PALO ALTO ISSUES Stanford officials look to solve Searsville dilemma Stanford University officials are facing a mountain of decisions regarding what to do with Searsville Reservoir, which is slowly filling up with silt, in addition to dealing w... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, 5 hours ago There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent 4 minutes ago.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Do City Council members talk too much? Worried that lengthy meetings are "undermining public confidence" in the political process, Palo Alto's mayor and two City Council members have called for possible mandatory l... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, 5 hours ago There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent 2 hours ago.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Oshman Family JCC chooses interim CEO A seasoned corporate and nonprofit leader will serve as interim chief executive officer at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto, center officials announced T... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 16, 2013 at 2:15 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jan 16, 2013 at 2:15 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Eco-friendly furnishings Most have heard of the 100-mile Thanksgiving, shopping at a farmers market or other "buy local" trends.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES City to test collection of food scraps from homes Starting in April, some Palo Alto residents will be putting their food scraps out on the curb for pickup by the city's waste-management trucks.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Council gives wide berth for possible plant Fifty-one acres of now-defunct Palo Alto landfill will not become parkland in the coming year, the Palo Alto City Council decided Monday night, Jan. 14.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Shop Talk: Survey Monkey to anchor 'gateway' The online survey company Survey Monkey has signed on to be the anchor tenant for one of Palo Alto's newest and most ambitious developments.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Editorial: Bridging the flood control debate It has taken more than a decade, but finally work is set to begin that ultimately will protect Palo Alto, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto from floods similar to the one that inu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 12, 2013 at 1:48 pm There have been 26 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 16, 2013 at 12:14 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Kniss misuses credit cards Both of our other local newspapers had a story yesterday about the fact that Liz Kniss misused her credit card while a county supervisor.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto set to debate future of old landfill site Palo Alto's landfill in Byxbee Park officially closed in the summer of 2011, but the defunct facility continues to puzzle environmentalists and local officials, who will consi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 11, 2013 at 11:51 am There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 13, 2013 at 6:51 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES District explores buying Bowman campus In search of more space for growing middle-school enrollment, the Palo Alto school district is exploring the idea of buying the campus of Bowman International School, an indep... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 11, 2013 at 10:24 am There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 14, 2013 at 4:02 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Greg Scharff's surge to the top To most Palo Alto residents, Greg Scharff was a political wild card in 2009, the year he decided to run for City Council.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto takes fresh look at downtown growth With commercial developments blooming and parking spots in short supply, Palo Alto officials will start laying the groundwork tonight for a major new study that will consider ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 9, 2013 at 10:54 am There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 16, 2013 at 7:44 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Residents split at meeting over Newell Road bridge A crowd of community members from Palo Alto and East Palo Alto jammed into the theater at the Lucie Stern Community Center to voice their opinions on the proposed replacement ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 9, 2013 at 6:42 am There have been 59 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 11, 2013 at 8:08 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES #1 priority for our city council The top priority for our council should be to pass a mandatory occupancy law. A concerned citizen, on another thread, has expressesed concern that "foreigners" are buying home... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Not an issue, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Jan 8, 2013 at 5:08 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 11, 2013 at 1:55 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Scharff, Shepherd to lead City Council in 2013 The Palo Alto City Council ushered in the new year Monday night by choosing Greg Scharff and Nancy Shepherd as its mayor and vice mayor for 2013.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES PA real estate agents - selling out PA to the highest bidder Just want to throw out a question to the community: do you think the ever-growing phenomenon of Palo Alto homes being bought by international buyers - many (most?) of which ar... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Chris Zaharias, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Jan 7, 2013 at 10:27 am There have been 31 comments on this topic, the most recent 23 hours ago.
PALO ALTO ISSUES What's up with the Mitchell Park Library I haven't seen much work going on at the Mitchell Park Library. Does anyone have a status update? I can't wait to see the final building. When is it slated to open? Have t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Middlefield driver, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jan 5, 2013 at 9:43 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 7, 2013 at 3:36 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES School board president: Public education key to state's future Like many couples with young children, Dana Tom and Nancy Kawakita moved to Palo Alto mainly because of its reputation for good schools. That was 15 years ago. Before long Tom... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 5, 2013 at 7:59 am There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 7, 2013 at 1:44 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES 2013: The Year of the Future With the post-recession triage now in the past and local sales-tax revenues climbing, 2013 promises to be a year of regrouping, soul-searching and looking far into the future ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 4, 2013 at 9:03 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 4, 2013 at 9:03 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Baylands buildings - old becomes new and new left to rot? Why, I wonder, at the Baylands have they just redone the old Scout building and opened it as something new and special and let the old building with the boardwalk close and de... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jan 4, 2013 at 8:57 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jan 4, 2013 at 12:35 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto's behind-the-scenes movers and shakers They may not be elected officials or department heads, but five members of the City of Palo Alto staff are almost certain to play critical roles in some of the city's most pre... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 4, 2013 at 7:28 am There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 10, 2013 at 1:58 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES World Peace - Is It Possible World Peace? You may declare, why bring this up?
The answer is, world peace is everybody's responsibility. You may say, isn't that somebody else's responsibility? I submit,... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by World Citizen, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Jan 2, 2013 at 6:38 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 4, 2013 at 1:14 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Top five trends of 2012 If there is one trend that has shaped Palo Alto's most fervent debates of 2012 it's the city's push to encourage dense development near major transit stations -- namely, downt... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 2, 2013 at 11:31 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 2, 2013 at 5:41 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Do we need that large number of Police Officers Patrolling Palo Alto? Do we need that large number of Police Officers Patrolling Palo Alto?
here is what happened today: i placed an old computer for sale on Craigslist because I just purchased ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Old homewoener, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Dec 30, 2012 at 11:32 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 3, 2013 at 12:48 pm.