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AROUND TOWN
TRAFFIC ADVISORY: Halloween festivities to close some Old Palo Alto streetsHalloween trick or treating will close some Old Palo Alto streets to traffic on Wednesday evening from 4:30-10 p.m., police...
Original post made on Nov. 1, 2018Last comment by resident, on Nov 6, 2018 at 11:08 pm | 35 comments | 3603 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Editorial: No, no, no on Measure FIt is difficult to imagine a more poorly conceived idea to present to voters than the Measure F health care initiative pushed...
Original post made on Sep. 21, 2018Last comment by ignorantunions, on Nov 6, 2018 at 10:28 pm | 30 comments | 16604 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Editorial: Filseth, DuBois and Cormack for City CouncilFor a more productive council that hopefully will focus on solutions rather than political gamesmanship or personal insults,...
Original post made on Oct. 12, 2018Last comment by Keep Palo Alto Palo Alto, on Nov 6, 2018 at 9:48 pm | 229 comments | 11193 Views
SPORTS
Prep cross country: SH Prep, Menlo win WBAL titlesSacred Heart Prep took home the West Bay Athletic League boys team cross country title and Gators' Max Cluss won the individual...
Original post made on Nov. 5, 2018Last comment by Anonymous , on Nov 6, 2018 at 9:03 pm | 3 comments | 721 Views
SPORTS
Prep roundup: Two golfers to state, 3 VB teams to NorCalsBouncing back from 5-under a third of the way in, Castilleja's Niav Layton shot a 1-under the rest of the way to finish 11th...
Original post made on Nov. 6, 2018Last comment by Coach Bruce, on Nov 6, 2018 at 8:04 pm | 1 comment | 689 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Caltrain grade-crossing options concern neighborsA dilemma of how to make Palo Alto's four at-grade railroad crossings safer, with the impending electrification of Caltrain,...
Original post made on Sep. 28, 2018Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Nov 6, 2018 at 7:48 pm | 96 comments | 6056 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Driverless cars OK'd for local streetsGoogle's autonomous car offshoot, Waymo, announced Tuesday it had received permission from California regulators to begin...
Original post made on Oct. 30, 2018Last comment by Student driver, on Nov 6, 2018 at 2:56 pm | 73 comments | 5212 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Sizable independent expenditures factor into Palo Alto electionIndependent expenditures in Palo Alto political races have had a spotty presence in recent elections, but this fall, significant...
Original post made on Nov. 5, 2018Last comment by Special interest money on Z, on Nov 6, 2018 at 2:52 pm | 18 comments | 2773 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Public vs. private for Middle SchoolI’m looking for opinions on Public vs. Private for my daughter, who is going to Middle School very soon. My daughter...
Original post made by TongZ on Oct. 24, 2018Last comment by The Answer, on Nov 6, 2018 at 2:29 pm | 94 comments | 1907 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto to house JPMorgan's new tech headquartersJPMorgan Chase & Co. is expanding its financial operations into Palo Alto. The New York banking giant announced Friday that...
Original post made on Oct. 23, 2018Last comment by The Hand You're Dealt, on Nov 6, 2018 at 2:08 pm | 9 comments | 4546 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Spending soars on Palo Alto's health care ballot measureThe two sides in the battle over Measure F, which would cap how much Palo Alto medical practitioners can charge their patients,...
Original post made on Oct. 31, 2018Last comment by NO ON F, on Nov 6, 2018 at 11:49 am | 49 comments | 3204 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
District vendors donate $30K to Ravenswood school board raceThe Ravenswood City School District's primary construction management and architecture firms have each contributed $15,000...
Original post made on Oct. 10, 2018Last comment by Concerned parent , on Nov 6, 2018 at 10:46 am | 31 comments | 3894 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Paly CS and robotics situation?It's been nearly three weeks since Paly's former CS teacher and robotics coach resigned, but not much has been surfaced about...
Original post made by What's going on? on Nov. 5, 2018Last comment by Alum, on Nov 6, 2018 at 9:08 am | 5 comments | 286 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
CCS football playoffs: M-A, Paly, SHP all host first roundMenlo-Atherton, Palo Alto and Sacred Heart Prep all received their seedings and learned the identity of their opening-round...
Original post made on Nov. 4, 2018Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Nov 6, 2018 at 6:18 am | 4 comments | 1663 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Scharff and Holman wage expensive contest for open-district seatThe race between two Palo Alto City Council members for the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has become the most...
Original post made on Oct. 31, 2018Last comment by Maya Collins, on Nov 5, 2018 at 11:05 pm | 35 comments | 3462 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Applicants seek to change planning commission's toneWhen the Palo Alto City Council meets in late November to interview 13 candidates for the city's influential but polarized...
Original post made on Nov. 2, 2018Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Nov 5, 2018 at 11:03 pm | 29 comments | 2665 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Editorial: Re-elect Sheriff Laurie SmithIn spite of her shortcomings, which include an uninspired and weak administrative record over her two decades in the office,...
Original post made on Oct. 19, 2018Last comment by Kathy Atkins, on Nov 5, 2018 at 8:29 pm | 16 comments | 21486 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Editorial: Yes on Measure E hotel-tax increaseWe reluctantly recommend voters support the city of Palo Alto's proposal to raise about $2.5 million a year in new city revenue...
Original post made on Sep. 21, 2018Last comment by more transparency please, on Nov 5, 2018 at 7:54 pm | 26 comments | 3482 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Housing advocates seek seats on commissionThirteen Palo Alto residents, including two former mayors and numerous prominent housing advocates, are vying for two seats...
Original post made on Oct. 19, 2018Last comment by Resident, on Nov 5, 2018 at 6:22 pm | 73 comments | 3662 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
How Halloween Has Changed in Palo AltoWe've done 35 years of Halloween as a home owner in Palo Alto - living in homes in Southgate and now in Old Palo Alto. As...
Original post made by Bill Glazier on Oct. 31, 2018Last comment by Trick or Treating for Booze, on Nov 5, 2018 at 5:48 pm | 59 comments | 4135 Views
Post-election reflections -- and sponges
By Diana Diamond | 13 comments | 1,523 views
El Camino: Another scheme to increase congestion?
By Douglas Moran | 7 comments | 1,233 views
Couples: Philosophy of Love
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 1,196 views
Trials of My Grandmother
By Aldis Petriceks | 1 comment | 650 views
