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PALO ALTO ISSUES

City tries to steer wireless antennas away from neighborhoods, schools

Palo Alto took its most dramatic action to date to curtail the proliferation of wireless antennas on street poles on Monday...

Original post made on Dec. 17, 2019
Last comment by resident, on Jan 18, 2020 at 1:50 pm | 10 comments | 6985 Views

SPORTS

Stanford women take a hoops loss against Ionescu, Oregon

Stanford had a one-point lead over host Oregon in a Pac-12 Conference women's basketball contest Thursday. When Sabrina Ionescu...

Original post made on Jan. 18, 2020
Last comment by grubbybest, on Jan 18, 2020 at 10:59 am | 1 comment | 2554 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Music school faces civil suit over sexual abuse of student

School of Rock, a private music school in Midtown Palo Alto, is facing a civil lawsuit stemming from incidents of sexual...

Original post made on Jan. 17, 2020
Last comment by Mom, on Jan 17, 2020 at 6:56 pm | 2 comments | 6508 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Seeking grants, Palo Alto designates downtown as ripe for growth

Despite a shared desire to direct new development toward the transit-rich downtown area, members of the Palo Alto City Council...

Original post made on Jan. 14, 2020
Last comment by Not Fine!, on Jan 17, 2020 at 6:51 pm | 13 comments | 4650 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Palo Alto district staff work to bring back some special-ed students

To address a rise in outside placements for students with special needs, the school district is creating new programs within...

Original post made on Jan. 10, 2020
Last comment by Still hurting, on Jan 17, 2020 at 6:33 pm | 4 comments | 5843 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Editorial: 'Safe parking' program is a very small first step

While communities throughout California are trying to respond to the growing humanitarian crisis of homelessness, it is disappointing...

Original post made on Jan. 17, 2020
Last comment by @Novelera, on Jan 17, 2020 at 2:57 pm | 5 comments | 13339 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

'There's more work to be done': County pushes to find safe parking for people living in cars

The Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to help find new sites in Palo Alto and Mountain View for those without permanent...

Original post made on Jan. 15, 2020
Last comment by HONESTY, on Jan 17, 2020 at 12:15 pm | 9 comments | 4537 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Federal prosecutors add additional charges against parents in college-admissions scandal

Defendants who have not taken plea deals in the national college-admissions scam are facing new charges, including bribery...

Original post made on Jan. 17, 2020
Last comment by Psychologist, on Jan 17, 2020 at 12:12 pm | 1 comment | 6018 Views

AROUND TOWN

What's bringing over 1,000 people to the Palo Alto Baylands? Rare bird sightings thanks to the king tides

More than 1,000 people recently visited the Palo Alto Baylands to see king tides, where rare birds were spotted near the...

Original post made on Jan. 17, 2020
There are no comments yet. 8174 Views

SPORTS

Creighton 'just another wrestler' at Palo Alto High

Cade Creighton was one of four Palo Alto wrestlers who recorded a pin Thursday in the Vikings 49-24 SCVAL victory over host...

Original post made on Jan. 17, 2020
Last comment by III, on Jan 17, 2020 at 7:34 am | 1 comment | 3906 Views

AROUND TOWN

After decades downtown, Tallman's House of Foam calls it quits

Tallman's House of Foam has ended its reign as downtown Palo Alto's go-to place for foam, upholstery work and mattresses....

Original post made on Jan. 15, 2020
Last comment by Bill, on Jan 16, 2020 at 10:43 pm | 20 comments | 10259 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Acrimony breaks out over alleged slights and 'barbs' on Human Relations Commission

A Palo Alto Human Relations Commission deliberation to select a new chair and vice chair turned acrid on Jan. 9, with two...

Original post made on Jan. 13, 2020
Last comment by Eyemax, on Jan 16, 2020 at 7:17 pm | 25 comments | 8858 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

We need a better Safeway

Midtown Safeway is looking tired and runs out of items regularly. It is too small, shelves are often empty, it has no bakery,...

Original post made by Midtown on Jan. 5, 2020
Last comment by Anon, on Jan 16, 2020 at 5:25 pm | 34 comments | 3486 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

As Khoury's Market closes, building owner seeks to get out of paying $140,000 in fines

To get out of paying the city of Palo Alto hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, the owner of College Terrace Centre...

Original post made on Jan. 8, 2020
Last comment by mjh, on Jan 16, 2020 at 2:48 pm | 34 comments | 8749 Views

AROUND TOWN

Good acoustics: A Q&A with Kaki King

Innovative guitarist/composer Kaki King will offer a free concert at the Community School of Music and Arts on Saturday,...

Original post made on Jan. 16, 2020
Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Jan 16, 2020 at 2:11 pm | 2 comments | 3847 Views

AROUND TOWN

National groups criticize Palo Alto plan to curb city auditor's independence

As Palo Alto considers significant changes to the City Auditor's Office, a national auditing organization on Wednesday issued...

Original post made on Jan. 8, 2020
Last comment by Puzzel, on Jan 16, 2020 at 11:59 am | 15 comments | 6640 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

New Planned Parenthood clinic opens in Mountain View after months of delays

Mountain View's Planned Parenthood clinic, which shuttered last year for a redevelopment project, reopened on Monday at a...

Original post made on Jan. 16, 2020
Last comment by Josie, on Jan 16, 2020 at 11:35 am | 2 comments | 4703 Views

AROUND TOWN

Palo Alto power outage affecting about 2,500 customers

Power has gone out in the Barron Park area of Palo Alto, impacting about 2,500 customers, according to a tweet from City...

Original post made on Jan. 12, 2020
Last comment by Val, on Jan 15, 2020 at 6:21 pm | 20 comments | 12126 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Study: If Churchill intersection is closed, road improvements could mostly handle increased traffic

With Palo Alto debating a contentious proposal to close Churchill Avenue to traffic near the railroad tracks, critics ask:...

Original post made on Jan. 9, 2020
Last comment by Much Ado, on Jan 15, 2020 at 6:10 pm | 36 comments | 10029 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Santa Clara County Superior Court puts out call for volunteer watchdogs

The Santa Clara County Superior Court is looking for volunteers to serve on the 2020-2021 civil grand jury panel, a group...

Original post made on Jan. 15, 2020
Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Jan 15, 2020 at 12:24 pm | 1 comment | 3653 Views
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