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Co-investing in a first home
For our Spring Real Estate special section, I'm looking for people who have recently purchased homes together -- parents helping a child, two friends, two people who didn't kn... |
Carol Blitzer -- Asst. Editor, Palo Alto Weekly |
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on Mar 5, 2007 at 2:47 pm by Carl D., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Missing Stanford Student - this is a Palo Alto issue
There is a Stanford Student missing since last Saturday. I have seen nothing about town and very little in the media. This is an issue that affects all of us. Please let us do... |
Palo Alto Resident |
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on Feb 27, 2007 at 11:52 pm by Stanford Alumni \\\'01, a resident of Stanford |
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There seems to be an elephant in the room when talking about the enviroment,air pollution,CO2, dependance on oil
There is a lot of talk about pollution, global warming and dependance on foeign oil, but no one or almost no one is talking about an obvious problem and rather straight-forwar... |
GGRick |
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on Feb 26, 2007 at 5:25 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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PA Junior Museum: Independence or Boondoggle?
In an article dated October 17, reporter Becky Trout used the term “independence” to describe the arrangement currently being ratified between the City and the Friends of the... |
Ron Lee |
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on Feb 24, 2007 at 7:26 pm by Aleks, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Weighing in on City Planning
Web Link
Here's an interesting study that correlates walkable, mixed-use neighborhoods with health. If this work proves to be v... |
Periwinkle |
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on Feb 23, 2007 at 8:50 am by E.B., a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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City Council Changing the World
While channel surfing last night, I caught the City Council discussing the need to increase their allowance for travel by a few thousand dollars (full disclosure, I have never... |
BeHumble |
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on Feb 21, 2007 at 6:52 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Should we name anything after a non-resident?
I have nothing against Martin Luther King or Mrs. King, their heritage or their legacy. But neither had anything remotely to do with Palo Alto - and at that years after the Re... |
Kate |
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on Feb 20, 2007 at 11:20 pm by joyce, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Actually, we get on very well together
To read some of what has been said in this forum recently, one might think we are racist, hateful and constantly ear bashing each other. If someone just dropped here from anot... |
Parent |
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on Feb 18, 2007 at 12:40 pm by Carol, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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"Smart" Stanford studens duped by scam?
I can't believe that the super smart Stanford students with SAT's in the stratsophere were
duped into on-line 'phishing scams' pretending to be Bank of America or any other i... |
kate |
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on Feb 12, 2007 at 3:11 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Innovation towards very small AFFORDABLE housing
Here's a thought-provoking article in the always-interesting "Metropolis Magazine" Web Link
here's a quote from the article:
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Periwinkle |
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on Feb 8, 2007 at 12:31 am by A NO on high density in residental neighborhoods, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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What Kind Of Forum Is This??
What the heck is going on these days with this forum? The Weekly police squad seem to be removing posts left and right and even locked the thread dealing with the topic of suc... |
Observer |
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on Feb 2, 2007 at 4:30 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Race Card Fatigue
I am tired of seeing some proponents of Mandarin Immersion cry "racism" against anyone who opposes placing another immersion program right now in Palo Alto, even a Mandarin ... |
Pauline Navarro |
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on Jan 31, 2007 at 10:21 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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AOL problems
Has anybody else had problems with AOL Tuesday and Wednesday? I have tried to connect several times since Tuesday morning on our DSL line and have not succeeded. I did however... |
Aol User |
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on Jan 30, 2007 at 10:39 am by Senior Blogger, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Palo Alto, Iraq and questions about our responsibilities
Hi folks,
I love it here in Palo Alto – where I’ve lived my entire life. I did, however, live elsewhere when I served in the U.S. Marine Corps in the mid-‘70s in ground in... |
Andrew L. Freedman |
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on Jan 29, 2007 at 2:47 pm by Robin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Cars should be able to turn left without an arrow
The driving regulations in Palo Alto are needlessly paternalistic. The best example of this tendency is the inability to make a left turn at intersections without an arrow. ... |
Craig |
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on Jan 27, 2007 at 12:07 am by SkepticAl, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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PA sued over 'oversized' 195 Page Mill project
Web Link
Another example of outrageous, frivolous hubris that would keep our city from growing. What a waste of public reso... |
Anna |
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on Jan 25, 2007 at 8:06 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Federal funding delayed for creek study
"The ultimate goal of the study, whose completion is not expected for more than a decade, is to find a way to protect area communities from flooding while preserving and enhan... |
joyce |
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on Jan 24, 2007 at 10:51 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Churchill accident - a reminder to us all
The accident on Monday morning at the railroad tracks on Churchill should be a reminder to us all to behave responsibly while crossing the tracks. For parents of those who we... |
Paly Parent |
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on Jan 22, 2007 at 6:52 pm by karen ewart, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
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PA Online heavily censored?
The "staff" at PA Online are heavily censoring comments on some of these boards, and are now deleting any posting critical of their sensitivites. How long will this posting l... |
Who\'s afraid? |
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on Jan 21, 2007 at 6:08 pm by Wolf, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Who wants to rename their Street "King Blvd".
I wonder who will pay for Oregon or anywhere else to be renamed King Blvd. in of MLK. I don't have anything against the idea, just wondering if we in Palo Alto can justify sp... |
Not a Fan |
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on Jan 20, 2007 at 8:31 pm by Refer And Hum, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Major issues facing Palo Alto in the near future
Here is a list of what are major issues facing Palo Alto:
1. Gathering support from South Palo Alto Residents for a new Mitchell Park library and community center.
2. De... |
A concerned resident |
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on Jan 14, 2007 at 2:36 pm by another concerned resident, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Weekly Late with News
Just picked up my copy of PA Weekly to find out what happened at last night's PAUSD Board Meeting. Unfortunately, there was no mention of it, the article about MI being recomm... |
PA Weekly Reader |
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on Jan 10, 2007 at 5:58 pm by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus |
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Caltrain - electric train woes
I heard today that Caltrain is proposing to add electric engines to replace the deisel ones used at present. For this reason, it seems imperative to me that something must be ... |
Carol |
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on Jan 9, 2007 at 7:59 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Electrical Power Problems
In late 2006, the City had two all day electrical shutdowns to "upgrade equipment" in our neighborhood.
Since then, and beginning the next day, appliances in our house began ... |
Senor Blogger |
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on Jan 5, 2007 at 12:05 pm by Unhappy Customer, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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A no brainer way to save energy
On even the hottest and coldest days I find most of the doors at Stanford Shopping Center stores wide open. Some merchants say it is requirement set forth by the mall manageme... |
ethan |
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on Jan 4, 2007 at 3:20 pm by Todd Bethell, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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