ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Cover story: The caregiver's marathon Family members frequently take on the all-consuming responsibility of caregiving when loved ones age or become ill. Some care for frail parents, others for an ailing spouse. T... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 15, 2012 at 10:10 am There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 19, 2012 at 5:20 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO 2012 Walk to Cure Psoriasis in SF June 23rd The 2012 Walk to Cure Psoriasis will be held on Sat June 23rd in San Francisco, starting 9am at Justin Herman Plaza. Ana Hom a local elementary school student is a youth amba... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Ivan Hom, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood, on Jun 14, 2012 at 4:01 pm
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Woman, 73, beaten after teen asks for cigarette A 73-year-old woman out for a walk Monday night in Menlo Park was beaten by a teenage boy after he asked for a cigarette and she said she didn't have one, police said.
Read t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 13, 2012 at 3:05 pm There have been 22 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 14, 2012 at 5:46 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Report: Economic impact of electric Caltrain Modernizing the Caltrain corridor with electrified trains and updated signal systems could create 9,600 jobs in the Bay Area, according to a report released this week by the B... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 13, 2012 at 8:52 am There have been 31 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 14, 2012 at 10:09 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Hurting Cuba The U.S. is trying to blame Cuba's poverty and troubles and everything else on Fidel Castro, when for 50 years the U.S. has devastated Cuba through American sanctions and emba... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Ted Rudow III, MA, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Jun 12, 2012 at 2:03 pm There have been 67 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 16, 2012 at 9:24 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Legislators need courage to end high-speed rail now Readers! Please inundate our local state legislators with calls, emails, tweets, whatever, urging them to vote no on high-speed rail. No hedging their bets, kicking the can do... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 8, 2012 at 5:08 pm There have been 50 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 13, 2012 at 11:35 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Did Barack Obama impersonate police officer as college student? Ummm, no, not Obama, the other guy.
Local news, former Stanford student had state police uniform, used it to impersonate police officer.
From Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Barney B Street, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood, on Jun 7, 2012 at 11:01 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 7, 2012 at 12:42 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Scott Walker is the next Reagan Walker is the most potent politician of our times. He didn't flinch, and he believes in his own message, and is comfortable in his own skin. He took on the unions and crushe... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Gary, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Jun 6, 2012 at 10:17 pm There have been 64 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 12, 2012 at 5:51 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Researchers find radioactivity in migratory tuna More than a year after a tsunami in Japan flooded the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, researchers from Stanford and Stony Brook Universities report discovering trace a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 6, 2012 at 5:58 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 7, 2012 at 6:06 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Wlker and his Lt Govenor Win in Wisconsin
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MADISON, Wis.—Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker survived a recall election Tuesday, dealing a blow to organized labor, unsettling President Barack Obama's re-election strateg... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Jun 5, 2012 at 7:32 pm There have been 24 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 7, 2012 at 9:57 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Astronomers prepare for 'Transit of Venus' Peninsula residents will have the chance to see Venus travel in front of the sun on Tuesday -- an event that won't occur again for more than 100 years.
Read the full story he... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 5, 2012 at 8:37 am There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 6, 2012 at 10:50 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Fire destroys Woodside home A fire completely destroyed a home at 1200 Bear Gulch Road in Woodside Saturday, June 2, despite efforts by six fire agencies. "It was a total loss," Woodside Fire Chief Dan G... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jun 4, 2012 at 10:55 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 4, 2012 at 2:25 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Gov. Jerry Brown plans to fast-track high-speed rail through courts Since Jerry can't get his train following the law, an exception must be made so his legacy keeps on rolling Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Allan B, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Jun 1, 2012 at 10:15 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 5, 2012 at 8:17 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Fighting? I bet you could ask almost any American today why the U.S. was fighting in Vietnam and they couldn't give you a good reason. You know the reasons that Johnson and Ke... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Ted Rudow III, MA, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on Jun 1, 2012 at 10:18 am There have been 44 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 3, 2012 at 1:28 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Large Sugary Drinks Instead of regulating the upper limit of sugary drinks, I think vendors should be required to sell a small-sized drink. It's so maddening to go to a place like Great America o... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Goldilocks, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on May 31, 2012 at 3:03 pm There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 3, 2012 at 2:55 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO New vision for Caltrain corridor in Palo Alto speeds ahead Safer rail crossings and better east-west corridors throughout Palo Alto should rank among the city's highest transportation priorities, the Planning and Transportation Commis... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 31, 2012 at 9:35 am There have been 25 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jun 3, 2012 at 9:59 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Facebook IPO draws lawsuits The anticipation over Facebook's May 18 IPO quickly nosedived into dissatisfaction, judging by the multiple class action lawsuits the social-networking company now faces.
Rea... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 29, 2012 at 5:02 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 30, 2012 at 11:20 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO High-Speed Rail Authority names new CEO The California High-Speed Rail Authority Board of Directors announced Tuesday that it will hire Jeff Morales as its new CEO.
Read the full story here Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 29, 2012 at 3:57 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 30, 2012 at 10:28 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Student with 3.85 GPA gets rejection letters from UCs Hi,
My friend's daughter got 3.85 GPA, had 5 AP classes in high school, was on competitive swimming team, volunteered 100+ hours, was active in school activities, yet she g... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Parent, a resident of Los Altos, on May 28, 2012 at 7:14 pm There have been 166 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 15, 2013 at 12:01 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO What is PTSD? Nearly 70 percent of Americans will be exposed to a traumatic event in their lifetime, and an estimated 20 percent of those will develop post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTS... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 27, 2012 at 7:26 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 29, 2012 at 9:04 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Editorial: Election re-cap: Our recommendations California voters will participate in a different kind of primary when they vote on June 5, less than two weeks from now. The new "open primary" allows voters to select any ca... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 27, 2012 at 5:43 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 27, 2012 at 5:43 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO On Deadline: No more "dithering"--Palo Alto pushes 'carbon free' electricity to fight climate change Palo Alto must "quit dithering" and expedite its carbon-reduction efforts significantly, starting with its electrical utility, City Council members unanimously and enthusiasti... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 25, 2012 at 9:24 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 14, 2012 at 9:14 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Bottom half
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Peter Edelman, member of President Bill Clinton’s administration, until he resigned in protest after Clinton signed the 1996 welfare reform legislationour e... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Ted Rudow III, MA, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on May 25, 2012 at 11:56 am
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO San Antonio center to include Mountain View's tallest building? New plans for a large hotel and office building at San Antonio shopping center were met with more shock than support in a planning commission meeting last week.
Read the full... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 24, 2012 at 11:31 pm There have been 33 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 29, 2012 at 10:42 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Austerity? Cut spending, cut economic growth Austerity measures in Europe have slowed economic growth and recovery.
With the news that Barack Obama has led America to it's slowest rate of spending increases in over 50... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by D Toyle, a resident of Woodside, on May 24, 2012 at 9:07 pm There have been 78 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 17, 2012 at 5:47 am.