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#1 priority for our city council
The top priority for our council should be to pass a mandatory occupancy law. A concerned citizen, on another thread, has expressesed concern that "foreigners" are buying home... |
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on Jan 11, 2013 at 1:55 pm by can\'t you tell this is sarcasm?, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Residents split at meeting over Newell Road bridge
A crowd of community members from Palo Alto and East Palo Alto jammed into the theater at the Lucie Stern Community Center to voice their opinions on the proposed replacement ... |
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on Jan 11, 2013 at 8:08 am by Rs, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Police release sketch of suspected residential burglar
Palo Alto police have released a color sketch of a man wanted in connection with the burglary of a home in the 1000 block of Arrowhead Way Thursday, Oct. 4, according to polic... |
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on Jan 10, 2013 at 11:19 am by David Pepperdine, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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City probes excessive tree pruning on Cal Ave
California Avenue still has its trees, but this time it's the limbs that are missing. About 40 newly planted trees in Palo Alto's bustling arts district have been excessively ... |
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on Jan 8, 2013 at 8:42 am by Realist, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
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What's up with the Mitchell Park Library
I haven't seen much work going on at the Mitchell Park Library. Does anyone have a status update? I can't wait to see the final building. When is it slated to open? Have t... |
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on Jan 7, 2013 at 3:36 pm by Goose Boy, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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School board president: Public education key to state's future
Like many couples with young children, Dana Tom and Nancy Kawakita moved to Palo Alto mainly because of its reputation for good schools. That was 15 years ago. Before long Tom... |
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on Jan 7, 2013 at 1:44 pm by Damn kids get off my lawn, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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2013: The Year of the Future
With the post-recession triage now in the past and local sales-tax revenues climbing, 2013 promises to be a year of regrouping, soul-searching and looking far into the future ... |
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on Jan 4, 2013 at 9:03 pm by Boring, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Baylands buildings - old becomes new and new left to rot?
Why, I wonder, at the Baylands have they just redone the old Scout building and opened it as something new and special and let the old building with the boardwalk close and de... |
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on Jan 4, 2013 at 12:35 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Train horn noise
We recently moved to Palo Alto, we live 1200 ft away from rail tracks. On most nights, we wake up because of extremely loud train horns. We initially thought it was caltrain, ... |
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on Jan 3, 2013 at 1:09 pm by Joseph E. Davis, a resident of Woodside |
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Palo Alto's top projects of 2012
Palo Alto's effort to reinvigorate the charming but neglected commercial strip of California Avenue sped ahead this year despite speed bumps of opposition from area merchants.... |
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on Jan 3, 2013 at 1:04 pm by Local roots, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Do we need that large number of Police Officers Patrolling Palo Alto?
Do we need that large number of Police Officers Patrolling Palo Alto?
here is what happened today: i placed an old computer for sale on Craigslist because I just purchased ... |
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on Jan 3, 2013 at 12:48 pm by fake 911 calls, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Top five trends of 2012
If there is one trend that has shaped Palo Alto's most fervent debates of 2012 it's the city's push to encourage dense development near major transit stations -- namely, downt... |
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on Jan 2, 2013 at 5:41 pm by dan, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Three horses struck, killed on I-280
Three horses were killed after they got onto northbound Interstate 280 near Stanford on Saturday morning, a California Highway Patrol officer said.
Read the full story here h... |
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on Jan 1, 2013 at 8:10 am by So Sad, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Palo Alto's fiber dreams dealt another blow
Palo Alto's decade-long dream of expanding its fiber ring to bring high-speed Internet to every home in the city should be deferred, if not abandoned altogether, because of hi... |
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on Dec 31, 2012 at 11:41 pm by Under the radar, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Odds and Ends
Quote of the year
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, December 28, 2012, 12:00 AM |
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on Dec 30, 2012 at 10:31 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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2012: The Year in Numbers
23 million: The dollars that the city spent on employee pensions in fiscal year 2012. This is $4 million more than it had spent in 2011 and about $20 million more than in 2003... |
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on Dec 30, 2012 at 12:19 pm by Sylvia, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Dozens return home after East Palo Alto flooding
About 36 people who had reported to an evacuation center due to flooding in East Palo Alto returned home late Sunday night, Dec. 23, according to a Red Cross spokesman.
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on Dec 29, 2012 at 2:26 pm by village fool, a resident of another community |
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Buena Vista residents urge city to save their homes
Residents of Palo Alto's only surviving mobile-home park are rising up against a proposal from a San Mateo-based developer to turn their community into a dense housing develop... |
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on Dec 28, 2012 at 5:10 pm by BARB, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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People of the year
Ken Alsman
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, December 28, 2012, 12:00 AM |
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on Dec 28, 2012 at 5:00 pm by Too late, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Christmas Day trash pickup
Hi
Our trash pickup day is Tuesday and since this week is Christmas Day and the following Tuesday is New Year's Day, we have been trying to find out from the web site when ... |
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on Dec 25, 2012 at 8:08 pm by Palo Verde Resident, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Is there a water problem ?
The water is awfully deep on University around Chaucer St.
I just tried to drive over to the Chaucer St. Bridge to see how it was fairing. The water is so deep in the stre... |
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on Dec 23, 2012 at 6:11 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Building inspector fell after climbing guard rails
A City of Palo Alto-contracted building inspector who plunged to his death down an elevator shaft had climbed on two guardrails that gave way, according to an investigative re... |
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on Dec 22, 2012 at 6:27 am by pete bennett, a resident of another community |
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Palo Alto sees good news on financial horizon
Strong local sales, a sizzling housing market and recent labor concessions from City Hall employees have given Palo Alto's elected leaders plenty of reasons to cheer as they h... |
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on Dec 19, 2012 at 8:10 pm by Saloon, a member of the Escondido School community |
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More questions on Car Dwelling Ban
The headline reads "Ban on car dwelling loses support in Palo Alto" -- raises some questions for me. Does this mean that anyone who wants to live in their car/rv can park in ... |
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on Dec 19, 2012 at 2:04 pm by Craig Laughton, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Mobile-home park closure would displace 400
The planned closing of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park in Palo Alto to make way for an apartment complex took a step forward Tuesday night, as attorneys for the property owners, ... |
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on Dec 18, 2012 at 12:01 pm by Literally, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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