Around Town: Upcycled art and a contentious Midtown project
In this week’s Around Town column, two upcycling projects and a condo proposal in Midtown.
Court ruling deals blow to housing law on split lots
In a decision that could upend zoning policies and housing plans in Palo Alto and more than 100 other California cities, a Los Angeles judge ruled this week that a recent law that allows duplexes and triplexes in single-family zones is invalid in charter cities.
Palo Alto drops plan to make dozens of homes ‘historic’
Palo Alto completed its historic retreat Monday night, when the City Council voted to officially abandon its plan to add about 150 homes to the city’s inventory of significant buildings.
Palo Alto council boosts plan for transit road at El Camino Park
Stanford University’s plan to build a roadway for buses between the Palo Alto Transit Center and El Camino Real jolted ahead on April 22 when the City Council resolved to place a measure that would enable the project on the November ballot.
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Men’s rights activists target Palo Alto golf course
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Tenants kicked out after Palo Alto red-tags former College Terrace hotel
More than two dozen Stanford University graduate students and visiting scholars scrambled to find shelter in the last week of March after the city forced…
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Audit: Palo Alto officer disciplined for ‘coverup’ of violent Buena Vista arrest
Calling it a “low point” for the Palo Alto Police Department in a new report, the city’s independent police auditor sharply criticized the department’s response…