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New cars may occupy old sewage-plant site
Palo Alto eyeing 14-acre site at the baylands end of San Antonio Road as a possible car-dealership location, after years of stalled and sometimes bitter talks with Los Altos o... |
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on Nov 14, 2007 at 3:38 pm by Mike, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Wave of hotels in city's future
Three hotels — and possibly more — may bring at least $2 million a year in tax revenues to Palo Alto's coffers, city officials hope.
Read the full story here http... |
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on Nov 14, 2007 at 3:28 pm by Precision Cabinets, a resident of another community |
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Mayor: Stanford, Palo Alto must make 'best efforts' on med center expansion
In August Palo Alto received applications for a 1.3 million-square-foot net expansion and modernization of the Stanford University Medical Center -- 50 percent more than today... |
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on Nov 14, 2007 at 7:02 am by Not so fast, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Will Stanford Expansion Weigh Heavily on Patient Pocketbooks?
I am in favor of Stanford's expansion, and fervently hope that Palo Alto does what it can to help speed Stanford's development process on.
That said, I'm concerned about so... |
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on Nov 13, 2007 at 10:52 pm by Mike, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Palo Alto to buy land from Los Altos for $6.5M
City to buy land from Los Altos
Council members Cordell and Barton are to be congratulated for their superb diligence and ultimate success in completing this difficult nego... |
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on Nov 13, 2007 at 5:34 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Iran--Bush and Cheney Wrong "Go To" Guys
Iran is a mess. The mullahs in charge of the place are religious fanatics, the current President is a megalomaniac, their oil rich economy has been mis-managed to a shamble, t... |
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on Nov 12, 2007 at 4:30 pm by sue, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Stanford Hospital gets $27.5 million gift
A Silicon Valley technology executive and his Stanford University faculty wife have pledged to give Stanford Hospital a $27.5 million gift to build a state-of-the-art emergenc... |
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on Nov 12, 2007 at 8:51 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Police data collection to continue year-round
Daryl Savage's effort to save the police department time -- by cutting the amount of demographic information, such as race, officers collect -- was strongly opposed by her Hum... |
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on Nov 10, 2007 at 5:47 pm by ???, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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November 13 Tell VTA What Bus Routes YOU Want
VTA is studying transit services in Palo Alto. They are holding a second community meeting November 13, 6:30-8:30pm at Jordan Middle school Dance Studio, 750 N. California Ave... |
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on Nov 10, 2007 at 5:05 pm by Penny Ellson, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Measures M & N easily win
Palo Alto city officials expected Measure M and Measure N to easily win Tuesday night, but the margins of victory were larger than anticipated.
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on Nov 9, 2007 at 7:17 pm by Realist, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Anna Luskin's 'legacy' vision of her life
When the parents of Anna Luskin visited her apartment in San Luis Obispo -- where she just completed her second year studying journalism at Cal Poly -- they found a short clas... |
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on Nov 9, 2007 at 6:40 pm by Emma, a resident of another community |
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California Avenue and Castro Street Design and Use
Dear Town Square Readers,
I am conducting research for a doctoral dissertation on the topic of urban street design and the use of streets through the Institute for Sustaina... |
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on Nov 9, 2007 at 2:28 pm by Joe Kott, a resident of another community |
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Edgewood Plaza needs to be scraped
Count me as a strong supporter of tearing down the entire Edgewood Plaza center and starting over with an attractivly designed retail/mixed use development or retail only cent... |
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on Nov 9, 2007 at 1:24 pm by Whats taking so long, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Exciting LEED-certified Design Could Inspire Palo Alto Developers and Citizens
Web Link
Here's a very nice LEED Gold certified mixed-use project in Southern California. Palo Alto... |
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on Nov 9, 2007 at 9:25 am by John M., a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Look at So Cal Fires
Hello Folks;
Just wanted for you to see something about the fires that destroyed So Cal. The fires that destroyed so manys peoples dreams and homes.
Go to Sign O... |
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on Nov 8, 2007 at 5:16 pm by Carolyn, a resident of another community |
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Espinosa, Burt, Yeh, Schmid lead council race
Greg Schmid slipped past Dan Dykwel Tuesday with a 570-vote margin, grabbing the fourth seat on the Palo Alto City Council -- providing the only unpredicted quirk in a race ma... |
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on Nov 8, 2007 at 12:44 pm by Mike, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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City staff defends maligned Web site
Nearly three months after the City of Palo Alto's debuted its new, widely unpopular Web site, three of the site's managers maintained Wednesday that the new site is an improve... |
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on Nov 8, 2007 at 10:05 am by Cant find, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
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Why was this important topic blocked by the Weekly?
The Weekly blocked comments on this topic "Puzzlement about 'Labor's' big interest in PA" after only four comments. Why ......on election day?? It was just starting to get... |
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on Nov 7, 2007 at 10:53 am by a, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Election time: Boys vs. Girls...?
I think it's interesting that the men (Espinosa, Burt, Yeh) seem to be dominating the council race while the women (Klausner, Baten Caswell, Townsend) dominate the school boar... |
Danny |
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on Nov 7, 2007 at 9:30 am by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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City Hall plaza to be named after Kings
Palo Alto's Civic Center Plaza will be renamed in January in honor of civil rights leaders Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King, and free speech, the City Council agreed Monda... |
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on Nov 6, 2007 at 9:08 pm by Isabelle, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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City 'claims investigator' wins claim against city
Former City of Palo Alto claims investigator Casey O'Neill will receive $335,000 from the city in exchange for retiring next June and dropping a "retaliation" charge, accordin... |
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on Nov 6, 2007 at 4:47 pm by Fireman, a resident of another community |
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2007 City Council Election Forum
Please use this topic to post your comments and questions regarding this fall's Palo Alto City Council race. The idea is to organize the community's discussion about the candi... |
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on Nov 5, 2007 at 9:37 pm by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online |
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Editorial: Espinosa, Burt, Yeh, Dykwel for City Council
Eleven candidates are in the race for four openings on Palo Alto's nine-member City Council in the Nov. 6 election — with no incumbents running. Bern Beecham, Dena Mossar and ... |
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on Nov 5, 2007 at 9:35 pm by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online |
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Puzzlement about 'Labor's' big interest in PA
The powerful South Bay Labor Council has been rallying votes for two chosen candidates for the Palo Alto City Council with an intensity that is puzzling some officials, politi... |
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on Nov 5, 2007 at 5:32 pm by Raleigh, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Arrest made in case of abducted Gunn student
An arrest has been made in the case of the 17-year-old Gunn High School student who was beaten, abducted and sexually assaulted Tuesday, according to police Agent Dan Ryan. |
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on Nov 5, 2007 at 5:17 pm by Dissapointed By Stander, a resident of another community |
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