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Find Water Polluters Near YouAcross the nation, the system that Congress created to protect the nation’s waters under the Clean Water Act of 1972...
Original post made by Resident on Sep. 14, 2009Last comment by Walter_E_Wallis, on Sep 18, 2009 at 3:56 pm | 17 comments | 3157 Views
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Library commission urges more books downtownSeeking to quell community concerns over the proposed design of Downtown Library, Palo Alto's Library Advisory Commission...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2009Last comment by Diane Jennings, Library Director, on Sep 20, 2009 at 12:32 pm | 17 comments | 4224 Views
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Coming Soon -- Assistant City ManagerPeckham and McKenney, the firm recruiting candidates to fill the vacant position of Director of Community Services now held...
Original post made by Herb Borock on Oct. 11, 2009Last comment by Herb Borock, on Oct 23, 2009 at 3:33 pm | 17 comments | 5292 Views
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Cal Ave trees may be planted next monthPalo Alto's dramatic scramble to replace felled trees along California Avenue is expected to hit a milestone Monday night,...
Original post made on Nov. 16, 2009Last comment by MJ, on Nov 18, 2009 at 11:26 am | 17 comments | 4714 Views
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What does Fall in Palo Alto mean to you?Hi everyone, I'm the staff photographer here at the Weekly and I'm working on a photo story covering "Autumn in Palo Alto."...
Original post made by Veronica Weber on Nov. 17, 2009Last comment by Lindsay, on Nov 18, 2009 at 5:00 pm | 17 comments | 3888 Views
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City to lose community-outreach police servicesThe first chop of the budget ax fell last Friday when longtime Community Outreach Officer Susie Ord announced the near-certain...
Original post made on Nov. 27, 2009Last comment by Another Possibility, on Nov 29, 2009 at 7:43 pm | 17 comments | 4860 Views
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Newsmakers of the Year: 2009The Palo Alto Weekly's Newsmakers of the Year have shaped and influenced Palo Alto's residents, and the city itself, in 2009. Read...
Original post made on Dec. 27, 2009Last comment by Too Much Traffic, on Jan 7, 2010 at 9:20 am | 17 comments | 8609 Views
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EnergyWell, Palo Alto, Now that you have experienced a day without it, ask yourself - is electricity a sybaritic, shameful indulgence,...
Original post made by Walter_E_Wallis on Feb. 18, 2010Last comment by Sunny Jim, on Feb 23, 2010 at 9:13 pm | 17 comments | 3249 Views
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Palo Alto planning commission rejects housing limits near Foothills ParkA proposal by Palo Alto officials to limit house sizes near Foothills Park was soundly rejected by the Planning and Transportation...
Original post made on Mar. 11, 2010Last comment by Resident, on Mar 16, 2010 at 11:42 am | 17 comments | 5777 Views
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Baylands park debate raises question of 'How green is green?'Palo Alto in the 1960s had parks, but city fathers often wanted to use them for parking lots, firehouses, developer deals...
Original post made on Mar. 26, 2010Last comment by Bryan Long, on Mar 27, 2010 at 10:58 pm | 17 comments | 6730 Views
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Fixes eyed for flood-prone bridges along creekSeeking to protect Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park from the volatile San Francisquito Creek, a regional flood-control...
Original post made on Apr. 30, 2010Last comment by Walter_E_Wallis, on May 3, 2010 at 5:44 pm | 17 comments | 4304 Views
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Palo Alto eyes bond to fix aged infrastructureTwo engineers, three finance specialists, four local commissioners and six volunteers-at-large at large will soon tackle...
Original post made on May. 27, 2010Last comment by Toady, on May 28, 2010 at 2:57 pm | 17 comments | 4590 Views
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Downtown merchants' group in disarrayWhen the Palo Alto City Council established the Downtown Business Improvement District in 2004, city officials envisioned...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2010Last comment by Sean Kelly, on Jul 12, 2010 at 9:54 am | 17 comments | 20124 Views
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Waste not, want not? Palo Alto's garbage challengesTrapped by a garbage system that's draining city funds, Palo Alto seeks to overhaul its obsolete waste-management model....
Original post made on Jul. 30, 2010Last comment by Makes sense, on Aug 8, 2010 at 9:17 pm | 17 comments | 8175 Views
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Library RenovationsTo whom it may concern: I was shocked and outraged to read in last week's Palo Alto weekly that the plans for the renovations...
Original post made by Cherie Long on Nov. 23, 2010Last comment by It seems to me, on Dec 6, 2010 at 6:50 am | 17 comments | 2731 Views
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panhandlersI am so tired of the panhandlers in front of Whole Foods! Why don't they do something about it? There is one very large...
Original post made by dana on Nov. 24, 2010Last comment by mmmmMom, on Nov 30, 2010 at 11:02 am | 17 comments | 3225 Views
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Palo Alto mulls deal with Children's Theatre groupPalo Alto's youngest actors will continue to participate in Children Theatre productions free of charge in exchange for a...
Original post made on Dec. 3, 2010Last comment by anonymous, on Dec 7, 2010 at 9:32 am | 17 comments | 4492 Views
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Big Brother utility dept.Did everybody get their City of PA Utils energy report? Mine chided me for using more energy than my neighbors. A faulty...
Original post made by Monitored citizen on Dec. 6, 2010Last comment by Steve, on Dec 11, 2010 at 10:30 pm | 17 comments | 2781 Views
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Rod Diridon not renamed to rail authority boardLongtime transportation advocate Rod Diridon Sr. will not be reappointed to the California High Speed Rail Authority board,...
Original post made on Jan. 1, 2011Last comment by Inside Observer, on Jan 6, 2011 at 10:43 am | 17 comments | 7508 Views
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Palo Alto, other cities explore merging servicesPalo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos and Sunnyvale city managers are considering merging their emergency-dispatch centers,...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2011Last comment by Gem Humel, on Jan 20, 2011 at 9:32 am | 17 comments | 5544 Views
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