PALO ALTO ISSUES No energy wasted here Sven and Kate Thesen's front yard is a dead giveaway: Here lies a net-zero-energy home.
Read the full story here Web Link=... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 5, 2012 at 12:19 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 5, 2012 at 12:19 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Residents fight burglaries with lights, cameras, action Many Palo Alto neighborhoods are organizing in ways they have not since the rise of Neighborhood Watch programs in the 1980s, following a string of home burglaries that have p... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 5, 2012 at 11:08 am There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 27, 2012 at 9:57 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Editorial: Burt, Schmid, Berman, Kniss for council In the last Palo Alto City Council election in 2009, with 14 candidates, voters overwhelmingly reelected Larry Klein to his second four-year term after he had previously serve... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 5, 2012 at 8:58 am There have been 43 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 11, 2013 at 9:37 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES On Sunday, a bicycle fest, for the average resident There's been pingpong, bocce ball, yoga and tennis. And now, the latest event to spur Palo Altans to meet their neighbors: bike riding. Mayor Yiaway Yeh's final installment of... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 4, 2012 at 6:05 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 8, 2012 at 9:37 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Real Improvements in trash collection Seriously, I would love an enterprising company to come along and offer to take away all our trash, recyclables and compostables on a regular basis charging us for what we put... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Oct 4, 2012 at 9:09 am There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 7, 2012 at 9:12 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto hires director for its permitting operation Palo Alto's aggressive effort to reform its famously frustrating permitting operation hit another landmark this week when the city hired its first-ever Development Services Di... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 3, 2012 at 7:42 pm There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 25, 2013 at 5:11 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Inflation for real families I went down to my local grocery store, today, and purchased a typical basket of groceries. I was shocked! I have also been forced to buy gasoline at well over four dollars pe... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Keri, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood, on Oct 2, 2012 at 7:52 pm There have been 58 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 9, 2012 at 1:37 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES City Council candidate bios Bios for the six Palo Alto City Council candidates.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, September 28, 2012, 9:2... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 2, 2012 at 5:44 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 3, 2012 at 12:34 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES ELECTION 2012: Stories, editorials, videos and resources Stories, editorials, videos, photos and links regarding the Presidential General Election on Nov. 6, 2012. Palo Alto Online will update results live on election night starting... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 2, 2012 at 5:28 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Nov 3, 2012 at 10:26 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Buena Vista residents urge city to save their homes Residents of Palo Alto's only surviving mobile-home park are rising up against a proposal from a San Mateo-based developer to turn their community into a dense housing develop... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 2, 2012 at 7:42 am There have been 35 comments on this topic, the most recent on Dec 28, 2012 at 5:10 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES The new traffic light on Alma just west of Meadow A brand new traffic light on busy Alma street. For whom? For the potential residents of the new luxury home complex? Or for the customers of the new Starbucks at the corner... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by VJ, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood, on Sep 30, 2012 at 8:38 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 4, 2012 at 9:59 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Can We Get a Posting of Rules for Neighborhood Park? After last week's episode of eleven people drinking more than eight bottles of wine in broad daylight, in front of small children and toddlers, on the playground at Bowden Par... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jan H, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood, on Sep 30, 2012 at 1:33 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 4, 2012 at 10:39 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Black and White Ball - Very Loud I'm two blocks away from the Black and White Ball right now and my kids can't sleep because of how loud the music is.
Is this allowed? Is anyone else affected by this nois... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by loud, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood, on Sep 29, 2012 at 9:45 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 30, 2012 at 9:12 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto City Council wants more feedback on 27 University Ave. project
Are you aware of this?
Four (4) tall buildings on University and Alma.
Office Mega-Complex towering over Palm Drive
Palm Drive will never be the same
Developer asking ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Sep 29, 2012 at 6:54 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 30, 2012 at 9:36 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto finds an economic partner in China Palo Alto already has six sister cities, but on Thursday, Sept. 27, the city signed a different kind of an agreement with a Chinese municipality known for technological might.... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 29, 2012 at 10:10 am There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 29, 2012 at 9:11 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Six vie for seats on Palo Alto City Council There was a time decades ago when City Council meetings in Palo Alto resembled episodes of "The Real World," with raucous debates, endless bickering and insults flying across ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 28, 2012 at 11:00 am There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 1, 2012 at 12:18 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Editorial: A breathtaking proposal The largest and boldest commercial development proposal in the history of Palo Alto, located at one of the worst traffic pinch-points in the city, would have been viewed by mo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 28, 2012 at 10:56 am There have been 42 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 6, 2012 at 3:48 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Stanford investments earned 1 percent last year Stanford University's primary investment pool achieved returns of 1 percent for the year ending June 30, the university reported Thursday. But the endowment, at $17 billion, h... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 28, 2012 at 10:53 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 29, 2012 at 4:14 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES The candidates weigh in The Palo Alto Weekly surveyed the six candidates on a range of city issues, from land use to a ban on people living in their cars. All but Mark Weiss responded to the survey, ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 28, 2012 at 10:47 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 2, 2012 at 10:46 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto to wave goodbye to garbage trucks? Garbage trucks could soon become a less common sight on Palo Alto streets as the city proceeds with an ambitious effort to keep food scraps and other organic waste out of loca... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 28, 2012 at 10:05 am There have been 58 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 10, 2012 at 7:40 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES It's All About The Shizit (An Open Letter to Liz Kniss)
(The following was inspired by a conversation with Aram James wherein we both realized what we had just witnessed.)
On Saturday (9/14/... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Chuck Jagoda, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Sep 26, 2012 at 4:01 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Nov 16, 2012 at 9:27 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto moves ahead with 'neighborhood grants' Seeking to strengthen the ties that bind neighbors in Palo Alto, city leaders endorsed on Monday night a proposal from Mayor Yiaway Yeh to start a "neighborhood grants" progra... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 25, 2012 at 8:24 pm There have been 42 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 11, 2012 at 4:13 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Regional Cooperation -- Can we have more and pay less? We can do more with less by reaching out and creatively exploring regional cooperation in providing municipal services.
It seems like an easy statement to agree with, but h... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Timothy Gray, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood, on Sep 25, 2012 at 1:19 pm
PALO ALTO ISSUES Voters to weigh in on new 'arts district' in downtown Palo Alto Palo Alto voters could have a say as early as next spring on a sweeping proposal by billionaire developer John Arrillaga to build a four-tower office complex and a theater nea... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 25, 2012 at 7:55 am There have been 85 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 8, 2012 at 10:15 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Stanford Blood Center lawsuit on hold A jury trial pitting a longtime blood donor against Stanford Blood Center that was scheduled to begin today has been postponed, according to court documents.
Read the full st... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Sep 24, 2012 at 4:49 pm There have been 24 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 10, 2012 at 2:31 pm.