Town Square
Sort by: Most recent topic/comment Most viewed Most comments
Navigation tip: Clicking on any category label will display all recent posts in that category
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto grants water to East Palo AltoEast Palo Alto received a much-needed infusion of water on Monday night after the Palo Alto City Council voted to transfer...
Original post made on May. 8, 2018Last comment by resident, on May 21, 2018 at 7:32 am | 92 comments | 12986 Views
AROUND TOWN
Bitter fruit: An inside look at street vendingThe strawberry vendors stand on street corners throughout Palo Alto, at busy intersections, outside shopping centers and...
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2009Last comment by Paula, on Sep 18, 2009 at 1:01 pm | 92 comments | 36739 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto to reopen tennis courts, restore access to nature preservesPalo Alto's basketball, pickleball and tennis courts will reopen later this week after a monthlong hiatus, and nature lovers...
Original post made on May. 5, 2020Last comment by Great trail riding right now, on May 15, 2020 at 3:44 pm | 92 comments | 20812 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto businesses protest Amazon tax resistancePalo Alto's brick-and-mortar businesses that pay sales taxes are protesting Amazon.com's attempts to get an exemption for...
Original post made on Aug. 17, 2011Last comment by Walter_E_Wallis, on Aug 25, 2011 at 3:43 pm | 92 comments | 9277 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto's outgoing mayor has some choice words for the city's elected officials. 'Build' is one of them.Housing crusader Adrian Fine sounds off on lip service liberalism and how Palo Alto became "part of the problem." Read the...
Original post made on Nov. 28, 2020Last comment by Lee Forrest, on Dec 7, 2020 at 11:23 am | 91 comments | 24052 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford Hospital gives 'final offer' to nursesNurses at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital are at a heated impasse with hospital administrators...
Original post made on Apr. 3, 2010Last comment by CaliNurse, on May 12, 2010 at 5:08 pm | 91 comments | 12499 Views
AROUND TOWN
Police: Bicyclist ran stop sign in fatal Palo Alto accidentA bicyclist who was struck and killed in Palo Alto on Aug. 15 apparently ran a stop sign when he collided with a car, Palo...
Original post made on Oct. 5, 2016Last comment by Carlos Cortez , on Jan 25, 2017 at 3:36 pm | 91 comments | 20975 Views
AROUND TOWN
Gunn student remembered as 'smart, funny' classmate who loved musicThe Gunn High School student who died in an apparent suicide Tuesday was remembered by friends as smart and funny, a boy...
Original post made on May. 6, 2009Last comment by Gunn Student, on Jun 19, 2009 at 1:11 am | 90 comments | 12879 Views
AROUND TOWN
Candidates for Palo Alto school board debate the issuesIn their first debate of the fall campaign season, the five candidates vying for two seats on the Palo Alto Board of Education...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2014Last comment by Parent too, on Sep 13, 2014 at 7:57 pm | 90 comments | 10993 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto could get $5 million for new bike bridgePalo Alto's ambitious plan to give residents and bicyclists convenient, year-round access to the Baylands took a major leap...
Original post made on May. 16, 2012Last comment by close the gates, on Apr 13, 2013 at 11:19 am | 90 comments | 10079 Views
AROUND TOWN
District: Kids' emotional health a top concernIn the wake of three student Caltrain suicides in four months, student emotional health is a top priority for the Palo Alto...
Original post made on Aug. 24, 2009Last comment by OhlonePar, on Aug 29, 2009 at 12:59 pm | 89 comments | 8308 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford Health Care to cut workers' wages by 20%Employees of Stanford Health Care, including doctors and nurses who are caring for COVID-19 patients, will have their pay...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2020Last comment by Nursing Assistant, on Apr 28, 2020 at 6:29 pm | 88 comments | 129530 Views
AROUND TOWN
University Art moving to Redwood CityPalo Alto's high rents and impossible land prices are causing another longtime retailer to leave the city. This time, it...
Original post made on Dec. 17, 2013Last comment by Sad but realistic, on Apr 21, 2014 at 9:35 am | 88 comments | 51949 Views
AROUND TOWN
Caltrain 'modernization' to worsen Alma congestionCaltrain's plan to power its trains by electricity rather than diesel is expected to improve service. But for Palo Alto,...
Original post made on Jan. 6, 2015Last comment by ODB, on Jan 17, 2015 at 11:07 am | 88 comments | 19546 Views
AROUND TOWN
Embarcadero underpass to be Vikings' realmThe Embarcadero Road tunnel underpass next to Palo Alto High School may soon look a lot like Viking territory. Read the...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2013Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Apr 3, 2013 at 9:54 am | 88 comments | 5607 Views
AROUND TOWN
Buena Vista residents allowed to appeal park's closurePalo Alto officials set the stage on Monday for an emotional battle over the future of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park when...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2015Last comment by Greenacres, on Jan 19, 2015 at 12:12 am | 88 comments | 10694 Views
AROUND TOWN
City responds to parking woes on Edgewood DrivePrompted by a flurry of complaints from Edgewood Drive residents about safety, litter, and an influx of cars from East Palo...
Original post made on Feb. 1, 2013Last comment by Not an issue, on Oct 29, 2013 at 11:18 am | 87 comments | 9472 Views
AROUND TOWN
Competition casts large shadow over fiber-to-the-homeFor more than 15 years, Palo Alto has been chasing a dream of bringing ultra high-speed Internet to every local household,...
Original post made on Sep. 9, 2015Last comment by Nayeli, on Sep 14, 2015 at 5:15 pm | 86 comments | 10710 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto bans vehicle dwellingAfter two years of bitter debate and emotional soul searching, Palo Alto officials on Monday passed a deeply divisive law...
Original post made on Aug. 6, 2013Last comment by isez, on Aug 8, 2013 at 1:15 pm | 86 comments | 15436 Views
AROUND TOWN
Caltrain should back away from HSRTime moves on and it has become obvious that the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the High-Speed Rail Authority...
Original post made by Morris Brown on Oct. 23, 2015Last comment by ODB, on Oct 28, 2015 at 11:15 am | 85 comments | 3092 Views
Stay informed.
Get the day's top headlines from Palo Alto Online sent to your inbox in the Express newsletter.
Porterhouse San Mateo revamps its menu following move to new spot
By The Peninsula Foodist | 2 comments | 2,485 views
How well is City Manager Ed Shikada performing his job?
By Diana Diamond | 12 comments | 2,096 views
Farm Bill and the Organic Movement (part 5) Plus: Global Plant Forward Summit, April 18 – 20
By Laura Stec | 10 comments | 1,423 views
