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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... |
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5 minutes ago by fred, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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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... |
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2 hours ago by Paul, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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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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5 hours ago by omg, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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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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6 hours ago by Vinnie, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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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... |
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23 hours ago by Chris Zaharias, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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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... |
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on Jan 16, 2013 at 2:15 pm by E. Seaman, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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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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on Jan 16, 2013 at 2:01 pm by kind of boring, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
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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... |
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on Jan 16, 2013 at 12:14 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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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 ... |
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on Jan 16, 2013 at 7:44 am by Renovate, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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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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on Jan 15, 2013 at 2:38 pm by makin\' da moola, a member of the Fairmeadow School community |
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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... |
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on Jan 14, 2013 at 4:02 pm by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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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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on Jan 14, 2013 at 11:17 am by Henry, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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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... |
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on Jan 13, 2013 at 6:51 pm by Craig Laughton, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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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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on Jan 12, 2013 at 8:27 pm by Missing the story, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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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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on Jan 12, 2013 at 10:48 am by Jeremy Loski, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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#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... |
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on Jan 11, 2013 at 1:55 pm by can\'t you tell this is sarcasm?, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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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 ... |
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on Jan 11, 2013 at 8:08 am by Rs, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Police release sketch of suspected residential burglar
Palo Alto police have released a color sketch of a man wanted in connection with the burglary of a home in the 1000 block of Arrowhead Way Thursday, Oct. 4, according to polic... |
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on Jan 10, 2013 at 11:19 am by David Pepperdine, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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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... |
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on Jan 10, 2013 at 1:58 am by Crescent Park Mom, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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City probes excessive tree pruning on Cal Ave
California Avenue still has its trees, but this time it's the limbs that are missing. About 40 newly planted trees in Palo Alto's bustling arts district have been excessively ... |
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on Jan 8, 2013 at 8:42 am by Realist, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
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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... |
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on Jan 7, 2013 at 3:36 pm by Goose Boy, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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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... |
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on Jan 7, 2013 at 1:44 pm by Damn kids get off my lawn, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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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 ... |
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on Jan 4, 2013 at 9:03 pm by Boring, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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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,... |
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on Jan 4, 2013 at 1:14 pm by bru, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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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... |
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on Jan 4, 2013 at 12:35 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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