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PALO ALTO ISSUES
City tries to steer wireless antennas away from neighborhoods, schoolsPalo 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, 2019Last comment by resident, on Jan 18, 2020 at 1:50 pm | 10 comments | 6985 Views
SPORTS
Stanford women take a hoops loss against Ionescu, OregonStanford 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, 2020Last 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 studentSchool 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, 2020Last 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 growthDespite 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, 2020Last 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 studentsTo 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, 2020Last 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 stepWhile communities throughout California are trying to respond to the growing humanitarian crisis of homelessness, it is disappointing...
Original post made on Jan. 17, 2020Last 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 carsThe 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, 2020Last 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 scandalDefendants who have not taken plea deals in the national college-admissions scam are facing new charges, including bribery...
Original post made on Jan. 17, 2020Last 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 tidesMore 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, 2020There are no comments yet. 8174 Views
SPORTS
Creighton 'just another wrestler' at Palo Alto HighCade 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, 2020Last 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 quitsTallman'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, 2020Last 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 CommissionA 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, 2020Last comment by Eyemax, on Jan 16, 2020 at 7:17 pm | 25 comments | 8858 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
We need a better SafewayMidtown 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, 2020Last 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 finesTo 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, 2020Last comment by mjh, on Jan 16, 2020 at 2:48 pm | 34 comments | 8749 Views
AROUND TOWN
Good acoustics: A Q&A with Kaki KingInnovative 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, 2020Last 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 independenceAs Palo Alto considers significant changes to the City Auditor's Office, a national auditing organization on Wednesday issued...
Original post made on Jan. 8, 2020Last 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 delaysMountain View's Planned Parenthood clinic, which shuttered last year for a redevelopment project, reopened on Monday at a...
Original post made on Jan. 16, 2020Last 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 customersPower 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, 2020Last 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 trafficWith Palo Alto debating a contentious proposal to close Churchill Avenue to traffic near the railroad tracks, critics ask:...
Original post made on Jan. 9, 2020Last 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 watchdogsThe 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, 2020Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Jan 15, 2020 at 12:24 pm | 1 comment | 3653 Views
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