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PALO ALTO ISSUES
Offer made to buy mobile home parkThe effort to save Buena Vista Mobile Home Park, took another step forward after a nonprofit corporation sent a bid to owner...
Original post made on Aug. 16, 2015Last comment by Wally, on Aug 18, 2015 at 7:40 pm | 59 comments | 14183 Views
AROUND TOWN
Officials celebrate start of Caltrain electrificationGov. Jerry Brown, U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi and other elected leaders were at the Millbrae Caltrain station Friday to celebrate...
Original post made on Jul. 23, 2017Last comment by Sam, on Jul 24, 2017 at 7:28 pm | 17 comments | 14179 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Alumni look back at 100 years of PalyTo celebrate the Palo Alto High School's centennial year, the Palo Alto Weekly interviewed alumni, or family members of alumni,...
Original post made on Dec. 14, 2018Last comment by Thanks Paly...For Everything, on Dec 22, 2018 at 2:44 pm | 9 comments | 14177 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Armed robber interrupts meal, flees with women's pursesA man who pointed a handgun at two elderly women stole their purses on Tuesday afternoon at Stanford Shopping Center, Palo...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2022Last comment by Observer, on Jan 20, 2022 at 11:52 am | 9 comments | 14175 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Experts, advocates react to CDC report on youth suicideFor a community that has done much soul searching in the wake of two youth suicide clusters over the last eight years, the...
Original post made on Mar. 4, 2017Last comment by DES, on Mar 8, 2017 at 7:49 am | 20 comments | 14173 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto's own gelataioThere's something different about Gelataio, Palo Alto's newest gelato shop and the first retailer to open at brand-new development...
Original post made on Aug. 23, 2014Last comment by stephen levy, on Sep 14, 2014 at 8:07 pm | 3 comments | 14173 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto library bonds win by close margin0...
Original post made on Nov. 5, 2008Last comment by resident, on Nov 10, 2008 at 5:46 pm | 90 comments | 14171 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
KIPP preliminarily offered shared school spaceThe Ravenswood school district's new comprehensive middle school could become a shared site with the growing KIPP Community...
Original post made on Feb. 15, 2019Last comment by Charters are not public , on Feb 20, 2019 at 8:42 am | 17 comments | 14171 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
High-speed rail station a tough sell in Palo AltoHigh-speed trains could glide through Palo Alto within a decade or so, but they probably won't be stopping at University...
Original post made on Aug. 24, 2010Last comment by Dan, on Aug 30, 2010 at 2:59 pm | 104 comments | 14166 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stanford's big plan0...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2007Last comment by Stanford Was Here First, on Jul 21, 2007 at 3:15 am | 13 comments | 14165 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ivies start dropping AP classes.Today's NYT reports that Dartmouth has decided to refuse credit for all AP classes. The university studied the results from...
Original post made by College Board on Jan. 18, 2013Last comment by Ugh, on Jan 30, 2013 at 11:06 pm | 58 comments | 14165 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Daughter alleges misconduct in father's arrestThe daughter of Menlo Park resident William Burnett, an assistant professor at Stanford University, is alleging police misconduct...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2011Last comment by Anonymous, on Dec 16, 2011 at 12:53 am | 109 comments | 14165 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto is changing for the worse and its effecting our teensAs an old time Palo Alto resident I can say that the basis of this community: academic curiosity, a lack of ostentation or...
Original post made by Winston on Mar. 11, 2015Last comment by _Parent, on Mar 16, 2015 at 6:37 pm | 206 comments | 14162 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
In Crescent Park, a push to end traffic gridlockFed up with the daily traffic gridlock on their neighborhood's streets, Crescent Park residents are banding together to get...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2017Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Dec 12, 2017 at 9:15 pm | 124 comments | 14161 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Entrepreneurial mom pairs Mandarin tutors with immersion studentsKristina Klausen was looking for a way that her two daughters could get extra practice conversing in Mandarin outside of...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2015Last comment by artbuilder, on Jul 22, 2015 at 1:15 pm | 4 comments | 14161 Views
AROUND TOWN
East Palo Alto family starts homemade seasoning businessFor the past four years, East Palo Alto residents Dulani and Lisa Spencer and their son Myles have been running Savor Seasoning...
Original post made on Jul. 18, 2019Last comment by Valerie, on Jul 19, 2019 at 11:42 am | 5 comments | 14160 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Man killed in single-car crash on Hwy. 280 is identifiedThe driver of a pickup truck who was killed in Los Altos Sunday morning has been identified by the Santa Clara County Coroner. Read...
Original post made on Nov. 19, 2013Last comment by correction, on Nov 19, 2013 at 12:29 pm | 1 comment | 14156 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Black Lives Matter activist Raven Malone contends for City Council seatRaven Malone, an engineer who wants to bring a community-led approach to policing in Palo Alto, has added her name to the...
Original post made on Jul. 23, 2020Last comment by Leteisha Brown, on Jul 25, 2020 at 11:11 pm | 102 comments | 14153 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Woodside college student launches mental health websiteIn the months after Mackenzie Drazan lost her younger sister, Shelby, to suicide last year, the 20-year-old Woodside resident...
Original post made on Nov. 6, 2015Last comment by Coincidence?, on Nov 6, 2015 at 3:35 pm | 3 comments | 14153 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Tenants file class action lawsuit against East Palo Alto's largest landlordThree tenants who live in the Woodland Park Apartments in East Palo Alto filed a class action lawsuit on Wednesday, Sept....
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2014Last comment by village fool, on Sep 4, 2014 at 11:55 pm | 5 comments | 14149 Views
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