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SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board members debate superintendent's authorityA flap erupted at the Palo Alto Board of Education meeting Tuesday over Superintendent Max McGee's recent decision to ban...
Original post made on May. 17, 2015Last comment by Crescent Park Dad, on May 20, 2015 at 9:57 am | 70 comments | 6327 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Cañada College launches student shuttle in East Palo AltoA new pilot shuttle bus to help students and employees from East Palo Alto commute to Cañada College launched on Wednesday...
Original post made on Aug. 15, 2018Last comment by Elizabeth , on Aug 16, 2018 at 9:55 pm | 6 comments | 6327 Views
AROUND TOWN
Wanted: Rickey's memorabiliaThe developer of the former Rickey's Hyatt site on El Camino Real is asking the public for historical articles and photos...
Original post made on Jun. 1, 2009Last comment by randy, on Feb 19, 2015 at 3:49 pm | 12 comments | 6327 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto residents cry foul over book binsNew book-donation bins that have popped up around Palo Alto and surrounding cities purporting to be for charity are really...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2011Last comment by Hmmm, on Jun 21, 2011 at 12:40 am | 47 comments | 6326 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MI -- What can Palo Altans learn from the experience?0...
Original post made by Alexis Hamilton on Jan. 10, 2007Last comment by A.J., on Jan 20, 2007 at 5:47 pm | 27 comments | 6326 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Man caught after eluding police at StanfordAn arrested man who was handcuffed and inside a patrol car at the Stanford Police Department early this morning escaped and...
Original post made on Aug. 2, 2012Last comment by Hmmm, on Aug 3, 2012 at 10:19 am | 20 comments | 6326 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
$1 billion education/research 'village' planned at MoffettA $1 billion "sustainable village" of research facilities, classrooms and housing is planned on 75 acres of the former Moffett...
Original post made on Mar. 14, 2009Last comment by rem, on Mar 16, 2009 at 2:52 pm | 10 comments | 6326 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Earlier foothills fire station cuts cost PA money0...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2007Last comment by a friend of the PAFD, on Jul 2, 2007 at 7:59 pm | 8 comments | 6325 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Man wanted for allegedly punching, robbing woman with infant in Palo AltoPalo Alto police are searching for a man who on Sunday allegedly walked up to a woman pushing an infant in a stroller, punched...
Original post made on Sep. 21, 2015Last comment by Not Grouchy, on Sep 21, 2015 at 11:31 pm | 15 comments | 6325 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto looks to distance cell antennas from homes, schoolsSeeking to strike a balance between federal requirements and resident concerns, Palo Alto approved on Monday night a new...
Original post made on Apr. 16, 2019Last comment by Rick, on Apr 19, 2019 at 11:46 pm | 20 comments | 6323 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teachers push back against reorganization of arts departmentFor the second time in as many years, Palo Alto Unified art teachers, students and parents are protesting the consolidation...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2019Last comment by PA, on Apr 28, 2019 at 8:36 pm | 22 comments | 6323 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Man, 27, fatally shot in East Palo AltoA 27-year-old man died in a shooting in East Palo Alto Saturday afternoon, according to a San Mateo County deputy coroner....
Original post made on Jan. 3, 2010Last comment by mizz juicy Gurl, on Jan 17, 2010 at 8:07 pm | 55 comments | 6323 Views
AROUND TOWN
Please talk hands-free when you are driving0...
Original post made by Zoe on Jul. 25, 2006Last comment by Richard, on Jul 29, 2006 at 11:27 am | 7 comments | 6323 Views
MOVIES
Inside JobI'm still so seething from the facts presented in this documentary on the financial crisis and the response ... or lack...
Original post made by bru on Oct. 31, 2010Last comment by Anon., on Nov 23, 2010 at 1:03 pm | 46 comments | 6323 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Editorial: A lost opportunityVirtually every Palo Alto politician and community activist has been talking for months about the Bay Area's housing crisis...
Original post made on Dec. 9, 2016Last comment by musical, on Dec 10, 2016 at 12:40 pm | 19 comments | 6322 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Cover story: The caregiver's marathonFamily members frequently take on the all-consuming responsibility of caregiving when loved ones age or become ill. Some...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2012Last comment by Mary, on Jun 19, 2012 at 5:20 pm | 6 comments | 6321 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford announces commencement speakersCory Booker, former Stanford University football player, Rhodes scholar and current mayor of Newark, N.J., will address graduates...
Original post made on Feb. 9, 2012Last comment by Damning with faint praise, on Feb 10, 2012 at 4:06 pm | 3 comments | 6321 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
East Palo Alto house fire starts in cluttered garageA fire that damaged an East Palo Alto home on Monday evening started in a densely cluttered garage, a Menlo Park fire official...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2015Last comment by Sue Dremann, on Jan 13, 2015 at 10:45 pm | 7 comments | 6320 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Phoenix Academy's first grads are college-boundA small charter school in East Palo Alto celebrates the graduation of its first senior class next month. Read the full story...
Original post made on May. 14, 2010Last comment by Hmmm, on May 14, 2010 at 8:14 pm | 3 comments | 6320 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto mulls further changes to California AvenuePalo Alto's latest plans to renovate California Avenue, including a proposal to add pedestrian streetlights to the commercial...
Original post made on Mar. 4, 2013Last comment by Cedric de La Beaujardiere, on Mar 5, 2013 at 6:09 pm | 37 comments | 6319 Views
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