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Palo Alto set to make Juneteenth and Cesar Chavez Day city holidaysPalo Alto's elected leaders all agree that creating more holidays will help spread awareness, show inclusiveness and combat...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2023Last comment by NTB2, 18 minutes ago | 9 comments | 2960 Views
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Opinion: The infamous ‘Palo Alto Process’ must goProjects coming before the Palo Alto City Council and its committees take ages to get done. Current case in point? The grade...
Original post made on Sep. 28, 2023Last comment by Anonymous, 15 hours ago | 7 comments | 2196 Views
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Rinconada dog park? Palo Alto eyes new sites for pet projectsDog owners in south Palo Alto have plenty of reasons to get excited as they watch the city add new fenced play areas for...
Original post made on Sep. 29, 2023Last comment by Anonymous, 15 hours ago | 3 comments | 1454 Views
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After two students are struck by cars, parents call for more traffic safetyPalo Alto parents are calling for more traffic-safety measures after two children were hit by cars in separate collisions,...
Original post made on Sep. 19, 2023Last comment by ndn, on Sep 29, 2023 at 11:20 am | 64 comments | 14896 Views
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Palo Alto quietly abandons decades-long program to put overhead utilities undergroundWith little public debate, Palo Alto has largely abandoned its once popular program that buries power lines underground in...
Original post made on Sep. 28, 2023Last comment by Silver Linings, on Sep 29, 2023 at 1:20 am | 17 comments | 10840 Views
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Bike Palo Alto is back after four-year gapBike Palo Alto, a local bicycling event organized by volunteers, is back after a long pandemic hiatus. The two-hour fair...
Original post made on Sep. 28, 2023Last comment by Consider Your Options. , on Sep 28, 2023 at 3:54 pm | 5 comments | 2103 Views
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Life in a rented sleeping podCulinary student Karthik Manjappa arrived in the Bay Area with two suitcases and $1,000 in his bank account -- not nearly...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2023Last comment by Resident11, on Sep 28, 2023 at 1:07 pm | 3 comments | 5908 Views
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Trainer connected with Palo Alto dog's death charged in Massachusetts caseA woman who was under investigation for the disappearance and death of a Palo Alto family's beloved German shepherd in January...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2023Last comment by Eva_PA, on Sep 27, 2023 at 10:53 am | 2 comments | 8723 Views
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Eichler-style fire station approved near Mitchell ParkPalo Alto passed a critical milestone Thursday in its plan to replace the aged and undersized fire station near Mitchell...
Original post made on Sep. 22, 2023Last comment by scott, on Sep 26, 2023 at 7:43 pm | 6 comments | 5175 Views
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City urged to think bigger as it rezones San Antonio Road for housingAs Palo Alto prepares to transform an industrial area around San Antonio Road into the city's next residential hub, housing...
Original post made on Sep. 15, 2023Last comment by Eeyore, on Sep 26, 2023 at 1:47 pm | 43 comments | 8996 Views
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New studies aim to speed up Palo Alto's redesign of rail crossingsEager to take advantage of recently acquired federal and state grants, Palo Alto is preparing to speed up its tortuous, decade-long...
Original post made on Sep. 21, 2023Last comment by Leslie York, on Sep 25, 2023 at 9:46 pm | 13 comments | 5289 Views
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Palo Alto to pay a gas premium to ward off sharp spikes in winter billsPalo Alto's gas customers will be protected from sharp bill spikes this winter thanks to a new strategy that the city adopted...
Original post made on Sep. 19, 2023Last comment by Mondoman, on Sep 20, 2023 at 6:58 am | 6 comments | 2359 Views
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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 | 3906 Views
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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 | 2362 Views
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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 | 10568 Views
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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 | 3646 Views
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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. 2828 Views
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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 | 258 Views
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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 | 3366 Views
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Community debates Sobrato project one last time before council decisionThe dominant voice at last night’s hearing came from those wanting to see the two-story cannery building preserved for...
Original post made on Sep. 6, 2023Last comment by Online Name, on Sep 12, 2023 at 3:55 pm | 31 comments | 4921 Views
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