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Line dancing or other dancing programs for seniors
My mom is in town, and I want her to be here for a very long time... so, I need to keep her busy and interested in the city. She loves to dance, so, I need info about dance le... |
Anna |
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on Aug 11, 2007 at 12:04 pm by Old Geezer, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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Borders Possibly Closing
Borders is possibly closing for good on July 19. The company, as I have heard, is up for auction. This will be a huge loss to University Avenue, and to our community. |
Anne |
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on Jul 13, 2011 at 10:35 pm by Anon, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Construction at Bryant and University - Old Walgreens
Does anyone know if there will be another Walgreens on the same location as the one that was burned? Or will be another business in there? Thanks. |
Anne |
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on Apr 12, 2009 at 9:59 am by PA resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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The Geese are playing Soccer at JLS
Thirty-Six Canada Geese have taken up residence on the soccer fields at JLS. I presume they have been attracted there because the City put down a lot of fresh grass seed. An... |
Anne |
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on Aug 24, 2008 at 10:54 am by Anne, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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Ideas for how to make peace?
Hi,
I've been reading a lot of threads on Town Square, and wondering what helps end conflicts. What helps people make peace with each other? What brings even former warring... |
Anne |
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on Apr 28, 2007 at 2:18 pm by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford |
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Cyclist hit by car?
I heard that a cyclist was hit by a car at the intersection of Oregon and Bryant this morning (9/26/12) at about 7am. Does anyone have information about what happened and whe... |
Annie |
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on Sep 30, 2012 at 1:02 pm by Jan H, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Sales tax increase poll
Ha Ha,
I love this poll
NewsPoll
Would you vote in favor of a one-eighth-of-a-cent sales-tax increase in Santa Clara County?
and 91 percent said NO,
Is this a s... |
Annie |
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on Sep 4, 2012 at 5:25 pm by poll watcher, a member of the Santa Rita (Los Altos) community |
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Shut Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant which is near to two fault lines.
I am pro-nuclear except when the plant is in seismically active areas.
Diablo Canyon Power Plant is an electricity-generating nuclear power plant at Avila Beach in San Luis ... |
Annie |
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on Jul 11, 2012 at 4:31 pm by Nukes R. Expensive, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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I love it!
A Palo Alto blog called ad LIBS! Perfect!
Thanks for the post about the LA Theater Company doing Robert Kennedy! Will you let us know when they plan to do Reagan? (Or wi... |
Ano Nymous |
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on Jan 29, 2010 at 11:03 pm by Ano Nymous, a resident of another community |
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Narrow sidewalks
Unlike many people who post here, I have no objection to 3-5 story buildings in the built-up areas around town. But, many of these redevelopments have traditional suburban na... |
Anon |
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on Nov 22, 2012 at 2:00 pm by Shirley Pringle Hensley, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Did you lose your keys?
I found some keys on the street when biking to JLS on 6/25. They have broke off from the key chain. I am hoping the owner can see this post. If they are yours, please respond ... |
Anon |
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on Jun 26, 2012 at 12:30 pm by Anon, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Tsunami Warning for Friday 8am
How safe are we in Palo Alto from flooding in the Bay? |
Anon |
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on Mar 11, 2011 at 10:27 am by Grew Up Here, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
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Unhappy with Palo Alto Square Theater Practices
Maybe I would not be posting this if I had not previously had problems at the Palo Alto Square theater with bad management reactions to obvious customer satisfaction problems,... |
Anon. |
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on Jul 1, 2012 at 5:26 pm by Zamstar, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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Bird watchers ? ... anyone know about bright yellow birds ?
I just was totally blown away in my own back yard. Looking out the window I saw a bird I have never seen anything like before in Palo Alto and wondered if anyone could identi... |
Anon. |
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on Jun 2, 2011 at 4:33 pm by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Reading PaloAltoOnline on the iPad
Dear PaloAltoOnline,
Having just purchased a new iPad from the Apple store in PaloAlto and now reading and posting to the forums I notice something again that I noticed pre... |
Anon. |
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on May 11, 2010 at 5:42 am by Frank Bravo, webmaster of Palo Alto Online |
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Obama Haters in Palo Alto
Yes neighbors, there are, or were Obama haters right here in Palo Alto today ... and yes, that is our socialist Post Office they were set up near with their little sign of Oba... |
Anon. |
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on May 9, 2010 at 10:17 am by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Miki's Market : Welcome to Palo Alto!
Stopped in Miki's on Alma over the weekend.
It's exactly the market we were hoping for. Centrally located, farmers market quality produce. Nice cheeses, meats and fish. Goo... |
Anonymous |
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on Jan 21, 2013 at 10:40 pm by Impressed, a member of the Barron Park School community |
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OPEN thread on "Why we need to get rid of anonymous comments".
Seems some folks just detest free speech delivered in an anonymous fashion. So much so, in fact, that when said folk opens a similarly titled thread, the person CLOSES it from... |
anonymous |
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on Mar 12, 2011 at 10:44 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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94303: Palo Alto and EPA - frequent confusion
I have lived in the 94303 zip code for several years. I live in Palo Alto. I realize this zip code is shared with all or part of EPA. It really is annoying. We are not even in... |
anonymous |
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on Nov 9, 2008 at 7:00 am by NL, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Why do we have food banks?
Every Thanksgiving and Christmas the local food banks campaign hard for our dollars. And it's hard to say no. After all, who is in favor of hunger. But have you ever looked at... |
anonymous |
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on Apr 7, 2008 at 3:25 pm by Norm, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Does anyone know who owns the Cardinal Hotel?
Does any one know who owns the Cardinal HOtel? |
Anonymous |
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on Nov 15, 2007 at 8:27 pm by Hank Cardinal, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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Civic Center Infrastructure Project
There's a meeting tomorrow at City Hall for construction managers - but wonder if anyone was aware there's a $5.9M upgrade project planned for City Hall. Check out Web Link... |
Anonymous |
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on Oct 17, 2007 at 3:13 pm by Yes it would have to be FIREMAN, a resident of another community |
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Blight on Park Ave
Have you seen the obese fellow with the purple Mercedes who hangs around the downtown Whole Foods in the daytime.
Ever wonder where he goes at night?
He drives his Mer... |
Another Resident |
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on May 27, 2008 at 5:11 pm by resident, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Cafe Sophia's is a Quiet, uncrowded Mother's Day gem
Sophia's Restaurant on Middlefield in Mid-town, next to Papa Murphy's Pizza, to my shock, was quiet, calm and uncrowded when I went to lunch with my family today. It has expan... |
Appreciative Mom |
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on May 12, 2008 at 8:39 am by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Bonuses for 260 city managers
At a time when the economy is slipping into recession, which will mean hard budget decisions for the city, why are they giving bonuses of as much as 20 percent to some 260 man... |
arlo |
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on Sep 12, 2008 at 5:58 pm by John, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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