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Charges dropped in Palo Alto bus fatality
A SamTrans bus driver facing a vehicular-manslaughter charge after her bus struck a pedestrian in Palo Alto in 2010 was exonerated Wednesday after the Santa Clara County Distr... |
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on Dec 15, 2012 at 10:47 am by ndnorth, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Divided council beefs up parking requirements
With downtown residents up in arms about a dearth of parking in their neighborhoods, Palo Alto officials agreed on Monday to suspend for one-year a zoning exemption that lower... |
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on Dec 13, 2012 at 8:55 pm by Boo hoo, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Palo Alto to pay $333,481 in software settlement
Palo Alto officials on Monday authorized a settlement with software company SAP Public Services, which claimed earlier this year that the city owes more than $1 million becaus... |
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on Dec 13, 2012 at 11:05 am by Retired Staffer, a resident of another community |
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Palo Alto shoppers may start paying for bags
A proposed new disposable-bag ordinance could force Palo Alto consumers to pay as much as 25 cents for every bag used to carry merchandise, if the City Council votes to approv... |
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on Dec 12, 2012 at 9:16 am by businessdecision, a resident of another community |
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Four-story building eyed for downtown Palo Alto
Just months after Palo Alto approved construction of a new four-story building in a prime downtown location, another major commercial development is preparing to make its way ... |
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on Dec 12, 2012 at 1:45 am by Mark Weiss , a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Audit finds errors in Palo Alto's health care expenditures
Palo Alto's process for administering health benefits to city workers and retirees is riddled with errors and suffers from insufficient monitoring, according to a critical rep... |
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on Dec 10, 2012 at 8:52 pm by Lazlo, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Holiday Fund: A helping hand for kids
When Nina first wound up in a homeless shelter six years ago, escaping an abusive relationship, her main concern was immediate: finding a place to give birth to the baby who w... |
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on Dec 10, 2012 at 12:31 pm by Scruffy, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
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Guest opinion: Why Planned Community zoning makes so much trouble
Nothing brings out Palo Alto citizens with the pitchforks as fast as a Planned Community application. Everybody has a different view of how, or if, a development project provi... |
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on Dec 9, 2012 at 1:19 pm by Gianetta, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Historic board pans plan to move Hostess House
A proposal to relocate the historic Julia Morgan-designed building at 27 University Ave. to make way for four office towers and a theater drew a harsh reception at Wednesday m... |
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on Dec 9, 2012 at 10:04 am by homeless , a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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I miss the old palo alto!
I was born and raised in PA. I, like so many others, grew up in our nice little safe neighborhood where the kids all played together and everyone knew one another. We all wen... |
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on Dec 7, 2012 at 5:12 pm by Evan, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Holiday Fund: Library Foundation pushes to furnish city's libraries
Palo Alto's politicos, civic leaders and bookworms rejoiced in November 2008 when voters resoundingly passed Measure N, a $76 million bond measure to renovate two city librari... |
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on Dec 7, 2012 at 12:45 pm by MadamPresident, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto settles suit over compost plant
The City of Palo Alto has reached a settlement with a group of environmentalists who had filed a lawsuit challenging a proposal to build a waste-to-energy facility in the Bayl... |
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on Dec 6, 2012 at 6:41 pm by Craig Laughton, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Car rolls over on Charleston Road in Palo Alto
A white Nissan sedan going west on Charleston Road in Palo Alto hit a tree and rolled over, skidding into the intersection of Middlefield Road at about 4:35 p.m. Monday, Dec. ... |
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on Dec 6, 2012 at 1:25 pm by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Service Friday for former school board president Tuomy
Services will be held Friday, Dec. 7, for John Tuomy, a former Palo Alto teacher who served for eight years on the Palo Alto Board of Education. Tuomy suffered fatal injuries ... |
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on Dec 6, 2012 at 12:36 pm by Jan Strand, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Building inspector's death under investigation
The death of a building inspector who fell down an elevator shaft in a Palo Alto home in December 2011 is under investigation, the Weekly has learned.
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on Dec 5, 2012 at 9:15 pm by Pete Bennett, a resident of another community |
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Undisclosed meetings, private funds cloud downtown debate
In July 2011, just weeks after Palo Alto approved the mammoth expansion of the Stanford University Medical Center -- the largest development in the city's history -- city offi... |
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on Dec 5, 2012 at 12:43 pm by resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto nixes election on Arrillaga's downtown proposal
Faced with a flurry of criticism of a sweeping proposal to build four office towers and a theater in downtown Palo Alto, city officials on Tuesday scrapped the idea of bringin... |
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on Dec 5, 2012 at 10:20 am by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Power goes out for 500 in Midtown Palo Alto
An outage Monday afternoon left 500 customers without power in Midtown Palo Alto after a contractor working near Coleridge Avenue dug into a 4,000-volt line.
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on Dec 4, 2012 at 7:13 am by Donald, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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Strong winds, rain cause storm drains to clog
The second of three storms cleared the Palo Alto area Friday afternoon but not before significantly flooding several Palo Alto streets.
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on Dec 4, 2012 at 12:23 am by palo alto resident, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
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Editorial: The push for 27 University
If you're confused by the process by which the City Council is considering a massive commercial office project put forth by developer John Arrillaga dubbed "27 University" you... |
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on Dec 3, 2012 at 10:40 pm by pat, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Arrillaga scales down plan for University Avenue
A controversial plan by developer John Arrillaga to build a new "arts and innovation district" with four office towers and a theater on University Avenue has been revised afte... |
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on Dec 2, 2012 at 12:02 am by Concerns, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Downtown's growing pains
The rest of America may still be shaking off the economic hangover from the Great Recession, but downtown Palo Alto is fully awake. And yet the area's recent and expected grow... |
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on Dec 1, 2012 at 9:46 pm by Matt L, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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District seeks parents to help with new school
The Palo Alto school district is seeking parent applicants for a committee to help determine a location for a new elementary school. The Elementary School Site Location Adviso... |
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on Nov 30, 2012 at 9:17 am by palo alto mom, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Palo Alto prepares for storms, potential outages
The City of Palo Alto Utilities department has organized a 24-hour control center and stand-by crews to help residents weather the series of storms in the event of power outag... |
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on Nov 30, 2012 at 8:33 am by low tech, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
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Will Palo Alto rise up to defeat mega projects?
September was quite a month for development proposals in Palo Alto. First there was Jay Paul's proposal for 311,000 square feet of office space in the California Avenue area, ... |
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on Nov 29, 2012 at 10:37 am by Resident, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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