PALO ALTO ISSUES POST acquires 1,000 more acres of open space The Peninsula Open Space Trust is richer in open space by nearly 1,000 acres after spending about $13.6 million for three tracts of land in San Mateo County on the western sid... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 28, 2013 at 3:03 pm There have been 32 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 30, 2013 at 1:58 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Avenidas makes plans for Palo Alto wellness center A consortium of senior and health-services organizations are looking for land to build a wellness center that would focus on seniors.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Man shot, killed in East Palo Alto Saturday A 21-year-old man was shot multiple times Saturday night, Jan. 26, in East Palo Alto and died of his wounds on the scene, according to police.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Why no applicants for Palo Alto commission? Why didn't anybody apply for a recent vacancy on Palo Alto's Library Advisory Commission? The dearth of applicants for the advisory panel to the City Council -- despite recrui... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 27, 2013 at 1:40 am There have been 23 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 30, 2013 at 10:46 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Around Town YAKETY-YAK ... Palo Alto City Council Chambers were deserted Tuesday night by the time the council got to its last agenda item � long-winded members. The nine readily agreed... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 25, 2013 at 4:34 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jan 25, 2013 at 4:34 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES New Mitchell Park library slips further behind Already more than a year behind schedule, the new Mitchell Park Library and Community Center will be even later than that, a city official said. Originally set for completion ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 25, 2013 at 10:14 am There have been 66 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 6, 2013 at 3:12 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Kids health benefit from underground power lines (instead of overhead poles). Read an PA online article about the debate of putting powerlines undergraound:
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Kill High-Speed Rail in favor of Self-Driving Car Autobahn? I listened to the governor's speech and his comments about high speed rail (HSR), and it occurred to me that maybe HSR isn't the way of the future.
I mean, what are the adv... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Forward, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Jan 24, 2013 at 11:30 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 18, 2013 at 1:47 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Letters Arrillaga the philanthropist?
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Few good options on pensions, council is told Despite pension reforms passed in Sacramento last summer, Palo Alto remains severely restricted in its power to rein in the escalating costs of retiree pay because of state la... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 23, 2013 at 9:08 am There have been 24 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 25, 2013 at 10:09 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Pensions back on Palo Alto City Council agenda The City Council will consider ways to manage pension costs Tuesday, Jan. 22, when it discusses recently enacted state pension reform laws and how they apply to Palo Alto.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Noise pollution or music to your ears? While picking up pastries this morning at Paris Baguette I couldn't help but notice loud, piped-in (piped-out?) music filling the Downtown air. It was coming from speakers ou... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Music Lover but..., a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Jan 20, 2013 at 2:38 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 24, 2013 at 5:10 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Editorial: Council follows risky strategy to set aside space for compost plant Harking back to the voters' 2011 decision to set aside 10 acres of the city's defunct landfill for a waste-to-energy plant, the Palo Alto City Council decided Monday to take a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 18, 2013 at 1:21 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 26, 2013 at 7:49 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Feature story: Going 'carbon neutral' In 2006, a year after Hurricane Katrina brought New Orleans to its knees and six years before Hurricane Sandy transformed New York City's famed subways into fetid swimming poo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 18, 2013 at 12:48 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 20, 2013 at 6:11 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES 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... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 17, 2013 at 10:46 am There have been 22 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 23, 2013 at 9:29 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES 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... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 17, 2013 at 10:19 am There have been 26 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 24, 2013 at 11:53 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES 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... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 16, 2013 at 2:15 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jan 16, 2013 at 2:15 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES 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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PALO ALTO ISSUES 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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PALO ALTO ISSUES 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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PALO ALTO ISSUES 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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PALO ALTO ISSUES 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... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 12, 2013 at 1:48 pm There have been 26 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 16, 2013 at 12:14 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES 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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PALO ALTO ISSUES 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... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 11, 2013 at 11:51 am There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 13, 2013 at 6:51 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES 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... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 11, 2013 at 10:24 am There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 14, 2013 at 4:02 pm.