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7 hrs ago | KRON 4

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.

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15 hrs ago | San Jose Mercury News

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.

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23 hrs ago | Santa Cruz Sentinel

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.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Inside Bay Area

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.

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San Jose Mercury News

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.

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PhysOrg Weblog

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.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Palo Alto Weekly

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.

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San Jose Mercury News

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.

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San Jose Mercury News

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.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

KRON 4

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.

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Mon Nov 16, 2009

Palo Alto Weekly

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.

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TheKCRAchannel.com

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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Sun Nov 15, 2009

CBS 5

Mountain View: Police Searching for Suspect in Home Invasion Robbery

A man forced his way into a Mountain View woman's apartment through a closed window early this morning, held her at gunpoint and forced her to drive to a bank and withdraw cash for him, police said.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

KRON-TV San Francisco

Full-Service Grocery Store Comes to East Palo Alto

For the first time in decades, East Palo Alto residents have a full-service grocery store located within city limits.

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CBS 5

Menlo Park: Man Attacked, Sexually Assaulted Near Palo Alto Border

Police in Menlo Park are investigating an attack and apparent sexual assault of a 25-year-old man while he was walking in a wooded area near the Palo Alto border Thursday night.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel

Palo Alto teens try state lawmaking in 'Youth and Government'

Even with all the heat Sacramento lawmakers take for enabling a budget crises and partisan bickering, there's at least one group of young people who want to fill their shoes - for a few days, at least.

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

Palo Alto Weekly

Menlo Park girl, 6, dies from hit-and-run

The 6-year-old Menlo Park girl injured in a hit-and-run accident at the intersection of Willow Road and Bayfront Expressway on Thursday died at 4:05 p.m. today at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, the San Mateo County coroner's office reported.

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Palo Alto Weekly

Admitted officer-killer testifies

Sometimes barely audible, soft-spoken 26-year-old Alberto Alvarez Thursday morning described how he often sold drugs in East Palo Alto and always carried a gun for protection.

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Palo Alto Weekly

Gun battle erupts in East Palo Alto

Twenty-five to 30 shots were fired in a gun battle in East Palo Alto Thursday evening, injuring two men, according to an East Palo Alto detective.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Mi Pueblo scheduled to open Saturday in East Palo Alto

East Palo Alto's only full-service grocery store could open as soon as Saturday pending a final building inspection, store officials said Wednesday.

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