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ClimateOne zings PA on housing
From the March 22 ClimateOne podcast.
Gabriel Metcalf, the Executive Director of San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) started off by stating that c... |
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on Apr 2, 2013 at 8:23 am by as is, a resident of the Esther Clark Park neighborhood |
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What's up with the Mitchell Park Library
I haven't seen much work going on at the Mitchell Park Library. Does anyone have a status update? I can't wait to see the final building. When is it slated to open? Have t... |
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on Jan 7, 2013 at 3:36 pm by Goose Boy, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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The Weekly recommends
Read the full story here Web Link posted Saturday, November 3, 2012, 12:32 PM |
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on Nov 5, 2012 at 11:33 am by bru, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Housing policy
Here's a interesting article about how the policies on housing, taxation, etc. in California are driving out the middle class.
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on Apr 23, 2012 at 7:53 am by common sense, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Finance committee OKs reduced CDBG plan
The City of Palo Alto's funding for planning and administration and for public services may be reduced next year in response to a decrease in federal funding.
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on Apr 22, 2012 at 11:22 pm by jardins, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Fire Department hosts Twitter ride-along Tuesday
Fresh on the heels of Palo Alto Police Chief Dennis Burns' "virtual ride-along" on Twitter Friday, the Palo Alto Fire Department is now holding its own Twitter ride-along. Fol... |
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on Feb 20, 2013 at 6:45 am by Kate, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Guest Opinion: PRO: Retain the 50-foot height limit to protect residents
Palo Alto is a built-out city — it is increasingly difficult and expensive to expand public facilities such as schools and streets. Traffic congestion covers more and mo... |
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on Nov 23, 2012 at 10:22 pm by Fred Balin, a resident of the College Terrace neighborhood |
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Feature story: Going 'carbon neutral'
In 2006, a year after Hurricane Katrina brought New Orleans to its knees and six years before Hurricane Sandy transformed New York City's famed subways into fetid swimming poo... |
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on Jan 20, 2013 at 6:11 pm by Steve Raney, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Is Palo Alto prepared to deal with the Big One?
BANG! The entire house went dark. I stumbled around my room, disoriented, not knowing what had happened. I looked out the window and stared at the pitch-black block in front o... |
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on Nov 22, 2012 at 2:57 pm by Bi Ones, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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"Palo-Alto-like Internet Speeds" mentioned in Economist article
Web Link
Little do they know just how good...err...bad we actually have it!
We should be embarrassed... |
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on Aug 19, 2012 at 5:02 pm by Brit, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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PUBLIC AGENDA: California Avenue streetscape project; Performance reviews for city manager, city attorney
A preview of Palo Alto government meetings this week.
Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, July 9, 2012, 10:38 A... |
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on Jul 10, 2012 at 11:22 am by Oh well!!, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto picks new Human Resources director
Palo Alto will soon have a new leader in its Human Resources Department -- a veteran attorney whose experience with labor relations includes stints at Kaiser Permanente, Alcoa... |
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on Mar 20, 2012 at 9:36 am by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton |
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Record $100,000 donated to Holiday Fund
An anonymous $100,000 donation from a Palo Alto family foundation has propelled this year's Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund total to more than $330,000, the largest amount ever ... |
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on Jan 6, 2012 at 4:06 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Daily News to cut two print days per week
Palo Alto-based newspaper The Daily News announced today it would decrease the frequency at which it publishes its print edition each week.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Mar 28, 2013 at 11:06 pm by Grandma, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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Palo Verde
In 1948, Joseph Eichler sought to build modern middle-class houses for the massive post-World War II rush to suburbia. The result was the now-iconic Eichler, a small one-story... |
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on Feb 19, 2013 at 2:25 pm by Unfair meadow, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto police to host Twitter 'virtual ride-along'
For anyone who has ever wondered what a day (or night) in the life of a police officer is like, the Palo Alto Police Department will give the public the chance to find out ... |
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on Nov 10, 2012 at 8:09 am by chini, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Does the Library have multiple member categories?
I was going to ask this from a Librarian next time I was in the Library, but thought I'll ask here as well (in case someone already knows)
While looking for the availabilit... |
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on Dec 15, 2012 at 6:30 pm by tom, a resident of another community |
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Palo Alto looks to light up California Avenue
California Avenue merchants and city officials haven't always seen eye to eye when it comes to the proposed revamp of the commercial strip, but this week they reached accord o... |
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on Mar 7, 2013 at 12:01 am by Cedric de La Beaujardiere, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Police arrest two for Midtown armed robbery
Two young men arrested for a Jan. 5 carjacking on California Avenue have been arrested again for armed robbery of Century Liquors in Midtown that occurred a week earlier.
Rea... |
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on Feb 28, 2013 at 9:40 am by Wondering?, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Thieves break into four cars on Sand Hill Road
Clean cars, dirty cars, BMW, Audi -- the burglars weren't picky as they broke into four vehicles on Sand Hill Road on Aug. 15.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Aug 21, 2012 at 4:53 pm by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Palo Alto takes to Twitter for outreach
Palo Alto Mayor Yiaway Yeh and City Manager James Keene will answer questions in 140 characters or less Monday as part of the city's latest effort to reach out to the communit... |
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on Feb 24, 2012 at 12:28 pm by A-Day-Late-And-A-Dollar-Short!, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Renters vie for homes
Well-paying jobs, prime school-district locations and proximity to Stanford have always lured people to the Bay area.
Read the full story here Web Link... |
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on Apr 24, 2013 at 6:24 pm by TheKBHomeDan, a resident of another community |
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Pal Alto's Ugliest Building Contest
Let's start a new contest - this one for "Palo Alto's ugliest building". I nominate the new
low income apartments on Alma Street where Ole's used to be. Have you seen the s... |
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on Apr 16, 2013 at 11:03 pm by Anon, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Employee costs/labor contracts are crippling Palo Alto
Front page story in the Mercury News today Web Link
Of Bay Area Governments, Pa... |
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on Aug 23, 2012 at 11:59 am by its outrageous, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Residents, investors gobble up Palo Alto bonds
Palo Alto's recent decision to refinance decade-old downtown-parking bonds and to offer new bonds to residents has saved the city more than $7.5 million, city officials said i... |
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on Mar 5, 2012 at 12:41 pm by Linda, a resident of Menlo Park |
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