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Palo Alto turkey feast for needy hits record size
Estelle Chalfin held her first Thanksgiving meal for the homeless in 1985, when she invited 35 people into her downtown Palo Alto sandwich shop, Captain Cosmos, for a dinner she cooked herself.
City of Palo Alto hires guard for rail crossing
The Palo Alto Police Department has hired a security company to help monitor the West Meadow Drive rail intersection -- a move the city hopes will discourage emotionally fragile youth from ending their lives there.
Long lines for area's homeless shelters
Efrain got laid off from his job as a restaurant worker eight months ago and has been looking for steady work ever since.
National Suicide Study Examines Tragedies in Palo Alto
More Americans are killing themselves on train tracks. Thata s the finding of a new national study on suicides.
Palo Alto High principal reflects on 'egg wars'
Eleven Palo Alto High School students were suspended and about seven more received "consequences" for participating in an Oct.
Newspaper Circulation May Be Worse Than It Looks
While U.S. newspapers are losing subscribers at a staggering rate, a few dailies stand out because their circulation is rising.
Suicide survivors gather to console each other in Palo Alto
The necklaces spilling out of plastic bags looked like Mardi Gras beads, but a color-coded chart told a different, less festive story.
San Jose and VTA Officials Working to Make City More Bike Friendly
San Jose city and transit officials are dreaming of a more bike-friendly city that could become reality for residents as soon as next spring.
Suicide survivors forum to be held at Palo Alto High on Saturday
Every 16 minutes someone in the United States dies by suicide, fliers from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention say, and every 17 minutes "someone is left to make sense of it." To help those who have lost friends or family members to suicide, the foundation is hosting its 11th annual National Survivors of Suicide Day on Saturday.
Palo Alto's downtown shopping district sees hope of recovery
You can't see it from the street, checkered as it is with empty storefronts and vacancy signs.
Menlo Park girl, 6, remembered as outgoing, bright
Six-year-old Lisa Xavier loved to draw comic strips, collect bugs and ride her pink Barbie bicycle.
Palo Alto police step up enforcement of seat belt laws
Palo Alto police are stepping up enforcement of seat belt laws now through Nov. 30, joining more than 175 other California law enforcement agencies in a nationwide campaign to get people to buckle up.
New Down syndrome treatment suggested by study in mice
At birth, children with Down syndrome aren't developmentally delayed. But as they age, these kids fall behind.
Police: Sexual assault victim 'very uncooperative'
The victim of a Nov. 12 sexual assault by two men near the footbridge to Palo Alto at the southern end of Alma Street in Menlo Park is being "very, very uncooperative" with investigators from the Menlo Park Police Department, police said.
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 redevelopment project.
Two-alarm fire damages Palo Alto condo complex
A two-alarm fire damaged one unit in a condominium complex near downtown Palo Alto early Tuesday morning and forced the evacuation of 25 people, but a neighbor may have helped stop the flames from causing further damage.
Menlo Park Child Killed in Hit and Run Crash Identified
Police in Menlo Park are still trying to locate a person of interest in Thursday afternoon's hit-and-run crash that killed a 6-year-old girl and seriously injured her mother.
Another home-invasion robbery reported
A man forced his way into a Mountain View woman's apartment through a closed window early Saturday morning, held her at gunpoint and forced her to drive to a bank and withdraw cash for him, police said.
Man Sought In Fatal Hit-And-Run
A girl severely injured in a hit-and-run involving a racing vehicle has died while police continue to search for a suspect who could be headed to the Central Valley.
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