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SCHOOLS & KIDS
East Palo Alto nonprofit seeks back-to-school donations for students in needWith the new school year fast approaching, East Palo Alto's Ecumenical Hunger Program is encouraging community members to...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2019Last comment by Patti, on Aug 12, 2019 at 7:15 pm | 2 comments | 5627 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Behind UC's 'admission by exception' side door: sports, money, diversity — and secrecyWhile it's unclear if admissions by exception played a direct role in the college cheating scandal, it has surfaced as a...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2019Last comment by No Smoke, on Aug 12, 2019 at 12:36 pm | 2 comments | 7497 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Guest Opinion: To create lifelong civic leaders: Lower the voting ageVote16 Palo Alto is a youth-run organization that has proposed lowering the voting age for Palo Alto school board elections...
Original post made on Jul. 26, 2019Last comment by Influencing young minds, on Aug 12, 2019 at 12:24 pm | 47 comments | 7878 Views
AROUND TOWN
Around Town<B>HAZY VISION ...</B> Last March, more than 100 residents and city leaders packed into Ventura Community Center to present...
Original post made on Aug. 9, 2019Last comment by Staying Young Through Kids, on Aug 12, 2019 at 9:48 am | 3 comments | 4927 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ravenswood could embark on districtwide naming processCommunity concern about losing East Palo Alto's recognition of Cesar Chavez with the phasing out of a middle school named...
Original post made on Aug. 9, 2019Last comment by The Name Game, on Aug 11, 2019 at 5:37 pm | 7 comments | 4599 Views
AROUND TOWN
Gunn sending 24 student-athletes to the next levelFrom basketball to swimming, find out which colleges two-dozen Gunn High student-athletes will be attending this fall. Read...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2019Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Aug 11, 2019 at 5:06 pm | 1 comment | 3925 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Judge denies bail to man arrested after 29-hour standoffSaying he posed a public danger, a county Superior Court judge on Wednesday refused to grant bail to Adam Allen Smith, a...
Original post made on Aug. 8, 2019Last comment by eileen , on Aug 11, 2019 at 3:58 pm | 4 comments | 6752 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto veers away from lawsuit against Federal Aviation AdministrationDespite rising community frustrations about airplane noise, the Palo Alto City Council decided Monday night not to launch...
Original post made on Jun. 11, 2019Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Aug 11, 2019 at 11:23 am | 124 comments | 13021 Views
AROUND TOWN
Police arrest peeping Tom who lurked at Palo Alto apartment complexA man was arrested Wednesday for alleged peeping and lewd conduct at an apartment complex in Palo Alto's Barron Park neighborhood,...
Original post made on Aug. 8, 2019Last comment by TD, on Aug 9, 2019 at 8:49 pm | 7 comments | 6481 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Community activist Stephanie Munoz dies at 86Stephanie Munoz, one of Palo Alto's staunchest and most passionate advocates for the less fortunate, died on Aug. 1, city...
Original post made on Aug. 9, 2019Last comment by Ray, on Aug 9, 2019 at 5:17 pm | 1 comment | 4361 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
New rules could force hospitals to publish prices negotiated with insurersFederal regulators want to give patients a clearer picture of what they will spend during a hospital visit, with a more accurate...
Original post made on Aug. 7, 2019Last comment by Anon, on Aug 9, 2019 at 1:25 pm | 4 comments | 4035 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
'Village People' prepare to close up shopVillage Stationers, a family-owned stationery store with locations in Menlo Park and Los Altos, will be closing its doors...
Original post made on Aug. 8, 2019Last comment by Don, on Aug 9, 2019 at 9:45 am | 12 comments | 5412 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Customers follow their noses to Michoacán Market's charcoal-grilled chickenWhen Janet and Ruben Robles first started cooking whole chickens to bring in more business to their Menlo Park market, they...
Original post made on Jul. 31, 2019Last comment by Crispy Skin, on Aug 8, 2019 at 5:18 pm | 11 comments | 6244 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto celebrates second annual National Night OutMore than 300 community members attended National Night Out outside Palo Alto police headquarters on Tuesday for an evening...
Original post made on Aug. 7, 2019Last comment by Not Naive, on Aug 8, 2019 at 12:51 pm | 7 comments | 4330 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Proposed 2020 Bay Road development would be East Palo Alto's largest office compoundEast Palo Alto's proposed commercial mega-development at 2020 Bay Road could fund hundreds of new affordable-housing units,...
Original post made on Jul. 5, 2019Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Aug 8, 2019 at 8:01 am | 13 comments | 9714 Views
AROUND TOWN
Around Town: Temporary bathroom eyed for Pardee Park; Environmental organizations win grantsIn the latest Around Town column, Pardee Park may soon see a temporary bathroom that is "significantly nicer than a port-a-potty"...
Original post made on Aug. 3, 2019Last comment by Chris Zaharias, on Aug 8, 2019 at 12:00 am | 14 comments | 5384 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
20,000 businesses in Palo Alto — or 3,000? Consultant didn't find the other 17,000Despite vowing to reform its beleaguered business-registry program and hiring a consultant to lead the effort last year,...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2019Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Aug 7, 2019 at 7:27 pm | 28 comments | 10235 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police: Man arrested after 29-hour standoff had illegal high-capacity magazine in his gunThe man whose 29-hour standoff with the police transformed a quiet block of Charleston Meadows into a hive of police activity...
Original post made on Aug. 4, 2019Last comment by zap, on Aug 7, 2019 at 7:23 pm | 29 comments | 10511 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Redevelopment of Compadres site wins final approvalA proposal to build a mixed-use development with 17 condominiums at the site of the former Compadres restaurant received...
Original post made on Aug. 6, 2019Last comment by Anon, on Aug 7, 2019 at 8:23 am | 2 comments | 6441 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto Art Center Foundation aims for more funding, engagementKnown for popular art classes and funky exhibits featuring glass pumpkins and willow huts, the Palo Alto Art Center is now...
Original post made on Aug. 6, 2019Last comment by Kate, on Aug 7, 2019 at 12:35 am | 5 comments | 5567 Views
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