PALO ALTO ISSUES Stanford to study increasing freshman enrollment Stanford University has formed a group of faculty, alumni, trustees and a student to study possibly increasing the number of freshman it admits.
Read the full story here ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 18, 2007 at 10:58 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 28, 2007 at 11:41 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Services Director Richard James to retire Richard James, director of Palo Alto's Community Services Department, is back at work full-time, but only for six months. On Monday, James announced his plans to retire in Jun... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 17, 2007 at 7:44 pm There have been 27 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 21, 2007 at 10:16 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Berkeley Proposes Aggressive Downtown Development http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/17/BALCTUP9R.DTL
It looks like Berkeley is getting the message about a new paradigm (for Berekeley) for downtown de... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Mike, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood, on Dec 17, 2007 at 11:10 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 18, 2007 at 9:34 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Save the Palo Alto Recycling Center We need to keep local services!!!!! Don't let our local Recycling Center be killed. Write Council and tell them we need to keep it.
The future of the Recycling Center is ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Cooper, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Dec 15, 2007 at 12:19 pm There have been 13 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 17, 2007 at 3:14 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Have difficulty receive local TV I just watch channel 9, but have problem receiving local channel signal in the Palo Alto area. Is there any way to receive decent signal without subscribe to cable services. ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by 123, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood, on Dec 14, 2007 at 2:16 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 18, 2007 at 12:09 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Anti-drunk-driving campaigns begin tonight Holiday season anti-drunk-driving campaigns begin tonight in both Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, involving police agencies throughout both counties.
Read the full st... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 14, 2007 at 12:04 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 14, 2007 at 11:32 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES City nets $11M budget surplus It is curious that this was the headline in today's Palo Alto Daily News and didn't even make the Palo Alto Online headlines. Why not? The sub heading: Extra funds likely t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Just Wondering, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Dec 13, 2007 at 8:09 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 14, 2007 at 7:56 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Cost of "Green" in Palo Alto This may seem like a small issue, but I think it is symbolic of current issues in our city.
I asked my husband to walk down to the local copy shop to order an outdoor banne... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Sally, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood, on Dec 13, 2007 at 5:30 pm There have been 29 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 16, 2007 at 5:01 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES The new Barney video and our Parks The fixes below can also guide our city council in fixing, maintaining, and preserving our city parks. When a government entity views parks as wasted opportunities for revenue... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Dec 13, 2007 at 8:34 am
PALO ALTO ISSUES Stanford to recruit faculty to study race Stanford University has launched a five-year program to recruit young faculty members whose research focuses on the study of ethnicity and race.
Read the full story here http... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 12, 2007 at 8:57 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 13, 2007 at 7:25 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES City installs Google search on Web site Palo Alto's much-maligned Web site recently switched search engines, replacing Civica Software's program with a Google search bar, Chief Information Officer Glenn Loo said Wed... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 12, 2007 at 6:07 pm There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 16, 2007 at 11:50 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Arastradero Road corridor changes planned for 2008 By slimming portions of Charleston Road from four vehicle lanes to three earlier this summer, Palo Alto bucked decades of transportation convention that wider is better.
Read... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 12, 2007 at 4:13 pm There have been 32 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 18, 2007 at 4:28 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES On Deadline: A long parade of city managers along bumpy roads Sitting in the seventh-floor office of Frank Benest Nov. 27 talking about his announced retirement involved a sudden rush déjà vu — a feeling of "I've been here before."... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 12, 2007 at 3:31 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 15, 2007 at 11:08 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES ABAG: City Council Shows True Colors - Green Isn't Among Them st evening's Council commentary on a letter of rejection (of housing requirements) to be sent to ABAG was enlightening - especially as it followed an earlier debate about whet... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Mike, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood, on Dec 11, 2007 at 9:43 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 11, 2007 at 10:06 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Foothills Park to stay closed to non-residents Councilwoman LaDoris Cordell's attempt to open Foothills Park to taxpaying Palo Alto business owners crashed once it reached the reached the Council Chambers Monday night.
Re... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 11, 2007 at 9:23 am There have been 19 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 16, 2007 at 3:47 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES New re-modeled Safeway in Menlo Park Too bad we cannot have a store like this in Palo Alto for our shopping needs:
http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/article/2007-12-11-12-11-mp-safeway
Oh, I forgot, it would... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Marvin, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood, on Dec 11, 2007 at 8:46 am There have been 61 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 6, 2008 at 7:05 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES PA council opposes 'preemptive action' in Iran Warning of the experiences of Japanese Americans during World War II, Palo Altan Mitra Varza urged the City Council to oppose a preemptive invasion of Iran Monday night.
Rea... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 11, 2007 at 7:24 am There have been 68 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 15, 2007 at 2:39 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Council shuns environment entity, by any name Despite emphatic support from a trio of council members -- all of whom will return next year -- the Palo Alto City Council rejected a proposal to create either an Environmenta... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 11, 2007 at 7:21 am There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 11, 2007 at 12:48 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Police cite six for serving alcohol to minors Palo Alto police cited servers at six Palo Alto restaurants Saturday night for serving alcohol to minors. Police used teen decoys in the sting operation.
Read the full story ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 10, 2007 at 2:04 pm There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 14, 2007 at 10:00 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Foothills Park Entry for Non-Resident Business Owners Retiring Council Members Cordell, Kleinberg, and Mossar have placed a request on the City Council agenda for Monday, December 10, 2007, to refer to the Policy and Services Com... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Herb Borock, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood, on Dec 9, 2007 at 3:22 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 10, 2007 at 12:03 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES web site revisited Happened to run across this while reading about Fred Thomson's wife, a la today's Doonesbury, and of course it made me think of the city web site cost. Ten years ago, but sti... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by janette, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood, on Dec 9, 2007 at 4:21 am There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 12, 2007 at 2:35 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto City Council plans to discuss Iran On Monday, the Palo Alto City Council plans to discuss the landfill, Foothills Park, green building, the proposed Environmental Commission and Iran.
Read the full story here ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 7, 2007 at 2:42 pm There have been 59 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 11, 2007 at 2:39 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Overtime costs necessary, but still too high By working extra hours in 2006, Palo Alto Police Agent Adrienne Moore earned nearly $210,000, $18,000 more than Police Chief Lynne Johnson.
Read the full story here http://ww... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 6, 2007 at 5:45 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 11, 2007 at 6:23 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Pacific Art League building sale dropped A rift developing within the Pacific Art League split wide open last week, forcing the group's Board of Directors to completely drop plans to sell its historic Ramona Street b... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 6, 2007 at 10:47 am
PALO ALTO ISSUES Are you sure you heard us right, Chairman Martin? This piece was written by a high school journalist (Me!) and published in a high school publication in the Bay Area, the Paly Voice. I have not seen an article about this issu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jordan Brown, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Dec 5, 2007 at 5:19 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 7, 2007 at 8:19 am.
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