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PA sergeant gets in confrontation over ticket0...
Original post made on Jul. 9, 2008Last comment by joe, on Jul 15, 2008 at 7:47 pm | 35 comments | 5368 Views
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Library Use Continues to Climb0...
Original post made by Jeff on Sep. 18, 2008Last comment by SavE THE LIBRARY - YES ON "N", on Sep 18, 2008 at 4:27 pm | 35 comments | 3640 Views
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Online conversation with Tyler Hanley, Palo Alto Online editorTyler Thank you for your comments which I have noticed dotted around various threads. As I don't read threads which don't...
Original post made by Resident on Nov. 13, 2008Last comment by Mom, on Nov 23, 2008 at 11:09 am | 35 comments | 4602 Views
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Parents give mixed reviews to new math textbookPalo Alto's new elementary school math curriculum gets mixed reviews from parents, according to results of a recent survey....
Original post made on May. 10, 2010Last comment by Midtown dad/tutor, on May 13, 2010 at 8:48 pm | 35 comments | 6069 Views
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Hard Choices: Balancing Palo Alto's budget gapHere's your chance to weigh in on how the City of Palo Alto should close its projected $7.3 million budget gap in fiscal...
Original post made by Jocelyn Dong on May. 28, 2010Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Jun 19, 2010 at 3:05 pm | 35 comments | 7109 Views
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Palo Alto committee blasts rail station proposalPalo Alto's chances of hosting a high-speed-rail station suffered a heavy blow Thursday morning, when a City Council committee...
Original post made on Oct. 21, 2010Last comment by Jack B Nimble, on Oct 26, 2010 at 9:13 pm | 35 comments | 5395 Views
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Merchants delay California Ave. street projectPalo Alto's plan to reduce lanes on California Avenue and to bring a host of streetscape improvements to the vibrant commercial...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2011Last comment by Joann, on Feb 25, 2011 at 11:45 pm | 35 comments | 5036 Views
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Palo Alto to overhaul emergency servicesDespite budget deficits and staffing reductions, Palo Alto is planning to create a $1 million Office of Emergency Services...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2011Last comment by James, on Jun 8, 2011 at 11:51 am | 35 comments | 8880 Views
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AT&T antennas get mixed reception in Palo AltoAT&T's proposal to install cell antennas on utility poles throughout Palo Alto found a mixed reception at a public hearing...
Original post made on Aug. 5, 2011Last comment by JA3 , on Sep 8, 2011 at 1:19 pm | 35 comments | 17122 Views
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The Opportunity Center takes stockThe five-story, brick-red building with brushed-metal balconies at 33 Encina Way could be a modern condominium complex or...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2011Last comment by Chthonic Dweller, on Dec 28, 2013 at 9:31 pm | 35 comments | 7869 Views
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Palo Alto calls for 'termination' of high-speed railIn a dramatic reversal from its position three years ago, the Palo Alto City Council on Monday night adopted as the city's...
Original post made on Dec. 20, 2011Last comment by jetgraphics, on Dec 23, 2011 at 9:05 am | 35 comments | 6385 Views
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Palo Alto approves AT&T's antenna planAT&T's controversial plan to install 80 antennas on utility poles throughout Palo Alto surged forward Monday night when the...
Original post made on Jan. 24, 2012Last comment by Robert Smith, on Jan 27, 2012 at 4:53 pm | 35 comments | 10892 Views
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What is up with Palo Alto traffic ?I went downtown just now to get a bite to eat, and at Cowper and University in the space of 10 minutes two cars went right...
Original post made by Anon. on Mar. 10, 2012Last comment by Getting worse, on Mar 18, 2012 at 11:37 pm | 35 comments | 4235 Views
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Highway 101 in Palo Alto to get two carpool lanesWork has begun to create double carpool lanes on the 3.2-mile stretch of Highway 101 between Highway 85 in Mountain View...
Original post made on Apr. 30, 2012Last comment by Joke's on Us, on May 3, 2014 at 10:09 am | 35 comments | 13523 Views
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Buena Vista residents urge city to save their homesResidents of Palo Alto's only surviving mobile-home park are rising up against a proposal from a San Mateo-based developer...
Original post made on Oct. 2, 2012Last comment by BARB, on Dec 28, 2012 at 5:10 pm | 35 comments | 8751 Views
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Real Estate MattersAs a company that is at the forefront of marketing to the Mandarin-speaking community, we love the high level of emphasis...
Original post made on Apr. 4, 2013Last comment by Ankyl spondi, on Apr 5, 2013 at 10:08 pm | 35 comments | 4601 Views
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Editorial: After 25 years, time to phase out Cubberley leaseThe financial condition of the Palo Alto Unified School District, like most public agencies, is not very transparent to the...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2013Last comment by senot blogger, on Sep 30, 2013 at 1:46 pm | 35 comments | 9652 Views
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City strikes down parking exemptionsCaught in a tug of war between angry residents and pleading developers, Palo Alto officials sided with the former on Monday...
Original post made on Oct. 21, 2013Last comment by Ray, on Oct 24, 2013 at 4:22 pm | 35 comments | 18332 Views
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Survey: We love our neighborhoods but are miffed by developmentPalo Altans generally feel rosy about their hometown, but attitudes tend to sour when the conversation shifts to housing,...
Original post made on Jan. 29, 2015Last comment by Agenda, on Jan 30, 2015 at 6:06 pm | 35 comments | 8011 Views
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Lawyer: Buena Vista evictions could start next monthAs local officials continue to scour for ways to save Buena Vista Mobile Home Park from imminent closure, the attorney for...
Original post made on Apr. 16, 2015Last comment by member, on Apr 21, 2015 at 3:48 pm | 35 comments | 10355 Views
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