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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
What California's budget deal means for K-12 schoolsCalifornia's new budget provides enough funding for schools to pivot to hybrid learning when they reopen this fall. But school...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2020Last comment by D, on Jul 2, 2020 at 12:51 pm | 1 comment | 1404 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Guest Opinion: Please open Foothills Park to allAs a member of the Lee family who owned the property that became Foothills Park and as a park ranger who worked there for...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2020Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Jul 2, 2020 at 12:34 pm | 64 comments | 5022 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Palo Alto launches educational series on police operations, use-of-force policiesThe Police Department is kicking off a series of online briefings Wednesday to discuss issues such as use-of-force policies...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2020Last comment by Sally, on Jul 2, 2020 at 10:53 am | 9 comments | 1775 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Weekend demonstrations extend into Monday as Peninsula residents protest death of George FloydHundreds of protesters marched through Menlo Park and into Palo Alto on Monday to protest police brutality in the wake of...
Original post made on Jun. 1, 2020Last comment by Jason Eldredge, on Jul 1, 2020 at 10:17 pm | 86 comments | 62930 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stanford plans to bring half of its undergraduates back to campus this fall, but they'll still mostly learn onlineStanford University will alternate bringing half of its undergraduate students to campus for different quarters, with most...
Original post made on Jun. 29, 2020Last comment by Peter Davis , on Jul 1, 2020 at 7:45 pm | 14 comments | 6669 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto signals support for 187-unit development in Stanford Research ParkEager to spur housing production, the City Council signaled its support Monday night for one of the most ambitious projects...
Original post made on Jun. 23, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Jul 1, 2020 at 12:40 pm | 53 comments | 5842 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
In-person class twice a week? School district eyes hybrid model this fallWhen Palo Alto Unified middle and high schools reopen this fall, students could be attending school in person twice a week...
Original post made on May. 13, 2020Last comment by Author Jack, on Jul 1, 2020 at 4:37 am | 95 comments | 25508 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Santa Clara County previews new COVID-19 reopening planThe Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and Public Health Department held a joint meeting Monday with the San Jose City...
Original post made on Jun. 30, 2020Last comment by Resident, on Jul 1, 2020 at 2:41 am | 7 comments | 6677 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
The cost of COVID-19 drug remdesivir: $2,340 to $3,120 per patientGilead Sciences, the manufacturer of an experimental antiviral drug used to shorten the effects of the COVID-19 disease,...
Original post made on Jun. 29, 2020Last comment by Marketing Guru, on Jul 1, 2020 at 1:36 am | 5 comments | 1794 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Federal lawsuit alleges Palo Alto police engaged in pattern of abuseAn attorney for the man who suffered a facial injury during an arrest in front of Happy Donuts is alleging in a federal lawsuit...
Original post made on Jun. 29, 2020Last comment by Family Friendly, on Jun 30, 2020 at 5:48 pm | 18 comments | 5154 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Free Palo Alto COVID-19 test site draws in 500 people on first dayPalo Alto's first-ever pop-up COVID-19 testing site inside City Hall received a constant influx of patients on Tuesday. A...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2020Last comment by parent, on Jun 30, 2020 at 4:33 pm | 10 comments | 6743 Views
AROUND TOWN
Menlo Park's Tara de la Garza makes public art for the 'Plastocene' eraTara de la Garza's Monument to Plastocene IV is installed in downtown Redwood City's Art Kiosk through July 5. Read the...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2020Last comment by Midtown, on Jun 30, 2020 at 1:12 pm | 3 comments | 2143 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Coronavirus central: Santa Clara County's total of cases nears 2,500The new coronavirus continues to take its toll on the Midpeninsula, where Santa Clara County reported 2,492 coronavirus cases...
Original post made on May. 21, 2020Last comment by C, on Jun 30, 2020 at 10:53 am | 31 comments | 35990 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Foothill College to remain online-only for summer, fallFoothill College will continue to operate online for the summer and fall quarters with limited exceptions, officials from...
Original post made on May. 23, 2020Last comment by AmandaCornell, on Jun 30, 2020 at 7:31 am | 5 comments | 5031 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police release video of 2019 arrest that led to excessive-force claimThe Palo Alto Police Department released on Friday video footage of the July 10, 2019, arrest of Julio Arevalo, who suffered...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2020Last comment by Resident 2, on Jun 29, 2020 at 9:35 pm | 54 comments | 10662 Views
AROUND TOWN
Fearing a lawsuit, Palo Alto backs conversion of President HotelIn a dramatic about-face, the Palo Alto City Council agreed on Tuesday night to approve the conversion of the iconic President...
Original post made on Jun. 23, 2020Last comment by Online Name, on Jun 29, 2020 at 8:35 pm | 66 comments | 6927 Views
AROUND TOWN
Around Town: Student's argument for universal vote-by-mail recognized by The New York TimesIn the latest Around Town column, news about a local student's editorial that was recently published by The New York Times,...
Original post made on Jun. 27, 2020Last comment by Absentee Voter, on Jun 29, 2020 at 2:23 pm | 4 comments | 3678 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford to reopen Dish area on July 6Stanford press release: https://news.stanford.edu/2020/06/29/stanford-reopen-dish-area/ "Many of the guidelines are now...
Original post made by resident on Jun. 29, 2020There are no comments yet. 184 Views
AROUND TOWN
Caltrain, SamTrans launch COVID-19 customer surveysCaltrain and SamTrans launched customer surveys to try to find out rider preferences and priorities amid the coronavirus...
Original post made on Jun. 29, 2020Last comment by NeilsonBuchanan, on Jun 29, 2020 at 11:03 am | 1 comment | 1430 Views
AROUND TOWN
Commissioner resigns after council declines to consider opening Foothills Park to non-residentsA member of the Parks and Recreation Commission who has led the effort to open Foothills Park to non-residents announced...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2020Last comment by Wow , on Jun 29, 2020 at 9:49 am | 60 comments | 6870 Views
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