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Uploaded: Monday, August 17, 2009, 2:16 PM
Updated: Friday, August 21, 2009, 9:39 AM
Palo Alto Story Project to launch tomorrow
Weekly staff to interview visitors to Palo Alto Festival of the Arts on Aug. 22 and 23
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by Sue Dremann
Palo Alto Online Staff
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 | Got a good story to tell about something that happened to you in Palo Alto? Through a new video project, the Palo Alto Weekly staff is gathering personal stories from community members to share with the general public.
The Palo Alto Story Project will launch at the Palo Alto Festival of the Arts this weekend, Aug. 22 and 23.
Participants will be interviewed by Weekly staff reporters. Everyone, regardless of residency, is invited to share a story or memory about Palo Alto.
The interviews will be informal and no experience is necessary -- just bring a Palo Alto tale to tell, staff members said.
"Palo Alto is full of stories, and we want to capture those stories and bring them to the public. We see the Story Project as a way to celebrate Palo Alto's history, people and community life in all its forms," said Bill Johnson, publisher of the Weekly and president of Embarcadero Publishing Company.
Story Project videos will be posted on www.PaloAltoOnline.com during the coming months.
The project is part of the overall multimedia transformation of the Weekly and its five sister newspapers by parent company Embarcadero Publishing. The effort seeks to mesh new forms of communication to build community.
The videotaping will take place at the Weekly's festival booth on University Avenue in front of Borders Books from noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 22 and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Aug. 23.
A sample Story Project video (above left) features Palo Alto resident Lisa Van Dusen recalling her first visit to the city in 1977 and the early days of Cable Co-op of Palo Alto. (Van Dusen is also the former online director for Palo Alto Online.)
For more information or to sign up before the Festival for a time slot, contact Editorial Assistant Karla Kane at 650-326-8210 or kkane@paweekly.com.
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Posted by YSK, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Aug 18, 2009 at 10:58 am Good stories, entertaining stories, bad stories, unusual stories, 'Only in Palo Alto' stories?
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Posted by Appreciation, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Aug 18, 2009 at 3:37 pm I am a PA resident for 19 years, have storyies about PA and love to hear stories about PA. Kids grow up here, husband graduated from here, bought a house here and may retire here. Everytime I drove away from PA,no matter other cities in bay area or East Coast, my family appreciate it more living in PA!
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Posted by DZ, a member of the Barron Park School community, on Aug 23, 2009 at 1:10 pm This is a real story happening now in Palo Alto. The question is: how much the life of your family member worth? Caltrain is killing Palo Alto kids, and they have a price tag for it!
"The tragedy has reinvigorated talk of placing Caltrain — and high-speed rail, which is planned for the Peninsula — underground.
That is not a realistic solution, said Don Gage, a Santa Clara County supervisor and member of the joint powers authority that oversees Caltrain. "We can't close off the tracks totally because it costs too much money." Already, he pointed out, Caltrain has invested millions in fencing and crossing improvements.
"It's not a train problem. It's a public problem," he said, making reference to the need to identify and help people with depression and other mental health issues. "
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