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City hopes to lure growth -- and grants -- to San Antonio RoadIn designating San Antonio Road as a "priority development area," the Palo Alto City Council is hoping to attract grants...
Original post made on Sep. 19, 2023Last comment by Online Name, on Sep 19, 2023 at 8:46 pm | 5 comments | 4315 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto looks to extend 'safe parking' on Geng RoadNearly three years after opening a public parking lot on Geng Road to unhoused individuals, Palo Alto is preparing to extend...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2023Last comment by Mondoman, on Sep 19, 2023 at 7:11 am | 3 comments | 3780 Views
AROUND TOWN
Around Town: Cameron Park improvement planned, Ada's Cafe gets fundingIn this week's Around Town column, Cameron Park is poised for improvements and the City Council approves more funding for...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2023Last comment by Mary Ruth Leen, on Sep 18, 2023 at 2:17 pm | 2 comments | 2719 Views
AROUND TOWN
Nanci Kauffman resigns as head of Castilleja SchoolOn Thursday, Nanci Kauffman resigned as head of Castilleja School, concluding a 13-year term that was in many ways defined...
Original post made on Sep. 7, 2023Last comment by Jennifer, on Sep 18, 2023 at 1:32 pm | 17 comments | 22934 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto Police Department loses phone service due to AT&T outageA widespread outage in the AT&T network knocked out all the phone lines at the Palo Alto Police Department on Friday afternoon,...
Original post made on Sep. 15, 2023Last comment by Online Name, on Sep 17, 2023 at 3:06 am | 5 comments | 2315 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto adopts new rules for downtown parkletsSeeking to bring order to the city's nascent and chaotic parklet scene, the Palo Alto City Council adopted a suite of rules...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2023Last comment by Bystander, on Sep 16, 2023 at 7:01 pm | 19 comments | 10498 Views
AROUND TOWN
Opinion: Surprising facts and factoids about trees in our fair cityI recently had a conversation with Palo Alto's urban forester, Peter Gollinger, about the need to plant trees to replace...
Original post made on Sep. 15, 2023Last comment by Phyllis Sherlock , on Sep 16, 2023 at 4:08 pm | 3 comments | 2663 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto police to add surveillance to prime shopping areasBoosted by a state grant, the Palo Alto Police Department is preparing to add more patrol officers to Stanford Shopping Center...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2023Last comment by Online Name, on Sep 16, 2023 at 12:23 pm | 2 comments | 3122 Views
AROUND TOWN
The things I remember about Palo Alto while growing up:0...
Original post made by Andrew L. Freedman on Oct. 19, 2006Last comment by MARK, on Sep 16, 2023 at 2:01 am | 1207 comments | 482364 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto set to review teacher housing proposalAs Palo Alto gets ready to rule on a contentious housing project at the Ventura site formerly occupied by Fry's Electronics,...
Original post made on Sep. 11, 2023Last comment by Paige, on Sep 15, 2023 at 6:31 pm | 11 comments | 3602 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Longtime South Bay journalist's book takes a deep dive into an infamous Peninsula murderThe 1974 murder of a young woman in Stanford's Memorial Church shocked the community and became a decades-long cold case....
Original post made on Sep. 15, 2023There are no comments yet. 59870 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto backs expanding program for mental health callsDespite staffing challenges, Palo Alto agreed on Sept. 11 to expand and extend the Police Department's recently launched...
Original post made on Sep. 15, 2023There are no comments yet. 2782 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Surprising facts and factoids about trees in our fair cityPalo Alto loves trees — it has about 600,000. The city's Urban Forestry Section maintains roughly 66,000, about one...
Original post made on Sep. 15, 2023Last comment by Comment, on Sep 15, 2023 at 8:09 am | 1 comment | 224 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Australian race car driver charged in fatal La Honda crash is out on bailThe Australian race car driver charged with vehicular manslaughter for a fatal crash on state Highway 84 in San Mateo County...
Original post made on Sep. 14, 2023Last comment by MM, on Sep 14, 2023 at 9:18 pm | 6 comments | 3689 Views
AROUND TOWN
New Digs: Homeowners maximize living space in Old Palo Alto with basement excavationWhile the large home on a corner lot in Old Palo Alto seemed to suit Jenny Shilling’s growing family in 2007, it wasn’t...
Original post made on Aug. 29, 2023Last comment by Rex Shallert, on Sep 14, 2023 at 2:51 pm | 7 comments | 4112 Views
AROUND TOWN
Mike's Diner Bar avoids eviction, plans to remain in MidtownMike's Diner Bar, a Midtown institution that just last week was on the brink of eviction, received an eleventh-hour reprieve...
Original post made on Sep. 10, 2023Last comment by Annette, on Sep 14, 2023 at 2:38 pm | 19 comments | 17096 Views
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Search ends in Wyoming for Palo Alto dentistRetired 76-year-old Palo Alto dentist Steve Keller, who went missing 10 days ago in the Wyoming wilderness, has not been...
Original post made on Sep. 14, 2023Last comment by Silver Linings, on Sep 14, 2023 at 10:40 am | 1 comment | 14541 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Wildland fire ignited by car in Palo Alto foothillsA fire near Monte Bello Open Space Preserve is currently being attacked by firefighters from multiple agencies, according...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2023Last comment by Claudette, on Sep 13, 2023 at 10:22 am | 2 comments | 3525 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police auditors scrutinize cases involving pointed firearmsA new report from Palo Alto's independent police auditors reviews six recent instances in which officers pointed their firearms...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2023Last comment by Aram, on Sep 13, 2023 at 12:02 am | 4 comments | 2546 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Teacher housing project gets big boost in Palo AltoWith construction now under way on Palo Alto’s first teacher-housing project, city officials sent a strong signal Monday...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2023Last comment by Barron Park resident, on Sep 12, 2023 at 5:09 pm | 4 comments | 3317 Views
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