Newcomer's Handbook for Moving to and Living in the San Francisco Bay Area: Including San Jose, Oakland, Berkeley, and Palo Alto (Newcomer's Handbooks)
The San Antonio Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Palo Alto College has created a new online college credit course that combines physical education with the Nintendo Wii Fit program.
The East Bay Business Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
Shopping research site Milo.com has raised $4 million in series A funding.
bizjournals (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Palo Alto company offers a free web site where consumers can research online products they want to buy locally. Milo says it tracks the availability and prices of more than 1.5 million products at 42,000 stores around the country. Its site went public in December 2008.
Dot Dead Diary (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
In the last couple of weeks, I've spoken at the Stanford Bookstore, at an event sponsored by the Palo Alto Library, and at Men of Mystery in Irvine, CA. Some photos.... At Stanford after my spiel, with my wife and...
SFist (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
After four students at Gunn High School committed suicide "at or near the same Caltrain crossing in Palo Alto," a group of area parents have asked Caltrain to reduce the speed of trains to a staggeringly slow 5 miles per hour. ABC 7 reports that area parents want to see train speeds reduced to between West Meadow Drive and Charleston Road, the area where the teens died via train impact....
bizjournals (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
San Francisco-based Presidio Bank said it received $10.8 million in government money that will help it open an office in Palo Alto and lend more than $100 million to businesses and clients. (PDOB) (WFC)
The San Francisco Business Times (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
San Francisco-based Presidio Bank said it received $10.8 million in government money that will help it open an office in Palo Alto and lend more than $100 million to businesses and clients. (PDOB) (WFC)
The Big Lead (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Guess this means Cal travels well? At the :35 second mark, Tiger is so stunned by the boos, he stops his speech for a bit, and looks somewhat rattled. It should be noted that Cal 34, Stanford 28, was an outstanding game. [Cal Golden Blogs]
Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
By TIMOTHY EGAN NYT PALO ALTO, Calif. — When the latest Sarah Palin sugar high wears off, leaving behind a new round of intraparty feuds and a woman with deep Nixonian grievances, Republicans can turn to California for a glimpse at another kind of future. Two women, both rich, accomplished, confident and full of ideas, are trying to become the fresh face of the G.O.P. They are doing it...
After School (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Hey folks, I went to see Bellarmine College Prep play at Palo Alto. The Bells ground game was unstoppable once it got going and Bellarmine won 34-6. Here’s the game story, box and stats. In a matchup featuring one of the best passing teams in the Central Coast Section against one of the top... Continue reading...
Cyclelicious (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Cute essay on cyclists on the campus of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. The students, staff and faculty just ride bikes there. And what aids the differencing is that few people wear helmets, and everyone is wearing ordinary clothes — none of the sleek and gaudy costumes you see on cyclists pumping through the peninsular hills and whistling down Sand Hill Road to the Caltrain...
NewsGator Daily (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Recently Palo Alto Networks released the fall edition of their Application Usage and Risk Report: An Analysis of End User Application Trends in the Enterprise. There are definitely some interesting findings within the report, and I wanted to highlight some...
Bplans Blog (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Palo Alto Software Offering Business Plan Workshop to Lincoln County Business Owners – Oregon It’s not a secret that Oregon is a great state to start a business. If you are a business owner in Lincoln County you know the challenges of staying open and staying solvent. Do you have a plan to thrive in this [...]
Cupcakes Take the Cake (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sprinkles Cupcakes , which has locations in Beverly Hills, Dallas, Newport Beach, Scottsdale and Palo Alto (with Chicago and Houston coming in 2010, is selling these ginger maple, pumpkin, orange cranberry and dark chocolate cupcakes through November 29th (they are closed tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day). I plan to try them while I'm in LA! And be sure to follow @sprinkles on Twitter for frequent...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
PALO ALTO, CA (MARKET WIRE) FanSnap(R), the live event ticket search engine for fans, is now the holiday gift engine for fans. Holiday shoppers can avoid the "Black Friday" mall rush and quickly and easily find those just-right tickets online. FanSnap helps holiday shoppers compare more than 11 million tickets from dozens of ticket companies and find everything from great bargains...
