PALO ALTO ISSUES
Overdevelopment: learning from the past - RECALLS
I just wanted to share this article about the 1967 Recall Election.
Web Link
"For years, “representative businessmen” had... |
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56 minutes ago by resident, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Divisive senior-housing proposal scores zoning victory
Everyone agrees that Palo Alto, a city with a graying population and sky-high property values, has a drought of housing for low-income seniors.
Read the full story here http:... |
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1 hour ago by PA resident, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police roll out strategies against East Palo Alto gang violence
Outraged by the Cinco de Mayo Day shooting of five people at a bus stop, East Palo Alto Police Chief Ronald Davis and Mayor Ruben Abrica vowed on Monday to hammer hard on two ... |
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2 hours ago by bummer, a resident of East Palo Alto |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PAUSD girds for lawsuits in two cases, signals possible wider scope
After two abortive attempts to discuss PAUSD civil rights violations out of public view, the school board is set for a closed session Friday to discuss "significant exposure" ... |
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2 hours ago by village fool, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Police locate missing 85-year-old woman
Palo Alto police said they have located an 85-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease and dementia who had been missing since Saturday morning.
Read the full story here http... |
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3 hours ago by moi, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
City hopes to bring back second school-resource officer
With its financial picture brightening, Palo Alto is looking to bring back a school-resource officer position that was slashed several years ago as part of the City Council's ... |
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4 hours ago by soccer mom, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Editorial: Enact vehicle-dwelling ban
Compassion and support for the downtrodden has always been an important part of the Palo Alto culture, but city leaders have done the community a disservice by allowing the pr... |
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4 hours ago by FreePress, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
Divisive Maybell Avenue proposal scores zoning victory
A controversial senior-housing development proposed for Maybell Avenue scored a victory during an emotional meeting Wednesday night when Palo Alto's planning commissioners rec... |
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5 hours ago by Carlos, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Jury finds Woodside man guilty of murdering his wife
The jury in the murder trial of former Woodside resident Pooroushasb "Peter" Parineh reached a verdict this afternoon, declaring him guilty of first degree murder in the 2010 ... |
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5 hours ago by neighbor, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Why should we care about Cubberley now?
Why should we care about Cubberley now?
Read the full guest opinion here Web Link posted Friday, May 24, 2013, 12:00 AM |
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8 hours ago by Astronomical costs, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
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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8 hours ago by Douglas Moran, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PAUSD Superintendent's Survey (now through June 4)
I found this buried in eNews, and found it strange that parents did not get a specific email announcement to request input on the Superintendent's performance. The survey onl... |
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9 hours ago by Gunn Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Fugitive escapes police manhunt in Palo Alto
A man who is wanted by police for burglary escaped a manhunt in Palo Alto on Friday afternoon, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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9 hours ago by Brian, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Tennis and tutoring, anyone?
Hidden from view beneath the bleachers of Stanford University's Taube Tennis Center is a cavernous, oddly shaped space, which, on any given day, is a beehive of activity.
Rea... |
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11 hours ago by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Professor charged with felony child abduction
Annelise Barron, an associate professor at Stanford University, has been charged with felony child abduction after she left for the island of Kauai in December with her three ... |
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11 hours ago by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
AROUND TOWN
Kniss speaks out on battle with breast cancer
For a year Palo Alto City Councilwoman Liz Kniss held a closely guarded secret shared only with her husband and with four friends. She had been diagnosed with cancer in both b... |
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12 hours ago by Ann, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Stanford unveils plans for perimeter trail
Stanford University officials won praise for plans to build a biking and pedestrian trail leading from El Camino Real to the Dish on Thursday night. But enthusiasm for the Sta... |
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13 hours ago by resident, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto suspect in Czech Republic murder arrested in U.S.
The Palo Alto man accused of murdering a family of four in the Czech Republic was arrested at a U.S. airport today, according to the Associated Press.
Read the full story her... |
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15 hours ago by resident, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto, Menlo VAs to hold Memorial Day events
Memorial Day will be marked by commemorations across the Bay Area, including at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, which will host celebrations for veterans at both its Palo... |
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19 hours ago by suzanne m, a resident of Stanford |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Open address to Ken Dauber - please form Shadow PAUSD Board
I have posted the following under the thread dealing with Strategic plan - Web Link
The following is an open address to... |
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on May 24, 2013 at 11:25 pm by village fool, a resident of another community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Fugitive escapes police manhunt in Palo Alto
A man who is wanted by police for burglary escaped a manhunt in Palo Alto on Friday afternoon, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on May 24, 2013 at 8:47 pm by local, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Sad News
I received this in my email today, my heart goes out to Ms. Elsbernd and her family friends and the Jordan community.
5/24/13
Hi all,
I want to share with you the s... |
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on May 24, 2013 at 6:31 pm by Jon S, a member of the Jordan Middle School community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Helicopter / police circling around by 101 San Antonio exit
Anybody know what's going on? |
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on May 24, 2013 at 5:13 pm by ElwellCourt, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
At High Release, Dancers Call the Shots
At High Release Dance Company, each of the 17 current dancers has a story to tell and a chance to tell it.
Palo Alto-based High Release Dance Company has been producing sho... |
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on May 24, 2013 at 4:35 pm by Alumni, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Walgreens arsonist gets 20-year sentence
A man who was convicted of setting a fire in 2007 that destroyed a Palo Alto Walgreens store was sentenced 20 years in prison by a federal judge on Wednesday, May 22.
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on May 24, 2013 at 3:59 pm by Aquamarine, a resident of Stanford |
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