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Stanford, nurses stalemate over contract
Stanford and Lucile Packard Children's hospitals rejected a request to continue contract negotiations by the nurses' union on Wednesday, sending a letter to the Committee for ... |
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on May 20, 2010 at 11:41 am by RN, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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'New Edgewood Plaza' plans nearly complete
Redevelopment plans for Palo Alto's Edgewood Plaza are nearly ready for public review -- but are catching some residents' groups by surprise.
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on Nov 13, 2008 at 5:21 pm by jt, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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New re-modeled Safeway in Menlo Park
Too bad we cannot have a store like this in Palo Alto for our shopping needs:
Web Link
Oh, I forgot, it would... |
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on Jan 6, 2008 at 7:05 pm by Belle, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Speeders using Monroe Drive & Miller Avenue as Expressway
Currently on Monroe Drive and Miller Avenue in Palo Alto, we have a posted speed limit of 25 MPH. We also have "No Sidewalks" and daily stream of blatant speeding motorist sha... |
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on Aug 22, 2007 at 10:07 pm by Terry, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Inflation for real families
I went down to my local grocery store, today, and purchased a typical basket of groceries. I was shocked! I have also been forced to buy gasoline at well over four dollars pe... |
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on Oct 9, 2012 at 1:37 pm by Jan H., a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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'Declaration of war' in nurses' contract impasse
A bitter contract dispute between Stanford and Packard hospitals and their nurses' union has reached a stalemate, with the union accusing the hospitals of "a declaration of wa... |
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on Feb 21, 2011 at 4:05 pm by Gee, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Special meeting set to address Lytton Plaza delays
Seeking to break ground on Lytton Plaza as soon as possible without violating a local law, City Manager James Keene hopes to organize a special City Council meeting this month... |
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on Aug 15, 2009 at 12:38 pm by John, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Palo Alto City Council plans to discuss Iran
On Monday, the Palo Alto City Council plans to discuss the landfill, Foothills Park, green building, the proposed Environmental Commission and Iran.
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on Dec 11, 2007 at 2:39 pm by Amy, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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Rinconada Pool closed again
Last Saturday, (7/28) the Rinconada Big Pool was once
again closed for recreational swimming, apparently for
lack of staff. This has been a problem in recent summers.
Any ... |
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on Sep 18, 2007 at 3:08 pm by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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PA teacher faces misdemeanor charges for party
If convicted, Swagerty should be fired from PAUSD. |
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on Dec 27, 2006 at 12:22 pm by Anon3, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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How to avoid another Alma Plaza
I pass by Alma Plaza every day and wonder how the builder got this passed. I remember 10 years of back and forth and this is the result? The tall structure on Alma is right at... |
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on May 5, 2013 at 10:57 pm by resident Ramona Street, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Palo Alto moves to support same-sex marriage
Palo Alto officials enthusiastically jumped into the national debate over same-sex marriage on Monday night when they passed a resolution opposing Proposition 8 and agreed to ... |
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on Apr 3, 2013 at 6:30 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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School lawyer: 'We are not rehashing this any more'
Calling the controversy over a federal civil-rights investigation a "tiresome, distracting and an unproductive loop," the attorney for the Palo Alto school district has advise... |
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on Mar 13, 2013 at 4:35 pm by the_punnisher, a resident of Mountain View |
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Residents split at meeting over Newell Road bridge
A crowd of community members from Palo Alto and East Palo Alto jammed into the theater at the Lucie Stern Community Center to voice their opinions on the proposed replacement ... |
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on Jan 11, 2013 at 8:08 am by Rs, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Palo Alto looks to raise fees for artist studios, athletic fields
Faced with skyrocketing pension and health care costs for city workers and retirees, Palo Alto officials are considering raising fees for athletes who play on local fields, ga... |
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on May 14, 2012 at 8:29 pm by Barbara, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Startup aims to take off from Palo Alto airport
An "all-you-can-fly" airline startup looking to get its business off the ground is eying Palo Alto's airport as a key stop for its operation.
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on Apr 15, 2012 at 12:16 pm by Old Palo Altan, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Paly student nearly drowns in school pool
The quick response of Palo Alto High School students and a swim coach to get an unconscious student out of the bottom of the school's swimming pool helped save his life, Palo ... |
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on Mar 31, 2012 at 7:24 pm by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Palo Alto looks for speedier union negotiations
Palo Alto officials made a push this week to speed up the city's process for labor negotiations when a City Council committee endorsed a new policy that calls for new union co... |
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on Mar 24, 2012 at 10:20 am by Deep Throat, a resident of another community |
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Plan to cut lanes on California Avenue challenged again
Palo Alto's plan to reduce lanes on California Avenue from four to two and to add a host of streetscape improvements to the commercial strip is facing a fresh legal challenge ... |
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on Jan 10, 2012 at 1:36 pm by Mike, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Judge halts plan to cut lanes on Cal Ave
Palo Alto has to halt its plan to reduce lanes on California Avenue and reconsider its environmental analysis of the streetscaping plan for the business district, a Santa Clar... |
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on Nov 24, 2011 at 4:11 pm by keenplanner, a resident of another community |
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School board asks city to link schools to housing
With a nervous eye on crowded classrooms, the Palo Alto Board of Education formally has asked the City Council to keep school "capacity challenges" in mind when the city consi... |
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on Nov 16, 2010 at 11:29 pm by piglet, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Resident aims to battle Palo Alto over 'privacy'
Kathleen Jason-Moreau knows that in a dense city like Palo Alto total privacy is impossible to come by. But the Alma Street resident believes a mistake by city planners will f... |
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on Sep 21, 2010 at 8:23 pm by Neva Yarkin, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto ranks third on list of 'top-earning towns'
Palo Alto trails behind Bethesda, Md., and Greenwich, Conn., in CNN Money Magazine's 2010 list of "top-earning towns." Median family income in Palo Alto is $153,615, and the m... |
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on Jul 28, 2010 at 5:26 pm by Gene786, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Montecito crash 'made everybody's life terrible'
The early Sunday crash in Montecito that killed Kelly Marie Ruiz, 26, of Mountain View, and Sara Elizabeth Pezzimenti, 21, of Palo Alto, "made everybody's life terrible" and "... |
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on Jan 1, 2010 at 1:56 am by K., a resident of another community |
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Residents fight to save sycamores at Paly
A proposal to remove 13 large trees from the Palo Alto High School's sycamore-lined entrance from Churchill Avenue was headed off by residents and school board members Tuesday... |
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on Oct 18, 2009 at 5:51 pm by Arrbor Day, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |