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PALO ALTO ISSUES
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, 7 minutes ago | 9 comments | 2960 Views
AROUND TOWN
Local leaders share statements on the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's 'trailblazing' leadershipU.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the longest-serving woman senator in the country's history and the first woman to be San Francisco's...
Original post made on Sep. 29, 2023Last comment by Jennifer, 36 minutes ago | 4 comments | 1550 Views
AROUND TOWN
Property owner seeks city's help to fill vacancy in Homer Avenue buildingCiting anemic demand for downtown office space in the aftermath of the pandemic, a Palo Alto developer is asking the city...
Original post made on Sep. 26, 2023Last comment by curious, 2 hours ago | 11 comments | 5876 Views
SPORTS
Local athletes turn out in droves Friday for the annual Moonlight RunBack for its 39th year, the Palo Alto Weekly Moonlight Run & Walk drew runners, walkers and canines to the Palo Alto Baylands...
Original post made on Sep. 30, 2023Last comment by Sylvia Sanders, 2 hours ago | 1 comment | 1781 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Large vegetation fire burning at University Avenue 101 interchangeFirefighters were responding to a large fire that burned shrubs and trees at University Avenue and the U.S. Highway 101 interchange...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2023Last comment by Anonymous, 15 hours ago | 2 comments | 3458 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
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 | 2184 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
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 | 1443 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
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
PALO ALTO ISSUES
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 | 10828 Views
AROUND TOWN
Arts briefs: Sierra Hull at The Guild, Great Glass Pumpkin Patch in Palo Alto and moreCatch bluegrass and folk with mandolin virtuoso Sierra Hull, pick the perfect hand-blown gourd at the Great Glass Pumpkin...
Original post made on Sep. 28, 2023There are no comments yet. 2003 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
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 | 2098 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
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 | 5903 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Serial killer John Getreu dies in prisonJohn Arthur Getreu, the serial killer who was sentenced to life in prison for the strangulation murders of two women in the...
Original post made on Sep. 28, 2023There are no comments yet. 4030 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Driver hits two parked cars, flips vehicle on EmersonEmergency vehicles swarmed a downtown Palo Alto block on Tuesday afternoon after a driver sideswiped two parked cars and...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2023Last comment by cheese guy, on Sep 28, 2023 at 7:19 am | 2 comments | 2913 Views
AROUND TOWN
Modern Asian supermarket should be in the cannery siteWhat a tribute to the historic Chinese community in P.A. if the old cannery site could be turned into a modern, upscale Asian...
Original post made by rosemarye on Sep. 27, 2023Last comment by Online Name, on Sep 27, 2023 at 9:26 pm | 2 comments | 171 Views
AROUND TOWN
Fall arts season offers gateway into new worldsThis fall offers the perfect chance to tap into new worlds inside an installation, on a canvas, a stage, or together as a...
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2023There are no comments yet. 6894 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Saying they want a seat at the table, Palo Alto Weekly journalists join effort to form a company-wide unionNewsroom employees at Embarcadero Media announced that they are forming a union on Tuesday. The proposed Embarcadero Community...
Original post made on Sep. 26, 2023Last comment by Annette, on Sep 27, 2023 at 11:17 am | 7 comments | 2448 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
4th largest powerball jackpot helps raise nearly $54M for California schoolsThe jackpot, which has been growing for over two months, now stands at an estimated $785 million for Monday night's draw....
Original post made on Sep. 27, 2023Last comment by Jennifer, on Sep 27, 2023 at 11:15 am | 1 comment | 1289 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
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 | 8716 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
President Biden arrives on Peninsula for campaign events, meeting with tech advisorsBiden landed at Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View at 3:17 p.m. on Sept. 26 after a visit earlier in the day with...
Original post made on Sep. 26, 2023Last comment by Bystander, on Sep 27, 2023 at 9:04 am | 2 comments | 1884 Views
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