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Palo Alto seeks medical skills in new firefighters
Their job title may evoke burning buildings and forest flames, but Palo Alto's newest firefighters are expected to be just as comfortable operating an ambulance as they would ... |
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on Oct 28, 2012 at 12:20 pm by Wayne Martin, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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Residents fight burglaries with lights, cameras, action
Many Palo Alto neighborhoods are organizing in ways they have not since the rise of Neighborhood Watch programs in the 1980s, following a string of home burglaries that have p... |
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on Oct 27, 2012 at 9:57 pm by Dogs that bark, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
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Stop the Leaf Blowers!
Why did Palo Alto pass a law against the use of leaf blowers when they never enforce it? The racket they cause is painfully annoying, disruptive, and impossible to reduce. ... |
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on Oct 26, 2012 at 7:08 pm by Ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Definition of censorship
Web Link
Bill Johnson says:
"But please don't use innuendo about our editing practices (which, by the way, is not "ce... |
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on Oct 26, 2012 at 3:35 pm by village fool, a resident of another community |
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Great ShakeOut rumbles through Bay Area Oct. 18
There likely won't be any freeway closures, power outages or overturned supermarket shelves, but on Oct. 18 at 10:18 a.m., wherever people are they will take cover as if an ea... |
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on Oct 26, 2012 at 1:01 pm by Caryll-Lynn, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Police arrest man for Redwood City bank robbery
A 24-year-old transient was arrested earlier this week for allegedly robbing a bank in Redwood City, police said. A similar robbery was reported in Palo Alto on Oct. 18.
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on Oct 26, 2012 at 12:45 pm by Ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Downtown plan could give TheatreWorks a home
In its roughly four decades on the Peninsula, TheatreWorks has piled up raving reviews and theater awards, but one prize has continuously eluded the theater company -- a perma... |
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on Oct 25, 2012 at 9:08 pm by Mark Weiss, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Censorship and journalism?
I read the post regarding censorship and Mr. Johnson's response (link below). I was surprised at the sudden sense of responsibility toward all(?) the candidates running for p... |
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on Oct 25, 2012 at 3:01 pm by ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto rises to the 'Cool Cities Challenge'
Palo Alto's next green program won't rely on tough energy standards or strict building codes but on hundreds of volunteer teams preaching the gospel of conservation to their f... |
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on Oct 25, 2012 at 12:41 pm by anecdote Annie, a resident of Stanford |
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Tour de Coop shows off backyard chicken roosts
With names like Chicken Spa, Coupe De Plume and California Coop, the first Silicon Valley Tour de Coop bicycle tour will feature chicken coops ranging from the funky to archit... |
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on Oct 25, 2012 at 10:42 am by pets not meat, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Palo Alto beefs up rules for downtown parking
A Palo Alto law that relaxed parking regulations for developers with downtown projects began its transition from the city's zoning code to its history books Monday night after... |
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on Oct 25, 2012 at 10:12 am by GG, a resident of Stanford |
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PA Online is censoring discussion on scool board race
Over the past couple of months in this election season many of the several threads started or from Weekly articls, have been locked, kept for registered users only, or just de... |
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on Oct 24, 2012 at 5:12 pm by Bill Johnson, publisher of the Palo Alto Weekly |
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Palo Alto mulls changes to building-height limits
Faced with a stampede of massive new developments, Palo Alto officials are taking a fresh look at the zoning code and considering whether it's time to puncture the city's 50-f... |
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on Oct 24, 2012 at 3:25 pm by LizKniss likes Arrillaga project, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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City treads cautiously against 'Citizens United'
The recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to loosen up campaign-finance restrictions for corporations won't win any popularity contests in Palo Alto, but city officials ar... |
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on Oct 24, 2012 at 10:53 am by wmartin46, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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Palo Alto considers Citizens United
Corporations are not people. Money is not speech. These maxims have become a rallying cry for opponents of the recent decision in the case of Citizens United vs. Federal Elect... |
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on Oct 24, 2012 at 10:05 am by anonymous donations to the c4 superpacs, a resident of another community |
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Credit union robbed on El Camino Real in Palo Alto
Palo Alto police are searching for a man who allegedly vaulted over a counter at Star One Credit Union, removed cash from teller drawers and made off with an undisclosed amoun... |
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on Oct 23, 2012 at 9:25 pm by JoAnn, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Shop Talk: Rocket Fizz set to open downtown
Imagine this: soda that tastes like bacon. "And if you add a little salt, it tastes exactly like a crisp strip of sizzling bacon," claims the owner of Rocket Fizz, a soda/cand... |
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on Oct 23, 2012 at 4:45 pm by MN, a resident of another community |
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Palo Alto banking on a leaner Fire Department
Palo Alto's effort to transform its Fire Department into a leaner and more flexible organization with a greater emphasis on medical response has already resulted in a dramatic... |
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on Oct 23, 2012 at 2:41 pm by Alphonso, a resident of Los Altos Hills |
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Palo Alto in 'uncharted' territory on compost
The future of organic waste in Palo Alto remains hazy, but city officials hope to solve this messy and divisive dilemma by early 2014 and are now looking to the free market fo... |
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on Oct 22, 2012 at 8:18 pm by carla carvalho, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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After seven years, Alma Plaza has a grocery store
Michael "Miki" Werness gestured to the stretch of empty, black countertops in the middle of the produce section at Miki's Farm Fresh Market on Wednesday, Oct. 10. "You'll prob... |
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on Oct 20, 2012 at 11:16 pm by TMA, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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Ballot measure: Palo Alto sucked into statewide marijuana debate
After wafting through Los Angeles, San Jose and Oakland, California's cloudy debate over marijuana law will drift into Palo Alto next month, when voters consider whether to al... |
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on Oct 20, 2012 at 8:33 am by HUTCH 7.62, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Worker plunges 25 feet into elevator shaft
A construction worker in the Stanford Research Park was injured Wednesday morning after falling 25 feet down an elevator shaft, the Palo Alto Fire Department said.
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on Oct 18, 2012 at 2:45 pm by Walter hernandez, a resident of Stanford |
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Highway 101 in Palo Alto to get two carpool lanes
Work has begun to create double carpool lanes on the 3.2-mile stretch of Highway 101 between Highway 85 in Mountain View and Embarcadero Road in Palo Alto.
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on Oct 18, 2012 at 2:36 pm by Road Warrior, a resident of Los Altos |
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Antiquated Newell bridge could be replaced by 2014
The narrow, hazardous Newell Road bridge that connects Palo Alto and East Palo Alto could be replaced in 2014 with a broader, two-lane span. It would be part of a bigger San F... |
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on Oct 17, 2012 at 6:01 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Palo Alto picks new Human Resources director
Palo Alto will soon have a new leader in its Human Resources Department -- a veteran attorney whose experience with labor relations includes stints at Kaiser Permanente, Alcoa... |
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on Oct 17, 2012 at 4:50 pm by \"Chief People Officer\", a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
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