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Jan 12, 2020 3:07 pm
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Last June, the Palo Alto City Council, in a 6-0 vote, went along with a suggestion from the Girl Scouts to ban all plastic straws, which they did. A week later with... More
Jan 7, 2020 11:09 am
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“Happy New Year!” people shouted at midnight at the dawning of 2020. Only this year, it felt like hollow wishes, as if they were made with our fingers crossed.... More
Dec 30, 2019 11:43 am
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A friend of mine once explained to me how this city’s famous (and now infamous) “Palo Alto Process” came about. “We have a lot of bright people living in... More
Dec 17, 2019 1:45 pm
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Open governments and transparency in city affairs are big things for me – they’re part of what democracy should be all about. If city decisions are not available... More
Dec 10, 2019 2:19 pm
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Wow! Palo Alto’s new Office of Transportation will have 15.5 employees to solve all our traffic problems in our city – that’s a lot of people to... More
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Los Altos's State of Mind opening NYC-inspired pizza shop in Palo Alto
By Elena Kadvany | 18 comments | 8,857 views
Wait, wait – we’re working on it
By Diana Diamond | 21 comments | 2,943 views
Flying: How to lower your impact
By Sherry Listgarten | 10 comments | 2,308 views
Premarital and Couples: Here Be Dragons!
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 1,918 views
Goodbye toy stores
By Cheryl Bac | 12 comments | 1,599 views
Short story writers wanted!
The 34th Annual Palo Alto Weekly Short Story Contest is now accepting entries for Adult, Young Adult and Teen categories. Send us your short story (2,500 words or less) and entry form by March 27, 2020. First, Second and Third Place prizes awarded in each category.
Sponsored by Kepler's Books, Linden Tree Books and Bell's Books.
