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PALO ALTO ISSUES
Country club expansion headed for City Council
Shepherding a country club expansion through the Palo Alto Process has frustrated Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club President Stephen Pahl, a land-use attorney himself. ...
 
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on Aug 28, 2008 at 5:01 pm by Kendall, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
2002 sexual-attack suspect heading for plea
Legal officials are working to find an attorney for Roberto Cruz Recendes, the man accused of sexually assaulting a 94-year-old woman in her assisted-living unit in 2002. Rea...
 
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on Aug 26, 2008 at 1:07 am by hmm, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Having trouble getting a home loan?
We keep hearing that potential buyers may be running into problems nailing a home loan. Anyone out there who lost a house because they couldn't get the loan secured in time? P...
 
Megan Rawlins, Palo Alto Weekly
 
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on Aug 23, 2008 at 5:53 am by Perspective, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Keene's $240,000 salary approved by council
New Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene will begin work in September earning $240,000 with 120 hours of vacation leave and 240 hours of sick leave, according to a contract approv...
 
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on Jul 22, 2008 at 10:04 am by fireman, a resident of another community
PALO ALTO ISSUES
The art of fear
Fear in our society is the central theme running through paintings and drawings by Timothy Berry, now also on exhibit at the Palo Alto Art Center. Read the full story here ht...
 
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on Jul 17, 2008 at 6:42 pm by sara, a resident of Stanford
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Sixteen vie for spot on art commission
After facing a dearth of applicants for the Public Art Commission in April, the Palo Alto City Council will choose 5 out of 16 applicants on Monday. The field includes not onl...
 
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on Jul 11, 2008 at 7:12 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Bus route altered in south Palo Alto
An altered route for a community bus line in Palo Alto begins Monday and will include coordinated service to local schools that begins in the fall. Read the full story here...
 
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on Jul 10, 2008 at 9:40 am by Parent, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Summer theater director quits to protest firings
Former Children's Theatre Director Pat Briggs has spent more than a week debating whether to challenge her recent termination, but hadn't reached a decision as of Monday, acco...
 
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on Jul 10, 2008 at 1:21 am by JR, a resident of Mountain View
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stanford unveils massive habitat plan
A plan Stanford officials say could improve life for four threatened species while making it easier for the school to develop and build on campus was submitted to federal agen...
 
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on Jun 24, 2008 at 6:00 pm by Scott, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Free the Chidren's Theater! Smaller,smarter government needed in PA
Time to FREE THE CHILDREN'S THEATER! I am interested in facts, arguments and values pro and con to help my thinking on the following which now seems right to me at least...
 
solon
 
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on Jun 22, 2008 at 2:53 pm by fireman, a resident of another community
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Blood center desperate for type O negative
Critical shortage of the universal type O negative blood has triggered an emergency appeal for donors by the Stanford Blood Center. The center "has no units of O negative on i...
 
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on Jun 4, 2008 at 2:41 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Deaths
Holt Ashley Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, May 31, 2006, 12:00 AM
 
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on May 29, 2008 at 12:20 am by MLancis, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stanford neighbors get peek at housing plans
The first public viewing of two proposed developments bordering the College Terrace neighborhood took place on Wednesday night. Stanford proposes building 22 staff-housing ren...
 
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on Apr 12, 2008 at 2:39 pm by Need good reporting, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Gardens of Old Palo Alto
Gamble Garden spring tour showcases five local gems Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 1:51 P...
 
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on Apr 10, 2008 at 8:34 am by JG, a resident of Stanford
PALO ALTO ISSUES
When does the CPA Investigate a crime?
We have seen that the CPA can investigate its Employee's and the Public. For what they think are crimes,mostly against them{The City} When and how do the Employee's and P...
 
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on Apr 8, 2008 at 6:12 pm by Fireman, a resident of another community
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Margot Loungway Drekmeier dies at 75
Margot Drekmeier, mother of Palo Alto Vice Mayor Peter Drekmeier and founder of the program Social Thought and Institutions at Stanford University, died peacefully Feb. 26. Sh...
 
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on Apr 1, 2008 at 1:03 pm by Gerd Schloemer, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
The Executive Director leaves the powerful JPA
Cynthia D'Agosta left the JPA. It's a sad day when we lose a person that promised so much but accomplished so little. You wonder what will happen next for the JPA. It's import...
 
Peggy
 
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on Mar 24, 2008 at 10:36 pm by Bob, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Retired MP firefighter gets 12 years in prison
A retired Menlo Park firefighter was sentenced in Santa Clara County court Thursday to 12 years and four months in prison for attempting to have his wife killed, according to ...
 
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on Mar 14, 2008 at 11:25 am by NoMarriage4OldMen, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Local grower for fruits?
A few weeks ago I saw a advertisement posted in Palo Verde for local fruit growers. The deal was that they would deliver a certain quantity of fruits to a "hub" ( someone's ho...
 
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on Mar 10, 2008 at 1:19 pm by JSD, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Historic University South house, stable saved
Palo Altans gain the indefinite preservation of a historic house, and Margo Schmidt gets to remain on her beloved Addison Avenue property according to an unusual deal approved...
 
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on Feb 20, 2008 at 8:10 am by Norman Beamer, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Briggs 'devastated and baffled' by investigation
Pat Briggs, the director of the Palo Alto Children's Theatre suspended during a police investigation, is "devastated and baffled by this investigation," her attorney, Diane de...
 
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on Feb 11, 2008 at 10:31 pm by Paul Wanless, a resident of Mountain View
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Reject Stanford's trail offer, supes recommend
The end may be near for a two-year-old plan, proposed and funded by Stanford University and despised by the Stanford Weekend Acres community, to spend $8.4 million to rework t...
 
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on Feb 8, 2008 at 2:10 pm by sally, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Charity bike events to precede pro bike race
Two local bicycle rides, being held before the Feb. 17 Amgen Tour of California, will benefit cancer support and the Palo Alto Recreation Foundation. Read the full story here...
 
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on Feb 8, 2008 at 8:39 am by Free ride?, a resident of the Ventura neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
What was the awful smell in the air this morning in Midtown?
Does anyone know what was the awful smell in the air this morning in Midtown? I can't think of who to call to ask.
 
Melinda McGee
 
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on Feb 7, 2008 at 9:18 pm by Jarred, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Michael Liftin ---we will miss you!
I was so saddened today when I heard Of Michael's passing. After decades of devotion to the young people in our community, it breaks my heart that in the last few days of his ...
 
Denise Sander
 
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on Feb 2, 2008 at 7:55 am by Mary, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood


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