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Residents give yellow light to Cal. Ave. plan
A city vision to revitalize California Avenue in Palo Alto was met Thursday evening with both vocal opposition about changing the aging avenue and caution about not wanting di... |
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on Sep 29, 2010 at 1:31 pm by Larry, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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"Cleaning up" Lytton Plaza
Lytton Plaza is about as practical a pocket park as we could hope for in a very urban setting. I infer that "cleaning up" Lytton Plaza means making it difficult for unhoused p... |
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on May 23, 2007 at 12:08 am by Reader, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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Palo Alto's greenhouse gas emissions fall
Greenhouse gas emissions from Palo Alto residents and city operations are estimated to have fallen 15 to 20 percent from 2005 levels, city staff members said in an update on P... |
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on Apr 21, 2012 at 12:16 pm by Pants on fire, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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Three EPRI scientists on climate-change panel
Three scientists from the Palo Alto-based Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) have been chosen to be lead authors on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fifth A... |
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on Jul 19, 2010 at 6:03 pm by Michael Ruescher, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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sad news about Briones house
Sad news about the Briones house. The owners should be shunned by any responsible person.
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on Apr 22, 2010 at 5:39 pm by someone who reads, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Condoleezza Rice returns to Stanford -- and criticism
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returned to the Stanford campus on Monday after eight years in the Bush administration in Washington. On Wednesday might, a student ... |
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on Mar 28, 2010 at 5:19 am by Unbelievable, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Residents oppose Walgreens' alcohol bid
A promise Walgreens made 15 years ago to not sell alcohol when it built a store at Maybell Avenue and El Camino Real in Palo Alto is being broken, according to nearby resident... |
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on Feb 2, 2010 at 9:58 am by PA resident, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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High-speed rail meeting Thursday in Palo Alto
Peninsula residents concerned about the state's proposed high-speed rail project will have a chance to ask questions and express their opinions on the controversial project at... |
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on Jan 31, 2010 at 4:50 pm by Why, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Mountain lion reported on south Palo Alto roof
A full-grown mountain lion was sighted Thursday evening on a rooftop in south Palo Alto, in the 800 block of Rorke Way, police reported today (Friday).
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on Sep 11, 2009 at 8:13 pm by A Noun Ea Mus, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Luxury hotel plan slammed in city review
An attempt to add a bit of Las Vegas to Palo Alto was swatted down by a city committee and a group of vocal residents last week.
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on Aug 2, 2009 at 8:48 am by Ash, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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New 'traditional fountain' for California Avenue
When California Avenue businesses asked Palo Alto officials in 2005 to give the gritty fountain at the end of the commercial area a too-long-overdue touch-up, they hardly expe... |
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on Dec 12, 2008 at 8:52 am by Andrea, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
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Grass-roots effort mounts to save Middlefield trees
A coalition of residents, walkers and bicyclists calling themselves Friends of Reasonable Expressway Design (FRED) are mobilizing to preserve landscaped strips and trees slate... |
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on Aug 16, 2008 at 12:01 pm by Clark, a resident of the Professorville neighborhood |
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Tons of tires to repave Palo Alto's Alma Street
About 1,000 tons of recycled tires will cover a 2-mile section of Alma Street as part of a pilot repaving project in Palo Alto. The rubber-meets-the-road project is the first ... |
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 10:56 am by member, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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$22M verdict against PAMF in malpractice lawsuit
The Palo Alto Medical Foundation was hit with one of the largest medical malpractice verdicts in Santa Clara County history Monday, March 19, after a Menlo Park woman suffered... |
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on Mar 12, 2013 at 1:13 am by Kim , a resident of another community |
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Replacement for Marie Calendar's Thanksgiving Pies?
Now that the local Marie Calendar's is gone, is there a close replacement for their convenient ordering of Thanksgiving pies from years past? |
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on Nov 21, 2012 at 8:53 pm by Mom, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Audit: Palo Alto spends too much on office supplies
Poor management over office-supply expenditures may have cost the City of Palo Alto close to $390,000 between November 2007 and May 2011, according to a critical audit the cit... |
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on Nov 19, 2012 at 4:53 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Gardeners irked by planned driveway near Main Library
As Palo Alto plows forth with major upgrades to the Main Library and the Palo Alto Art Center, city officials are also looking to make changes to the layout of the Newell Road... |
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on May 22, 2012 at 11:28 am by Anon., a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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HP may cut up to 35,000 jobs, reports say
Palo Alto tech giant Hewlett-Packard Company may lay off as many as 35,000 workers – nearly 10 percent of its 350,000-person workforce, according to recent reports.
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on May 21, 2012 at 9:14 pm by Bucky, a resident of the Greater Miranda neighborhood |
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California Avenue fountain finalists unveiled
California Avenue in Palo Alto is now closer to having a new fountain after the city's Public Art Commission chose three proposals as finalists -- one traditional design and t... |
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on Jan 14, 2011 at 4:25 pm by Ed, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Downtown landlords dig in for long recovery
Strolling down University Avenue, shoppers can easily see there aren't as many places to shop as there were a year ago. "For rent" signs seem to be multiplying like bunnies --... |
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on Nov 12, 2009 at 2:44 pm by George, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Minor collision becomes a 'hit-and-run'
A pedestrian/car collision with minor injuries has become a hit-and-run case when the car's driver left the scene. Palo Alto police have discovered the identity of the driver ... |
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on Aug 29, 2009 at 4:32 pm by Citizen of the World, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Artist brings poetic, sometimes puzzling protest to downtown
University Avenue has been covered with "warnings" in recent weeks. Fliers printed with the phrase "Artist General's Warning" and designed to look like the Surgeon General's W... |
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on Sep 7, 2008 at 12:27 pm by Guy Orkin, a resident of another community |
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Guest Opinion: Don't let the trolls run our theater or our town
OK, folks, simmer down. I love the freedom of speech our country allows, even in these freedom-abrogated times.
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on Jun 28, 2008 at 8:29 am by Perspective, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Woman crashes car into Midtown building
An 87-year-old woman attempting to park apparently hit the gas pedal by mistake and her car struck a building at 2655 Middlefield Road late Thursday afternoon, according to Pa... |
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on Nov 29, 2007 at 9:27 am by Brit, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Higher water use still a challenge for Palo Alto
Palo Alto officials had more reasons than usual to smile this Earth Day, with the city recently switching to carbon-free electricity and dramatically cutting its greenhouse-ga... |
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on Apr 28, 2013 at 12:44 am by JanN, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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