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.
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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.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Ravenswood Health receives $7.3 million award Ravenswood Health Center in East Palo Alto has received a $7.3 million Health Care Innovation Award, officials announced at a Tuesday, May 22, press conference.
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Facebook follies Can someone tell me why Facebook is a rational business model?
I understand Google and Amizon, but not Facebook.
I fully support free-market captialism, winners and lo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Gary, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on May 22, 2012 at 7:17 pm There have been 23 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 29, 2012 at 9:18 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO RNC asks who stands with Cory Booker? The Republican national Committee asks who stands with Cory (gop.com) in an effort to harvest emails and donations. To understand Mayor Booker's statement, ignore the parsed s... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Mac Mac Donald, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood, on May 22, 2012 at 9:02 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 23, 2012 at 9:07 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Time for true monument to Reagan in DC? Ronald Reagan was far ahead of his time, yet he was also in the center of it. He foresaw missle defense, when most thought it ridiculous. Now, we see a French socialist supp... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jerry, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on May 21, 2012 at 12:11 pm There have been 59 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 27, 2012 at 9:35 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Palo Alto fundraisers support DISCLOSE Act Dozens of Palo Altans turned out to a fundraiser Saturday, May 19, to support a bill that would increase funding disclosure requirements for political ads in California.
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Competition heats up in race for new state Senate district To the average Peninsula voter, Brisbane and Sunnyvale have little in common. The former is a small, industrial suburb on San Francisco's doorstep, the latter a high-tech hub ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 19, 2012 at 6:55 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 24, 2012 at 4:11 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Editorial: Weekly endorses Hill, Gordon, Simitian With at least one veteran legislator running for seats in the state Senate, state Assembly and the Board of Supervisors, voters will have an easy task when they go to the poll... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 18, 2012 at 11:40 am There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 31, 2012 at 9:12 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Facebook goes public Instead of chatting on Facebook, a lot of people are talking about Facebook today. The social-networking giant debuted its public stock offering on Friday, with initial shares... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 18, 2012 at 10:20 am There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 20, 2012 at 2:46 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Moon to eclipse sun on Sunday Foothill College Astronomy Chair Andrew Fraknoi has some advice for what not to do during the solar eclipse on Sunday, May 20: Don't look at the sun with unprotected eyes.
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Stanford student groups plan protest of Blair visit Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will give a talk at Stanford University today on development in Africa, and several student groups are planning to protest his appeara... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 17, 2012 at 12:33 pm There have been 30 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 18, 2012 at 6:44 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Menlo Park commission OKs Facebook plan The impact reports for the proposed Facebook campus expansion, along with the associated developer agreement, got the thumbs up Monday night from the Menlo Park Planning Commi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 12, 2012 at 11:39 pm
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Three challenge Rich Gordon in Assembly race As Rich Gordon, D-Menlo Park, asks District 24 residents to return him to the state Assembly for another two years, three challengers with no experience in elective politics a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 12, 2012 at 9:37 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 14, 2012 at 9:51 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Shortfall in California’s Budget Swells to $16 Billion Am I the only person who is terrified with the news that the CA budget deficit swells to $16b from the projected $9b at the beginning of the year? Here is Gov. Brown explaini... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by @Resident, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on May 12, 2012 at 5:26 pm There have been 13 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 14, 2012 at 10:37 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Contrast and Compare - Gun use "According to Germany's Der Spiegel, German police shot only 85 bullets in all of 2011, a stark reminder that not every country is as gun-crazy as the U.S. of A. ...most of th... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Matt, a resident of Los Altos, on May 12, 2012 at 12:24 pm
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Three elected officials vie for 5th District supervisor seat California State Sen. Joe Simitian is the 800-pound gorilla in this November's three-way race to represent northern Santa Clara County on the Board of Supervisors.
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Governor Romney on Equality "I am more convinced than ever before that as we seek to establish full equality for America's gay and lesbian citizens, I will provide more effective leadership than my oppon... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Equal Mom, a resident of East Palo Alto, on May 9, 2012 at 2:50 pm There have been 27 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 10, 2012 at 12:21 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Simitian pushes bill to keep parks open With a July 1 deadline looming over a budget-cutting plan that would close some 70 of the 270 state parks, two state senators are proposing an alternative that could keep abou... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 9, 2012 at 12:07 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 11, 2012 at 12:13 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO "If I wanted America to Fail" Web Link
This Youtube clip captures the essence of why America is headed downhill. The environmental extremists are killing us. Even here... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Laurence, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood, on May 6, 2012 at 1:07 pm There have been 25 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 8, 2012 at 6:23 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Mobile apps help PTSD sufferers Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can now get help managing panic and depression from their phones.
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Crash course to bankruptcy again! Crash course to bankruptcy again!
In the great economic depression of the late 20's and 30's , they had no economic guarantees on wages.The auto business was one of the first... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Ted Rudow III, MA, a member of the Palo Alto High School community, on May 4, 2012 at 11:21 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 5, 2012 at 10:26 am.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO UC President: Non-resident admissions help pay the bills Non-resident students squeezing out residents is not the University of California's biggest problem, the system's president said Thursday.
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Electrification of Caltrain approved by board Caltrain has received a unanimous thumbs-up by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board to electrify the Peninsula commuter-rail system.
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Supervisor candidates to speak at forum tonight The seven candidates for the District 4 seat on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors have been invited to answer questions at an election forum tonight, May 3, in Menlo P... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on May 3, 2012 at 1:19 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 3, 2012 at 1:19 pm.