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Library effort raises $50,000, kicks off informational campaign
With orange balloons and orange juice, the campaign to renew Palo Alto's libraries -- with a bond measure -- kicked off officially Friday morning outside the Mitchell Park Lib... |
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on Jul 9, 2008 at 8:44 am by surveyed, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Knowledge, support low for PA bond measures
Cynical and unaware, Palo Alto voters aren't likely to approve either a $50 million bond to construct a new public-safety building or a $45 million bond to improve and expand ... |
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on Oct 10, 2007 at 8:29 pm by aw, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Lynne Johnson will retire as police chief
Palo Alto Police Chief Lynne Johnson will retire and leave her job Dec. 19, City Manager James Keene announced Thursday following an assembly of virtually all officers in the ... |
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on Mar 11, 2009 at 11:30 am by steveo, a resident of Mountain View |
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High-speed rail could stop in Palo Alto
The California High Speed Rail Authority is eyeing Palo Alto as a potential stop for super-fast trains that could whiz passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in less tha... |
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on Nov 1, 2008 at 6:06 pm by Person with the facts, a resident of another community |
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Editorial: Yes on E
It is difficult to imagine any other city engaging in the kind of hard-fought battle that has characterized the debate over Palo Alto's Measure E, an initiative that does noth... |
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on Oct 30, 2011 at 4:19 am by Walter Sedriks, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Diversity in Palo Alto Schools: Merit and Demerits
I have started this thread as an outgrowth of the discussion on starting a 13th elementary school in Palo Alto.
I think diversity, for the sake of diversity, is a wrong not... |
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on Jun 30, 2007 at 8:07 pm by nancy, a resident of Los Altos Hills |
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Pensions: Palo Alto's ticking time bomb
In 2007, the year Warren Buffett famously described public pensions as a time bomb with a long fuse, Palo Alto officials decided to add a little gunpowder to the city's benefi... |
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on Aug 24, 2012 at 4:04 pm by Deep Throat, a resident of another community |
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Pilots' group urges tighter procedures at airport
Acutely aware of the Palo Alto Airport's limited-visibility future, the airport's pilots' and aircraft-owners' group is pushing tighter takeoff-and-landing procedures to show ... |
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on Mar 1, 2010 at 1:31 pm by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton |
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Workers' union publicly protests city takebacks
The closed-doors negotiations between Palo Alto and its largest workers' union turned public and testy Monday night when hundreds of city employees packed into the City Counci... |
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on Jun 21, 2009 at 5:10 am by Anna, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Police hunting for 19-year-old shooting suspect
Palo Alto police have launched a manhunt 19-year-old suspect in today's shooting incident at an apartment complex at 574 Arastradero Road. The victim, in his early 20s, was sh... |
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on Apr 22, 2009 at 2:24 pm by Ketimpor Ta, a member of the Gunn High School community |
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An unsustainable animal shelter
Palo Altans are big pet owners, and the prospect of not having the convenience and top-level service of the city-run Animal Services Center is not a popular one.
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on Apr 18, 2012 at 4:16 pm by sandra skolnik, a resident of Mountain View |
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Another Palo Alto train death at West Meadow
An unidentified 19-year-old male died when he was hit by a train at West Meadow Drive in Palo Alto shortly before midnight Friday. Few details are available.
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on Jan 27, 2010 at 11:48 pm by resident, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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High Speed Rail promoters knocking on your door
High Speed Rail promoters knocking on your door
We have been asked by several locals “ who are these young people coming around, knocking on our doors and promoting the Hig... |
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on Aug 15, 2008 at 3:18 pm by Spokker, a resident of another community |
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How much more housing can Palo Alto handle?
We read the headlines that Palo Alto schools are filling up. By 2011, the school district is forecasted to exceed its capacity at all grade levels.
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on Jul 15, 2009 at 3:20 pm by Native, a member of the Walter Hays School community |
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Homeless residents pan car-dwelling ban
Homeless residents and advocates pleaded with Palo Alto officials on Monday night to rethink their plan to ban vehicle dwelling on city streets.
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on Jun 19, 2012 at 11:00 am by bkenny, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Only one Palo Alto church offers parking to campers
Out of 42 Palo Alto churches only one congregation is offering its parking lot so that people who live in their cars can get off the streets. City officials are likewise not o... |
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on Jul 16, 2012 at 6:47 pm by N, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
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City proposes to peek at people's garbage
Palo Altans who repeatedly throw recyclable items into their trash bins could soon find themselves slapped with fines and without a garbage-collection service.
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on Mar 18, 2010 at 10:29 am by Anonymous too, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Picket signs await picketers
A group of picket signs await arrival of more picketers at City Hall shortly after 10 a.m. today. Of 514.5 employees schedule to work today, city administrators reported that ... |
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on Oct 6, 2009 at 11:00 pm by faithful worker, a resident of another community |
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Internet provider to axe Palo Alto's web connection
The City of Palo Alto is losing its Internet connection due to a battle over a proposed neighborhood cell-phone tower.
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on Apr 3, 2011 at 11:48 pm by Ian, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Palo Alto budget gap explodes -- tempers, too
Tanking revenues have prompted Palo Alto city officials to increase the projected budget shortfall by $2 million, to about $7.8 million this fiscal year and $10 million next -... |
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on Apr 14, 2009 at 2:02 pm by Jake, a resident of another community |
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Vehicle dwelling: Harmless or nuisance?
Vickie Boone sipped her beverage slowly outside Peet's Coffee & Tea on Charleston Road, recalling the day two years ago when she decided to live in her car on Palo Alto's stre... |
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on Nov 16, 2011 at 2:14 pm by eww, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Retired officers top Palo Alto's list of earners
As some of Palo Alto's longest serving police officers and firefighters head for retirement in the face of benefit reductions, some are cashing in on years' worth of unused va... |
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on Mar 13, 2012 at 3:35 pm by Bankrupting the Next Generation, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Library upgrades jump to $80 million
Revamping Palo Alto's libraries will cost $80 million -- about $35 million more than was estimated this time last year -- a dismayed City Council learned Monday night.
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on Mar 13, 2008 at 1:51 pm by Get real, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
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Pot measure heads for 2012 ballot in Palo Alto
Palo Alto voters will have a chance next year to overturn the city's 15-year-old ban on marijuana dispensaries and allow three facilities to set up shop in the city.
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on Oct 16, 2011 at 9:48 pm by Jonathan Steigman, a resident of Mountain View |
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Manager, council surprised by Cal Ave tree cutting
A major tree-removal project in California Avenue's business district caught both City Manager James Keene and the City Council by surprise, officials have acknowledge.
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on Oct 10, 2009 at 9:35 pm by Unicorns don\'t bow, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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