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Reminder: Join the Fight to Save the Palo Alto Bowl From Demolition!
Hi you all,
As a reminder, please join the cause JOIN THE FIGHT TO SAVE THE PALO ALTO BOWL!
Web Link
Also, flyers for the campaign to sa... |
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on Oct 18, 2009 at 11:00 am by Daniel Mart, a resident of Mountain View |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
College Terrace development wins key approval
A proposal to expand and rebuild the popular JJ&F Food Store as part of a dense, office-heavy development on El Camino Real earned long-awaited support from a previously skept... |
Editor |
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on Oct 16, 2009 at 10:40 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
AROUND TOWN
Thanks to Firefighters for Huli-Huli BBQ benefit
Last Sunday the Palo Alto Firefighters very kindly prepared "Huli-Huli" BBQ chickens, and also BBQ plates to benefit Gunn and Paly's Sports programs. I bought some chickens ... |
Michele |
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on Oct 14, 2009 at 11:28 am by Michele, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Best of Fall Fashion Show with NBC Anchor Diane Dwyer
Come view the must-have looks for fall modeled by Family Service Agency of San Mateo County's Hillsborough Auxiliary at a special ‘Best of Fall Fashion Show with NBC Anchor Di... |
angelita8 |
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on Oct 13, 2009 at 11:29 am by angelita8, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto council candidate videos online
Fourteen candidates -- including 13 newcomers and one political veteran -- will be jostling for five seats on the City Council on Nov. 3. Video interviews with the 14 candidat... |
Editor |
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on Oct 12, 2009 at 3:55 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
ELECTION 2009
Stories, editorials, videos and photos about the upcoming election on Nov. 3, 2009, focused primarily on the Palo Alto City Council race and Measure A (business-license tax).
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Editor |
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on Oct 12, 2009 at 10:56 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
PUBLIC AGENDA: School board, budget update
The Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education will hear a budget update, an assessment of how the district is doing in meeting its strategic goals and will consider... |
Editor |
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on Oct 12, 2009 at 10:55 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
SRI receives $6.3 million mental health grant
Menlo Park-based SRI International has received a $6.3 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study a new product involved in brain imaging and the trea... |
Editor |
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on Oct 12, 2009 at 10:55 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
NASA uses zeppelin to scan Bay Area atmosphere
NASA launched its first airborne science mission aboard a zeppelin earlier this week when scientists took off from Moffett Field to study environmental conditions in the Bay A... |
Editor |
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on Oct 12, 2009 at 10:55 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
The candidates next door
Fourteen candidates -- including 13 newcomers and one political veteran -- will be jostling for five seats on the City Council on Nov. 3. A few, including former school board ... |
Editor |
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on Oct 12, 2009 at 10:53 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
BOOKS
Fire burns 3,500-square-foot Atherton home
Investigators were at a 3,500-square-foot home in Atherton Saturday afternoon trying to determine was caused a fire there, Menlo Park fire Chief Harold Schapelhouman said.
Re... |
Editor |
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on Oct 12, 2009 at 10:52 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Government retirement benefits: national perspective
Web Link
Washington Post article on underfunded government pension funds. Choices: higher taxes... |
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on Oct 11, 2009 at 8:36 am by anonymous, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
MOBILE PHONES SAVE THE BANANAS IN AFRICA -UGANDA
I found this article about a banana disease scientist and his cell phone. Uganda isn’t as flooded with technology like the U.S. Because electricity is scarce, it is hard to mo... |
JAMES |
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on Oct 8, 2009 at 7:32 am by JAMES, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
CSMA Presents its 1st Annual party4all to Benefit Financial Aid and Arts Education Programs
On Saturday, October 24, the Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) will throw open the doors of its Finn Center campus from 6-10 pm to hold its first-ever party4all to be... |
Community School of Music and Arts |
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on Oct 7, 2009 at 12:38 pm by Community School of Music and Arts, a resident of another community |
AROUND TOWN
Uri Caine, Piano, Stanford Lively Arts Informance at CSMA - Thursday, Oct. 8
CSMA's 2009-2010 Arts & Entertainment in Tateuchi Hall begins on Thursday, October 8, with a Stanford Lively Arts Informance featuring pianist Uri Caine. This versatile pianis... |
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on Oct 7, 2009 at 11:46 am by Community School of Music and Arts, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Why not a blog for our city council candidates?
One of the main purposes of a local newspaper is to provide a forum on local politics. Is the Weekly willing to set up a temporary candidates blog, in which each candidate ca... |
Jack |
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on Oct 6, 2009 at 6:09 pm by Jack, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
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Wonderful Moonlight Walk !
Our family enjoys this walk year after year .. thanks for organizing ! |
MidtownMom |
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on Oct 2, 2009 at 10:16 pm by MidtownMom, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Exhibition by artist Kevin Bean at Mohr Gallery
The Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) at Finn Center in Mountain View presents Kevin Bean, Backyard Paintings & Geometric Abstractions, from October 8 through November... |
Community School of Music and Arts |
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on Sep 29, 2009 at 9:59 am by Community School of Music and Arts, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Australian school recorded message
This has been forwarded to me from several sources and I am told it is true. It is possibly something we should listen to and take to heart.
Web Link=... |
Parent |
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on Sep 28, 2009 at 12:41 pm by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Amateur Radio License Course Starting October 7
TECHNICIAN CLASS AMATEUR RADIO LICENSE COURSE STARTING OCTOBER 7
Do you know a prospective new ham looking for help in passing their first exam?
Members of emergency servi... |
Kevin Weiler |
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on Sep 28, 2009 at 11:53 am by Kevin Weiler, a resident of Los Altos Hills |
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Wanted: Disaster First Responders
The Palo Alto Fire Department’s Office of Emergency Services still has room in its five-week, 20-hour Community Emergency Response Team training starting Wednesday, October 7... |
Paul |
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on Sep 28, 2009 at 12:05 am by Paul, a resident of the The Greenhouse neighborhood |
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FBI, police strike East Palo Alto 'Taliban' gang
More than 500 FBI agents and police from more than 20 agencies fanned out over the Bay Area Saturday, executing search and arrest warrants simultaneously at 7 a.m.
Read the ... |
Editor |
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on Sep 23, 2009 at 2:21 pm by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
AROUND TOWN
PUBLIC AGENDA: Planning and Transportation Commission, zoning amendments
The Palo Alto City Council is scheduled to consider adopting the Private Streets Initiative ordinance and consider an ordinance implementing the residential-permit parking pro... |
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on Sep 23, 2009 at 9:34 am by Editor, Palo Alto Online |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
More great news for education in Uganda Africa
At Uganda Children's Burden Centre, they not only try to help today's orphans, but they also strive to help future generations not have such a problem with the number of orph... |
james |
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on Sep 22, 2009 at 8:54 am by james, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Good or Bad ? Cutting Down the Cal Ave trees. Not the big picture.
At this time with the Millions of dollars the City of Palo Alto does not have. With staff out of Control mismanageing public funds. Getting homes, loans and BIG money $$$$$ r... |
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on Sep 18, 2009 at 3:34 pm by fireman, a resident of another community |