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The Elephant in the Room: About the Recent Teen Suicides
Being a mental health provider in the area I've noticed the following:
Many Palo Alto families are silently struggling with economic challenges, unbenounced to their neighb... |
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on Oct 27, 2009 at 12:44 am by JordanParent, a member of the Jordan Middle School community |
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What's holding California back from a water deal?
A slim majority (51%) also said there should be "fundamental changes" in the Constitution. But 69% objected to reducing the legislative vote requirement for a tax increase to ... |
Resident |
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on Oct 16, 2009 at 10:08 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Dan Dykwel
Dan Dykwel is a businessman who supports a new business tax; a school volunteer who doesn't have children in the school system; and a real-estate broker who wants to protect t... |
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on Oct 9, 2009 at 12:30 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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All high-speed rail options still on the table for Palo Alto
When the high-speed rail line comes through Palo Alto at speeds of 125 mph, the trains could run at-grade, completely underground or on elevated tracks, California High-Speed ... |
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on Oct 4, 2009 at 9:24 am by SMART Observer, a resident of another community |
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Palo Alto boosts outreach effort on high-speed rail
Palo Alto is planning a series of events to raise awareness about the proposed high-speed rail system even as the state Rail Authority looks to revamp its outreach effort.
R... |
Editor |
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on Oct 2, 2009 at 11:38 pm by Mark Weiss, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Barrie Coate Cal Ave Videographer: Please Help Me Find Him
Our citizen’s event yesterday with Barrie Coate at the California Avenue Farmer’s Market was special, timely, extremely informative, and influential.
It was videotaped by ... |
Fred Balin |
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on Sep 28, 2009 at 4:44 pm by mj, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Providing homes for birds and native bees
Native plants can attract bees to urban gardens
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 2:23... |
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on Sep 24, 2009 at 6:29 am by The Honeybee Conservancy, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Endorsement article by Former City Council member Ladoris Cordell
There is a great article that got published by La Doris Cordell former judge, Palo Alto City council member and special counsilto the Stanford University president. I want to... |
Resident |
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on Sep 21, 2009 at 2:41 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Larger Dog Run Planned for Greer Park Soccer Field
The Monday, September 21, 2009, City Council meeting includes Item #14 on the Consent Calendar for the adoption of an ordinance approving and adopting a plan for improvement o... |
Herb Borock |
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on Sep 20, 2009 at 10:54 pm by Amy, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Disaster aides to practice what they preach
Disaster-response volunteers will be holding an earthquake drill Saturday afternoon in Palo Alto, practicing putting out fires, search and rescue from buildings, triage and di... |
Editor |
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on Sep 18, 2009 at 12:54 pm by Annette Ashton, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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East Meadow Circle Concept Plan Meeting Wed 16th September
-------- EAST MEADOW CIRCLE CONCEPT PLAN MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY --------------
The third meeting for the East Meadow Circle Concept Plan is coming up! It
will be held t... |
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on Sep 17, 2009 at 9:33 am by Palo Verde Resident, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Wrong information in Info Palo Alto about our County Board of Education
I noticed that Info Palo Alto, the annual PA Weekly publication, lists our representative to the County Board of Education as one Mary Anne Filice. Seems a bit funny, given th... |
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on Sep 14, 2009 at 12:41 am by mom, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Guest Opinion: A glimpse back at the history of Palo Alto parks-dedication battles
The proposed renovation of Lytton Plaza created a bit of consternation and misinformation about how Palo Alto is required to deal with our parks.
Read the full story here ht... |
Editor |
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on Sep 10, 2009 at 11:02 pm by Brian Steen, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
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News Digest
Green-vested man robs Luther Savings bank
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, September 4, 2009, 12:00 AM |
Editor |
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on Sep 10, 2009 at 9:50 am by John Beach, a resident of another community |
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Report Objectionable Content
What do you when “Report Objectionable Content” is telling the site sponsor it’s them???
Perhaps it’s only me (I’m used to it, I tend to think oddly compared to most peopl... |
WHAT????? |
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on Sep 9, 2009 at 2:57 pm by bill, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Public Council meetings at City Hall Monday night. 7pm
I have an Idea. The P.A online does not like so much? There is a TV in the loby of City Hall. Lets meet in the loby during the City Council meeting and OPENLY talk about are ... |
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on Aug 28, 2009 at 8:01 am by fireman, a resident of another community |
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Stanford to test emergency sirens Friday
Palo Alto residents and businesses near the Stanford University campus may hear emergency sirens as the university activates its new outdoor siren emergency-warning system Fri... |
Editor |
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on Aug 5, 2009 at 9:08 am by Dragonfly7, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Senior Games Money Not Yet Approved by City Council
I've been reading the stories about the paid staff for the Senior Games encouraging people to volunteer to work at the games.
I wondered why nobody suggested that Senior Ga... |
Herb Borock |
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on Jul 20, 2009 at 2:42 pm by Jenny, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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HSR meeting w/ Anna Eshoo Sat. 7/25 at 2pm
From Rep. Anna Eshoo's Office: Please attend a townhall meeting about High Speed Rail (HSR) with Rep. Anna Eshoo this Sat. July 25, 2009, from 2:00 to 3:30pm at Menlo Park Cit... |
Alex Green |
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on Jul 20, 2009 at 11:05 am by It\'s the economy stupid, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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County validates citizens' 'wider-streets' petition
A community petition to require wider streets for new developments in Palo Alto was officially validated by Santa Clara County Wednesday. City Council to consider petition eff... |
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on Jul 15, 2009 at 5:16 pm by casey, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Clinical compassion
Curtis Lewis cautiously approached the Ravenswood Family Health Clinic's mobile unit on a recent Thursday. It was his first visit to the portable clinic, parked in front of a ... |
Editor |
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on Jul 11, 2009 at 11:32 pm by Keep it up!, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Does anyone know why Stanford has installed new fencing on Peter Coutts Rd from Page Mill to Stanford?
In the last two weeks, Stanford has quickly and quietly (I say quietly because it didn't take 9 years of meetings to install the de facto No Parking) installed new fencing whi... |
Paly Parent |
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on Jul 10, 2009 at 4:47 pm by Clem, a resident of another community |
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Weddings
Hillary Thagard and Tim Persyn
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, October 31, 2008, 12:00 AM |
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on Jun 27, 2009 at 6:54 pm by John McManus, a resident of Atherton |
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Palo Alto council to adopt 2010 budget tonight
Palo Alto's proposals to cut programs, raise fees and eliminate about 20 positions to close a $10 million budget gap will be weighed tonight, when the City Council is schedule... |
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on Jun 15, 2009 at 11:47 am by Kate, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Help is available
The Palo Alto School District has provided the following list of resources people can call on during a crisis.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Jun 5, 2009 at 2:43 pm by mommie dear, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |