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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Palo Alto Medical Foundation fined for failing to comply with COVID-19 testing orderSeveral hospitals, including three Palo Alto Medical Foundation centers, were issued fines for violating Santa Clara County's...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2020Last comment by Common Sense G., on Jan 8, 2021 at 8:43 am | 14 comments | 25420 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police: Man exposes himself to girl during her bike rideA girl riding her bicycle found herself faced with a man who exposed himself from a car on Sunday afternoon in Palo Alto's...
Original post made on Jan. 8, 2021There are no comments yet. 8105 Views
AROUND TOWN
Qualia Gallery gives Palo Alto a new platform for artThe number of art galleries in downtown Palo Alto continues to grow, in spite of the pandemic, with the recent opening of...
Original post made on Jan. 7, 2021Last comment by Gary Ruppel, on Jan 7, 2021 at 5:48 pm | 1 comment | 6103 Views
AROUND TOWN
Jail-based unemployment fraud schemes prompt Santa Clara County crackdownThe loss of millions of dollars in unemployment benefits that allegedly went to jail inmates across the state has prompted...
Original post made on Jan. 6, 2021Last comment by Squidsie, on Jan 7, 2021 at 10:35 am | 4 comments | 5735 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Plans for Palo Alto History Museum remain in limbo as City Council rebuffs funding requestsFacing a financial downturn, Palo Alto's elected leaders are rebuffing a request for more funding from a nonprofit looking...
Original post made on Dec. 22, 2020Last comment by James, on Jan 6, 2021 at 4:26 pm | 21 comments | 7990 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
DuBois and Burt tapped to lead Palo Alto as mayor, vice mayorTom DuBois, a steadfast member of the Palo Alto City Council's "residentialist" majority, and Pat Burt, a political veteran...
Original post made on Jan. 4, 2021Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Jan 6, 2021 at 11:08 am | 20 comments | 11258 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Even more contagious? Here's what you need to know about the mutating virus now in CaliforniaThe new coronavirus variant so far has been detected in six people in the Golden State, after its initial discovery in the...
Original post made on Jan. 5, 2021Last comment by Parent, on Jan 5, 2021 at 11:54 pm | 4 comments | 4487 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford Stadium's 'spectator' trees to get new homesSeveral hundred trees that were staged at Stanford University's football stadium in lieu of live spectators will be planted...
Original post made on Jan. 4, 2021Last comment by Pat Markevitch, on Jan 5, 2021 at 10:15 pm | 2 comments | 5582 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Best Of Palo Alto: Real estate software transforms museum collection into a virtual galleryHow do you take an entire museum and put it online during a global health crisis? For the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford...
Original post made on Jan. 5, 2021Last comment by community member, on Jan 5, 2021 at 2:38 pm | 1 comment | 8214 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Newsom announces $450-per-student incentive to reopen schoolsAfter painting a dark forecast for the pandemic earlier this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday offered parents and students...
Original post made on Jan. 1, 2021Last comment by EYC, on Jan 5, 2021 at 11:48 am | 6 comments | 50508 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Mixed reactions accompany South Bay minimum wage increasesPalo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos are among the south bay cities that saw their minimum wage rates increase in the new...
Original post made on Jan. 3, 2021Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Jan 5, 2021 at 11:20 am | 9 comments | 6164 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Under new plan, high schoolers could return to campuses for small group activities in JanuaryWith Santa Clara County in the state's purple tier, Palo Alto Unified can no longer fully open its middle and high schools...
Original post made on Dec. 16, 2020Last comment by Parent, on Jan 4, 2021 at 10:46 pm | 37 comments | 9329 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Navigating through this upside-down yearLet's face it: 2020 gave us all a run for our money. From March onward, it was one crisis after another. Read the full story...
Original post made on Dec. 31, 2020Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Jan 4, 2021 at 7:01 pm | 5 comments | 6653 Views
AROUND TOWN
Trees of gratitude: Community art project brings together colorful face masks, heartfelt messagesLike prayer flags, more than 50 colorful face masks alongside messages of gratitude and hope have brought new life to two...
Original post made on Dec. 31, 2020Last comment by PA resident, on Jan 4, 2021 at 4:39 pm | 7 comments | 8737 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Best Of Palo Alto: Iconic bookstore weathers pandemic without a single layoffWhen the pandemic forced Kepler's Books & Magazines to close its doors to the public in March, the independent bookseller...
Original post made on Jan. 4, 2021Last comment by Linda Heiliger, on Jan 4, 2021 at 3:38 pm | 3 comments | 12040 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Nearly 100K COVID-19 vaccines received by Santa Clara County, second doses to begin next weekAlmost 100,000 health care workers and first responders have received COVID-19 vaccines as of Dec. 31. Read the full story...
Original post made on Jan. 2, 2021Last comment by Barron Parker Too, on Jan 4, 2021 at 3:16 pm | 2 comments | 6775 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto looks to raise 'impact fees' for parks, libraries and community centersArmed with a new study, Palo Alto is considering making sharp hikes to the fees that it charges developers to support local...
Original post made on Dec. 29, 2020Last comment by Crescent Park Mom, on Jan 4, 2021 at 3:03 pm | 23 comments | 10694 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Does the water taste different to anyone?Over the last day or two, I noticed that the water in Palo Alto has a strange taste to it. Well, specifically, it has a strange...
Original post made by Nayeli on Jan. 4, 2021There are no comments yet. 885 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Holiday Fund: With camps shut down, Hidden Villa sends seeds, leaves and lessons to area youthFor decades, Hidden Villa has offered its young campers a unique blend of pastoral beauty and social justice activism. This...
Original post made on Dec. 25, 2020Last comment by Linda Heiliger, on Jan 1, 2021 at 12:08 pm | 1 comment | 5769 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Stanford vaccine expert: 'They do look very safe'As initial shipments of COVID-19 vaccines arrive throughout the United States this week and in coming weeks, Dr. Yvonne Maldonado...
Original post made on Dec. 18, 2020Last comment by Lee Forrest, on Jan 1, 2021 at 12:00 pm | 18 comments | 7755 Views
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