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PALO ALTO ISSUES
Maybell housing project nears final approvalA long-debated proposal to build 16 homes at a former orchard site on Maybell Avenue could win a key approval Thursday morning,...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2017Last comment by Anke, 2 hours ago | 16 comments | 2323 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Five-story hotel eyed for Su Hong siteThe latest hotel proposal on south El Camino Real in Palo Alto calls for a five-story hotel to take over a site currently...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2017Last comment by Supply & Demand, 10 hours ago | 23 comments | 5498 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Hit-and-run collision injuries bicyclistA bicyclist was left with moderate injuries in a hit-and-run collision Friday on a narrow arterial in Old Palo Alto, police...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2017Last comment by @curmudgeon, 11 hours ago | 52 comments | 4407 Views
AROUND TOWN
Keene names new deputy city managerPalo Alto City Manager James Keene went well outside Silicon Valley to hire the latest addition to his leadership team, tapping...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2017Last comment by Curmudgeon, 13 hours ago | 30 comments | 4245 Views
SPORTS
Paye's Undisputed TNT settle for second in AAU NationalsPaye's Undisputed TNT lost to The Murfreesboro Force, 59-49, in the championship game of the Eight-grade Division II AAU...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2017Last comment by Rudy Ramirez , 17 hours ago | 1 comment | 629 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Music school faces possible shut-downFor more than a decade, the New Mozart School of Music has helped to Palo Alto's aspiring pianists unleash their inner Wolfgang...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2017Last comment by fun, 19 hours ago | 89 comments | 7583 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Proposal to change water-leak policy gains tractionSeveral members of the Utilities Advisory Commission expressed support this week for a new policy that would provide some...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2017Last comment by myneighbor, 19 hours ago | 8 comments | 1690 Views
AROUND TOWN
School board on sex assaults: 'A change in culture' is 'needed'Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education President Terry Godfrey wrote a message Thursday updating parents on...
Original post made on Jul. 14, 2017Last comment by Keith Ferrell, 22 hours ago | 20 comments | 2881 Views
AROUND TOWN
Steel worker injured at Facebook construction siteA steel worker was injured Tuesday morning after falling at the construction site of a new Facebook building in Menlo Park,...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2017Last comment by Marlene Dietrich, 22 hours ago | 1 comment | 993 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Detroit Dethroned?The pursuit of self-driving cars has changed the game in the auto industry, with the focus shifting from the physical development...
Original post made by Palo Alto Online staff on Jul. 18, 2017Last comment by Longtime Resident, 22 hours ago | 4 comments | 130 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Bring back traffic enforcement now, please!We desperately need a team of officers around to enforce the traffic laws in Palo Alto. The latest insanity has been...
Original post made by Dave Hoffman on Jul. 17, 2017Last comment by sunshine, on Jul 19, 2017 at 8:59 am | 35 comments | 1331 Views
SPORTS
Edgewood Plaza secures grocery storeThe wait for a grocer to fill the vacant space at Edgewood Plaza Shopping Center is over, landlords Sand Hill Property Company...
Original post made on Jun. 27, 2017Last comment by musical, on Jul 18, 2017 at 11:30 pm | 70 comments | 13368 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Local wrestlers included in national prep female rankingsMenlo-Atherton grad Chelsea Wilson and Palo Alto grad Sara Aguilar were both named to the girls' wrestling national top 10...
Original post made on Jul. 18, 2017Last comment by GraceBrown, on Jul 18, 2017 at 6:37 pm | 1 comment | 469 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Will Cali or US ever ban foreign buyers?Willie Brown is working on state regulations to improve housing affordability this week. Surely someone here can give him...
Original post made by local on Jul. 18, 2017Last comment by Silent Majority , on Jul 18, 2017 at 6:24 pm | 1 comment | 159 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Grand jury urges new school parcel tax exemptions processA Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury Report stated that the Palo Alto Unified School District is among the 22 school districts...
Original post made on Jul. 16, 2017Last comment by Abitarian, on Jul 18, 2017 at 5:20 pm | 29 comments | 2574 Views
AROUND TOWN
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to help house teachersThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced the investment of $5 million to create a home down payment support fund through...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2017Last comment by Member, on Jul 18, 2017 at 2:58 pm | 12 comments | 5729 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Jewish day school hires former Palo Alto Unified tech teacherIn a push to create good digital citizens, Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School has hired Smita Kolhatkar, a former educational...
Original post made on Jul. 18, 2017Last comment by Annette Isaacson, on Jul 18, 2017 at 1:34 pm | 1 comment | 2728 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Man wanted for brazen carjacking at gas stationPolice are looking for a man wanted for a brazen carjacking at a Palo Alto gas station near U.S. Highway 101 late Sunday...
Original post made on Jul. 10, 2017Last comment by Parenting skills lacking, on Jul 18, 2017 at 12:03 pm | 44 comments | 4664 Views
RESTAURANTS
Shop Talk: New Target store; Maum opensIn this week's retail news, Target is set to unlock the doors to its first store in East Palo Alto, a new Korean restaurant...
Original post made on Jul. 7, 2017Last comment by Marlene Dietrich, on Jul 18, 2017 at 11:25 am | 12 comments | 5046 Views
AROUND TOWN
City to crack down on El Camino RVsNearly 50 recreational vehicles lining El Camino Real in Palo Alto along the Stanford University border will soon be told...
Original post made on Jun. 23, 2017Last comment by Do what you planned to do, on Jul 18, 2017 at 6:09 am | 105 comments | 24113 Views
Bonchon soft opens in Mountain View
By Elena Kadvany | 9 comments | 2,596 views
California Democrats seek to revive the Republican Party; Republicans expected to resist
By Douglas Moran | 27 comments | 2,400 views
Chocolate + Tahini Ice Box Pie
By Laura Stec | 0 comments | 611 views
Oh, My Aching Knees
By Max Greenberg | 3 comments | 310 views
Registration now open!
Registration is now open for the 33rd annual Palo Alto Weekly Moonlight Run and Walk. This family-friendly event which benefits local nonprofits serving kids and families will take place on Friday, Oct. 6 at the Palo Alto Baylands.
