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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Opinion: 'Guilt by association' logic is dangerousIn a community as diverse as ours, with citizens from around the world calling Palo Alto home, public officials should demonstrate...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2018Last comment by European vs Asian Last Names , 10 hours ago | 67 comments | 5334 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Elementary principal reprimanded for special-education failuresJuana Briones Elementary School Principal Tom Jacoubowsky was reprimanded in January for leadership failures that led the...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2018Last comment by One of the many nice, giving parents in the district, 23 hours ago | 26 comments | 5329 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Community Notebook: U.S. Postal Service plans to relocate East Palo Alto officeThe East Palo Alto post office's landlord doesn't plan to renew the lease of the Bay Road site and instead redevelop the...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2018Last comment by elizabeth Jackson, on Jun 20, 2018 at 6:31 pm | 19 comments | 3650 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Palo Alto man languishes in a Nepal jailA Palo Alto man who has spent years helping to advance education for Nepalese girls and women is locked in a jail in Nepal...
Original post made on May. 16, 2018Last comment by Sam, on Jun 20, 2018 at 2:29 pm | 25 comments | 11313 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Recall chair seeks attorneys fees from judgeThe chair of the successful effort to unseat Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky is asking him to pay $112,456...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2018Last comment by JoanneH, on Jun 20, 2018 at 2:08 pm | 14 comments | 2693 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
In wake of renaming, school board seeks to address discriminationPalo Alto school board members agreed Tuesday with community members' pleas that they must face head on reports of racism...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2018Last comment by send names to Texas, on Jun 20, 2018 at 1:46 pm | 35 comments | 5653 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Whizzing cyclists are putting pedestrians on edgeA city effort to make the tunnel under the train tracks at Palo Alto's California Avenue accessible to motorized wheelchairs...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2018Last comment by Wow Punisher!, on Jun 20, 2018 at 1:44 pm | 81 comments | 5263 Views
AROUND TOWN
Residents sound off on Ross Road changesAfter installing a host of "traffic calming" measures aimed at promoting bicycling on Ross Road, Palo Alto officials are...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2018Last comment by Got my popcorn, on Jun 20, 2018 at 1:38 pm | 79 comments | 5037 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Residents must vacate President Hotel Apartments by NovemberResidents at the historic President Hotel Apartments in downtown Palo Alto received notice Tuesday, June 12, that they will...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2018Last comment by Online Name, on Jun 20, 2018 at 11:13 am | 38 comments | 8654 Views
SPORTS
Bellis among field at Mubadala Silicon Valley tennis ClassicAtherton resident CiCi Bellis will be among the 21 women's tennis players, all ranked among the top 85 in the world, in the...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2018Last comment by RickEymer, on Jun 19, 2018 at 11:35 pm | 2 comments | 522 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto approves electric rate increaseUtility rates in Palo Alto are set to go up by 6 percent in July, an increase that utilities officials attribute largely...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2018Last comment by Tony, on Jun 19, 2018 at 7:08 pm | 12 comments | 2102 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Making public safety beautifulThough only recently acquainted with California Avenue and the surrounding neighborhood in Palo Alto, artist Peter Wegner...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2018There are no comments yet. 1134 Views
RESTAURANTS
State orders Palo Alto restaurant firm to pay workers millions in back wagesThe owners of downtown Palo Alto restaurants Rangoon Ruby and Burma Ruby have been ordered by the state labor commissioner’s...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2018Last comment by Carol, on Jun 19, 2018 at 10:46 am | 36 comments | 17094 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Finding meaning, 'light' post graduationIn Sterling K. Brown’s commencement address to the Class of 2018 at his alma mater Stanford University on Sunday, the award-winning...
Original post made on Jun. 18, 2018Last comment by Novelera, on Jun 18, 2018 at 2:00 pm | 2 comments | 2029 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto may sue over airplane noiseIn its latest attempt to address the growing problem of airplane noise, Palo Alto is forging new alliances and exploring...
Original post made on Apr. 5, 2018Last comment by Madias, on Jun 18, 2018 at 9:21 am | 89 comments | 6097 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Fanning the sparkSpark, a Bay Area nonprofit that pairs working professionals with low-income middle school students of color, allow students...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2018Last comment by AllYouCanEat, on Jun 18, 2018 at 8:46 am | 3 comments | 1822 Views
AROUND TOWN
Obituaries<B>Ruth Juhua Chou Read the full story here https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2018/06/08/obituaries posted Friday,...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2018Last comment by RIP is offensive., on Jun 17, 2018 at 6:41 pm | 2 comments | 230 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Historic downtown apartment building sold to hotel developerThe one-time fashionable President Hotel, whose iconic rooftop sign defined downtown Palo Alto skyline during its heyday,...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2018Last comment by Online Name, on Jun 17, 2018 at 6:23 pm | 28 comments | 6843 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Details emerge about investigation of East Palo Alto preschool directorThe director of Ravenswood City School District's preschool was formally disciplined for releasing the wrong child to an...
Original post made on Apr. 20, 2018Last comment by Say Nay To Gentrification , on Jun 16, 2018 at 11:38 pm | 15 comments | 7433 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Rail redesign stokes fears of property takingsAs Palo Alto approaches a key decision point in selecting new designs for its four rail crossings, residents are increasingly...
Original post made on May. 30, 2018Last comment by Reality Check, on Jun 16, 2018 at 9:04 pm | 147 comments | 8883 Views
U-Pick at Webb Ranch
By Laura Stec | 0 comments | 1,578 views
Modern Hospice Care and The Death of Ivan Ilyich
By Aldis Petriceks | 4 comments | 918 views
A community in the sand
By Cheryl Bac | 3 comments | 758 views
Couples: “It’s Not My Problem. It’s Your Problem.”
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 371 views
