PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Back to College
My daughter Adrienne, a 2008 PALY grad, shipped off on Jet Blue Saturday night for her junior year at Middlebury College in Vermont.
Her summer back in Palo Alto included s... |
Paul Losch |
3042 |
12 |
on Sep 7, 2010 at 7:32 pm by Parent too, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Palo Alto Bowl--the Deeper Implications
I am a big believer that Palo Alto is a special, but not unique, community. There are other towns which offer great opportunities and amenities, Palo Alto has been very good ... |
Paul Losch |
3012 |
14 |
on Jan 1, 2010 at 11:14 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
We Need High School Intramurals
Let us celebrate the chanpions Palo Alto schools have this year.
And let us think about most of the students who are not part of that cohort.
I remember when I was in co... |
Paul Losch |
2978 |
7 |
on Mar 21, 2011 at 10:36 am by Pop Warner, a resident of another community |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Airport Security When You Have Not Cleared Security
Tuesday morning, December 28, was an absolute zoo at SF Airport. Understandable, given all the closures of airports on the US east coast due to snow conditions in prior days.... |
Paul Losch |
2945 |
39 |
on Dec 31, 2010 at 12:36 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Adios Midtown ARCO Gas Station
I drove along Middlefield today and saw that the long dormant ARCO gas station was being razed.
It has been an eyesore for years, so I view this as progress. What I don't ... |
Paul Losch |
2940 |
6 |
on Aug 26, 2010 at 11:34 am by palo alto mom, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Pirates!!!
I have a blog coming up around Palo Alto needing a genuine, bona fide revenue strategy. In the meantime...
This nonsense with pirates holding huge commercial ships hostage... |
Paul Losch |
2938 |
29 |
on Apr 17, 2009 at 3:09 pm by ahoy, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Enjoy Your Pre-Primary Weekend and Monday
I have lost count of the number of canned pre-recorded phone calls I have gotten in the last few days around next Tuesday's California Primary Election.
I have stopped ans... |
Paul Losch |
2934 |
3 |
on Jun 6, 2010 at 12:31 pm by Kate, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Make University Ave. University Plaza
I just finished reading an article in Esquire magazine about initiatives in New York City to establish plazas in such parts of Manhattan as Times Square, Union Square, Madison... |
Paul Losch |
2921 |
6 |
on Nov 30, 2010 at 11:27 am by Alex Panelli, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Put CA High Speed Rail to Death
I think it is too late, unfornately, for a ballot measure to be part of this November's election, but we need ASAP need to put this High Speed Rail in California to sleep.
... |
Paul Losch |
2914 |
6 |
on Aug 23, 2010 at 10:30 pm by gbd, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Artwork at a Time of Employee Cutbacks
As a Parks and Recreation Commissioner, I felt very uncomfortable this past Tuesday night at our monthly regular meeting.
It was the day after City Council had approved a $... |
Paul Losch |
2903 |
9 |
on Nov 3, 2009 at 5:27 pm by Anna, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Local Book Store Demises
As nice as Borders on University and Kepler's in Menlo Park are for a book reader and buyer, I suspect neither operation nor others elsewhere are long for this world.
Keple... |
Paul Losch |
2891 |
4 |
on Jul 30, 2012 at 11:53 am by face to face, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Rail CEO pledges transparency, accountability
California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Roelef van Ark vowed this week to keep updating state legislators about the progress of the high-speed rail, even if the reports aren'... |
Editor |
2888 |
10 |
on Oct 17, 2010 at 8:09 pm by Clem, a resident of another community |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
John Lennon
Today would have been former Beatle John Lennon’s 70th birthday.
He was shot and killed by someone crazy 30 years ago this December.
I grew up in the 60’s when the Beatles w... |
Paul Losch |
2849 |
4 |
on Oct 10, 2010 at 6:51 pm by Sam, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Willie Mays, Local Baseball Hero
I love baseball.
Willie Mays played for the Giants when I was a Bay Area kid, and he was rightly an icon.
There is a new biography about him that just has come out. I h... |
Paul Losch |
2822 |
3 |
on May 4, 2010 at 8:43 pm by Bambi, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Half Life of Stewart and Beck DC Mall Rallies
I watched most of the Stewart show on the Mall, and I only saw excerpts of the Beck show. So I will not attempt to compare and contrast the two, other than to observe that St... |
Paul Losch |
2815 |
4 |
on Nov 1, 2010 at 12:42 pm by anonymous, a resident of another community |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Cellular & NIMBY
Who among us know people who no longer have a land line phone?
There are many in generations younger that don't need or value such a thing. It is a dinosaur.
I was driv... |
Paul Losch |
2755 |
15 |
on Apr 6, 2011 at 7:15 pm by Jim_H, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Obama’s Afghanistan Decision
What is the truly brave (not bold) action our President should take?
If it were me, I would tell our capable military leadership that the strategy is to focus on the mounta... |
Paul Losch |
2748 |
34 |
on Nov 9, 2009 at 8:57 am by Non-christian, a resident of Stanford |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Where Do US Senators and Reps Live While in DC?
My impression: many of them cannot afford to keep a house in their home district and another place of residence in our Nation's capital. DC is not a cheap date, rent or mort... |
Paul Losch |
2747 |
8 |
on Mar 6, 2010 at 11:13 am by Peter, a resident of another community |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Obama's State of the Union Speech
The State of the Union address by our Presidents of late is purely theater.
Perhaps actor and great communicator President Reagan made it that way. I don’t recall his pred... |
Paul Losch |
2740 |
19 |
on Feb 2, 2010 at 9:21 am by R Wray, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Generations and Public Affairs
I am an NPR (National Public Radio) junkie. I also am a PA Online junkie, but the two have different missions.
My son and daughter are at their early adulthood years. Bo... |
Paul Losch |
2722 |
11 |
on Jan 26, 2011 at 5:00 pm by Defund NPR, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
World Music Sunday In Downtown PA
Did you have a chance to go downtown on Father's Day Sunday afternoon?
World Music was out in force this weekend, not only in Palo Alto, but worldwide. This was the first ... |
Paul Losch |
2677 |
3 |
on Jun 22, 2009 at 4:16 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Viva Quidditch!
I have a daughter who attended PALY and now is a sophomore at Middlebury College in Vermont.
Her school hosted the "Quidditch World Cup" this weekend, hosting a number of o... |
Paul Losch |
2644 |
2 |
on Oct 27, 2009 at 6:20 pm by Melissa (oddharmonic), a resident of another community |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Supporting Small Businesses in the US?
Am I the only one who is totally confused about what it takes and who supports at a policy level initiatives to support the success of small businesses in this country?
“W”... |
Paul Losch |
2621 |
4 |
on Sep 18, 2010 at 12:10 pm by Small Business Admin, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
Volunteer for the Senior Games
I have written in the past that I believe one of the elements that contribute to Palo Alto’s character is the active and robust volunteering that takes place here in town. Wh... |
Paul Losch |
2616 |
0 |
on Apr 29, 2009 at 12:10 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
PAUL LOSCH'S COMMUNITY BLOG
New Stanford Business School Complex
I had occasion to go on Campus Drive at Stanford the other day, and get a glimpse of the emerging archipelego of buildings that will be the new campus of the Graduate School o... |
Paul Losch |
2607 |
2 |
on Nov 12, 2010 at 2:02 pm by Paul Losch, a resident of Palo Alto |
View in an RSS Reader
