AROUND TOWN Another Spare the Air alert issued for Thursday The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued its fifth Winter Spare the Air alert for Thursday, Jan. 17, prohibiting the use of wood-burning devices.
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AROUND TOWN Stanford football receives commitment from top tight end Stanford football may lose two top tight ends to the NFL this year, but those losses could be offset by the commitment of De La Salle High's Austin Hooper, a 6-5, 240-pound de... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 14, 2013 at 11:16 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 15, 2013 at 12:49 pm.
AROUND TOWN Breast Cancer Connections gets $12,000 boost Nate Heydorff, a firefighter and paramedic for the Palo Alto Fire Department, hands Karen Nelson, executive director of Breast Cancer Connections, a check for $12,000 on Frida... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 13, 2013 at 3:09 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jan 13, 2013 at 3:09 pm.
AROUND TOWN Re-inventing a classic Like many local residents, the Zankich family never forgot the Parisian burger served at Mountain View's Linda's Drive-In decades ago, with its special sauce and sourdough bun... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 12, 2013 at 9:38 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent 15 hours ago.
AROUND TOWN 'Moderately severe' flu season expected The influenza virus, which is hammering states in other parts of the country is slowly moving into Northern California, officials said today.
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AROUND TOWN Natural-gas incident prompts road closure in Palo Alto El Camino Real in Palo Alto between Charleston Road and Ventura Avenue, which was briefly closed Thursday afternoon due to a natural-gas incident, has been re-opened.
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AROUND TOWN gas leak at El Camino / Los Robles Web Link
Why was there no emergency notification of any sort? No email or phone or text message broadcast...
Not being para... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jon, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood, on Jan 10, 2013 at 4:29 pm
AROUND TOWN Palo Alto hopes to spur affordable housing With affordable housing in short supply, Palo Alto's planning officials debated on Wednesday night ways to fulfill this need without exacerbating the traffic and parking probl... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 10, 2013 at 6:52 am There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 14, 2013 at 7:20 pm.
AROUND TOWN JCC to hold Mitzvah Day for community service The Oshman Family Jewish Community Center will hold its sixth annual Mitzvah Day on Monday, Jan. 21, to commemorate both the Jewish spirit of doing a "mitzvah" (good deed) and... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 9, 2013 at 12:17 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 11, 2013 at 2:51 am.
AROUND TOWN Staying true to original vision Near Middlefield and Oregon Expressway is a house originally designed by a Palo Alto legend and recently remodeled by the two professional designers who now live there.
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AROUND TOWN Palo Alto looks to change affordable-housing law Seeking to comply with changes in state law and encourage construction of more affordable housing, Palo Alto is considering revising a local law that gives developers incentiv... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 8, 2013 at 10:58 am There have been 25 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 11, 2013 at 4:32 pm.
AROUND TOWN Palo Alto set to swear in new mayor, vice mayor Palo Alto will elect its 2013 mayor and vice mayor tonight, as well as say goodbye to outgoing Mayor Yiaway Yeh and Councilman Sid Espinosa, who will be taking part in their f... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 7, 2013 at 12:11 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 8, 2013 at 10:50 pm.
AROUND TOWN Former Mayor Sandy Eakins dies Sandra Brown Eakins, a former Palo Alto mayor and civic activist, died Jan. 2 at her home in Oakland after a long illness. She helped organize the League of Women Voters-spons... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 7, 2013 at 10:58 am There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 8, 2013 at 12:13 pm.
AROUND TOWN Quality of life tops neighborhood goals for 2013 New Year's resolutions are as varied as Palo Alto's residents, but for leaders of the city's neighborhood associations, addressing three issues -- creek flooding, new developm... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 6, 2013 at 11:28 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 7, 2013 at 3:22 pm.
AROUND TOWN Chi-Chang Kao named new director of SLAC An associate laboratory director at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has been named as the lab's fifth director, Stanford University President John Hennessy announced Wedn... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 3, 2013 at 1:32 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 3, 2013 at 6:07 pm.
AROUND TOWN How did horses get on Interstate 280? Why and how four horses from Webb Ranch got onto Interstate 280 on Saturday, Dec. 29, is unclear. Three of the horses were struck and killed by a car on I-280 north of Alpine ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 2, 2013 at 4:19 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 4, 2013 at 9:06 pm.
AROUND TOWN New safe-driving laws take effect in California Texting while driving, red-light cameras and party buses are among the targets of new driving-related laws that took effect in California Tuesday, Jan. 1.
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AROUND TOWN Perhaps a better way to improve pedestrian and bike safety Today, 1 January 2013, many communities in the UK introduced 20 MPH speed limits in areas where cars, pedestrians and bicycles share the same space.
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AROUND TOWN I Wish... Discrimination against the disabled in Palo Alto is entirely indicative of discrimination in society as a whole.
I really wish I could have done a lot more for the Palo Al... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Daniel Mart, a resident of Mountain View, on Jan 1, 2013 at 1:30 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 2, 2013 at 1:45 pm.
AROUND TOWN The time for talk is over, the Rose Bowl game is upon us Rose Bowl notebook
The work is essentially done. Stanford had a walk through on Monday at Glendale College, and there will be some last-minute film study and instruc... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Jan 1, 2013 at 1:40 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jan 1, 2013 at 1:40 am.
AROUND TOWN First Person: A conversation with the Stanford Tree Stanford grad Jonathan Strange talks to Lisa Van Dusen about what it takes to be the Stanford Tree, mascot of the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band, in anticipat... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 31, 2012 at 4:09 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 2, 2013 at 7:57 pm.
AROUND TOWN Today's events (Dec. 31) [Web Link Music: St. Mark's New Year's Eve Organ Concert]
Organist Jessie Jewitt plays works of Bach, Buxtehude, Franck, Langla... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Dec 31, 2012 at 12:47 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Dec 31, 2012 at 12:47 pm.
AROUND TOWN Positive comments about Palo Alto here please We are constantly criticized here for being a town of whiners, which I don't think is true, but we definitely have opinions and like to share them - justified or not.
Let's... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Dec 31, 2012 at 12:34 pm There have been 19 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 4, 2013 at 7:44 pm.
AROUND TOWN Flowers for Vets Program Highly Successful Many thanks to our Vet friends who helped make the second annual Flowers for Vets program on December 16 amazingly successful. Thanks to Palo Alto online for helping to promot... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Karen Froniewski, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood, on Dec 30, 2012 at 8:47 am
AROUND TOWN Online this year Ronald McDonald House eyes major expansion
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