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San Antonio bike lanes
Now that San Antonio Rd between Charleston and Middlefield Rd Southbound is paved and traffic lanes marked, it is a bit of wonderment to the rhyme or reason for the number ... |
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on Oct 17, 2012 at 1:18 pm by Jan H, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto Utilities at top of customer satisfaction survey
Heard about this on the radio yesterday. Web Link... |
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on Oct 17, 2012 at 1:03 pm by Jan H, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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City Council members to fight massive buildings?
Which city council members running for election are interested in enforcing regulations and not allowing huge blocky construction like the new Alma plaza? It is built right o... |
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on Oct 17, 2012 at 12:59 pm by Jan H., a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto plows ahead with more pension reforms
Palo Alto's effort to curb the exploding costs of employee benefits will hit a milestone this week, when the City Council officially reduces pension benefits for newly hired p... |
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on Oct 16, 2012 at 1:28 pm by John, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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City looks to tighten parking requirements downtown
When Palo Alto officials decided to ease the parking rules for downtown developers nearly three decades ago, they did not envision the drought of parking spots that today plag... |
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on Oct 15, 2012 at 3:56 pm by jm, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
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Letters
Save Buena Vista
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, October 12, 2012, 12:00 AM |
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on Oct 15, 2012 at 11:35 am by Gene, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Road-striping work begins on San Antonio Road
Road-striping work began Wednesday night, Oct. 10, on San Antonio Road in Palo Alto, according to Public Communications Manager Linda Clerkson.
Read the full story here http:... |
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on Oct 15, 2012 at 8:37 am by Concerned cyclist, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Gray injects green into council campaign
Tim Gray's dark-horse candidacy for the Palo Alto City Council received a major boost from a $30,000 contribution that the financial consultant has injected into his own campa... |
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on Oct 13, 2012 at 4:50 pm by Timothy Gray, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
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Editorial: Burt, Schmid, Berman, Kniss for council
In the last Palo Alto City Council election in 2009, with 14 candidates, voters overwhelmingly reelected Larry Klein to his second four-year term after he had previously serve... |
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on Oct 12, 2012 at 3:24 pm by Can\'t trust anyone , a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Mysterious object that hit car confirmed as train part
A mysterious object that slammed into a parked Chevrolet Suburban in Palo Alto earlier this week has been identified as part of a train. But the part is from a Union Pacific l... |
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on Oct 12, 2012 at 1:17 pm by Trench it. A solid wall would contain thrown objects., a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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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... |
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on Oct 11, 2012 at 9:45 pm by joe the plumber, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
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Palo Alto moves ahead with 'neighborhood grants'
Seeking to strengthen the ties that bind neighbors in Palo Alto, city leaders endorsed on Monday night a proposal from Mayor Yiaway Yeh to start a "neighborhood grants" progra... |
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on Oct 11, 2012 at 4:13 am by Cindy Mason, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Palo Alto survey to gauge local transportation habits
As Palo Alto zooms ahead with a broad plan to become a top-tier bicycling destination, city officials are embarking on a data-gathering effort to determine the best ways to me... |
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on Oct 10, 2012 at 8:20 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton |
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How to avoid another Alma Plaza
I pass by Alma Plaza every day and wonder how the builder got this passed. I remember 10 years of back and forth and this is the result? The tall structure on Alma is right at... |
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on Oct 10, 2012 at 8:00 pm by Jan H., a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Stanford Blood Center lawsuit on hold
A jury trial pitting a longtime blood donor against Stanford Blood Center that was scheduled to begin today has been postponed, according to court documents.
Read the full st... |
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on Oct 10, 2012 at 2:31 pm by Jan H., a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto to wave goodbye to garbage trucks?
Garbage trucks could soon become a less common sight on Palo Alto streets as the city proceeds with an ambitious effort to keep food scraps and other organic waste out of loca... |
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on Oct 10, 2012 at 7:40 am by jerry99, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Palo Alto hires director for its permitting operation
Palo Alto's aggressive effort to reform its famously frustrating permitting operation hit another landmark this week when the city hired its first-ever Development Services Di... |
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on Oct 10, 2012 at 7:25 am by Jan H., a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Editorial: Antenna angst unwarranted
The debate over whether to allow ATT to improve cell service in Palo Alto using small antenna positioned on the top of existing utility poles will finally come to a head later... |
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on Oct 9, 2012 at 8:05 pm by CellTowerOutsideMyWindow, a resident of another community |
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New buildings at Stanford
Web Link
Stanford Daily article today notes new Arts buildings at Stanford (Bing Concert Hall, and McMur... |
Wishful thinking? |
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on Oct 9, 2012 at 1:51 pm by Jan H., a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Inflation for real families
I went down to my local grocery store, today, and purchased a typical basket of groceries. I was shocked! I have also been forced to buy gasoline at well over four dollars pe... |
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on Oct 9, 2012 at 1:37 pm by Jan H., a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Voters to weigh in on new 'arts district' in downtown Palo Alto
Palo Alto voters could have a say as early as next spring on a sweeping proposal by billionaire developer John Arrillaga to build a four-tower office complex and a theater nea... |
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on Oct 8, 2012 at 10:15 pm by Save Palm Drive, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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On Sunday, a bicycle fest, for the average resident
There's been pingpong, bocce ball, yoga and tennis. And now, the latest event to spur Palo Altans to meet their neighbors: bike riding. Mayor Yiaway Yeh's final installment of... |
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on Oct 8, 2012 at 9:37 pm by Stanford grad, a resident of another community |
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Around Town
SKY'S THE LIMIT ... How high is too high? That is the central question these days for Palo Alto officials awash in building proposals. Normally, the city's 50-foot height limi... |
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on Oct 8, 2012 at 2:24 pm by sky the limit?, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Timing/Synchronization of new light on Alma
In the past week since the new light on Alma near Meadow has been functioning, I have been stopped by this light each of 3 times as well as the light on Meadow (twice from Cen... |
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on Oct 8, 2012 at 12:53 pm by Jan H., a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Real Improvements in trash collection
Seriously, I would love an enterprising company to come along and offer to take away all our trash, recyclables and compostables on a regular basis charging us for what we put... |
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on Oct 7, 2012 at 9:12 pm by Housewife, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |