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Palo Alto to revamp public-art program
Will Palo Alto's wave of developments usher in a public-art Renaissance? City officials certainly hope so, and on Monday night they took a step toward making it happen.
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on Apr 11, 2013 at 5:46 pm by Palo Altan, a resident of the Greendell/Walnut Grove neighborhood |
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Palo Alto looks to retain fraud hotline
A hotline that Palo Alto set up on a trial basis last year to give City Hall whistleblowers a tool to report fraud, waste and abuse should be kept in place permanently, a City... |
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on Apr 11, 2013 at 3:50 pm by Anonymous, a resident of another community |
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Palo Alto moves to protect retail on downtown block
Palo Alto officials turned back the zoning clock on an eclectic downtown block Monday night when they passed a law requiring property owners to devote ground-floor space to re... |
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on Apr 10, 2013 at 8:05 pm by liberty, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Palo Alto Sea Scouts get new Navy boat
The Palo Alto Sea Scouts' days of rebuilding decks and maintaining four ship engines is about to walk the gang plank. A newer ship supplied by the U.S. Navy will make way for ... |
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on Apr 10, 2013 at 11:10 am by Martha Bowden, a resident of Los Altos Hills |
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Legal demand shuts down Edgewood Eats
An attorney's letter citing several City of Palo Alto ordinances has shut down the popular food-truck event Edgewood Eats.
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on Apr 9, 2013 at 8:21 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Plastic bag ban: A health issue?
In view of the upcoming plastic bag ban, I thought that recent findings from a study might be of interest to our community. Quoting from Reason:
A new study finds that plas... |
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on Apr 9, 2013 at 12:25 am by Whats the problem, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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The New Urbanism and Palo Alto
I'm not sure when it happened, but, clearly the City Council and Planning Commission have tried to embrace "The New Urbanism". I actually like the New Urbanism in general, wh... |
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on Apr 8, 2013 at 10:04 pm by A Walker, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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Firefighters rescue man from San Francisquito Creek
Palo Alto firefighters rescued a man who fell down an embankment toward San Francisquito Creek on Wednesday afternoon.
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on Apr 8, 2013 at 11:52 am by Jonathan, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Letters to the editor
Bag ban positives
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, April 5, 2013, 12:00 AM |
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on Apr 6, 2013 at 9:01 pm by CrescentParkAnon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Holocaust survivors share stories for Yom HaShoah event
Luba Keller vividly remembers tracing the number 143683 in the snow with her toe outside a Nazi concentration camp.
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on Apr 6, 2013 at 4:04 pm by jewss, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
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It looks like KQED has heard about the Greenmeadow Trash Experiment
I just came across this from KQED Web Link
This seems a bit misleading and somewhat far from the truth as far as I can see but no doubt ou... |
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on Apr 5, 2013 at 10:47 pm by resident of, a resident of the Greendell/Walnut Grove neighborhood |
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Real Estate Matters
As a company that is at the forefront of marketing to the Mandarin-speaking community, we love the high level of emphasis that many sellers and their real-estate agents place ... |
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on Apr 5, 2013 at 10:08 pm by Ankyl spondi, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Palo Alto considers recycled water for irrigation
Depending on which member of the City Council talking, switching to recycled water for irrigation at Stanford Research Park would either be a giant step for Palo Alto's water-... |
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 7:24 pm by The market speaks volumes, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Flag flys over King Plaza at Palo Alto City Hall
Perhaps a more honorable flag to fly at King Plaza at City Hall would be the POW/MIA flag supported by the 101st Congress and passed as Law 101-355 recognizing the flag in sup... |
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 5:00 pm by curmudgeon, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Palo Alto goes 'carbon neutral' with electricity
Palo Alto's green community buzzed with excitement Monday night as the city joined an elite club of municipalities that draw all their electricity from carbon-free sources.
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 11:46 am by Matt, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Greendale to lead city's organic-waste experiment
South Palo Alto neighborhood chosen for a pilot project in which black trash bins will give way to green ones
For residents of Palo Alto's Greendale neighborhood, the ... |
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 10:57 am by Not Greenmeadow, a resident of the Greendell/Walnut Grove neighborhood |
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Palo Alto moves to support same-sex marriage
Palo Alto officials enthusiastically jumped into the national debate over same-sex marriage on Monday night when they passed a resolution opposing Proposition 8 and agreed to ... |
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on Apr 3, 2013 at 6:30 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Planned dog park in north Palo Alto hits a snag
Palo Alto's plan to give residents in the north part of the city their first dog park is now in limbo after officials learned that visiting pooches would be exercising too clo... |
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on Apr 3, 2013 at 4:06 pm by Just as Well, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Local news not being reported - flood control measure approved
I heard on the radio about the City Council approving some flood control measures last night at the meeting and have come to find out more details here. Unfortunately, all tha... |
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on Apr 2, 2013 at 7:01 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Legal demand shuts down Edgewood Eats
An attorney's letter citing several City of Palo Alto ordinances has shut down the popular food-truck event Edgewood Eats.
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on Apr 2, 2013 at 5:14 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto City Manager set to receive 25% raise in supplemental retirement income
No, this is not an "April Fools" joke, except perhaps one foisted upon the taxpayers and employees of the City of Palo Alto. City Manager James Keene is scheduled to receive a... |
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on Apr 2, 2013 at 3:37 pm by The Shadow Knows, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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ClimateOne zings PA on housing
From the March 22 ClimateOne podcast.
Gabriel Metcalf, the Executive Director of San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) started off by stating that c... |
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on Apr 2, 2013 at 8:23 am by as is, a resident of the Esther Clark Park neighborhood |
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Palo Alto looks to ban smoking at all small parks
More than half of Palo Alto parks would become smoke-free zones under a law change that a City Council committee abruptly proposed Tuesday night.
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on Apr 1, 2013 at 7:06 pm by Annette, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Greendale to lead city's organic-wast experiment
South Palo Alto neighborhood chosen for a pilot project in which black trash bins will give way to green ones.
For residents of Palo Alto's Greendale neighborhood, the r... |
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on Apr 1, 2013 at 1:51 pm by Editor, a resident of the Greendell/Walnut Grove neighborhood |
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Air pollutants linked to higher risk of birth defects
Breathing traffic pollution in early pregnancy is linked to a higher risk for certain serious birth defects, according to new research from the Stanford University School of M... |
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on Mar 31, 2013 at 8:50 pm by Earlier study, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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