AROUND TOWN
Traffic slowdown this week
Traffic delays are expected on Middlefield and Charleston roads beginning Thursday, Oct. 11, through Sunday, Oct. 14. The City of Palo Alto Public Works Department will resurf... |
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on Oct 15, 2007 at 12:57 pm by Driver, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Gore gives Nobel Prize proceeds to Palo Alto nonprofit
Al Gore, who won the Nobel Peace Prize Tuesday, announced in Palo Alto this morning he will donate the proceeds to a Palo Alto-based nonprofit group he founded United Nations'... |
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on Oct 15, 2007 at 12:45 pm by Dave, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Mindego Hill acquired for open space
Mindego Hill, a small mountain that is a major geologic landmark west of Skyline Boulevard above Palo Alto, has been acquired by the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) in a lan... |
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on Oct 15, 2007 at 10:58 am by Jack, a resident of Los Altos Hills |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
is "Sit-Lie" Law the Answer?
Web Link
I think this is an interesting approach to a complex problem that plagues almost e... |
Clean and Fair City |
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on Oct 15, 2007 at 10:54 am by James, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
This week on Town Square
City won't fall apart
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, October 5, 2007, 12:00 AM |
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on Oct 14, 2007 at 6:52 pm by Tim Gray, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PA school board OKs grant for Mandarin program
A nearly $200,000 federal grant will pay for start-up costs of next year's Mandarin-immersion program and for high-school Mandarin instruction, the Palo Alto school board vote... |
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on Oct 14, 2007 at 5:43 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Aging parents and special events
I lost my mother a few years ago, and it taught me a lesson. So I got together all those old family pictures – you know, the ones stuck in envelopes piled in boxes probably ... |
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on Oct 14, 2007 at 5:04 pm by trudy, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Walgreens arson suspect named
A 45-year-old parolee with a history of mental illness is suspected of starting the four-alarm July 1 fire that destroyed the historic 1900 Walgreens building at 310 Universit... |
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on Oct 14, 2007 at 3:51 pm by tom turner, a resident of Los Altos Hills |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Candidate's stands on MI?
Does anyone know definitively which candidates in the upcoming school board elections would be opposed to the MI program? Thank you! |
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on Oct 14, 2007 at 7:50 am by why not?, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Bush Should Get the Nobel Freedom Prize
President Bush should be the recipient of the Nobel Freedom Prize. Who else could compete with him?
He liberated Afghanistan and Iraq (and got rid of Saddam). Now he is m... |
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on Oct 14, 2007 at 7:20 am by ?, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
PA city manager apologizes for flag-lowering comment, supports local policy
Dear Editor:
I have just returned from a two-week vacation. In the last few days, I have come to fully appreciate the concern felt by firefighters about how the City of Pal... |
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on Oct 13, 2007 at 11:09 pm by Captain OFD, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Rumsfeld
Rumsfeld appointed to Hoover, Stanford wins a big one. Serendipity? |
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on Oct 13, 2007 at 8:07 pm by Food for thought, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
BOOKS
Goodbye Harry Potter
I have reread all of the Harry Potter books and have just finished rereading "The Deathly Hallows". On my second reading of book 7 I have changed my opinion of it. At first, ... |
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on Oct 13, 2007 at 6:30 pm by natasha, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Scare tactics Would keep Palo Alto From Sustainability
I don't know why the editor would print this drivel
Web Link
We all know, from many city audits that Palo Alto is a d... |
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on Oct 13, 2007 at 5:38 pm by bruce, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City Problems Ignored as Mayor Jets to London for Climate Photo-Op.
Our finances are a mess. We just paid a quarter of a million dollars for a useless website. The infrastructure is crumbling with no clear way to pay for renewal. The Assista... |
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on Oct 12, 2007 at 10:59 pm by An Observer, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
RESTAURANTS
do you tip for take-out food?
So there I am at California Pizza Kitchen take-out counter, looking at the credit card slip with its line for tip, and wondering. I always tip generously for table service. ... |
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on Oct 12, 2007 at 7:25 pm by Keith, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Attempted abduction at Castilleja School
A 12-year-old Castilleja student narrowly escaped an abduction attempt Friday morning, according to Palo Alto police. She was walking on campus at about 8 a.m. when a man call... |
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on Oct 12, 2007 at 6:31 pm by Casti Girl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PTAs requesting help - how much is too much ?
PA schools are closed on Friday for staff development. This means that I will have my three angels (1 elementary, 1 middle and 1 high)under my feet all day. They are already r... |
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on Oct 12, 2007 at 3:14 pm by SkepticAl, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Home Front
NATIVE PLANT SALE ... The California Native Plant Society (Santa Clara Valley Chapter) will offer its fall native plant sale on Saturday, Oct. 13, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Hidden ... |
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on Oct 12, 2007 at 11:29 am by BOLD, a resident of the Esther Clark Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
City Employees Award Ceremony
To-day (10/4)there are many happy Palo Alto city employees enjoying a catered lunch in the band circle at Mitchell Park. It is their annual award ceremony in which employees ... |
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on Oct 12, 2007 at 11:00 am by Sick of Palo Alto, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Council decides on Hyatt, Antonio's
Two difficult -- and drawn out -- Palo Alto issues pitting businesses against neighbors gained some measure of resolution Monday night.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Oct 11, 2007 at 11:39 pm by kim, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Intersection of Embarcadero and East Bayshore Road
What is going on lately at that intersection? The traffic was backed up all the way to 101 North today. The lights seem to be much longer than before and it is causing major... |
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on Oct 11, 2007 at 8:01 pm by commuter, a resident of another community |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
EPA police chief: 'Community policing works'
Standing beside Attorney General Jerry Brown and a dozen other law enforcement and community leaders, East Palo Alto Police Chief Ron Davis declared the city's intense eight-m... |
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on Oct 11, 2007 at 2:27 pm by Doris, a resident of East Palo Alto |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Outsiders trigger brawl at Stanford party
Between 10 and 15 non-students caused a melee at a Stanford University fraternity party last weekend, leaving eight students with minor cuts and bruises.
Read the full story ... |
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on Oct 11, 2007 at 12:33 pm by Crime and Punishment, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Private schools say ¡Si! to foreign language
While Palo Alto's public school district considers teaching elementary students foreign languages, several private schools in the city are already doing it. Their programs off... |
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on Oct 11, 2007 at 12:03 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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