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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.
Surprise! There are 93,500 ballots still uncounted Surprise! A last-minute surge of mail-in ballots means the election in Santa Clara County isn’t over and some close races could still change outcomes, the Registrar of Voters office confirmed Wednesday. (Posted June 9 at 12:50 p.m.)
Alleged scammer admitted to Stanford A man was admitted to Stanford University after being kicked out of Harvard University when officials there accused him of faking his academic record, the Boston Globe reported. (Posted June 9 at 11:29 a.m.)
Measure H, East Palo Alto rent ordinance, passes East Palo Alto’s rent stabilization and eviction ordinance, Measure H, was approved in Tuesday’s election by a wide margin, according to the San Mateo County Registrar. (Posted June 9 at 9:23 a.m.)
Palo Alto citizens choose mail over voting booth At first glance, the polling station at First Lutheran Church has all the amenities Palo Alto citizens have come to expect on Election Day: voting booths, ballot stacks and a group of friendly volunteers staving off boredom with playful banter. But with more people mailing their ballots in, voting booths around the city were mostly empty on Tuesday afternoon. (Posted June 8 at 5:52 p.m.)
Mountain View bank robbed by man with note Mountain View Police are looking for a man in his 50s who robbed the Heritage Bank of Commerce on El Camino Real near Grant Road June 2 with only a note saying that he had a gun. (Posted June 8 at 2:43 p.m.)
Outgoing director reflects on special education In a town famous for its competitive, nationally ranked high schools, about 10 percent of Palo Alto children navigate kindergarten through 12th grade with learning disabilities. Carol Zepecki, who retires this month from the Palo Alto school district after decades in special education, has seen them all. (Posted June 8 at 8:51 a.m.)
Cal Fire bracing for summer wildfire season Local firefighters are preparing for the increased risk of wildfires this summer and are asking residents to do the same. (Posted June 7 at 4:02 p.m.)
Stanford hospitals reject union ‘cooling off’ bid Stanford and Lucile Packard hospitals have rejected a nurses’ union request for a contract negotiations cooling-off period, according to a letter send to the nurses’ union, the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement (CRONA). “We’re cool,� hospitals’ spokeswoman says. (Posted June 8 at 7:13 a.m.)
Castilleja 8th grader in national spelling semifinals Sarah Gadre, an eighth grader from Castilleja School in Palo Alto, reached the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., before being eliminated Friday (June 4) for misspelling the term for a collector of matchbooks or matchboxes. (Posted June 4 at 8:05 p.m.)
Palo Alto gets top ratings for library bonds Despite a looming $7.3 million budget deficit, Palo Alto received rave reviews for its financial management from two credit-rating agencies that recently evaluated the city’s pending bond sale for library construction. (Posted June 4 at 4:04 p.m.)
Multimedia feature: The poetry of Palo Alto Four Palo Alto poets have been chosen for Santa Clara County’s “Thirty Poems in 30 Days� contest, a poetry-awareness project developed by Santa Clara County Poet Laureate Nils Peterson. (Posted June 7 at 1:47 p.m.)
Drug bust in San Mateo County nets six arrests A six-month undercover investigation of a drug trafficking ring in San Mateo County has resulted in six arrests, the San Mateo County Narcotics Task Force announced Thursday (June 3). (Posted June 4 at 2:51 p.m.)
Caltrain may cut service due to ‘fiscal emergency’ Major Caltrain weekend- and mid-day service cuts plus a fare increase are being planned by this fall and early 2011. Faced with a $12.5 million budget deficit for the 2011 fiscal year, Caltrain’s Board of Directors unanimously voted Thursday (June 3) to declare a fiscal emergency for the second year in a row. (Posted June 4 at 9:44 a.m.) Want to get news briefs e-mailed to you every weekday? Sign up for Express, our new daily e-edition. Go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com to sign up.
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