you can't just head over thereAt least two large, local medical centers are now providing drive-through testing for COVID-19. Stanford Health Care’s...
Original post made on Mar. 15, 2020Last comment by Trump fired the national pandemic team, on Mar 21, 2020 at 10:24 am | 16 comments | 54703 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
"Shelter in place" alert issued due to firePalo Alto police are urging residents to stay indoors and keep windows and doors closed if they smell or see smoke this afternoon...
Original post made on Nov. 10, 2013Last comment by parent, on Dec 18, 2013 at 8:19 pm | 54 comments | 54408 Views
AROUND TOWN
The era of Fry's Electronics comes to an end in Palo AltoAfter close to 30 years of operation, Fry's Electronics officially shut down its Palo Alto store on Friday afternoon, leaving...
Original post made on Dec. 27, 2019Last comment by Oh well..., on Jan 8, 2020 at 10:59 am | 43 comments | 54282 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mother struck, seriously injured by carA woman who was walking her young child to school was struck by a car in Barron Park Tuesday morning, Dec. 10, Palo Alto...
Original post made on Dec. 10, 2013Last comment by Cindy, on Dec 18, 2013 at 2:51 pm | 103 comments | 53906 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
What does new home construction cost these days?Folks, I live in a 1950 Eichler and am planning a remodel that will touch most of the house except for the existing foundation and...
Original post made by Resident of Midtown on Feb. 6, 2010Last comment by Sk8marie, on Dec 17, 2015 at 2:08 pm | 57 comments | 53583 Views
AROUND TOWN
Shop TalkMonique's Chocolates to close, bees invade the Chocolate Garage and three new clothing boutiques at Town & Country Village...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2014Last comment by musical, on Jun 15, 2014 at 6:29 pm | 13 comments | 53172 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Council to rule on divisive senior-housing planAfter two emotional public meetings, Palo Alto officials are preparing to make a major ruling tonight on a development that...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2013Last comment by Richard C. Placone, on Jun 10, 2013 at 1:03 pm | 23 comments | 52502 Views
RESTAURANTS
Happy Donuts to close on FridayIt's the only place in Palo Alto were one can hang out or satisfy a 3 a.m. craving, and the Happy Donuts at 3916 El Camino...
Original post made on Jun. 5, 2014Last comment by Jle, on Dec 14, 2016 at 1:15 pm | 54 comments | 52492 Views
RESTAURANTS
The 2020 vintage: How Peninsula wineries are struggling — and innovating — during the pandemicLocal wineries are still grappling with the losses brought on by the pandemic while thinking creatively about how to draw...
Original post made on Dec. 11, 2020Last comment by Lee Forrest, on Dec 11, 2020 at 9:26 am | 2 comments | 52091 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Elementary math textbook adoption: Reactions to Wed. night meetingThe debate on what math textbook program Palo Alto schools should adopt continues with differing viewpoints on last night's...
Original post made by Concerned Parent on Feb. 25, 2009Last comment by Anonymous 78, on Apr 5, 2009 at 3:31 pm | 207 comments | 51980 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto couple presses for 'sense of urgency' in relieving academic stressIt seemed to come like a shot from nowhere. Ken and Michele Dauber, Palo Alto parents of five, called for "new leadership"...
Original post made on May. 13, 2011Last comment by David Pepperdine, on Feb 10, 2014 at 6:21 am | 167 comments | 51761 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Popular clothing brands for middle school girlsWhat are the clothing brands that are most popular with middle school girls right now? I know that wearing the right clothes...
Original post made by Parent on Jun. 7, 2011Last comment by Parent, on Aug 18, 2012 at 1:18 pm | 42 comments | 51613 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Power surge raises questions about SmartMetersWhen 80 PG&E SmartMeters caught on fire and burned out after a power surge in East Palo Alto on Aug. 25, the incident raised...
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2011Last comment by What Color Are Their Helicopters?, on Feb 2, 2016 at 11:30 pm | 25 comments | 51569 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Palo Alto man, 85, detained in North KoreaA Palo Alto man was removed from a plane and detained in North Korea, his traveling companion to the country confirmed. Read...
Original post made on Nov. 20, 2013Last comment by Resident, on Nov 23, 2013 at 1:56 pm | 25 comments | 51016 Views
AROUND TOWN
Feature story: In search of the car-less commuteOn any weekday morning, upwards of 17,000 commuters -- some in buses, others on bicycles, but the majority in cars -- stream...
Original post made on Nov. 16, 2012Last comment by resident 1, on Nov 16, 2014 at 11:09 am | 58 comments | 50842 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto to unveil huge 'light sculpture' SaturdayA two-year grassroots effort led by a Palo Alto father and his two young children to bring a 35-foot-tall interactive light...
Original post made on Nov. 11, 2013Last comment by musical, on Nov 26, 2013 at 10:29 am | 25 comments | 50834 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Stanford creates new coronavirus test that produces fast resultsStanford Health Care has invented a new test for the COVID-19 disease and is using it to verify suspected cases of the illness...
Original post made on Mar. 6, 2020Last comment by Jano, on Mar 20, 2020 at 4:17 pm | 16 comments | 50753 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto boy killed in Friday night collisionA middle-school aged boy riding a bicycle was killed Friday night (March 6) in a collision at El Camino Real and California...
Original post made on Mar. 7, 2020Last comment by Nick, on Mar 7, 2020 at 8:42 pm | 19 comments | 50030 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Unfriendly skies: Residents, city officials gear up to fight increased airplane noiseAt a gathering in the Holbrook-Palmer Park Pavilion in Atherton last month, as a resident began to speak about the incessant...
Original post made on Oct. 24, 2014Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Jan 6, 2015 at 9:34 am | 326 comments | 49799 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Want to understand Silicon Valley?We arrived in Palo Alto from Hamburg, Germany, on Aug. 6, 2015, with a 5-year-old daughter who was proud to master writing...
Original post made on May. 27, 2016Last comment by just curious, on May 30, 2017 at 4:37 pm | 58 comments | 49696 Views
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