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Four office buildings, theater planned for downtown Palo Alto
The City of Palo Alto and billionaire philanthropist John Arrillaga are pushing forward a sweeping development plan that would add a complex of four office towers, including o... |
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on Oct 1, 2012 at 12:06 pm by Constraints are a good thing, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Election 2010: The battle over Measure R
Friends and foes of Measure R have the same message for the voters of Palo Alto: If you vote for the other side, you are placing your family's life in danger. ==B Related mate... |
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on Nov 2, 2010 at 9:24 pm by Cardinal, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Police theater probe reaches back to early '90s
Leon Kaplan, who for two dozen years supervised the Palo Alto Children's Theatre operation until he retired in 2004, disclosed this week that a Palo Alto police detective and ... |
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on Mar 8, 2008 at 4:28 pm by litebug, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Stanford plan may mean big bump in traffic
With a voluminous application submitted Monday to the city of Palo Alto, Stanford Medical Center officials revealed additional details about one of the biggest development pro... |
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on Aug 22, 2007 at 5:03 pm by Walker, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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Proposed rail could take homes, shrink Alma
California's planned high-speed-rail system could significantly narrow Alma Street in several sections of Palo Alto and cause some residents near the Caltrain Corridor to give... |
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on Aug 17, 2010 at 3:29 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Airport reps, public discuss February crash
Palo Alto Airport representatives met with community members Tuesday morning in an effort to improve communication between the airport and the general public in light of the f... |
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on Mar 15, 2010 at 2:48 pm by Anna, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Police officers defer $800,000 in raises
In a move that will save Palo Alto about $800,000 during bleak financial times, the city's police union has voted to defer the 6 percent pay raise it was slated to receive in ... |
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on Dec 10, 2009 at 2:37 pm by Not important, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Could/should University Avenue be a pedestrian avenue?
The idea that University Avenue be a no-auto-traffiic pedestrian-only avenue has come up now and then for years. It's worked in major cities in Europe like Munich to great su... |
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on Jul 11, 2007 at 7:46 pm by Fred, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Report: Pollution spikes despite years of cleanup
Despite nearly three decades of clean-up efforts at a central Palo Alto Superfund site, groundwater contamination from a leaky underground chemical tank has dramatically conce... |
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on Apr 6, 2012 at 5:20 pm by Residen Barron Park Ventura, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Broken City Promises? Examples Wanted
With bond issues on the horizon, I thought it would be useful to compile the City's track record on delivering against what they promised on previous special tax and bond prop... |
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on Oct 8, 2007 at 7:25 pm by John, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Palo Alto, police union deadlocked over contract
Five months after Palo Alto completed its long and bitter negotiations with the city's firefighters union, officials find themselves in a similar struggle with another bargain... |
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on Aug 10, 2012 at 11:34 pm by Earn the respect, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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AT&T withdraws Palo Alto cell-tower application
AT&T has withdrawn its application to install a 75-foot-tall cell-phone tower at the Eichler Swim and Tennis Club in Palo Alto.
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on Nov 22, 2010 at 3:31 pm by bILL, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Court allows demolition of Juana Briones House
Jaim Nulman and Avelyn Welczer got one step closer to building their dream home on the site of the historic Juana Briones house in the Palo Alto foothills, after the state's S... |
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on Nov 3, 2010 at 10:05 pm by Samuel, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
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Palo Alto may study impacts of global warming
Next year's Palo Alto City Council should form a task force to study local impacts of climate change on Palo Alto and recommend how to prepare for them, the current council vo... |
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on Dec 14, 2009 at 5:03 pm by Kevin, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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City could take over airport within three years
Like an airplane owner who doesn't know how to fly, the City of Palo Alto has an airport but doesn't know how to manage it. It's left that to Santa Clara County for the last 4... |
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on Sep 26, 2007 at 7:03 pm by Get a CLUE, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis 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 plans to take over airport, despite snag
Just as Palo Alto is planning an ambitious takeover of Palo Alto Airport operations from Santa Clara County, the facility is in a danger of losing out on much-needed grant fun... |
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on May 15, 2012 at 10:34 am by GaryAir, a resident of Mountain View |
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We want a large grocery store
I have been keeping track of basic groceries that I am unable to get at Midtown Safeway and are always available at larger Safeways. These range from Safeway own brand items t... |
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on Oct 27, 2010 at 10:52 am by Try Mi Pueblo, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Beasley sculpture approved for Mitchell Park Library
Palo Alto's new Mitchell Park Library and Community Center will feature at its entrance a blockish, arch-shaped sculpture designed by Bruce Beasley, the same artist whose prop... |
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on Nov 25, 2009 at 8:53 pm by Rethink the 1%, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Palo Alto digs in for train-tunnel battle
Palo Alto is bracing for a tough, angry and uphill fight to keep the tunneling option on the table for a proposed high-speed rail system through the Peninsula -- rather than a... |
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on Apr 1, 2009 at 8:34 pm by Jarred, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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University Ave. should be solely a pedestrian and bicycle mall
I believe that University Avenue should be turned into a bicycle and pedestrian mall, from Cowper to Emerson. Some of my reasons:
1. Parking is difficult on the street, and... |
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on Jun 17, 2007 at 1:14 am by Candice, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Alma Plaza--again
From today's PA Weekly:
Web Link
One comment in the story is:
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on Mar 19, 2007 at 1:19 pm by Jeremy Loski, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood |
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Palo Alto mulls changes to building-height limits
Faced with a stampede of massive new developments, Palo Alto officials are taking a fresh look at the zoning code and considering whether it's time to puncture the city's 50-f... |
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on Oct 24, 2012 at 3:25 pm by LizKniss likes Arrillaga project, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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High utility bills give Palo Altans a shock
Palo Altans experienced sticker shock this month when utility bills nearly doubled for some residents.
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on Jan 30, 2008 at 9:33 am by NoPA Gobbledygook, a resident of the Leland Manor/Garland Drive neighborhood |
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Why not sell Palo Alto Utilities? It makes financial sense.
Sell PAU. Going price that property would be in the neighborhood of $800M-$1B, maybe more. Take the money from that sale and invest (in safe securities and bonds) an amount su... |
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on May 17, 2007 at 7:37 pm by Fred, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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