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Palo Alto labor union may call strike
Palo Alto's largest labor union voted Thursday to authorize a strike if the city continues to call for long-term concessions from the workers.
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on Sep 23, 2009 at 2:19 pm by stretch, a resident of another community |
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Vote Yes on Measure N
Our library is literally crumbing. I don't think anyone can argue against that fact.
I have been watching these forums and regret that there is so much distortion and mean-... |
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on Oct 17, 2008 at 10:11 am by Sad to say No, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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ABAG goals would 'wreak havoc' on PA schools
The 2,860 housing units a regional agency wants Palo Alto to build would "wreak havoc" on the Palo Alto Unified School District, board member Mandy Lowell warned city official... |
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on Nov 5, 2007 at 2:37 pm by John, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Guest Opinion: It's long past time to renew our libraries
I support Measure N because it is a reasonable plan to fix our embarrassing libraries. And, it's past time to renew our libraries in this city!
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on Nov 3, 2008 at 9:18 am by Vote No on the bond, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Weekly rescinds judgeship endorsement
After learning Friday that San Jose attorney Steven Pogue contributed $500 to the 2008 Proposition 8 campaign to ban gay marriage, the Palo Alto Weekly has rescinded its endor... |
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on Jun 6, 2012 at 1:40 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Cost of renting versus buying a house in PA
Can someone please explain why anyone in their right mind buy a house in Palo Alto these days? In our midtown cul-de-sac there are two identical houses - one was put on market... |
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on Aug 5, 2010 at 7:23 pm by Ouch, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Enrollment growth on school agenda
With Palo Alto's elementary school classrooms bursting with children, school officials will meet Tuesday, March 8 to discuss how to handle what they expect to be continued str... |
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on Mar 8, 2011 at 3:21 pm by interested, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Children's Theatre's Pat Briggs fired
Pat Briggs, director of the Palo Alto Children's Theatre since 1961, was fired Monday morning, her attorney, Jon Parsons, said.
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on Jul 9, 2008 at 8:06 am by Jackson, a resident of another community |
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City to plan for reopening Children's Theatre
The Palo Alto Children's Theatre, closed late Thursday afternoon because of a criminal investigation into its finances, will be reopened as soon as possible, Palo Alto City Ma... |
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on Feb 3, 2008 at 11:09 am by James Geffen, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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ABAG assignments unlikely to change, staff says
Palo Alto is almost certainly stuck with an assignment to plan for 2,860 housing units by 2014, city staff members told the Planning and Transportation Commission Wednesday.
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on Dec 12, 2007 at 12:18 pm by The Real Anna, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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ABAG vs. Palo Alto's "infrastructure-housing imbalance"
Palo Alto's libraries today are in an embarrassing state of disrepair. Our public safety personnel are desperately overdue for new quarters. Our school district needs new clas... |
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on Sep 14, 2007 at 5:08 pm by small is beautiful, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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March against racial profiling planned for Sunday
A coalition of East Palo Alto groups will hold a
City Hall to City Hall march into Palo Alto Sunday to protest Palo Alto Police Chief Lynne Johnson's remarks about the depar... |
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on Nov 10, 2008 at 1:01 am by A Noun Ea Mus, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Trees chopped before city's OK was final
Not only did the City of Palo Alto fail to communicate a plan to cut down 63 mature trees on California Avenue last week, its Public Works Department ignored a 14-day waiting ... |
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on Nov 2, 2009 at 6:40 pm by D, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Palo Alto school-bond campaign in full swing
Long before Palo Alto's school board voted in February to put a $378 million bond measure on the June 3 ballot, a small group of parents was laying groundwork to convince citi... |
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on Apr 17, 2008 at 10:59 am by PA Dad, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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The Race Card
The race card has been pulled again. This time by the President of the United States, Obama without knowing all the facts (Obama's own admission) has called a sworn officer of... |
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on Aug 22, 2009 at 12:21 pm by Bob Dylan post, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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Guest Opinion: Palo Alto's long debate on library branches is history -- let's move ahead
Welcome to 2008, the year that Palo Alto finally gets its libraries right. I am delighted that the final library proposal will soon come before the City Council.
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on Jan 23, 2008 at 9:12 am by 2manybranches, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Legalized marijuana wafts toward Palo Alto ballot
Marijuana dispensaries could sprout at up to three Palo Alto locations, if the City Council or voters were to approve an ordinance legalizing medical marijuana within city lim... |
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on Nov 5, 2012 at 7:43 am by A Social Crusader, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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City staff defends maligned Web site
Nearly three months after the City of Palo Alto's debuted its new, widely unpopular Web site, three of the site's managers maintained Wednesday that the new site is an improve... |
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on Nov 8, 2007 at 10:05 am by Cant find, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
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Why does Anyone Think Palo Alto is a Quiet Suburb?
When I moved to Palo Alto I knew a lot about the place I was going to live. I knew about Stanford where I was going to graduate school. I knew PA was a university town, that S... |
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on Jul 26, 2009 at 6:41 pm by Irvin, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Palo Alto considers shutting down animal shelter
Palo Alto's Animal Services Center, a fixture on East Bayshore Road for the past four decades, could be shut down or relocated to make way for an auto dealership under a new p... |
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on Apr 19, 2012 at 9:05 am by Iyen, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
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Palo Alto mulls opposing high-speed rail project
Palo Alto may soon take a formal stance against California's proposed high-speed-rail line and begin lobbying state legislators to halt the voter-approved project.
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on Sep 2, 2010 at 5:13 pm by The vote, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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Bold downtown plan spurs debate over Palo Alto's growth
A colossal proposal by billionaire developer John Arrillaga to build a theater and four office towers in downtown Palo Alto as part of a new "arts and innovation" district is ... |
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on Nov 5, 2012 at 9:31 pm by More about Pat Burt, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
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Editorial: Vote YES on Measure N for libraries in our lifetimes
For decades a debate has raged in Palo Alto about whether the branch-library system should be abandoned in favor of "one really good library" to replace two half-century-old l... |
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on Oct 7, 2008 at 2:14 pm by Actually Gunn is strongly opposed, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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California Avenue trees get the axe
The planned removal of 50 mature street trees lining the California Avenue business district has some residents, shoppers and merchants upset. Photo by Veronica Weber/Palo Alt... |
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on Mar 23, 2010 at 12:45 am by Lauren, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto union workers call in sick
About a quarter of the workers represented by Palo Alto's largest labor union called in sick Tuesday in what city leaders believe could be a disruptive negotiation tactic.
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on Sep 18, 2009 at 12:39 am by City Employee/resident, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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