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These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online throughout the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com/news or click on “News� in the left, green column.
CHP officers hunt for asphalt-throwing assailant personal needs: well-strung racquet, new can of balls, 2nd serve ace
Authorities are looking for the person who threw a chunk of asphalt onto a California Highway Patrol car in Mountain View Wednesday, shattering a rear window and startling the officer inside. (Posted Dec. 17 at 9:09 a.m.)
Arrest made in indecent exposure case Police announced Wednesday that they have arrested the “noon duty aide� who allegedly exposed himself to an eighth-grade girl in an empty room at Graham Middle School earlier this month. (Posted Dec.
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Drunk-driving crackdown starts this weekend Bay Area law-enforcement agencies Friday are kicking off a winterholiday crackdown on drunk drivers this week by stepping up patrols and checkpoints throughout the region. (Posted Dec. 17 at 8:19 a.m.)
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Body of local nurse found, one year later The body of Donna Dowell, an El Camino Hospital nurse who went missing a year ago, has been found by a hiker near Calaveras Reservoir, authorities announced. (Posted Dec. 16 at 8:50 a.m.)
Eshoo bill targeting loud ads passes House For decades, loud TV commercials have been among the leading complaints to the Federal Communications Commission, says Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto. (Posted Dec. 16 at 8:47 a.m.)
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Decision on Paly portables postponed to Jan. 12 Palo Altans need another month or so to understand better why 13 portable classrooms should occupy one end of the quad at Palo Alto High School for the next three years, the Board of Education decided Tuesday night, delaying the decision to Jan. 12. (Posted Dec. 16 at 1:27 a.m.)
Jury convicts M-A track coach for pushing boy
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After a four-day trial, a San Mateo County jury on Friday convicted a longtime Menlo-Atherton High School cross-country coach of misdemeanor battery over his response last May to three Hispanic boys after their soccer ball hit the side of his house trailer. (Posted Dec. 15 at 9:25 a.m.)
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pact of a higher number trains. “We are years and years away from setting up the ticket prices and our Board of Directors, legislators and the community will have a chance to discuss it,� Barker said. “What we’ve done is present one scenario under which this is a viable project that doesn’t need government subsidy.� The plan also notes that the projected cost of the new rail line has ballooned from $33.8 million to $42.6 million, though 80 percent of that increase was attributed to inflation and the new methodology used to calculate costs. The new plan highlights the rail authority’s efforts to raise the needed funds and to boost its outreach efforts as it transitions from planning to implementing the new line. It also identifies a variety of risks — including financial and political — that could derail the controversial project. According to the new business plan, the California High-Speed Rail Authority hopes to acquire more than $17 billion from the federal government for the project, which has attracted waves of skepticism and opposition in the Peninsula. The agency also hopes to get more than $4 billion in local grants and $10 billion to $12 billion in private funding. Steve Emslie, Palo Alto’s deputy city manager who has been working with a coalition of Peninsula cities to track the progress of the controversial project, said the agency’s anticipation of private funds is one of the most problematic aspects of the new business plan. Emslie characterized the agency’s plans for private investments as “optimistic.� “It really doesn’t give a lot of definition of where the private money
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