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Congdon and Crome to close after 109 years
Downtown office-supply store Congdon and Crome will close, nearly 110 years after its opening in Palo Alto in 1904.
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30 minutes ago by Fred, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Tesla repays federal loan nine years early
Tesla Motors today wired the U.S. Department of Energy nearly a half a billion dollars, paying off the entire loan it was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy in 2010 with... |
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21 hours ago by Mel, a resident of Mountain View |
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Congdon and Crome to close after 109 years
Downtown office-supply store Congdon and Crome will close, nearly 110 years after its opening in Palo Alto in 1904.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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22 hours ago by undrgrndgirl, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Hearing officer hired for Buena Vista's proposed closure
With the future of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park up in the air, Palo Alto has selected a hearing officer to evaluate a recent report on the impact of relocating the park's resi... |
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on May 22, 2013 at 10:02 pm by Jane, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Palo Alto's Tesla repays Federal loans 9 years early
Story in the Mercury-News: Web Link
What kind of lousy management is this? With in... |
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on May 22, 2013 at 3:27 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Buyer Beware! Door to Door guys trying to sell AT&T U-verse
There are sales guys going door to door trying to sell you AT&T U-verse.
They are not AT&T employees, they work for an SF firm called "EMW".
They claim they are contract... |
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on May 22, 2013 at 11:41 am by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Palo Alto hopeful about buying historic post office
The future of Palo Alto's downtown post office building could become clearer Monday night, when the City Council considers whether to purchase the historic and iconic Hamilton... |
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on May 20, 2013 at 6:40 pm by Pat Markevitch, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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What Happened to Miki's Farm Fresh Foods?
Three people have reported going to Miki's on Alma near Meadow, and reported seeing a sign on the door saying that it was closed for good. After only six months, is this for ... |
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on May 20, 2013 at 6:38 pm by Not an issue, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Court overturns ruling in $18M home dispute
A Woodside couple will be stripped of $125,000 in attorney fees stemming from a 7-year feud with a Palo Alto contractor, the California Court of Appeals has decided.
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on May 20, 2013 at 2:46 pm by contractor, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
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See: What's being built in your area?
See: What's being built in your area?
Show me building permits near... "Palo Alto"
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on May 20, 2013 at 2:39 pm by Building Eye, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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The things I remember about Palo Alto while growing up:
A&W Root Beer stand on Middlefield Road – where the Safeway is now
The original Herbert Hoover on Middlefield Road across from Safeway
The Variety Store – where 7-11 now... |
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on May 20, 2013 at 12:54 pm by CrescentParkAnon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Around the block
A RITUAL CHEESE CRACKING ... The new gourmet grocery store The Fresh Market will forgo the usual ribbon cutting in favor of a cheese-cracking ceremony when it opens its new... |
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on May 20, 2013 at 7:29 am by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Shop Talk
FLEMING'S ON THE MOVE ... Big plans are on the horizon for Fleming's Steakhouse at Stanford Shopping Center. Construction recently began for the steakhouse's new stand-alone b... |
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on May 18, 2013 at 8:47 am by Aręte, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
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Baby harbor seal rescued from Baylands dies
The baby harbor seal rescued in the Palo Alto Baylands in April has died. Floodgate Dolly, a 5-week-old pup rescued by Palo Alto Animal Services died of an apparent lung infec... |
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on May 16, 2013 at 11:21 pm by Tears, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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PG&E begins new project on Alma Street
Pacific Gas and Electric Company on Wednesday began replacing major valves on Alma Street between Colorado Avenue and the Oregon Expressway/Page Mill Road overpass.
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on May 16, 2013 at 9:23 am by Nayeli, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Buena Vista residents compensation plan released
Buena Vista Mobile Home Park homeowners would get a minimum of $31,000 for their mobile homes under the terms of a "resident impact report" submitted by the Jisser family for ... |
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on May 15, 2013 at 10:16 pm by If it adds ABAG units, it will work, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Town and Country - parking limits 5/15-5/17
Maybe some parking limits in Town and Country Village the next few days due to some maintenance.
Not quite sure what's happening, but I work in TC and business received n... |
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on May 14, 2013 at 9:58 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Hopes rekindled for new police building in Palo Alto
Palo Alto's plan to build a new police headquarters at 3045 Park Blvd. roared back to life Tuesday afternoon when city officials and their consulting architect announced a bre... |
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on May 13, 2013 at 10:13 pm by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Palo Alto looks to snuff out smoking at parks, plazas
Smoking would become a forbidden activity at some of Palo Alto's most prominent outdoor spaces under a proposal the City Council is set to consider tonight.
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on May 13, 2013 at 7:19 pm by Phil, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Real Estate Matters
Technology has really changed real estate. Back in the day, agents had phonebook-sized Multiple-Listing-Service (MLS) publications that provided the current status of homes on... |
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on May 12, 2013 at 7:16 pm by Leslie, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Matadero Creek Trail project heading to Midtown
A proposed trail for bicyclists and pedestrians through the center of Midtown Palo Alto is taking some residents by surprise, and they aren't sure whether it will be such a go... |
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on May 12, 2013 at 2:54 pm by Concerned, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Palo Alto to celebrate 'Bike to Work Day' Thursday
Members of Palo Alto's enthusiastic bicycle community are expected to put on their helmets, put away their car keys and come out en masse Thursday morning for the city's the a... |
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on May 10, 2013 at 5:52 pm by good job, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Upcoming Mother's Day Brunch - Mothers in their 80 Share Powerful Lessons About Motherhood
No one would describe raising a family as a simple undertaking, and 80-year-old Lourdes Fong and 88-year-old Beverly Bogart, at Moldaw Residences, understand the trials and tr... |
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on May 10, 2013 at 1:37 pm by lew697, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Catching neighbors who fall through the gap
A Palo Alto neighborhood group is working to turn a holiday food drive for needy neighbors into a monthly grocery giveaway. Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a volunteer group in M... |
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on May 8, 2013 at 10:47 am by NeighborsHelpingNeighbors (NHN), a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Katsy Swan: The Midpeninsula's garden designer
Katsy Swan traces her love of flower arranging and gardening back to her years at the University of Kentucky, where botany was her favorite class and she turned down a date wi... |
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on May 7, 2013 at 8:23 pm by Community Volunteer, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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