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4 hrs ago | Chico Enterprise-Record

Frozen yogurt war de-thaws, tart new brands hit US

Leonardo DiCaprio has a Red Mango yogurt machine in his office. Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan have been photographed clutching Pinkberry yogurt cups while ducking the paparazzi.

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Related Topix: Leonardo DiCaprio, Comedy Movies, Celebrity

Sat Aug 23, 2008

KRON 4

Palo Alto Police Investigate Rash of Paintball Shootings

Residents of the Crescent Park neighborhood of Palo Alto are up in arms over a rash of paintball shootings that shattered the window of one home, a police spokesman said today.

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Palo Alto Daily News

East Palo Alto YMCA squeaky clean

One of East Palo Alto's newest and most expensive buildings - the Lewis and Joan Pitt East Palo Alto Family YMCA - is also one of the greenest in the city.

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Related Topix: East Palo Alto, CA

The Jewish News Weekly

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.

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Related Topix: Los Altos Hills, CA, Chapman University

Fri Aug 22, 2008

Palo Alto Weekly

Paintball attacks hit Palo Alto neighborhood

A recent spate of paintball vandalism in Palo Alto's Crescent Park neighborhood has residents frustrated over the police response - and wondering whether Palo Alto's law-enforcement shortage is hampering the ...

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Palo Alto Daily News

East Palo Alto robbery suspects arrested

Two East Palo Alto men are in custody after allegedly robbing a McDonald's customer at gunpoint Wednesday afternoon and making off with $10. Willie Brister, 19, and Michael Windom, 20, were detained near the ...

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Related Topix: East Palo Alto, CA, San Mateo County, CA

Times

Plane crash mystery: Friends, colleagues remember cautious pilot, await answers

Firefighters extinguish a blaze caused when a small plane crashed into the California Highway Patrol weigh station off U.S. 101 near San Martin Wednesday evening.

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Related Topix: Fire, Air Accidents, San Francisco Metro, San Jose Metro, Santa Clara County, CA

Thu Aug 21, 2008

San Mateo Daily News

Plane that crashed registered to Palo Alto man

A single-engine airplane that crashed Wednesday in Gilroy, killing the pilot, was registered to a Palo Alto resident, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said today.

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Related Topix: Gilroy, CA, Santa Clara County, CA, US News, Federal Aviation Administration

KXTV

Bill Would Ban Text-Messaging While Driving

California would outlaw text-messaging while driving under a bill that's headed for Gov.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics

Palo Alto Weekly

Robertson to serve eight-plus years for DUI, manslaughter

Ten months after a violent vehicle accident in southern California that killed two passengers and injured three others, driver and Palo Alto resident Beau Robertson, 29, pleaded guilty Monday to vehicular ...

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Related Topix: Santa Barbara County, CA, Pasadena, CA, Mountain View, CA

Wed Aug 20, 2008

Inside Bay Area

Palo Alto to remove ailing 124-foot-tall eucalyptus

A eucalyptus tree that has towered above the College Terrace Library for generations is scheduled to crash down today, the belated victim of a brutal and antiquated tree-trimming practice.

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Related Topix: Libraries

Palo Alto Daily News

Two robbed at gunpoint in Menlo Park

Police are on the lookout for two suspects following a brazen midday armed robbery in Menlo Park.

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Related Topix: Menlo Park, CA, East Palo Alto, CA

Palo Alto Weekly

Two men attacked in Midtown Palo Alto

Two Palo Alto men were walking on Colorado Avenue Monday night when they were attacked by four large men who demanded money, according to Palo Alto police.

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Tue Aug 19, 2008

Sentinel Plus

Researcher says bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit

Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice _ handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who ...

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San Jose Mercury News

Police: Santa Clara man threatened to cut woman's finger off to steal her wedding ring

An armed robbery suspect was apprehended by Palo Alto police Monday night, two days after he allegedly threatened to steal a woman's wedding ring by cutting off her finger.

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Related Topix: Santa Clara, CA

Palo Alto Weekly

DNA match triggered arrest in 2002 rape case

The arrest of a 40-year-old suspect in the vicious 2002 beating and rape of a 94-year-old Palo Alto woman involved an international search, the FBI, the U.S. Justice Department and Mexican law enforcement, Palo ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation, Los Angeles, CA, State Prisons

Mon Aug 18, 2008

Associated Content

Georgia Men Say Theyll Show Bigfoot Carcass Evidence Friday

Two Georgia men who claim to have found a complete carcass of a Bigfoot say they will reveal their find on Friday at a Palo Alto, California, hotel, according to searchingforbigfoot.com. Matthew Whitton and ...

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Cbs5.com

East Palo Alto Boys Shot In Their Front Yard

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Related Topix: East Palo Alto, CA

Palo Alto Weekly

Palo Alto resident identified as Nevada plane crash victim

The Washoe County coroner's office today identified Doyle John Borchers III, a 41-year-old Stanford neurosurgeon, as the man who was killed last week in a small plane crash near Lake Tahoe.

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Related Topix: Air Accidents, Stanford, CA

San Jose Mercury News

How to keep grocers in Palo Alto?

Palo Alto might offer carrots such as tax and zoning breaks in a bid to keep its grocery stores from checking out of town.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

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Palo Alto, California is located in Santa Clara County and is part of the San Jose Metro Area. Zip codes in Palo Alto, CA include 94307, 94310, and 94308.

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