JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG Is Mayor Sid Espinosa's glass half empty or overflowing? Every mayor in recent decades has had a unique experience, following the usually pro-forma election and inauguration at the first City Council meeting in January.
Read the... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Aug 5, 2011 at 8:25 am There have been 20 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 12, 2012 at 3:10 pm.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG On Deadline: Summer camp can be unforgettable, even if you want to The Weekly's cover story on summer camps last Friday (July 22) evoked some powerful camp memories of my own, dating back to the mid-1950s -- a measure of the power of the expe... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Jul 26, 2011 at 12:17 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jul 28, 2011 at 8:25 am.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG On Deadline: Does it matter whether 'senior day health' programs survive? One could easily rephrase the question above: How much do seniors matter to society, our communities, our state or nation?
The answer has a particular relevance to Palo Alt... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Jun 29, 2011 at 2:07 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 1, 2011 at 6:59 pm.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG On Deadline: There are many ways to feel 'connected' in school, not all positive Over the years I have made it a practice to ask adults -- most of them more or less successful in their lives -- if they were straight-A students in high school.
Most just l... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Jun 20, 2011 at 9:39 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 5, 2011 at 2:25 am.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG On Deadline: Recognizing heroes in a world of stark contrasts Palo Alto's community-based "Project Safety Net" effort to create a safer environment for young persons received a significant commendation last week (May 10).
The 2-year-... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on May 16, 2011 at 1:12 pm There have been 27 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 25, 2011 at 2:41 pm.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG On Deadline: Glimmers of hope, but no $$ yet, for 'Free at Last' Glimmers of hope -- but no real $$ yet -- are on the horizon for Free at Last, the recovery-and-rehabilition organization based in East Palo Alto but serving a broader area of... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on May 5, 2011 at 12:37 pm
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG On Deadline: Palo Alto's 'UN store' struggling to survive in a new world The diminutive United Nations Association store -- a landmark in downtown Palo Alto for more than a third of a century -- is struggling for survival against changes in shoppin... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Apr 19, 2011 at 9:32 am There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 21, 2011 at 8:24 am.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG On Deadline: 'Sim City' computer game not enough? Try 'Sim Bay Area' There's a computer game called "Sim City" -- that's with an M, not an N, although the latter might make it even more interesting for some.
Anyone who has spent time with t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Apr 8, 2011 at 9:19 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Apr 8, 2011 at 6:18 pm.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG On Deadline: It's name-calling, fact-enhancing compost season in Palo Alto When the City Council officially set a special election for next November on the future of a corner of Palo Alto's baylands last week it opened the season of pre-election name... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Mar 28, 2011 at 4:58 pm There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 30, 2011 at 8:12 pm.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG On Deadline: Cooley Landing at last is about to become a jewel of a park (Photo -- left to right: Elizabeth Jackson, Shannon Alford, Ruben Abrica, Ashlie Simpson.)
By summer 2012 a new bayfront park will begin to emerge in the Midpeninsula: Cool... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Mar 26, 2011 at 12:11 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Mar 26, 2011 at 12:25 pm.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG On Deadline: Could a quake/tsunami hit Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park? You bet In the shadow of the double-whammy disaster in Japan (assuming nuclear meltdown doesn't make it a triple) the inevitable question is: Can it happen here?
Well, sure.
I... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Mar 18, 2011 at 11:49 am There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 24, 2011 at 7:20 pm.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG On Deadline, Part the Third: Now for the Top Three of my Top 10 stories (Continued from Friday, March 11, column/blog.)
My Number 3 top news story: In mid-1966 I was reassigned from the Mountain View bureau of the Times to one of the main "beat... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Mar 14, 2011 at 8:48 am There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 16, 2011 at 8:43 am.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG On Deadline, Part the Second: My Top News Stories over 50 years (Continued from March 9 column/blog.)
My number 7 top story I pegged as "Youth, Family LifeSkills" -- another topic that is still deeply relevant in our community and liv... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Mar 11, 2011 at 8:34 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 14, 2011 at 8:36 am.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG On Deadline: What would be YOUR top 10 local news stories -- over 50 years? First of three columns/blogs on my Top 10 choices.
I was at a bit of a loss about what to talk about when I was invited recently to speak at the Palo Alto Rotary Club fol... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Mar 9, 2011 at 5:07 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 10, 2011 at 6:43 pm.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG Audrey Rust never planned on a career saving open spaces There's something about open land that draws one in, almost like a vacuum.
But when one experiences the spaces along Skyline Ridge, the lower foothills, the baylands and th... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Mar 4, 2011 at 11:48 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 8, 2011 at 5:28 pm.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG On Deadline: Global Community disappears from Palo Alto A major component of the Palo Alto area’s history for more than a half century came to an end on New Year’s Eve when the Foundation for Global Community officially dissolved i... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Feb 26, 2011 at 11:22 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 4, 2011 at 6:26 pm.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG Lessons Mary Fortney taught me about living one's life Lessons Mary Fortney taught me years ago came to mind on learning of her recent death, following a period of health problems and increasing frailty.
She was for many years... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Feb 14, 2011 at 4:40 pm
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG Dr. Walter Bortz -- health care visionary or a Dr. Quixote? On a spring day in early 1982, I bumped into Dr. Walter M. Bortz, II, a longtime Palo Alto area geriatrician, outside the former Palo Alto Medical Foundation/Clinic building a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Feb 11, 2011 at 4:11 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Feb 14, 2011 at 11:15 am.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG Who else has a 'The Cat Came Back' story? Amid the hustle of modern high-tech, high-speed life it's always great to pause for a story about a cat -- or sometimes a dog -- that gets lost or left behind and somehow gets... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Sep 9, 2010 at 12:14 pm There have been 12 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 17, 2010 at 6:00 pm.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG Is California high-speed rail the future or a slow-motion train wreck? For a frenetically busy community, it seems that Palo Altans sometimes have too much time on their hands.
It is a rare week when someone could possibly do or attend every... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on May 21, 2010 at 1:32 pm There have been 23 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 31, 2010 at 11:17 am.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG Robert Kelley recalls early days of TheatreWorks and a remarkable journalist The special recognition TheatreWorks received Monday night -- being called a “treasured cultural icon” at a Palo Alto City Council meeting and winning seven theatre critics aw... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on May 4, 2010 at 3:04 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on May 8, 2010 at 5:13 pm.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG When Ted Kennedy was young, lean and stood on folding chairs ... The passing of Ted Kennedy this week evokes a particular personal memory from decades back, when we were both younger and leaner.
One day in 1960 I was heading home from S... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Aug 26, 2009 at 3:39 pm There have been 20 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 5, 2009 at 1:27 pm.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG If high-speed trains are tunneled, what would we do with all that dirt? The realities of high-speed rail arrived in Palo Alto and the Midpeninsula this year -- even though the first train is years away.
Neighbors along the designated route, th... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Mar 19, 2009 at 4:08 pm There have been 19 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 24, 2010 at 5:05 pm.
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG No matter how bad 'ambulance billing' is, things could be worse ... The billing operations of the Palo Alto Fire Department’s life-saving paramedics program need emergency care.
That’s what city officials and the public learned this week w... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus, on Feb 2, 2009 at 6:51 pm There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 1, 2009 at 4:43 pm.
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