AROUND TOWN
New Kohl's in Mountain View
The new Kohl's opened today with few parking spots in the vicinity and long lines at the checkout. Many customers appeared to be applying for the store card for additional dis... |
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on Oct 2, 2009 at 4:20 pm by Overcharging, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Groceries lie dormant in Palo Alto
Sounds like the NIMBYs are blocking all attempts to bring new grocery stores to Palo Alto. Story in the Mercury-News: Web Link |
shopper |
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on Jul 21, 2009 at 9:37 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
What Palo Altans want in a grocery store
We have had many discussions on this topic without actually finding out what we, the shoppers, actually want.
I am starting a list of the things we feel that we would like ... |
Shopper |
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on Jul 20, 2009 at 6:28 pm by cecelia horn, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
51,000 sq ft grocery store coming to Menlo Park
What gives with all the tiny supermarkets (less than 20,000 square feet) in Palo Alto. Small stores have terrible selections, especially for fresh foods and ethnic foods. No... |
shopper |
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on Jul 18, 2009 at 11:36 pm by resident, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Plastic grocery /shopping bags - again
As someone who is doing my best to always have reusable bags when I go shopping and collecting all the plastic bags that come into my house to take to recycle at one of the ma... |
Shopper |
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on Sep 11, 2008 at 5:34 am by Walter E. Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Trader Joe's at Town & Country
Anyone know what's happening with Trader Joe's? When will it be open? |
Shopper |
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on Aug 12, 2008 at 8:43 pm by Waiting..., a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
AROUND TOWN
Sears grand re-opening (?)
Went to Sears today and was surprised that they announced today was their first grand re-opening. It was about as busy as it ever was and looked pretty much the same. They do ... |
Shopper |
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on Dec 3, 2007 at 4:42 pm by bikes2work, a member of the Santa Rita (Los Altos) community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Another new grocery store
Sprouts just opened in the old Tower/Rasputin location on San antonio and El Camino. They have a very nice layout, a good selection of foods, with plenty of easy parking--tha... |
Shops outside of Palo Alto |
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on Sep 24, 2012 at 10:21 am by stores don\'t have to be large, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto, Choked By Famously Free Parking, May Consider Pricing the Curb
Streetsblog article "Palo Alto, Choked By Famously Free Parking, May Consider Pricing the Curb": Web Link... |
should parking be tax-subsidized? |
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on Jul 30, 2012 at 2:02 pm by Adina, a resident of Menlo Park |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
How do we know that MI really works?
I've been trying to follow the MI debate and I hear a lot about fairness and process and legality and strategic plans, but it seems to me that the whole MI discussion is based... |
ShowMe |
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on Feb 20, 2009 at 1:32 pm by Kathryn Lindholm-Leary, a resident of Woodside |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
No More Free Shuttle to Terman or Gunn!
Just a reminder to those Terman & Gunn students that relied on the free shuttle to school- rumor has it that the shuttle won't be running this school year to Terman or Gunn. ... |
Shuttle-Less |
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on Aug 13, 2008 at 9:23 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Why isn't hp being asked to pay for employee housing?
My headline is meant in a whimsical way. Why does Stanford go under the gun on housing, but when thousands of hp employees move their jobs to Palo Alto, not a peep? Not a word... |
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on Aug 6, 2010 at 11:30 am by HPEngineer, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
What would Palo Alto be like if Stanford wasn't our neighbor?
Answer: Pretty boring! Maybe we'd see a people coming to the lovely Stanford Theater, but then, maybe the Stanford Theater wouldn't be there, because Stanford was the primary ... |
Sierra |
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on Jul 29, 2010 at 11:58 pm by Me Too, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Beloved Former Paly Principal Dresses Down School Board and Superintendent Over PR Hire
Buried in the "packet" for last night's school board meeting was a letter from Sandra Pearson, the former Principal of Paly. In her letter, Pearson dressed down the Board and ... |
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on Apr 17, 2013 at 7:42 am by Wow, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Why is there a Taser debate?
I have a question:
Why is there a debate around equipping our police officers with Tasers? No doubt, a Taser cannot be classified as completely benign. Without a doubt, it i... |
Silver Bullet |
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on May 24, 2007 at 5:02 pm by Ed, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Al Gore's Use of Electricity
I just read this story - curious to see if old Al will have a response. Its funny how the "Warmies" accuse every scientist who casts any skepticism on the alarmism as just a ... |
Silver Bullet |
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on Mar 1, 2007 at 7:44 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Freedom of Speech in Egypt
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - An Alexandria court convicted an Egyptian blogger on Thursday for insulting both Islam and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and sentenced him to ... |
Silver Bullet |
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on Feb 28, 2007 at 11:47 am by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Suicide Bombing in Israel
A suicide bomber killed 3 people at a bakery in Eilat, Israel today. Strange we didn't see the usual crowd of Israel haters comment on that today.
Here's a link to the sto... |
Silver Bullet |
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on Jan 31, 2007 at 7:33 am by Marvin, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Late night phone ring
Recently I've been hearing a phone ring late night / early morning. It rings just once. Has an electronic tone not a bell. Is outside, well as far as I can tell not coming f... |
Simon |
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on Feb 14, 2013 at 6:00 pm by Simon, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Creativity and Palo Alto Schools?
I was just listening to KQED where an expert on Japanese culture was critiquing the Japanese education system for failing to promote creativity among its students. It’s going... |
Simon |
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on Oct 18, 2006 at 11:51 am by parent, a member of the Gunn High School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
IT'S BACK!!!! Board votes to revisit MI as a choice program
Just the possibility that it might receive an application to start a charter Mandarin Immersion program has the PAUSD school board, as of this evening, reopening the question ... |
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on Jan 8, 2010 at 10:05 pm by Ed Chi, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
1967 Palo Alto high school fascism experiment becomes movie
Did you know that a movie has been made about the 1967 'Third Wave' experiment at Cubberly High School? Here's the lede from an article from today's Hollywood Reporter and a ... |
Simon Firth |
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on Jan 30, 2008 at 9:06 pm by Cougar, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo Park On Track For Adopting FLES
Supporters of FLES in Palo Alto might be interested to know that, after a Nov. 20th school board vote, the Menlo Park school district is on track to adopt an elementary foreig... |
Simon Firth |
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on Dec 20, 2007 at 9:25 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Do you let your children play in your neighborhood?
A recent thread here (Web Link) raised the issue of whether we let our children play outside in our neighborhoods as much ... |
Simon Firth |
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on Oct 31, 2007 at 9:01 am by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Are we the worst generation of parents ever?
That's the argument of a recent article in 'Philadelphia' magazine.
Web Link
Here's the nub:
"How is it that a group of moms ... |
Simon Firth |
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on Oct 10, 2007 at 8:10 pm by concerned parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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