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AROUND TOWN
Who needs fireworks? Celebrating the Fourth of July in an unusual yearFor those accustomed to celebrating Fourth of July with big parties, parades, chili cook-offs, fireworks, and concerts, the...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2020Last comment by Resident, on Jul 4, 2020 at 9:56 pm | 7 comments | 7243 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Unprecedented fireworks explosions frazzle residentsLocal police departments say they are responding in force to a growing number of fireworks complaints in Palo Alto, East...
Original post made on Jun. 26, 2020Last comment by Resident, on Jul 4, 2020 at 9:55 pm | 42 comments | 18915 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Wind-driven grass fire threatens homesA rapidly spreading vegetation fire caused the evacuation of homes in an East Palo Alto neighborhood on Wednesday afternoon...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Jul 3, 2020 at 3:11 pm | 4 comments | 5015 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Virtual, contactless era forces Avenidas to dismantle programs for seniorsSenior services nonprofit Avenidas announced that it is halting several programs as the organization pivots to a new service...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2020There are no comments yet. 6355 Views
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 | 3913 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 | 12378 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 | 4229 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 | 82174 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 | 12750 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 | 37365 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 | 10544 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 | 4725 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 | 12812 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 | 11190 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 | 5310 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 | 9096 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 | 18872 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 | 16196 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 | 7402 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. 1144 Views
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