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PALO ALTO ISSUES

Palo Alto set to make Juneteenth and Cesar Chavez Day city holidays

Palo Alto's elected leaders all agree that creating more holidays will help spread awareness, show inclusiveness and combat...

Original post made on Sep. 27, 2023
Last 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' leadership

U.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, 2023
Last comment by Jennifer, 36 minutes ago | 4 comments | 1550 Views

AROUND TOWN

Property owner seeks city's help to fill vacancy in Homer Avenue building

Citing 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, 2023
Last comment by curious, 2 hours ago | 11 comments | 5876 Views

SPORTS

Local athletes turn out in droves Friday for the annual Moonlight Run

Back 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, 2023
Last comment by Sylvia Sanders, 2 hours ago | 1 comment | 1781 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Large vegetation fire burning at University Avenue 101 interchange

Firefighters 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, 2023
Last comment by Anonymous, 15 hours ago | 2 comments | 3458 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Opinion: The infamous ‘Palo Alto Process’ must go

Projects 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, 2023
Last comment by Anonymous, 15 hours ago | 7 comments | 2184 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Rinconada dog park? Palo Alto eyes new sites for pet projects

Dog 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, 2023
Last 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 safety

Palo 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, 2023
Last 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 underground

With little public debate, Palo Alto has largely abandoned its once popular program that buries power lines underground in...

Original post made on Sep. 28, 2023
Last 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 more

Catch 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, 2023
There are no comments yet. 2003 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Bike Palo Alto is back after four-year gap

Bike 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, 2023
Last 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 pod

Culinary 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, 2023
Last comment by Resident11, on Sep 28, 2023 at 1:07 pm | 3 comments | 5903 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Serial killer John Getreu dies in prison

John 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, 2023
There are no comments yet. 4030 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Driver hits two parked cars, flips vehicle on Emerson

Emergency vehicles swarmed a downtown Palo Alto block on Tuesday afternoon after a driver sideswiped two parked cars and...

Original post made on Sep. 27, 2023
Last 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 site

What 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, 2023
Last 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 worlds

This 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, 2023
There 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 union

Newsroom employees at Embarcadero Media announced that they are forming a union on Tuesday. The proposed Embarcadero Community...

Original post made on Sep. 26, 2023
Last 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 schools

The 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, 2023
Last 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 case

A 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, 2023
Last 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 advisors

Biden 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, 2023
Last comment by Bystander, on Sep 27, 2023 at 9:04 am | 2 comments | 1884 Views
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