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AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Analysis/paralysis: The infamous ‘Palo Alto Process’ must goI’m Palo Alto Processed out. That long-standing famous, and for some, infamous process, must come to a close. Projects coming before the Palo Alto City Council...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Sep. 24, 2023Last comment by Bill Bucy, 1 hour ago | 7 comments | 2421 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
Got the Munchies at Hardly Strictly? Your Weekend Guide.Who’s headed to Hardly Strictly Bluegrass this weekend? It’s a three-day live music festival in Golden Gate...
Original post made by Laura Stec on Sep. 28, 2023There are no comments yet. 683 Views
INVEST & INNOVATE
The Time and Cost Savings of Avoiding a Long CommuteThis is an edited version of my email sent earlier to the city council. All the assumptions and results are the same as in the original email. Dear Mayor Kou...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Sep. 23, 2023Last comment by Native to the BAY, on Sep 27, 2023 at 1:10 pm | 6 comments | 1733 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
Planting a Fall Garden?What are you planting this fall? Good options for our area include kale, kohlrabi, broccoli, carrots, onion and rutabagas. Summer Winds Nursery in Palo Alto even...
Original post made by Laura Stec on Sep. 25, 2023Last comment by Donald, on Sep 26, 2023 at 3:47 pm | 5 comments | 1201 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Common GroundSometimes it feels like there is little common ground between Republicans and Democrats when it comes to climate change. We don’t agree on the cause, the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 24, 2023Last comment by TimR, on Sep 26, 2023 at 8:31 am | 3 comments | 2008 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
Two Hours - 75,000 Meals – Wanna Help?75,000 meals in TWO HOURS. That’s the goal at Christ Church Episcopal in Portola Valley and Rise Against Hunger;...
Original post made by Laura Stec on Sep. 15, 2023Last comment by Ron Pierce, on Sep 24, 2023 at 1:20 pm | 3 comments | 3077 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Worried about the cost of climate change? Here is some hope.Many of us are wondering how we are going to fund efforts to limit global warming and adapt to the changes we cannot prevent. In California we are rapidly building...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 17, 2023Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Sep 23, 2023 at 9:00 pm | 25 comments | 4841 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Irish pub Molly O’s celebrates its grand opening in San CarlosBy Julia Brown
==I Fish and chips at Molly O's, the new sister restaurant of longtime Millbrae Irish pub Fiddlers Green. Courtesy Carly...
Original post made by The Peninsula Foodist on Sep. 8, 2023Last comment by Philomena Jackson, on Sep 23, 2023 at 3:14 pm | 15 comments | 5366 Views
INVEST & INNOVATE
Where I Spend and What I See Downtown
My wife and I live downtown (DTN) and my office is DTN. I walk DTN 2-3 times a day mostly to visit and spend money at businesses.
Here is what...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Sep. 2, 2023Last comment by JAFO, on Sep 21, 2023 at 12:19 pm | 8 comments | 4053 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Make Palo Alto prettier than just its parklets, pleaseCheers to the PA City Council for acknowledging that its two downtowns (University and California Avenues) need some sprucing up – at least their new “parklets”...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Sep. 14, 2023Last comment by marc665, on Sep 18, 2023 at 4:32 pm | 7 comments | 3257 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Aspiration or commitment? Foothill College weighs its climate goals.Foothill College has a decision to make. Last summer the school was forced to close its pool due to a substantial leak. A subsequent investigation found that the...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 10, 2023Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Sep 17, 2023 at 6:36 am | 19 comments | 5574 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Palo Alto's Power PortfolioPalo Alto is currently reviewing its power portfolio and developing a plan to guide procurement in the coming decades. Senior Resource Planner Jim Stack gave an...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jul. 9, 2023Last comment by BobB, on Sep 14, 2023 at 8:55 am | 16 comments | 8276 Views
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW
Surprising facts and factoids about trees in our fair cityPalo Alto loves trees -- it has about 66,000 of them, about one per resident. Our city is responsible for the upkeep of about 46,000 trees in parks and public areas;...
Original post made by Diana Diamond on Sep. 3, 2023Last comment by Lenora Jackson, on Sep 14, 2023 at 7:59 am | 6 comments | 3605 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
Summer - Get Out There – How Many More You Got Left Anyways?
Happy Solstice.
The longest day.
Light cracks into the horizon at 3:30 AM.
One of summers gifts to us is a warm and...
Original post made by Laura Stec on Jun. 21, 2023Last comment by Raymond, on Sep 14, 2023 at 4:39 am | 10 comments | 3743 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Foothill's transformational meeting about its climate goalsTwo days ago I wrote about Foothill’s...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 12, 2023Last comment by Eric Muller, on Sep 13, 2023 at 5:20 pm | 3 comments | 3248 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
GRAND OPENING – Menlo Park’s Springline Offers Experiential Community Events
You're invited and it’s going to be a party!
The Grand Opening of Springline, an award-winning 6.4-acre mixed-used...
Original post made by Laura Stec on Sep. 7, 2023Last comment by willam23, on Sep 12, 2023 at 1:41 am | 1 comment | 3751 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
'We wanted to go out swinging': San Mateo brunch spot Morning Wood is closing at the end of SeptemberBy Julia Brown
The loco moco at Morning Wood. Courtesy Morning Wood.
Morning Wood, a San Mateo eatery serving Hawaiian-Japanese-Korean...
Original post made by The Peninsula Foodist on Aug. 31, 2023Last comment by Claudette, on Sep 7, 2023 at 7:30 pm | 2 comments | 3414 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Contact tracing and PCR tests ... for plant disease!I got an email a few days ago, courtesy of Santa Clara County’s Environmental Protection Agency, warning me that a plant I had purchased was part of a nursery...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Sep. 3, 2023Last comment by Eeyore, on Sep 6, 2023 at 10:31 pm | 2 comments | 4164 Views
COUPLE'S NET
Taking a Break. “And I Forgive Myself.”Dear Readers, I’ve completed the first book in the series of I Do, I Don’t: How to Build a Better Marriage! 
From inception in April of...
Original post made by Chandrama Anderson on Sep. 1, 2023Last comment by Leonardbrit, on Sep 4, 2023 at 7:30 am | 1 comment | 5535 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
How to electrify a boilerIf a boiler powers your home’s heating system, then warm water flowing through radiant floors, hydronic baseboard heaters, radiators, or even valance heating...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Aug. 27, 2023Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Sep 2, 2023 at 7:37 pm | 19 comments | 5529 Views
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Analysis/paralysis: The infamous ‘Palo Alto Process’ must go
By Diana Diamond | 7 comments | 2,421 views
Common Ground
By Sherry Listgarten | 3 comments | 2,008 views
The Time and Cost Savings of Avoiding a Long Commute
By Steve Levy | 6 comments | 1,733 views
Planting a Fall Garden?
By Laura Stec | 5 comments | 1,201 views
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