Mobile UPI  |   About UPI  |   UPI en Español  |   UPI Arabic  |   UPIU  |   My Account
Search:
Go

Top News

Palo Alto man, 21, identified as pool body

Nov. 7, 2009
A body found decomposing in a public swimming pool in Redwood City has been identified as that of a 21-year-old Palo Alto man, authorities said today. Gabriel Estrada Contreras' body was found Thursday afternoon at the Hoover Park city pool by a maintenance...
Related Stories from UPI.com

Man to be under lock and key for keying

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A man will spend at least a month in jail and face stiff probation conditions for keying a car owned by a millionaire in Palo Alto, Calif., a judge says.

Calif. man sentenced in shooting death

EAST PALO ALTO, Calif., March 7 (UPI) -- A California man has been sentenced to 53 years to life in prison for fatally shooting a man who had picked on his younger brother at a party.

Chocolate menorah for Hanukkah

PALO ALTO, Calif., Dec. 21 (UPI) -- For a group of Hasidic Jews in Palo Alto, Calif., Hanukkah was to begin Sunday at sundown with a 6-foot menorah of melted chocolate.

Man survives mountain lion attack

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 14 (UPI) -- Officials in Palo Alto, Calif., said they were forced to shut down two parks after the city's first ever mountain lion attack on a hiker.

Alum confesses to half-century old prank

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A guilt-riddled alum confessed to dumping two years' worth of beverage cans into the Palo Alto, Calif., High School swimming pool -- 50 years ago.

Calif. district opts out of Newsweek list

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 21 (UPI) -- High schools in Palo Alto, Calif., are refusing to participate in Newsweek's annual survey and ranking of U.S. schools.

Palo Alto bans gas-powered leaf blowers

PALO ALTON, Calif., June 14 (UPI) -- A California city has decided that an already approved ban on gas-powered leaf blowers can take effect in two weeks.

Mountain lions sighted in Palo Alto

PALO ALTO, Calif., May 15 (UPI) -- California biologists are baffled why mountains lions that typically are wary of dogs are not fleeing from preserve visitors walking their dogs.

'Jerry Garcia Day' in Palo Alto, Calif.

PALO ALTO, Calif., Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Saturday was "Jerry Garcia Day" in Palo Alto, Calif., where the late singer's roots run deep.

California PTA board supports gay marriage

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 24 (UPI) -- The Palo Alto Council of Parent Teacher Associations in California has become the first PTA board to support gay marriage.
1 of 28
Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
View Caption
Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler