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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 | 13960 Views
AROUND TOWN
Greg Tanaka, Palo Alto's leading fiscal hawk, seeks another four years on City CouncilGreg Tanaka, a tech CEO who over the past four years has established himself as the City Council's most vocal fiscal hawk,...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2020Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Jul 26, 2020 at 8:08 am | 75 comments | 13955 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stevenson House shakeup boots director, staffA major shakeup at senior-housing community Stevenson House has resulted in the dismissal of its longtime executive director...
Original post made on Feb. 28, 2015Last comment by Melinda Rosenaur, on Dec 14, 2015 at 2:17 pm | 25 comments | 13953 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto calls impasse in union talksAfter months of contentious and ultimately fruitless negotiations, Palo Alto officials have declared an impasse in their...
Original post made on Jan. 14, 2014Last comment by Chris, on Jan 16, 2014 at 11:37 pm | 54 comments | 13952 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
At one Palo Alto school, long troubled by sexual misconduct, a new student advocacy group is bornA group of Palo Alto High students is working to educate their peers about sexual assault, consent and relationships -- education...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2020Last comment by parent, on Mar 14, 2020 at 9:08 pm | 19 comments | 13952 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Palo Alto, Mountain View and Sunnyvale strike deal over rail fundsIn a move that they hope will boost their efforts to redesign Caltrain rail crossings, Palo Alto, Mountain View and Sunnyvale...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2021Last comment by Leslie York, on Aug 16, 2021 at 10:18 am | 14 comments | 13948 Views
AROUND TOWN
PG&E likely to file eminent domain against Palo Alto Unified for easement at CubberleyAfter stalled talks over the last several months, the Palo Alto school district is facing the likelihood of Pacific Gas &...
Original post made on Dec. 28, 2020Last comment by GaryB, on Feb 5, 2021 at 7:44 pm | 26 comments | 13946 Views
AROUND TOWN
Urban development proposed for El Camino blockA quaint, eclectic and sparsely developed block of El Camino Real near Fry's Electronics in Palo Alto could get a hefty injection...
Original post made on Jul. 5, 2013Last comment by Garrett, on Jul 10, 2013 at 11:49 am | 45 comments | 13945 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Council has no appetite for doing away with PC zonesFacing a plate full of development projects, Palo Alto City Council members Monday night didn't show any appetite for doing...
Original post made on Dec. 3, 2013Last comment by JCC bashers unite, on Dec 5, 2013 at 4:21 pm | 89 comments | 13944 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 | 13942 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 | 13942 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto schools lottery process revamped0...
Original post made on Feb. 21, 2008Last comment by OhlonePar, on Feb 26, 2008 at 6:19 pm | 47 comments | 13937 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 | 13936 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Six candidates to vie for school board0...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2007Last comment by OhlonePar, on Sep 16, 2007 at 12:54 am | 121 comments | 13933 Views
AROUND TOWN
Saving water and blooming all year roundWater-wise gardens, popular during the drought, do not have to be a colorless compromise, according to Roberta Barnes, who...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2016There are no comments yet. 13931 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Robber strikes Wells Fargo BankPalo Alto police are engaged in a manhunt after a man in his 40s robbed a Wells Fargo Bank on Monday evening. The robber...
Original post made on Feb. 4, 2019Last comment by what about the ink bags?, on Feb 10, 2019 at 8:20 pm | 11 comments | 13928 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Behind the achievement gap0...
Original post made on Dec. 18, 2007Last comment by OhlonePar, on Jan 21, 2008 at 3:07 pm | 124 comments | 13927 Views
AROUND TOWN
Page Mill investors sue firm over millionsPalo Alto-based property manager Page Mill Properties committed securities fraud, misled its investors and engaged in an...
Original post made on Apr. 1, 2010Last comment by JC, on Apr 10, 2010 at 8:24 am | 16 comments | 13927 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 | 13925 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Once polarizing, bathrooms to become fixtures in Palo Alto parksPalo Alto's effort to equip parks with bathrooms gained momentum Monday, when the city approved the purchase of prefabricated...
Original post made on Apr. 11, 2023Last comment by Native to the BAY, on Apr 12, 2023 at 11:47 pm | 19 comments | 13925 Views
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