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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 ... |
bicyclist |
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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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Huge Number of Retirements This Week
The city is loosing a huge number of employees this week. This coinsides with the imposed contract that the city manager and council forced on the work force. Some operations... |
Bill |
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on Nov 19, 2009 at 4:24 pm by Fireman, a resident of another community |
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When will we see 'mostly liberal" in the Weekly?
The March 21 Weekly has an article called "The online opinionator". It contains this fragment:
"... where he shares his mostly conservative thoughts on a range of topics ...... |
Bill |
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on Mar 29, 2007 at 10:48 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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What has happened to the Main Library after school?
I went in to the Main Library today late this afternoon to take back some books, and the place was a 'zoo'.
Wasn't this supposed to be an after school study environment and o... |
Bill |
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on Mar 18, 2007 at 5:43 pm by Anonymous Teen, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Streets & Sidewalks or Five New Libraries
I am struck by the poor and (rapidly) getting poorer condition of our sidewalks and streets. Tennyson Avenue has lots of cracks with weeds growing to ankle height. Additional... |
Bill Bechtold |
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on Oct 24, 2008 at 6:53 pm by Shame, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Gardeners file claim against city over leaf blowers
Gardeners and leaf-blower manufacturers are threatening a $5.5 million lawsuit against the City of Palo Alto, claiming the City Council violated the Federal Clean Air Act when... |
Bill D'Agostino |
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on Jun 22, 2011 at 11:41 am by rake, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Taking justice in their own hands
Concerned about a rise in home and auto burglaries, residents in Palo Alto are beginning to patrol their streets at night, hoping to spot criminals in the act. Last night, at ... |
Bill D'Agostino |
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on Jun 23, 2006 at 10:03 am by Joyce Fortson, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
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Mayor warns residents about city finances
Shortly after the Palo Alto City Council adopted a budget with a $1.4 million projected surplus, Mayor Judy Kleinberg issued a dire warning.
The city is facing threats to... |
Bill D'Agostino |
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on Jun 13, 2006 at 7:55 pm by Very Tas, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
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Albertson's at Edgewood Plaza to close
Say goodbye to another grocery store, Palo Alto.
Albertson’s is closing its store in Edgewood Plaza around early August, the company announced today.
In total, 37 A... |
Bill D'Agostino |
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on Jun 9, 2006 at 1:43 pm by KCSarr, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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City to pay for repairs of Roth Building
The City of Palo Alto failed to prevent water damage to its historic Roth Building during the past two winters and will now have to take $415,000 from its reserves for needed ... |
Bill D'Agostino |
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on Jun 6, 2006 at 5:16 pm by Steven M, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Auto mall off 101 now seems unlikely
Building an auto mall on city-owned land near U.S. Highway 101 is "expensive and logistically difficult," Palo Alto City Manager Frank Benest reported this week.
Although... |
Bill D'Agostino |
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on Jun 1, 2006 at 12:38 pm by Bill D'Agostino, Palo Alto Weekly reporter |
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Please Require Personal Identification on There Forums
This election season has made these Forums practically unbearable and unusable. It is very clear that a small number of individuals are using this Forum as a way to influence... |
Bill Glazier |
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on Sep 22, 2008 at 11:02 am by jim, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Tree clearance on southbound 101 onramp at Embarcadero
Has anyone noticed the recent clearing of trees along the southbound onramp to 101 at Embarcadero Road, especially just along the neighborhood line? Does anyone know what thi... |
Bill Goldman |
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on May 22, 2007 at 3:34 pm by Bill Goldman, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Welcome to Town Square!
Palo Altans never hesitate to get involved in local issues when they have an opinion or see a problem needing to be solved. Whether your issue is currently being debated by th... |
Bill Johnson |
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on Aug 6, 2006 at 10:59 pm by Jeff Bedolla, a resident of another community |
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After Prop R Fails
What's the appropriate response by the city council to the Fire Fighters Union after Prop R fails? I think the council should consider downsizing the department and/or lookin... |
bill kelly |
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on Nov 6, 2010 at 5:37 pm by bill, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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CPI Settlement with City is criminal
On Friday CPI Industries settled with the city for releasing toxic gases into Barron Park. The settlement calls for no admission of guilt and a $20,000 fine. CPI's own inves... |
Bill Kelly |
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on Jun 13, 2008 at 12:27 pm by fireman, a resident of another community |
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San Francisco Airport Incoming Flight Patterns and Noise Pollution
Is it my imagination or have the incoming flight patterns changed such that more flights into San Francisco Airport are brought in directly over Palo Alto? Are planes flying l... |
Bill Stewart |
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on Feb 16, 2013 at 3:57 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton |
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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... |
Bill T. |
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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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Quickest way to get a thread closed down
is to ask, after one of her anti-Obama rants:
"Sharon: do you believe the President is an American?" |
bin Ladin dead, GM is alive |
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on Aug 7, 2012 at 4:15 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Town Square blog entry question
I love the idea of having a place for local blogs and web sites. Thanks for making it possible. I have two questions - could the Weekly staff please answer?
1) Where is t... |
blogger |
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on Sep 9, 2008 at 9:32 am by Tyler Hanley, online editor of Palo Alto Online |
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Advice to Palo Altans: Be kind to each other
When it comes to embracing the greater good, nobody does it better than the people of Palo Alto.
We recycle, support our public schools and parks, buy Girl Scout cookies a... |
Blythe Nilsson |
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on Apr 24, 2007 at 7:11 am by Roy, a resident of another community |
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And what did this cost???
And what did this cost? The 8 1/2" x 5" postcard from the PA Utilities Department in today's mail admonishes "Typically you don't know who we are". This is 'from' the ... |
Bob |
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on Apr 29, 2013 at 9:22 am by Debra Katz, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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FYI-Mark your Calendar - May 23rd
Reportedly (PaloAlto Patch) POTUS (that's President of the United States) will be in Palo Alto - again - on May 23rd - 4:30 p.m. at the Garden Court Hotel downtown for som... |
Bob |
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on May 8, 2012 at 5:51 am by ugh, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Google CEO's 'green' house has neighbors seeing red
Interesting article re Larry Page's new home and the surrounding properties he owns. Web Link
Also since the ground f... |
Bob |
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on May 31, 2011 at 1:42 pm by whiners, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Smoky fire at the PA landfill today
There was a smoky fire at the Palo Alto landfill this morning. It was very black and visible from the Baylands, 101, and Mountain View. Anyone know anything about this? |
Bob |
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on Nov 19, 2010 at 8:05 am by David, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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