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PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto struggles to find an answer on rail redesignDespite widespread recognition that Palo Alto urgently needs to reconfigure its rail crossings to accommodate increasing...
Original post made on Jan. 23, 2019Last comment by Reality Check, 5 hours ago | 35 comments | 3548 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto approves new deal for waste collectionChina's recent decision to stop accepting most of the world's recyclable materials rippled through Palo Alto on Tuesday night,...
Original post made on Jan. 23, 2019Last comment by ferdinand, 7 hours ago | 14 comments | 2224 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Restraining order filed against school superintendent's husbandMarielena Gaona-Mendoza, a trustee on the Ravenswood City School District Board of Education, has filed a restraining order...
Original post made on Jan. 15, 2019Last comment by petition , 7 hours ago | 41 comments | 5106 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
School board backs teacher housing proposalA proposal to build affordable housing for local teachers and staff in Palo Alto took another step forward on Tuesday with...
Original post made on Jan. 16, 2019Last comment by RV Dweller, 8 hours ago | 13 comments | 2701 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
President Hotel residents told to leave by end of JanuaryAfter months of negotiations that temporarily extended their stays, the remaining residents of President Hotel Apartments...
Original post made on Jan. 4, 2019Last comment by Witness To An Eviction, 9 hours ago | 37 comments | 6383 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police arrest alleged prowler carrying knife, stolen mailA man allegedly caught prowling in a backyard within Palo Alto's Barron Park neighborhood on Sunday afternoon was stopped...
Original post made on Jan. 23, 2019Last comment by NRA Member, 10 hours ago | 5 comments | 784 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
East Palo Alto educational pioneer dies at 91Gertrude Dyer Wilks, a longtime East Palo Alto resident who became a prominent and powerful figure in the community, died...
Original post made on Jan. 23, 2019Last comment by A Lot to Learn From , 12 hours ago | 1 comment | 1336 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Survey: Anxieties rising about retiring in Palo AltoAs Palo Alto's population of seniors continues to grow, so are residents' anxieties about retiring in their hometown, according...
Original post made on Jan. 18, 2019Last comment by Kamehameha Grad 1980, 14 hours ago | 31 comments | 6971 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Fueled by early success, Palo Alto TMA eyes expansionThe Palo Alto Transportation Management Association is now preparing to bring its traffic-fighting efforts to California...
Original post made on Jan. 18, 2019Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Jan 23, 2019 at 12:36 am | 18 comments | 2871 Views
AROUND TOWN
Locals find inspiration during MLK Day eventsThe legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. lived on in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto on Monday, with residents gathering throughout...
Original post made on Jan. 22, 2019Last comment by revdreileen, on Jan 22, 2019 at 4:11 pm | 4 comments | 1827 Views
AROUND TOWN
Deputy City Manager Rob de Geus to departDeputy City Manager Rob de Geus, a City Hall veteran, will be stepping down at the end of February to start a new job as...
Original post made on Jan. 18, 2019Last comment by Sheri, on Jan 22, 2019 at 10:44 am | 9 comments | 4503 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Burglar livestreams home break-in, strips down to her underwearAn East Palo Alto woman allegedly walked into an apparent stranger's house in Woodside on Sunday and livestreamed a rant...
Original post made on Jan. 21, 2019Last comment by Hilarious, on Jan 22, 2019 at 10:39 am | 4 comments | 2551 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Stanford volleyball adds assistant to women's staffFormer U.S. women's national volleyball team member Alisha Glass Childress, who is married to former Stanford All-American...
Original post made on Jan. 21, 2019Last comment by Angry mama , on Jan 21, 2019 at 9:19 pm | 1 comment | 741 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Rangoon Ruby settles wage theft case for $4 millionThe owners of local Burmese restaurant chain Rangoon Ruby have agreed to pay a $4 million settlement to cover unpaid wages...
Original post made on Jan. 20, 2019Last comment by Erin Woo, on Jan 21, 2019 at 8:47 pm | 9 comments | 3783 Views
AROUND TOWN
Around TownNOTE TO DESIGNER: Photo to attach above first item in Upfront folder. Give courtesy to Whitney Ludeen. Read the full story...
Original post made on Jan. 18, 2019Last comment by Resident, on Jan 21, 2019 at 10:59 am | 1 comment | 4003 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Piano teacher arrested for sex crimes on relativeNicholas Robinson has been arrested for alleged sexual abuse on an underage relative. He is also a piano teacher who gives...
Original post made on Jan. 14, 2019Last comment by R.Davis, on Jan 21, 2019 at 8:40 am | 5 comments | 5027 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Artificial intelligence enters the classroomIf you were at Castilleja School last week, you might have spotted a series of small posters throughout campus, each posing...
Original post made on Jan. 18, 2019Last comment by Polly Wanacracker, on Jan 20, 2019 at 10:31 pm | 14 comments | 7628 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Real Estate Matters: Slowdown is more than seasonalThe residential property market in Palo Alto has cooled down in the last six months. This year's sudden shift is more than...
Original post made on Dec. 24, 2018Last comment by Polly Wanacracker, on Jan 20, 2019 at 10:27 pm | 92 comments | 4904 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Menlo Park homicide suspect appears in courtFrancis Wolke, the 36-year-old Ohio man suspected in the killing of Kathleen Anne Hughes Anderson of Menlo Park, appeared...
Original post made on Dec. 28, 2018Last comment by Kate Mandelbaum , on Jan 20, 2019 at 6:51 pm | 6 comments | 3578 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Affordable-housing project wins approval in Palo AltoPalo Alto reached a rare milestone in its effort to encourage more housing on Monday night, when the City Council approved...
Original post made on Jan. 14, 2019Last comment by Remembering, on Jan 20, 2019 at 1:12 pm | 24 comments | 7377 Views
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