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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: Peter Carpenter's mission: warn of employee-benefit 'time bomb'
Every week I get two or three e-mails from Peter Carpenter drumming in a single message: that retirement costs/benefits for public employees are threatening to bankrupt cities... |
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on Dec 24, 2011 at 9:40 am by Peter Carpenter, a resident of Atherton |
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On Deadline blog: Is Palo Alto big enough for an elected mayor? Yes and no, maybe
Former Mayor (twice over) Gary Fazzino has renewed a proposal he first surfaced about two decades ago: that Palo Alto is a big and complex enough town to directly elect its ma... |
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on Jan 4, 2012 at 2:54 am by Jeremy Feldman, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis 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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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 blog: That curbside parking space in front of my home is MINE!!!'
The current dialogue over parking requirements in downtown Palo Alto and other commercial areas echoes community debates and controversies that date back decades. There has be... |
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23 hours ago by bru, a resident of the Crescent Park 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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