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PALO ALTO ISSUES
In 'State of the City,' Kou takes aim at state housing mandatesPalo Alto Mayor Lydia Kou took a swing on Wednesday at state housing mandates during her "State of the City" address and...
Original post made on Mar. 23, 2023Last comment by Green Gables, -1 hours ago | 3 comments | 1229 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Court orders Palo Alto to refund parking fees to developerPalo Alto will have to refund more than $900,000 to a downtown developer after a state appeals court ruled Monday that the...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2023Last comment by Amie, 1 hour ago | 10 comments | 5368 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
New rules to phase out gas appliances stoke excitement, anxiety on the PeninsulaWith the Bay Area adopting sweeping new rules to phase out gas-fueled appliances, city and county officials in Menlo Park,...
Original post made on Mar. 22, 2023Last comment by Online Name, 12 hours ago | 18 comments | 1855 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Malcolm Harris details the legacy of Stanford, Hoover, eugenics in interviewMalcolm Harris, author of "Palo Alto: A History of California Capitalism, and the World," joined Weekly staff to talk about...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2023Last comment by Curmudgeon, 13 hours ago | 17 comments | 4363 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
About 4K utilities customers lose power as strong winds pass through Palo Alto, taking down large treesPowerful winds have returned to Palo Alto, knocking out power for around 3,900 utilities customers this afternoon, according...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2023Last comment by EmmaP, 13 hours ago | 11 comments | 18488 Views
AROUND TOWN
Man dies following car collision on Charleston RoadPolice are looking for witnesses in a Monday morning collision in Palo Alto near the Mountain View border where a driver...
Original post made on Mar. 22, 2023Last comment by MyFeelz, 17 hours ago | 1 comment | 4964 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
For Palo Alto gas customers, relief is finally in sightAfter a jarring spike in gas bills, Palo Alto customers could see some relief in the months ahead as the city prepares to...
Original post made on Mar. 22, 2023Last comment by Resident, 22 hours ago | 4 comments | 1580 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Homelessness, rehabilitation and health care: What to know about Newsom's legacy tourGov. Gavin Newsom starts defining his legacy on a statewide tour that focuses on priorities interrupted by crisis and the...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2023Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Mar 22, 2023 at 9:48 am | 5 comments | 1284 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto set to receive $24M over utilities litigationPalo Alto is expecting to receive about $24 million from the federal government following litigation between a consortium...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2023Last comment by mjh, on Mar 21, 2023 at 10:26 pm | 4 comments | 3625 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Gusty storm claims a life: Tree falls on van in Ladera, killing the driverA man has died after a tree fell on his car at around 1:30 p.m. in Ladera, shortly after high winds and rain picked up on...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2023Last comment by PA Female Resident, on Mar 21, 2023 at 10:25 pm | 1 comment | 4132 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Fallen trees cause power outages for about 2,500 Palo Alto Utilities customersStrong winds and stormy conditions caused trees to fall down in Palo Alto, where two separate power outages are impacting...
Original post made on Mar. 14, 2023Last comment by MyFeelz, on Mar 21, 2023 at 6:23 pm | 36 comments | 27771 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Condominium development proposed in Ventura neighborhoodA parking lot in the Ventura neighborhood may soon be transformed into a condominium community with 16 townhomes through...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2023Last comment by tmp, on Mar 21, 2023 at 6:06 pm | 4 comments | 2368 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Applications to carry concealed weapons skyrocket in Santa Clara CountyA Supreme Court ruling last summer started a chain reaction across the nation for who can obtain a concealed carry weapons...
Original post made on Mar. 12, 2023Last comment by K in MP, on Mar 21, 2023 at 10:25 am | 5 comments | 3373 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Judge rules high school math policy violates state lawA judge ruled that the Palo Alto school district's method of placing students in high school math classes violates state...
Original post made on Mar. 3, 2023Last comment by Down the yellow brick road, on Mar 21, 2023 at 8:57 am | 44 comments | 10957 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Judge hears Elizabeth Holmes' request to remain free while appeal resolvedAt a court hearing on Friday morning, lawyers for convicted Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes argued that her upcoming...
Original post made on Mar. 18, 2023Last comment by Anonymous, on Mar 20, 2023 at 4:54 pm | 5 comments | 2828 Views
RESTAURANTS
Inside the new Graduate hotel, home to Palo Alto's first rooftop barIn its reincarnation as Graduate Palo Alto, the former President Hotel aims to be an upscale homage to all things Stanford,...
Original post made on Mar. 9, 2023Last comment by Anonymous, on Mar 20, 2023 at 4:50 pm | 12 comments | 4937 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto Unified looks to revive negotiations on Cubberley redevelopmentSeeking a breakthrough after decades of frustrating and largely fruitless negotiations, the Palo Alto school board this month...
Original post made on Mar. 18, 2023Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Mar 20, 2023 at 4:46 pm | 6 comments | 3602 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Opinion: Writer, beware: Chatbots and our kidsIntroducing the use of AI bots, and cavalierly erasing a source of high school joy -- the sense of one's own creative, insightful,...
Original post made on Mar. 10, 2023Last comment by Banes, on Mar 20, 2023 at 2:34 pm | 2 comments | 2600 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
When regulators took over Silicon Valley Bank, startups scrambled to make payrollA bank run that prompted the country's 16th largest bank to become insolvent was a shocking reality that many in the local...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2023Last comment by Banes, on Mar 20, 2023 at 2:20 pm | 4 comments | 2997 Views
AROUND TOWN
Gunn Performing Arts marks return of large-scale spring show with 'High School Musical'What could bring more drama to the stage than a show about staging a show? Gunn High School Performing Arts is staging Disney's...
Original post made on Mar. 20, 2023Last comment by flossyrabbit, on Mar 20, 2023 at 7:30 am | 1 comment | 1156 Views
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