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AROUND TOWN
Google makes big real estate buy in south Palo AltoMountain View-based Google Inc. has bought seven properties on East Meadow Circle in south Palo Alto, an area the city has...
Original post made on Jul. 16, 2013Last comment by resident 1, on Jun 21, 2014 at 7:59 am | 51 comments | 14110 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Complaint against Ravenswood superintendent alleges discriminationThe sudden mid-year removal of a principal credited with turning around a long-struggling elementary school in the Ravenswood...
Original post made on Mar. 30, 2018Last comment by I agree!, on May 5, 2018 at 7:06 pm | 39 comments | 14109 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto police seek purse snatcherPalo Alto police are looking for a bike-riding purse snatcher who they said committed two crimes in the span of 15 minutes...
Original post made on Jan. 30, 2014Last comment by JustMe, on Feb 3, 2014 at 1:17 pm | 28 comments | 14104 Views
AROUND TOWN
Helping Henry0...
Original post made on Aug. 22, 2007Last comment by Patricia, on Mar 18, 2008 at 9:35 pm | 10 comments | 14103 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
'Our Palo Alto' launches with lessons in local demographicsAn attempt by Palo Alto officials to get out of City Hall and engage residents in a two-year conversation about the future...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2014Last comment by Just Saying, on May 8, 2014 at 5:19 pm | 29 comments | 14102 Views
AROUND TOWN
Shop Talk: hair salon opens; Starbucks closes; toy shop's final daysIn this week's retail news in Palo Alto, columnist Daryl Savage reports on a new 'educational' hair salon and the closure...
Original post made on Apr. 3, 2017Last comment by 20 Something Techy, on Apr 6, 2017 at 9:00 am | 9 comments | 14102 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Valley job growth biggest since 'dotcom' boomLast year's rebound in technology added the highest number of jobs to the Bay Area since the dotcom boom of the late 1990s,...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2013Last comment by moo, on Feb 6, 2013 at 9:40 pm | 3 comments | 14098 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Police Chief Dennis Burns to retirePalo Alto Police Chief Dennis Burns, a City Hall veteran who rose through the ranks before assuming the department's top...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2016Last comment by Jeffery P, on Dec 23, 2016 at 4:13 pm | 15 comments | 14096 Views
AROUND TOWN
'Cancel your travel plans': Santa Clara County urges caution during holidays as COVID-19 cases riseAt an emotional press conference Wednesday on the cusp of Christmas Eve, Santa Clara County health leaders begged the public...
Original post made on Dec. 23, 2020Last comment by GoldyCISSP@gmail.com, on Dec 27, 2020 at 9:17 pm | 68 comments | 14095 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 | 14086 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Divisive downtown project wins approvalIt took three years, 14 public hearings, four different architects and a threatened lawsuit for Elizabeth Wong to win an...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2017Last comment by Online Name, on Apr 11, 2017 at 6:42 pm | 73 comments | 14085 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Toys that teachForget the Xboxes and the Wiis. Building toys — from Lego sets to tiny robots that light up — have always been...
Original post made on Dec. 22, 2013Last comment by opus, on Dec 24, 2013 at 2:22 pm | 3 comments | 14084 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Two Palo Altans vie for county school-board seatPalo Alto residents Grace Mah and Sheena Chin are running for Mah's seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Education this...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2016Last comment by County School Board, on Oct 18, 2016 at 9:23 pm | 12 comments | 14083 Views
BOOKS
Despite pandemic, Google announces massive Bay Area expansion plansCOVID-19 and the rise of telecommuting have raised questions about declining demand for office and housing growth and a possible...
Original post made on Mar. 22, 2021Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Mar 24, 2021 at 7:51 am | 6 comments | 14083 Views
AROUND TOWN
Another fire at Sims metal recycling in Redwood CityFirefighters are battling a two-alarm fire at a metal recycling facility in Redwood City this morning. Read the full...
Original post made on Dec. 17, 2013Last comment by Shut It, on Dec 19, 2013 at 11:10 pm | 45 comments | 14080 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Under assault: Data shows Santa Clara County hospital workers routinely attacked on the jobEach year, hundreds of health care workers in Santa Clara County hospitals are punched, kicked, spat on, slapped or worse,...
Original post made on Jan. 14, 2021Last comment by John, on Jan 18, 2021 at 12:39 pm | 7 comments | 14078 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: Castilleja's unwise stubbornnessCastilleja School, the highly regarded middle and high school that has educated girls for 110 years and around which has...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2017Last comment by No upside for Palo Alto, on Jul 28, 2017 at 12:34 pm | 47 comments | 14069 Views
AROUND TOWN
A singing traditionIt's a Friday evening on the Stanford campus, and as the sun sinks behind the Dish, the members of one student choral ensemble...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2015Last comment by John Sack, on Feb 6, 2015 at 3:46 pm | 2 comments | 14068 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Health care: Palo Alto's painful dilemmaIn 2009, Palo Alto's elected leaders and top management responded to the financial walloping of the Great Recession by embarking...
Original post made on Mar. 22, 2013Last comment by Stanley, on Mar 28, 2013 at 4:34 pm | 56 comments | 14067 Views
RESTAURANTS
How the Asian Box chef accidentally opened a gluten-free bakeryGracie Jones, who has devoted her life to "cooking nonstop" for 20 years, did not intentionally set out to open up a gluten-free...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2019Last comment by New fan, on Apr 24, 2019 at 9:37 pm | 4 comments | 14055 Views
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