ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Harbaugh named AP Coach of the Year Tonight Jim Harbaugh was named AP Sportswriter Coach of the Year. Out of fifty first place votes, he got forty-five. Congratulations, Jim. Paly Class of '82. Stanford mir... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Bob, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, 23 hours ago
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Harbaugh named AP Coach of the Year Tonight Jim Harbaugh was named AP Sportswriter Coach of the Year. Out of fifty first place votes, he got forty-five. Congratulations, Jim. Paly Class of '82. Stanford mir... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Bob, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, 23 hours ago
PALO ALTO ISSUES You can kill HSR. Here's how. The No Train Please Act is a ballot initiative to end the High Speed Rail project in California. You can see the complete text at:
Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by David Lieberman, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood, on Feb 4, 2012 at 4:28 pm There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent 6 hours ago.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Technology, new schedules drive changes at Gunn, Paly A "seismic shift" at Palo Alto High School -- the switch to the block schedule that began last year -- has rippled across the campus in areas as diverse as student mental heal... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 4, 2012 at 3:39 pm There have been 13 comments on this topic, the most recent 3 hours ago.
AROUND TOWN What do Palo Altans want in a supermarket? With news of two new boutique supermarkets in Alma and Edgewood Plazas and the Mountain View Safeway due for a move to larger premises while Safeway in Menlo Park still very p... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 4, 2012 at 2:40 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent 3 hours ago.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Welcoming the year of the dragon For many of Chinese descent, the Chinese New Year is the most important holiday of the year -- a bit like Christmas and New Year's Eve rolled into one. Festivities for the hol... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 4, 2012 at 8:37 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 4, 2012 at 8:37 am.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS East Palo Alto city manager announces retirement ML Gordon, the soft-spoken East Palo Alto city manager, has announced he will retire on March 2 or 3. Gordon, who has been in public service for 37 years, has spent the last 1... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 4, 2012 at 1:31 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 4, 2012 at 1:31 am.
AROUND TOWN Fresh Market coming to Edgewood Plaza The Fresh Market, a North Carolina-based, European-style specialty market will open its first West Coast store at Edgewood Plaza Shopping Center in Palo Alto, a source close t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 3, 2012 at 4:44 pm There have been 20 comments on this topic, the most recent 1 hour ago.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Take a second for our kids I used to love reading "My Turn" in Newsweek magazine. This was an article submitted by a reader on a topic of choice. The one article I remember over the years was from a new... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 3, 2012 at 1:09 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 3, 2012 at 1:09 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Plans for Edgewood Plaza redevelopment move forward A revised proposal to redevelop the Edgewood Plaza Shopping Center and to build 10 homes at the Eichler-style plaza took a major step forward when Palo Alto's Architectural Re... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 3, 2012 at 10:36 am There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 4, 2012 at 6:45 pm.
AROUND TOWN Cafe vendor chosen for Mitchell Park Library Palo Alto's quest to bring a cafe to the soon-to-be-completed Mitchell Park Library and Community Center has attracted an unusual amount of interest from the community.
Read ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 3, 2012 at 10:24 am There have been 36 comments on this topic, the most recent 6 hours ago.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Portola Valley schools superintendent resigns under cloud of investigation Tim Hanretty has resigned from his position as superintendent of the Portola Valley School District while an investigation is conducted into suspected "financial irregularitie... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 3, 2012 at 9:42 am There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 4, 2012 at 3:00 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES High Speed Rail pays for lobbyist Read the story about how High Speed Rail Authority, a state agency, paid a lobbyist to lobby the State Legislature:
Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by common sense, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Feb 3, 2012 at 6:31 am
SCHOOLS & KIDS Hope for Parents Thanks to a 7yr old's letter to a 49er Thanks to a 7yr-old’s letter to Kyle Williams!
By Samantha Woo
I hope I will be part of a ripple effect of better parenting. I say this in faith, as I am assuming others ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Samantha Woo, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood, on Feb 2, 2012 at 11:42 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 3, 2012 at 8:56 am.
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG Black History Month I spent my teen age years in Texas. MLK was killed when I was in 8th grade.
There is much reported about that time, and a great deal that african americans experienced p... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Feb 2, 2012 at 6:42 pm
PALO ALTO ISSUES Architects hired to brainstorm about Cubberley City and school leaders have engaged architects to do informal, preliminary work on ideas for the Cubberley Community Center, Palo Alto school district Superintendent Kevin Sk... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 2, 2012 at 4:41 pm There have been 21 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 4, 2012 at 1:58 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS 'Youth of the Year' finalists share stories Four low-income teenagers told stories of persevering against hardship in a recent "Youth of the Year" speech competition at the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula.
Read th... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 2, 2012 at 10:33 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 3, 2012 at 11:06 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES King withdraws from county supervisor race Former Saratoga Mayor Kathleen King has withdrawn from the race for Liz Kniss' seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, leaving former Palo Alto Mayor Joe Simitian... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 1, 2012 at 10:30 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 3, 2012 at 1:30 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Voices from 10th grade Menlo-Atherton High School Students The following letters are written by 10th grade students at Menlo-Atherton High School. Any positive feedback about any or all letters would be much appreciated.
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Tee... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Emily Lee, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Feb 1, 2012 at 9:07 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 1, 2012 at 10:36 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Creating a wreath that lasts When people think of art, they think of man-made mediums -- paintings, prints and sculptures -- but Linda Roark's art form is focused on water-retaining plants called succulen... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 1, 2012 at 8:31 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Feb 1, 2012 at 8:31 pm.
SPORTS Barry Sanders gives Stanford football fans a rush This year there was no need for Stanford to artificially hype its football recruiting class for 2012. Once Oklahoma City running back Barry J. Sanders announced his verbal com... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 1, 2012 at 8:02 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 2, 2012 at 9:36 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Facebook files for $5 billion IPO Facebook Inc. of Menlo Park filed for an initial public offering of $5 billion Wednesday, according to the SEC.
Read the full story here Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 1, 2012 at 6:07 pm There have been 21 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 2, 2012 at 4:58 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Contract on Corporate America W. David Kubiak has been challenging corporate America for decades. He has deduced that corporations are super-organisms threatening humanity and the Earth. Activists are the ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Carol Brouillet, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Feb 1, 2012 at 3:06 pm
SCHOOLS & KIDS VIDEO: Teens unite at 'Break Through' bonfire Jade Chamness, founder of Break Through the Static, talks about the Jan. 28 bonfire hosted in Palo Alto and the organization's aspirations to create a peer-to-peer support net... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Feb 1, 2012 at 12:55 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 2, 2012 at 10:38 am.
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