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Palo Alto's fiber hopes now rest with GooglePalo Alto's fruitless and frustrating quest for a citywide high-speed Internet network flickered back to life Monday night,...
Original post made on Feb. 23, 2010Last comment by Adam, on Mar 17, 2010 at 8:04 pm | 36 comments | 6547 Views
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'Megastorm' could hit area as hard as a 'quakeAn unimaginably big "megastorm" could hit the Bay Area and California as hard or harder than an earthquake, a researcher...
Original post made on Feb. 25, 2010Last comment by Ed, on Feb 28, 2010 at 11:09 pm | 36 comments | 5837 Views
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Firefighters gear up for election battleEven as Palo Alto's firefighters union continues its drive to keep a labor-reform measure off the November ballot, it is...
Original post made on Sep. 16, 2011Last comment by George, on Sep 18, 2011 at 11:17 pm | 36 comments | 4201 Views
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East Palo Alto Best Buy store to closeElectronics retailer Best Buy announced the locations of 42 of its big-box store closures Saturday, including East Palo Alto...
Original post made on Apr. 15, 2012Last comment by Hmmm, on Apr 19, 2012 at 3:04 pm | 36 comments | 8413 Views
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Owner of JJ&F market eyes Miki's Alma Plaza spaceMiki's Farm Fresh Market might be closing, but one local grocer is looking at potentially taking over the spot. Joe Khoury,...
Original post made on Apr. 3, 2013Last comment by keith@klwines, on Apr 10, 2013 at 3:40 pm | 36 comments | 9895 Views
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New Arrillaga gift to Stanford tops all othersStanford University today announced a new gift of $151 million from Silicon Valley landowner and developer John Arrillaga,...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2013Last comment by businessdecision, on Jul 5, 2013 at 4:51 pm | 36 comments | 8081 Views
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Barron Park donkeys' landowner to charge rentFor 15 years, the Barron Park donkeys, Perry and Miner 49er, have lived rent-free in a pasture adjacent to Palo Alto's Bol...
Original post made on Sep. 17, 2013Last comment by Easy, on Sep 18, 2013 at 8:49 pm | 36 comments | 12844 Views
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Palo Alto Airport runway set for overdue repairsIt didn't take long for Palo Alto to reap the benefits of taking over its namesake airport from Santa Clara County. The city...
Original post made on Oct. 22, 2014Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Oct 31, 2014 at 2:33 am | 36 comments | 8215 Views
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Obama plans 'cybersecurity summit' at StanfordPresident Barack Obama is planning a trip to the Bay Area next week as he prepares to push for changes in cybersecurity policy....
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2015Last comment by Here we go again, on Feb 14, 2015 at 12:08 am | 36 comments | 10907 Views
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VTA seeks to reassure critics of bus-only lanesWith plans for a greatly expanded bus service on El Camino Real speeding toward a decision, several cities along the prominent...
Original post made on Sep. 22, 2015Last comment by Steve Ly, on Jul 26, 2016 at 8:53 am | 36 comments | 10227 Views
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Hidden Surveillance CameraA lot of families install hidden surveillance cameras for security reasons. This helps the community and neighborhood. Most...
Original post made by SpyingNeighbor on Feb. 10, 2016Last comment by Gotcha Fido, on Feb 17, 2016 at 9:40 pm | 36 comments | 4981 Views
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College Terrace Centre nears completionHigh above El Camino Real, a garden of flowers, grasses and sedges blooms atop the newly constructed College Terrace Centre,...
Original post made on Nov. 1, 2016Last comment by Terrance, on Jan 19, 2017 at 1:35 pm | 36 comments | 13508 Views
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Tony Montooth, Antonio's Nut House owner, diesHe was a California Avenue fixture for more than 42 years, but Antonio's Nut House owner Antonio "Tony" Montooth died suddenly...
Original post made on May. 30, 2017Last comment by Yesterday's Gone, on Jun 26, 2017 at 5:55 pm | 36 comments | 28111 Views
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Palo Alto homelessness rises 26 percentThe number of homeless persons in Palo Alto has risen by 26 percent since 2015 -- the highest it's been in 10 years, according...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2017Last comment by unemployment, on Jul 8, 2017 at 9:40 pm | 36 comments | 12047 Views
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Survey shows mixed results in Middlefield 'road diet'Palo Alto's pilot program on a particularly hazardous segment of Middlefield Road has so far netted mixed results, according...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2017Last comment by DT North, on Dec 20, 2017 at 11:52 pm | 36 comments | 8375 Views
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Hotels brace for battle against Measure EA group of concerned Palo Alto hotel executives has been meeting recently to talk about Measure E, a November ballot measure...
Original post made on Sep. 7, 2018Last comment by Deepak, on Sep 9, 2018 at 3:45 pm | 36 comments | 10141 Views
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Santa Clara County reports first death due to new coronavirus at El Camino HospitalA woman in her 60s died Monday morning, March 9, from COVID-19 at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, the first fatality...
Original post made on Mar. 9, 2020Last comment by Jill Ledet, on Mar 13, 2020 at 11:34 pm | 36 comments | 39886 Views
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Palo Alto drops tunnels from menu of rail optionsAs Palo Alto plods ahead in its journey to redesign three rail crossings, the City Council is facing a menu of imperfect...
Original post made on Apr. 27, 2021Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on May 1, 2021 at 9:06 am | 36 comments | 12087 Views
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Power briefly shut down for 1,700 Palo Alto Utilities customers in effort to protect state gridAbout 1,700 Palo Alto Utilities customers were briefly without power Tuesday evening in response to a state energy emergency...
Original post made on Sep. 6, 2022Last comment by Peter Venkman, on Sep 8, 2022 at 2:13 am | 36 comments | 9380 Views
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To promote outdoor dining, Palo Alto plans to close California AvenueParking spaces and driving lanes will give way to tables and chairs on California Avenue later this week, as Palo Alto moves...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Jun 11, 2020 at 2:26 pm | 36 comments | 22621 Views
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