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Fire plan would create new evacuation routes
As a fire burned in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Felton Thursday, consultants hired by the City of Palo Alto painted a grim picture for the Palo Alto foothills.
Bay Area organizations rev up fight against Proposition 8
It's the hot topic of rabbis' sermons for the High Holy Days, the motive behind mobilization events and the reason why Brad Pitt and Steven Spielberg each recently shelled out $100,000. The fight against ...
Torah with a twist: Menlo Park artist creates 'Moebius' sculpture for Beth Am
There isn't a single "Do not touch" sign up at Martin Katz's exhibition at the Interior Niche gallery.
Watch the harvest in Los Altos Hills
Foothill College didn't have a men's basketball program in 2001-2002. The following year, Shanan Rosenberg came over from a successful tenure assisting at Canada College and began sowing seeds.
Royall, Jordan big in Foothill victory
All of the numbers in a prolific offensive performance for Foothill College pointed to a blowout in Los Altos Hills on Saturday night.
Coming Up: League hosts election forums
To help voters prepare for the November election, the Mountain View-Los Altos Area League of Women Voters is holding a number of upcoming candidate forums and panels on ballot issues.
Pardon our dust: Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life taking shape
Right now, it's a mess. Braced by scaffolding, ringed by mud puddles and scattered steel girders, the Taube Koret Campus for Jewish Life is still under construction.
LWV to hold proposition, candidates' forums
The League of Women Voters of Palo Alto will hold a series of community meetings regarding the 12 state propositions on the Nov.
Fear of killing an ancient oak tree motivated Judith and Hans Steiner to carefully tear down their 1918 Palo Alto home and build a smaller, eco-friendly house on the same spot.
Hashirim's 'double mitzvah': Singers hit all the right notes while spreading the joy of Jewish music
"There's really nothing like singing," says Billie Bandermann, music director of Hashirim, Palo Alto's Jewish community choir.
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Santa Clara To Search For West Nile Breeding Grounds
The Santa Clara County Vector Control District said Friday it would conduct an aerial search for mosquito breeding sources that could potentially carry West Nile virus on Monday.
Shill Styles of the Rich and Famous
It seems the wealthy may not be immune to the housing crisis after all. Not that buyers of sprawling estates are typically affected by credit problems - just that, in a soft market, buyers have discovered their ...
Owls look to improve on a one-loss season
There's only one way Foothill College will be more successful than last season, and that's if the Owls go undefeated.
San Bruno company banking on cord blood
The Los Altos Hills couple, along with Wendy Grant's father Tom Moore, founded Cord Blood Registry in San Bruno, which has become the largest and oldest private cord-blood bank in the country.
Dog club leads pet social networking pack
Shut in, locked up and disconnected from the outside world, it's no wonder they are driven to rebellious acts and destructive tendencies.
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Sculptors make a home in Gold Beach
Call it fate - man meets woman along the majestic California coastline of Monterey.
Students return to new elementary schools
Hundreds of Los Altos School District students, many of them Mountain View residents, started the academic year at a new school Wednesday.
Extraordinary efforts: Two Palo Alto teens receive awards for 'repairing the world'
Two Palo Alto teens recently received Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards, a nod that recognizes, with a $36,000 scholarship, Jewish young adults dedicated to bettering their communities and beyond.