PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto names new city auditor
Palo Alto has completed its search for a new city auditor Thursday, tapping a veteran from San Diego County for the post.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Nov 19, 2011 at 7:20 am by Waiting-For-A-Good-Auditor, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG
Should we ban pit bulls in Palo Alto? Yes!
I read with horror the story this week of the Fremont mother who was repeatedly bitten by a pit bull while trying to protect her four-month old son.
The 32-year-old woman, ... |
diana diamond |
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on Sep 9, 2007 at 5:21 pm by Andrew - Native of Palo Alto, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
The travesty of Caffe Verona
The empty husk of a building that used to be Caffe Verona frightens me. I walk by and expect bats to fly out of the doorway, or the sound of rattling chains to be heard echoin... |
Danny |
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on Jan 15, 2013 at 4:20 pm by Patrick, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
What does new home construction cost these days?
Folks, I live in a 1950 Eichler and am planning a remodel that
will touch most of the house except for the existing foundation
and a couple of walls. I've been told its much... |
Resident of Midtown |
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on Nov 13, 2012 at 4:19 pm by DC, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
STEPHEN LEVY'S ECONOMY BLOG
Entitlements, Promised Benefits, Language and Arithmetic
Every week Americans are reminded that large federal budget deficits threaten our future because we have an "entitlement crisis" from Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. A... |
stephen levy |
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on Oct 5, 2009 at 5:12 am by Dark, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Popular clothing brands for middle school girls
What are the clothing brands that are most popular with middle school girls right now?
I know that wearing the right clothes won't make a girl fit in, but it can prevent he... |
Parent |
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on Aug 18, 2012 at 1:18 pm by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
MOVIES
"Truth" is scarier than fiction
I caught the documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," about Al Gore and his ongoing crusade to raise awareness about the (horrifying) dangers of global warming. Although I've rev... |
Tyler Hanley |
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on Aug 8, 2010 at 10:27 pm by Sharon, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Missing Stanford Student - this is a Palo Alto issue
There is a Stanford Student missing since last Saturday. I have seen nothing about town and very little in the media. This is an issue that affects all of us. Please let us do... |
Palo Alto Resident |
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on Feb 27, 2007 at 11:52 pm by Stanford Alumni \\\'01, a resident of Stanford |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City leaders support limiting use of plastic bags
"Paper or plastic" may soon cease to be an option at Palo Alto's grocery stores. But it could be two years before any broader bans on plastic bags take effect.
Read the full ... |
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on Nov 8, 2008 at 11:18 am by Logical Environmentalist, a resident of Stanford |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Red Light Runners & Speeding - Loma Verde/Middlefield
We have resided on Middlefield and Loma Verde for 4 years and I can not believe the amount of daily red light runners and speeders who travel North and South bound on Middlefi... |
Nikki B. |
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on Feb 27, 2010 at 11:17 am by John Neves, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
HISTORIC PHOTOS
Palo Alto Co-op Market
This photo was from a feature we did in 2001 on the closing of Co-op Market (you can see the whole feature here: Web Link).
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Frank Bravo |
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on May 14, 2009 at 12:41 am by bruce, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
2007 City Council Election Forum
Please use this topic to post your comments and questions regarding this fall's Palo Alto City Council race. The idea is to organize the community's discussion about the candi... |
Tyler Hanley |
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on Nov 5, 2007 at 9:37 pm by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Non-residents are a drain on public schools
Today's article about non-residents in Palo Alto public schools really made me angry. These greedy non-residents (who use fake lease documents or other methods to get their ki... |
Rebecca |
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on Dec 15, 2007 at 8:06 pm by Luke, a resident of Stanford |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto protests 'unachievable' housing goals
A housing goal assigned to Palo Alto is "unachievable" and would burden the school district and city services, according to a lengthy letter opposing the Association of Bay Ar... |
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on Jan 16, 2008 at 1:01 am by Mike, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Christmas Lights ?
Where should we drive around (in Palo Alto) to see nice Christmas lights? I recall someone mentioning that there is one particular street where all the houses have wonderful l... |
DJ |
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on Dec 15, 2006 at 3:37 pm by Mama, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
District: a thousand more kids to educate
With new housing, an increase in birth rates and young families moving into the city, Palo Alto educators are asking themselves how they're going to educate all the new kids.
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Editor |
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on Jul 13, 2007 at 12:09 am by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
New support for fiber to home
I was surprised and pleased to see the article in today's Weekly written by Larry Klein and Yoriko Kishimoto pushing for a strong municipal role in bringing two-way high speed... |
Taylor S. |
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on Mar 30, 2008 at 1:13 am by dfhk, a member of the Barron Park School community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Report: Palo Alto Airport could be profitable
Palo Alto's long and heated debate over the future of Palo Alto Airport will resume later this month, when a City Council committee considers whether the city should become mo... |
Editor |
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on Oct 11, 2010 at 9:54 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
How Do You Handle Neighbors with Barking Dogs?
Problem Duration: For least ten years!
The Problem: Neighbor allows their dog to bark by
leaving it in driveway starting at 7 a.m.
Dog barks at passing dogs on way to dog... |
Member |
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on Oct 11, 2012 at 9:45 pm by joe the plumber, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Yet another dog attack
I just read the story about another dog attack, this one at Hoover. I hope this highlights to every dog owner why you need to keep your dog on a leash. I am a dog owner and ... |
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on Feb 3, 2007 at 3:31 pm by Gary, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Trying a new online neighborhood tool
I live on Kings Lane, and have just recently signed up with a site I read about on TechCrunch called Nextdoor, basically a configurable online neighborhood. I set up Kings Ln ... |
Chris Zaharias |
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on Nov 1, 2011 at 8:21 pm by Fred Balin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto residents to see postal changes
With the U.S. Postal Service facing insolvency this month, Palo Alto and Menlo Park residents could soon see changes in their mail delivery and carriers, a postal service spok... |
Editor |
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on Oct 1, 2011 at 7:28 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG
On Deadline: A last trip to the city dump -- layoffs, some nostalgia, seagulls
Thursday at 5 p.m. the Palo Alto city dump closed forever to residents for garbage and trash loads. City dump isn't its real name. It's officially the Palo Alto Sanitary Landf... |
Jay Thorwaldson |
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on Jul 29, 2011 at 9:55 am by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus |
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 |
DIANA DIAMOND'S BLOG
"Color of Palo Alto" is costly and still colorless
Colorless. That’s so far what the color of Palo Alto is. Several years ago, artist Sam Yates was awarded a $10,000 grant by Palo Alto’s Public Arts Commission to develop “The ... |
diana diamond |
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on Sep 14, 2009 at 2:35 am by Guy that broke into Sam\'s garage once as a joke. Haha, a resident of Portola Valley |
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