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Palo Alto kicks off neighborhood-grant program
Palo Alto kicked off its latest experiment in engaging local neighborhoods on Friday, April 12, by launching a grant program geared at bringing neighbors closer together.
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on Apr 13, 2013 at 8:52 am by Midtown Court.Neighbors & Friends, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Harbor seal pup rescued at Palo Alto harbor
A baby harbor seal that somehow got stranded in the waters at the Palo Alto harbor was rescued by Palo Alto Animal Services on Tuesday, April 9.
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on Apr 13, 2013 at 7:16 am by Paul Losch, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Remodel or move?
A dozen years have passed since Susan and Hugh Daniels found their perfect neighborhood in Mountain View. At the end of a cul-de-sac, their Cuesta Park house seemed a good spo... |
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on Apr 12, 2013 at 6:03 pm by M Levy, a resident of Los Altos |
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More than 500 attend 'high speed boondoggle' rally
Hundreds of critics of California's proposed high-speed rail project packed into Burlingame's Caltrain station Sunday afternoon to wave protest signs, chant "Boondoggle!" and ... |
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on Apr 12, 2013 at 9:00 am by Thiago, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
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Los Altos Hills Fatal Car Crash
I'm surprised that the cracking news staff on the Weekly hasn't picked up this story.
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on Apr 11, 2013 at 8:50 am by David, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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HSR Corruption - Foreshadowing
California has been using the Chinese High Speed Rail construction as an example of what we can expect here in California. Not surprisingly, the head of the Chinese HSR has b... |
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on Apr 10, 2013 at 4:25 pm by neighbor, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Owner of JJ&F market eyes Miki's Alma Plaza space
Miki's Farm Fresh Market might be closing, but one local grocer is looking at potentially taking over the spot. Joe Khoury, the patriarch of the family that owns JJ&F Market, ... |
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on Apr 10, 2013 at 3:40 pm by keith@klwines, a resident of Atherton |
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Palo Alto reboots its dream of a fiber network
For more than 15 years, Palo Alto's drive toward a citywide fiber network flickered on and off like a faulty dial-up connection, with gusts of enthusiasm repeatedly stymied by... |
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on Apr 10, 2013 at 3:34 pm by Toady, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Fresh Market coming to Edgewood Plaza
The Fresh Market, a North Carolina-based, European-style specialty market will open its first West Coast store at Edgewood Plaza Shopping Center in Palo Alto, a source close t... |
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on Apr 10, 2013 at 12:54 pm by Pete , a resident of Mountain View |
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Shoptalk: Samyama is a lavishly adorned yoga studio
Palo Alto's Midtown neighborhood is about to become home to one of the city's more unusual projects. Spanning two floors at almost 7,000 square feet, Samyama is a notably larg... |
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on Apr 10, 2013 at 1:52 am by Eagerly Anticipating, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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Example of housing insanity
If the editor will permit me, I want to illustrate the level of PA real estate craziness by comparing two homes for sale at the same price, one in Old Palo Alto, and one in La... |
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on Apr 9, 2013 at 4:40 pm by Silly valley, a resident of Menlo Park |
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Palo Alto looks to welcome more public art
Palo Alto has no shortage of eye-catching public art, from "Digital DNA," a giant egg covered with silicon chips that adorns Lytton Plaza, to California Avenue's quirky "Go Ma... |
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on Apr 8, 2013 at 3:30 pm by Periwinkle Brownsnot, a resident of Mountain View |
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Shop Talk
ELEGANT YOGA STUDIO OPENS DOORS ... Palo Alto's Midtown neighborhood is about to become home to one of the city's more unusual projects. Spanning two floors at almos... |
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on Apr 8, 2013 at 2:46 pm by Wow, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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What is the Palo Alto Club on Melville?
I live not too far away, and I often bike or walk by this place, a huge beautiful house, at Melville and Webster. It's called the Palo Alto Club, has no web presence, so natu... |
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on Apr 8, 2013 at 9:36 am by Sara Jones, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Two HP directors resign, chair steps down
Hewlett-Packard Co. announced Thursday, April 4, that its board chair, Raymond Lane, would step down, and two of its board members, John Hammergren and G. Kennedy Thompson, wo... |
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on Apr 7, 2013 at 6:28 am by boscoli, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Shop Talk: Piazza's adds 4000 square feet
A sigh of relief has swept over Piazza's Fine Food at 3922 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto's Charleston Shopping Center. The nearly $2 million, year-long expansion has finally c... |
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on Apr 5, 2013 at 9:35 pm by YSK, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Sandberg to women: 'aim high, believe in yourselves'
Author and Facebook Chief Operating Office Sheryl Sandberg exhorted a Stanford audience Tuesday to stand up and do the "hard work" of ending gender stereotypes.
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on Apr 5, 2013 at 2:00 pm by Pat, a resident of the Embarcadero Oaks/Leland neighborhood |
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Editorial: For now, a required 'public benefit' slips away
There is plenty of blame to go around in any assessment of why Miki's Farm Fresh Market will have to close its doors next week, after less than six months as the anchor tenant... |
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on Apr 5, 2013 at 8:08 am by \"Neighbors Helping Neighbors\", a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Facebook reveals 'Home' launcher for Android
"We're not building a phone," Mark Zuckerberg said April 4, finally putting to rest months of rumors. What Facebook has done, however, is build what they bill as "the best ver... |
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 7:45 pm by Jim H, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Unemployment rate edges up in Palo Alto, county
While the California unemployment rate stayed flat in January at 9.8 percent, the rate crept up in parts of the Bay Area, including Palo Alto and Santa Clara County as a whole... |
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 6:54 pm by hahahahaha, a resident of Woodside |
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Microsoft co-founder to open Palo Alto investment office
Vulcan Capital, which manages investments for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, announced today that it would open an office in downtown Palo Alto.
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 4:32 pm by Fool Me Twice, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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President Obama's visit draws small crowd to Atherton
About 50 people gathered in the vicinity of Valparaiso Avenue and Alameda de las Pulgas in Atherton this morning to watch the presidential motorcade.
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 11:10 am by Anon, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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President Obama fundraises in the Bay Area
President Barack Obama is in the Bay Area for a series of fundraisers in San Francisco and Atherton Wednesday and Thursday, and protesters with a variety of messages are mobil... |
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 10:18 am by protector in chief, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Tesla announces new financing plan
Tesla Motors chief executive and co-founder Elon Musk announced April 3 a new financing plan for its Model S electric cars that's aimed at making them affordable for more peop... |
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on Apr 4, 2013 at 9:47 am by More-Money-For-Musk, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Stanford Electric Works to move to Mountain View
After 99 years of calling Palo Alto its home, Stanford Electric Works will move to Mountain View at the end of June, according to the store's owner.
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on Apr 3, 2013 at 3:22 pm by chris Machala, a resident of Mountain View |
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