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On Deadline: Palo Alto's 'UN store' struggling to survive in a new world
The diminutive United Nations Association store -- a landmark in downtown Palo Alto for more than a third of a century -- is struggling for survival against changes in shoppin... |
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on May 21, 2011 at 8:24 am by Perspective, a resident of the Meadow Park neighborhood |
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On Deadline: Could a quake/tsunami hit Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park? You bet
In the shadow of the double-whammy disaster in Japan (assuming nuclear meltdown doesn't make it a triple) the inevitable question is: Can it happen here?
Well, sure.
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on Mar 24, 2011 at 7:20 pm by Waves, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Unraveling history’s mysteries, building community memory
Earlier this month I talked about things I didn't know.
Speaking to nearly 120 longtime Palo Altans -- including many present and former civic leaders -- at the annual din... |
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on Apr 26, 2009 at 10:40 am by Nick Burr, a resident of the St. Claire Gardens neighborhood |
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On Deadline: Citizen watchdogs dig out another 'confidentiality' secret -- but such things go w-a-a-y back
The practice of public administrators sharing "confidential" information with their elected bosses while keeping it from the public has surfaced, with the discovery of numerou... |
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on May 18, 2012 at 2:29 pm by svatoid, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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On Deadline blog: Massage parlor column rubbed some the wrong way
My column in last Friday's Weekly (Feb. 24) triggered a few interesting responses, and rubbed some readers the wrong way -- especially current massage therapists. Could one sa... |
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on Mar 5, 2012 at 12:27 am by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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When a light goes out in a community …
The death of Phyllis Seidman in early December has prompted scores of comments in the Town Square online forum, uniformly expressing deep sadness whether or not people knew he... |
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on Mar 9, 2009 at 6:45 pm by Dorothy Black, a resident of another community |
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On Deadline blog: Will cities get a voice in high-speed-rail debate? Or just have to keep shouting?
The long-awaited final report giving a "new vision" for the proposed high-speed-rail system for California will become public within the next week or two, unless there is some... |
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on Mar 27, 2012 at 11:36 pm by Evan, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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On Deadline blog: Gary Fazzino's depth of knowledge reached far beyond Palo Alto
I first met Gary Fazzino when in the early 1970s he took on the job of hosting the Monday night City Council broadcasts on Stanford University's student radio station, KZSU. I... |
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on Nov 6, 2012 at 1:47 pm by kyle, a resident of the Southgate neighborhood |
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On Deadline: 'My sister's gift' column raises question of how best to 'reach' kids
A number of readers have responded positively to my column in the Weekly of Sept. 7 about a "gift" of good advice my older sister Marilyn gave me more than a half century ago ... |
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on Sep 19, 2012 at 6:59 am by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus |
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On Deadline, Part the Third: Now for the Top Three of my Top 10 stories
(Continued from Friday, March 11, column/blog.)
My Number 3 top news story: In mid-1966 I was reassigned from the Mountain View bureau of the Times to one of the main "beat... |
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on Mar 16, 2011 at 8:43 am by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus |
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'World Press Freedom Day' needs courageous journalism, at home and abroad
Thursday, May 3, was designated as "World Press Freedom Day" today (April 30) by the California Legislature, echoing a 1993 action by the United Nations.
But in a world wh... |
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on May 11, 2012 at 5:36 pm by svatoid, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood |
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ON DEADLINE: Mayor Yeh: Another soft-spoken big-challenges year for Palo Alto
Palo Alto will speak softly but face big-stick challenges in 2012 as new Mayor Yiaway Yeh puts his stamp on city policies, practices and politics. He is expected to echo 2011 ... |
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on Jan 20, 2012 at 2:46 pm by Howard, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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On Deadline: New report confirms first-hand knowledge of bay's health
For those of us lucky enough to have had intimate, first-hand contact with the San Francisco Bay over decades, a new report on the bay's health is encouraging, despite some di... |
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on Sep 25, 2011 at 8:34 am by Perspective, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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On Deadline, Part the Second: My Top News Stories over 50 years
(Continued from March 9 column/blog.)
My number 7 top story I pegged as "Youth, Family LifeSkills" -- another topic that is still deeply relevant in our community and liv... |
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on Mar 14, 2011 at 8:36 am by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus |
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Audrey Rust never planned on a career saving open spaces
There's something about open land that draws one in, almost like a vacuum.
But when one experiences the spaces along Skyline Ridge, the lower foothills, the baylands and th... |
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on Mar 8, 2011 at 5:28 pm by musical, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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On Deadline: Global Community disappears from Palo Alto
A major component of the Palo Alto area’s history for more than a half century came to an end on New Year’s Eve when the Foundation for Global Community officially dissolved i... |
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on Mar 4, 2011 at 6:26 pm by John, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
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Dr. Walter Bortz -- health care visionary or a Dr. Quixote?
On a spring day in early 1982, I bumped into Dr. Walter M. Bortz, II, a longtime Palo Alto area geriatrician, outside the former Palo Alto Medical Foundation/Clinic building a... |
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on Feb 14, 2011 at 11:15 am by More choice, not less., a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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On Deadline: There are many ways to feel 'connected' in school, not all positive
Over the years I have made it a practice to ask adults -- most of them more or less successful in their lives -- if they were straight-A students in high school.
Most just l... |
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on Jul 5, 2011 at 2:25 am by Mr. B, a resident of Menlo Park |
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On Deadline: Does it matter whether 'senior day health' programs survive?
One could easily rephrase the question above: How much do seniors matter to society, our communities, our state or nation?
The answer has a particular relevance to Palo Alt... |
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on Jul 1, 2011 at 6:59 pm by Marie, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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On Deadline: What would be YOUR top 10 local news stories -- over 50 years?
First of three columns/blogs on my Top 10 choices.
I was at a bit of a loss about what to talk about when I was invited recently to speak at the Palo Alto Rotary Club fol... |
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on Mar 10, 2011 at 6:43 pm by Janice, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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On Deadline blog: Ellen Fletcher's lesson for all politicians -- local or not
Before the late Ellen Fletcher pedals off to fade into history and anecdote there's a lesson she provided that politicians -- local or national and in between -- might take to... |
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on Nov 30, 2012 at 9:30 pm by Tim Oey, a resident of another community |
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On Deadline blog: Fairmeadow tree doomed by careless digging, tight design -- but triggers new policy
The abrupt removal of a twin-trunk redwood tree at Fairmeadow Elementary School during spring break in early April is generating a new Palo Alto Unified School District admini... |
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on Apr 27, 2012 at 3:24 pm by fairmeadow parent, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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On Deadline blog: Major high-speed rail hearing Tuesday night -- who will come?
A major state Senate public hearing has been scheduled next Tuesday evening to hear about possible new directions for high-speed rail in California -- directions that could re... |
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on Mar 11, 2012 at 8:06 am by common sense, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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On Deadline blog: Does upsurge in teen-distress referrals mean 'stigma' barrier is dropping?
There is a continuing upsurge in referrals of young persons to counselors to help with some form of emotional distress, stress or other difficult challenge, according to the A... |
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on Oct 29, 2012 at 9:02 pm by Ducatigirl, a resident of the Old Palo Alto neighborhood |
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On Deadline blog: Dwight Bentel presented a contrast to Stanford journalism/communications education
The passing of Dwight Bentel in mid-May at 103 marks the passage of an expansionist era in the education of future journalists -- one with direct parallels, and differences, b... |
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on May 27, 2012 at 2:33 pm by Jay Thorwaldson, editor emeritus |
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