/Palo Alto

City agonizes over Senior Games sponsorship

By Will Oremus A pitch to sponsor the national 2009 Senior Games provoked some serious soul-searching by the Palo Alto City Council, which finally voted 5-4...

Police Blotter for the city of Palo Alto(11/23/2008-11/28/2008)

69 Willow Road #3 Palo Alto , CA ...

Palo Alto police officer takes stand in Taser case

By Will Oremus Palo Alto police Officer Manuel Temores took the witness stand Monday in Santa Clara County Superior Court to explain how a run-in with a...

Overtime thriller

By Nathan Mollat After this season, the Menlo-Atherton football team can teach the class. The Bears have won six games this season by seven points or less,...

The Godfather of American cycling

Jim Ochowicz, a Palo Alto resident since 2005, is calling the shots as head coach for the USA men's road cycling team at the Olympic Games in Beijing.The...

Palo Alto 14s do it all in victory

Palo Alto center fielder BJ Boyd is on the verge of making the Babe Ruth 14-year-old All-Stars Pacific Southwest Regional his own. Playing in front of...

NDNU golfers earn spots in U.S. Amateur

Rarely does a major Div. I college golf program qualify two golfers for the U.S. Amateur. This year, tiny Notre Dame de Namur University accomplished the...

Armanino, Burlingame advance in tournament

Scoring first didn't guarantee victory in Saturday's opening round of the 17-and-under American Legion Area 2 Tournament on Saturday.Proof came in the fact...

Report on High Schools in Palo Alto

School Accountability Report Card for School Year 2006-'07, for Henry M. Gunn High, and Palo Alto High, with details of student enrolment, performance,...

Report on Middle Schools in Palo Alto

School Accountability Report Card for School Year 2006-'07, for David Starr Jordan Middle School, Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School  and Terman...

Report on Elementary Schools in Palo Alto - third set

School Accountability Report Card for School Year 2006-'07, for Herbert Hoover Elementary School, Juana Briones Elementary  School  and Ohlone...

Report on Elementary Schools in Palo Alto - second set

School Accountability Report Card for School Year 2006-'07, for El Carmelo Elementary School, Fairmeadow Elementary  School  and Greendell ...

Obituary:Salvador Joseph Sgambati

Services are Thursday for Salvador Joseph Sgambati who passed away October 27, 2008 at the V.A. Hospital Hospice in Palo Alto, CA. He was 80 years old. Sal...

Obituary:Frances Tedesco Thomson

Frances Tedesco Thomson Frances Tedesco Thomson, longtime resident of Palo Alto, died Friday, October 10, 2008 at Stanford Medical Center after a long illness....

Obituary: Helen Kastigar

Helen L. Kastigar Passed away on September 20, 2008. She was 86 years old. She was born in Turlock, CA, on May 18, 1922, to Edward and Augusta Larson. She...

Obituary:John Hynds

John Hynds Age 48, of Sunnyvale, CA, formerly of Champaign, IL died at 3:01 AM PST at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, CA. John was born March 20, 1960 in...