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Palo Alto developer hopes to avoid battle over shopping center plan

The owners of Palo Alto's Edgewood Plaza shopping center are asking something unusual of neighborhood residents: their cooperation on a major ......

East Palo Alto grocery store's opening day marred by threat

By Mercury News Staff Reports East Palo Alto police were called to the new Mi Pueblo grocery store about 8:40 pm Saturday, the evening of the same day the ......

Police Blotter for Palo Alto (11/02/2009-11/12/2009)

715 Barron Ave Palo Alto , CA 94306-3108 Reported: 11/12/2009 Drive W/ License Suspended For Drunk Driving Palo Alto , CA 94301-1002...

HP Acquires 3Com for 2.7 Billion

Hewlett-Packard has reached an agreement to buy Massachusetts-based 3Com. HP, based in Palo Alto, Calif., ......

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Palo Alto, CA Demographics

Palo Alto, California Population (2007) :58246
Population (2000 census)58598
Median household income in 199990377
Per capita income in 199956257
Median year structure built1957
Median gross rent1349
Median gross rent as a percentage of household income in 199926
Median Value of Owner Occupied Houses776000
Median real estate taxes2936
Racial breakdown
White alone72.59
White alone72.59
Asian alone17.50
Asian alone17.50
Hispanic or Latino:4.65
Hispanic or Latino:4.65
Two or more races2.50
Two or more races2.50
Black or African American alone2.02
Black or African American alone2.02
Some other race alone0.32
Some other race alone0.32
American Indian and Alaska Native alone0.27
American Indian and Alaska Native alone0.27
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone0.11
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone0.11