AROUND THE BLOCK AROUND THE BLOCK (June 09, 2004)

GOING POSTAL . . . It was there, and then it was gone. Now it's back. A contract postal unit in the Alma Shoe Repair in Alma Plaza is up and running again, after more than a year hiatus. Owner Rufo M. Lacerna reported that when he took over the shoe business in 2002, located in the rear of the shopping center, the United States Postal Service decided to take back the postal unit located there. Lacerna protested, and persisted. Last year, he moved his shoe business to a more visible location within the mall. The USPS relented earlier this spring, allowing him to have the postal unit, which sells stamps and offers other mailing services.

CRESCENT PARK MEETING . . . Residents of Crescent Park will hold their annual neighborhood-association meeting on Wednesday, June 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Palo Alto Art Center auditorium. Topics of discussion will include traffic calming and San Francisquito Creek. The association has invited Police Chief Lynne Johnson, Chief Transportation Official Joe Kott and Walter Martone, transportation manager for the 2020 Peninsula Gateway Corridor Study, which focuses on U.S. Highway 101. Cynthia D'Agosta, executive director of the Joint Powers Authority, is expected to speak on creek flood-control initiatives. The meeting will give neighbors the chance to air their concerns on both topics, according to an announcement by Margaret R. Feuer, president of the association.
RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT . . . With relatively little disruption to traffic, the new traffic signals at Bryson Avenue and Middlefield Road in Midtown Shopping Center have been installed and should be operational by the end of the month. The project is still waiting for the control box, said Ashok Aggarwal, city traffic engineer. Restriping of the road, to create a left-turn pocket lane, is also planned. With four signal lights within four blocks -- from Colorado Avenue to Oregon Expressway -- the signals will be coordinated to ease the flow of traffic, city staff has promised. The intersection in front of Longs Drugs, where the new traffic light has been placed, has had the fourth highest accident rate in the city in recent years.

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