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PALO ALTO ISSUES
Mayor apologizes for downplaying traffic concernsAfter facing a backlash for suggesting that the community’s traffic concerns are "exaggerated," Mayor Liz Kniss issued...
Original post made on Aug. 13, 2018Last comment by Online Name, 3 minutes ago | 35 comments | 1525 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Facing eviction, residents seek urgency ordinanceAs Palo Alto prepares for a possible legal showdown with the new owners of downtown's President Hotel over conversion of...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2018Last comment by 40 acres and a mule, 10 minutes ago | 27 comments | 2721 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Foothill-De Anza weighs campus teacher housingFoothill-De Anza Community College District board members are looking into teacher housing, joining a growing number of agencies...
Original post made on Aug. 13, 2018Last comment by Worried, 14 minutes ago | 2 comments | 1560 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City rushes to pass law for residents facing evictionWith residents of President Hotel bracing for displacement, Palo Alto officials are rushing to draft an urgency ordinance...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2018Last comment by commonsense, 24 minutes ago | 9 comments | 1171 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Cities join forces to tackle airplane noiseAn effort by cities in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties to form an alliance to address the irksome issue of airplane noise...
Original post made on Aug. 7, 2018Last comment by HitTheMoney, 1 hour ago | 75 comments | 4085 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Class is in session for Palo Alto's high schoolsThe hallways, classrooms and administrative offices of Palo Alto and Gunn high schools were abuzz on Monday for the first...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2018Last comment by Resident, 10 hours ago | 1 comment | 2453 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Rescue in progress for person underneath carA segment of Middlefield Road has been blocked to traffic as crews rescue a person underneath a vehicle this morning, according...
Original post made on Jul. 12, 2018Last comment by Ricardo Castañeda , 13 hours ago | 24 comments | 14564 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Editorial: At risk of misleading votersThe Palo Alto City Council should have sought to be extra careful about accurately describing the reasons for the proposed...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2018Last comment by Gale Johnson, 19 hours ago | 22 comments | 1603 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
West Nile virus found in East Palo AltoWest Nile virus-carrying mosquitoes found in East Palo Alto have prompted vector-control officials to order spraying in neighborhoods...
Original post made on Aug. 12, 2018Last comment by A Tradition of Spraying, 19 hours ago | 4 comments | 15234 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Guest Opinion: Planning commission focus: Analysis and actionThe Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission chair seeks to clarify the role of the group in the community in response...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2018Last comment by Commission watcher, 21 hours ago | 3 comments | 3263 Views
AROUND TOWN
Webcast: Stanford's proposed expansionWeekly journalists discuss Stanford University's proposed campus expansion and the evolving debate over how much housing...
Original post made on Aug. 13, 2018There are no comments yet. 1422 Views
AROUND TOWN
Around Town<B><B>MONTHLONG WATER LEAK ...</B> Repairs to a broken pipe that has been spilling thousands of gallons of water onto the...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2018Last comment by Lightbulb Moment, 22 hours ago | 2 comments | 2376 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Crew returns home after fighting state wildfiresFirefighters from the Palo Alto Fire Department returned home on Thursday afternoon, tired but in good spirits, after 15...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2018Last comment by Sophie, 23 hours ago | 2 comments | 1711 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Former Palo Altans trade Silicon Valley lifestyle for better 'quality of life' elsewhereFormer Palo Altans have a spectrum of attitudes toward their city and Silicon Valley, which has burgeoned into a technological,...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2018Last comment by Happy Resident, on Aug 13, 2018 at 11:41 am | 193 comments | 17126 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Palo Alto finds flaws in new analysis of Stanford expansionDespite acknowledging the area's need for more housing, Palo Alto has come out swinging against a new county analysis that...
Original post made on Aug. 9, 2018Last comment by resident, on Aug 13, 2018 at 11:27 am | 42 comments | 4218 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
JCC to unveil new park and pavilionAfter almost 10 years of anticipation, Palo Alto's Oshman Family Jewish Community Center will officially unveil its new park...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2018Last comment by southern Palo Alto, on Aug 13, 2018 at 10:49 am | 4 comments | 2259 Views
BOOKS
Cardinal women on watch list for soccer's Hermann TrophyMenlo School grad Jaye Boissiere and Sacred Heart Prep grad Tierna Davidson are among five Stanford women's soccer players...
Original post made on Aug. 12, 2018There are no comments yet. 496 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ten candidates vie for seats on Ravenswood school boardThe race for three open seats on the Ravenswood City School District Board of Education is heating up, with all three incumbents...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2018Last comment by Vote 4 Nichole, on Aug 12, 2018 at 11:18 pm | 6 comments | 2876 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Paly releases revised, now-compliant bell scheduleThe school district has released a new bell schedule for Palo Alto High School, which was revised at the eleventh hour this...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2018Last comment by Samuel L., on Aug 12, 2018 at 8:36 pm | 17 comments | 2689 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Judge allows health-care initiative to proceedA measure that would cap how much local health care providers can charge their patients for medical services is set to appear...
Original post made on Aug. 4, 2018Last comment by Dawg, on Aug 12, 2018 at 7:56 pm | 65 comments | 3545 Views
Couples: Drop Your Keyboard!
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 4,952 views
Tell Me: Are Parents Today Overreacting to Child Safety Concerns?
By Diana Diamond | 13 comments | 1,932 views
Coffeebar to expand to Redwood City
By Elena Kadvany | 0 comments | 1,458 views
A Concrete Joy: The Life and Love of Charlie Foley-Hughes
By Aldis Petriceks | 0 comments | 524 views
