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Is it ‘racial profiling’ or a reasonable police response to crimes?
Is telling police to check out persons of color unconstitutional bias or a reasonable police response to witness’ reports of crimes?
A follow-up meeting Thursday evening b... |
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on Dec 8, 2008 at 3:05 pm by Watch Dog, a resident of another community |
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On hunting imaginary lions
Somewhere deep inside I’ve always been a lion hunter.
And the recent episode of the lion hunt in and around Palo Alto’s Foothills Park and the Los Trancos Woods residential ... |
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on Sep 22, 2008 at 9:49 pm by lion, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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On Deadline blog: Impacts of Proposition 13 to be explored Feb. 10 at Silicon Valley conference
A third of a century ago California voters enthusiastically supported Proposition 13 as a way to cut taxes and curtail the costs of "runaway" government. The "tax revolt" foll... |
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on Jan 28, 2012 at 1:58 pm by all for one, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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On Deadline: Palo Alto's baylands debate could continue for years, folks
The future of Palo Alto's vast baylands -- a mix of marshlands, open water, mud and hiking/walking/running trails -- has been debated for decades.
The nearly two-thirds v... |
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on Nov 28, 2011 at 7:12 pm by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus |
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On Deadline: Will huge new bicycle plan generate enthusiasm or a revolution?
The single biggest "citizen revolt" in Palo Alto's history wasn't over growth rates, the baylands, crime, even traffic.
It was over bicycles.
Specifically, the resident re... |
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on Aug 17, 2012 at 10:35 pm by Gunn Class of '67, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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On Deadline: Recognizing heroes in a world of stark contrasts
Palo Alto's community-based "Project Safety Net" effort to create a safer environment for young persons received a significant commendation last week (May 10).
The 2-year-... |
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on May 25, 2011 at 2:41 pm by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus |
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If high-speed trains are tunneled, what would we do with all that dirt?
The realities of high-speed rail arrived in Palo Alto and the Midpeninsula this year -- even though the first train is years away.
Neighbors along the designated route, th... |
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on Jan 24, 2010 at 5:05 pm by Dr. Gary Gechlik, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
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On Deadline: Local question -- Was 'Hurricane Irene' news coverage overblown, so to speak?
After watching some days of Weather Channel and other news coverage of Hurricane Irene I found myself wondering, as a journalist, whether the newspeople along the way were doi... |
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on Sep 8, 2011 at 2:27 am by Alice Schaffer Smith, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Is California high-speed rail the future or a slow-motion train wreck?
For a frenetically busy community, it seems that Palo Altans sometimes have too much time on their hands.
It is a rare week when someone could possibly do or attend every... |
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on May 31, 2010 at 11:17 am by NONIMBYS, a resident of another community |
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Blogs, hm, seem a lot like conferences …
Some years back, 1977 to be a bit more precise, I ventured a daring prediction to a class of Stanford seniors who wanted to learn how to write news stories.
"In 15 or 20 ye... |
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on Sep 2, 2009 at 12:45 pm by John Hargis, a resident of Menlo Park |
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A rare inside glimpse of a police investigation
Herewith is my personalized review of one of the oddest cases in the history of the Palo Alto Police Department. It is complex, as early police statements repeatedly emphasize... |
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on Jun 22, 2009 at 7:45 pm by the watcher, a resident of another community |
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Tunneling the trains is not a new vision
The “mini Big Four” Palo Alto city leaders proposing to tunnel the Caltrain tracks deep underground to make room for parks, bike lanes and condos were a bit surprised to hear ... |
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on Mar 21, 2009 at 1:43 am by nowhhineyy, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Is Mayor Sid Espinosa's glass half empty or overflowing?
Every mayor in recent decades has had a unique experience, following the usually pro-forma election and inauguration at the first City Council meeting in January.
Read the... |
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on Jan 12, 2012 at 3:10 pm by barry, a resident of the Esther Clark Park neighborhood |
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On Deadline: When Steve Jobs showed he had some social skills
This blog is not primarily about Steve Jobs. He is mentioned in passing.
It is mainly about a longtime Palo Altan, Carolyn Caddes, a retired portrait-quality photographer an... |
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on Nov 11, 2011 at 9:23 pm by Anon LA, a resident of Los Altos |
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When Ted Kennedy was young, lean and stood on folding chairs ...
The passing of Ted Kennedy this week evokes a particular personal memory from decades back, when we were both younger and leaner.
One day in 1960 I was heading home from S... |
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on Sep 5, 2009 at 1:27 pm by Gordon, a resident of another community |
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On Deadline blog: That curbside parking space in front of my home is MINE!!!'
The current dialogue over parking requirements in downtown Palo Alto and other commercial areas echoes community debates and controversies that date back decades. There has be... |
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4 hours ago by bru, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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No matter how bad 'ambulance billing' is, things could be worse ...
The billing operations of the Palo Alto Fire Department’s life-saving paramedics program need emergency care.
That’s what city officials and the public learned this week w... |
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on Apr 1, 2009 at 4:43 pm by Alphonso, a resident of Stanford |
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The great water war of California Avenue?
One of the odder mini-battles of Palo Alto is occurring at the east end of the California Avenue business district, near the Caltrain station.
That is whether to save a mi... |
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on Aug 6, 2008 at 12:37 pm by Lois, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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On Deadline blog: Is Palo Alto big enough for an elected mayor? Yes and no, maybe
Former Mayor (twice over) Gary Fazzino has renewed a proposal he first surfaced about two decades ago: that Palo Alto is a big and complex enough town to directly elect its ma... |
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on Jan 4, 2012 at 2:54 am by Jeremy Feldman, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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On Deadline blog: Peter Carpenter's mission: warn of employee-benefit 'time bomb'
Every week I get two or three e-mails from Peter Carpenter drumming in a single message: that retirement costs/benefits for public employees are threatening to bankrupt cities... |
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on Dec 24, 2011 at 9:40 am by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton |
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Who else has a 'The Cat Came Back' story?
Amid the hustle of modern high-tech, high-speed life it's always great to pause for a story about a cat -- or sometimes a dog -- that gets lost or left behind and somehow gets... |
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on Sep 17, 2010 at 6:00 pm by Jocelyn Dong, editor of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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On Deadline blog: Palo Alto police and fire operations face big changes -- to be defined
Some of the most sweeping changes in the long histories of the Palo Alto Police Department and Fire Department are beginning to take shape -- even though many are yet undefine... |
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on Feb 9, 2012 at 3:04 pm by svatoid, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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On Deadline: It's name-calling, fact-enhancing compost season in Palo Alto
When the City Council officially set a special election for next November on the future of a corner of Palo Alto's baylands last week it opened the season of pre-election name... |
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on Mar 30, 2011 at 8:12 pm by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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On Deadline: For Palo Alto school officials, transparency is as transparency does
Palo Alto school officials right now are wrestling with the question of what constitutes "transparency" -- including whether a series of private memos between the Superintend... |
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on Jun 9, 2012 at 7:43 am by Wayne Martin, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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On Deadline: Is 'cheating' ingrained in our schools, or society?
Last weekend hundreds of thousands of American high school seniors -- and some from other nations -- sat down nervously to take the SAT test, that fateful measure of scholasti... |
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on Oct 21, 2011 at 9:11 am by Nayeli, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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