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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Guest Opinion: Leadership in the time of COVID-19

As a history teacher, I frequently consult our past to be inspired by those who led in times of crisis and moved society...

Original post made on Apr. 24, 2020
Last comment by Jayme, on May 3, 2020 at 8:25 pm | 41 comments | 7703 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Residential Parking in Palo Alto

Street parking is a continual problem in Palo Alto. Zoning code requires TWO parking spaces per dwelling in R1 zone....

Original post made by AnnaR on Apr. 29, 2020
Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on May 2, 2020 at 12:57 pm | 12 comments | 2353 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Real Estate Matters: Coronavirus crisis reshapes spring real estate market

As with so many other sectors of the economy, the Midpeninsula's real estate market has been upended by the state's stay-at-home...

Original post made on Apr. 8, 2020
Last comment by Zhao, on May 2, 2020 at 9:03 am | 4 comments | 6448 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Santa Clara County courts poised to wipe out 11,500 marijuana convictions

Over 11,500 marijuana convictions in the county will be reduced or expunged on Wednesday as part of a mass-scale effort to...

Original post made on Apr. 27, 2020
Last comment by COVID-Kid, on May 1, 2020 at 8:52 pm | 2 comments | 5445 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Weeks into the pandemic, county public health officials say testing for COVID-19 still falls short

County public health officials say too few people are being tested for the coronavirus, and that it falls on private labs...

Original post made on Apr. 6, 2020
Last comment by Rony, on May 1, 2020 at 2:06 pm | 6 comments | 6216 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Santa Clara County seeks a roadmap for recovery as COVID-19 cases level off

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to create a comprehensive recovery plan laying out exactly how...

Original post made on Apr. 22, 2020
Last comment by Resident, on Apr 30, 2020 at 6:46 pm | 34 comments | 16741 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Remdesivir drug trials show patients recovering from COVID-19

Patients are recovering from COVID-19 when they are given the experimental drug remdesivir, according to two studies by Gilead...

Original post made on Apr. 30, 2020
Last comment by pearl, on Apr 30, 2020 at 1:54 pm | 1 comment | 6749 Views

AROUND TOWN

Annual Palo Alto May Day Celebration 2020 Cancelled/Celebrate Virtually

Berkeley Morris May Day Celebration 6 am PDT(You Tube live) (The annual Palo Alto Baylands May Day celebration with Deer...

Original post made by Kitchen Sink Molly on Apr. 30, 2020
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AROUND TOWN

Local domestic violence experts say pandemic creates conditions ripe for abuse

The shelter-in-place order has left people in abusive relationships with an intimate partner in a terrifying situation, local...

Original post made on Apr. 22, 2020
Last comment by Resident, on Apr 29, 2020 at 10:23 pm | 8 comments | 6772 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Coronavirus weekend update: Nursing homes in Santa Clara and San Mateo County with COVID-19 cases identified

The California Department of Public Health released new county-based data on COVID-19 cases within skilled nursing facilities. Read...

Original post made on Apr. 19, 2020
Last comment by roger weiner, on Apr 29, 2020 at 8:34 pm | 9 comments | 14444 Views

AROUND TOWN

Ordered home delivery? A robot could be coming to your front door

Delivery robots might become the new norm during the COVID-19 pandemic. One Mountain View startup is set to deploy its driverless...

Original post made on Apr. 29, 2020
Last comment by Resident, on Apr 29, 2020 at 7:01 pm | 1 comment | 8985 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Stanford, UCSF join forces on two major studies to track COVID-19 spread

Seeking to answer critical questions about the spread of COVID-19, Stanford University and UC San Francisco are teaming up...

Original post made on Apr. 29, 2020
Last comment by Swooning for Swedes, on Apr 29, 2020 at 7:00 pm | 10 comments | 6627 Views

RESTAURANTS

Our guide to local restaurants selling groceries, meal kits and more

Many local restaurants have transformed themselves into pseudo-grocery stores, selling eggs, milk, fresh produce, household...

Original post made on Apr. 28, 2020
Last comment by stephen levy, on Apr 29, 2020 at 12:51 pm | 6 comments | 12839 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Auditors face toughest review — their own

Palo Alto City Council's recent move to outsource the city auditor position, which was created by the voters in 1983, is...

Original post made on Feb. 28, 2020
Last comment by Anon, on Apr 29, 2020 at 8:50 am | 14 comments | 9184 Views

AROUND TOWN

Stanford Health Care to cut workers' wages by 20%

Employees of Stanford Health Care, including doctors and nurses who are caring for COVID-19 patients, will have their pay...

Original post made on Apr. 24, 2020
Last comment by Nursing Assistant, on Apr 28, 2020 at 6:29 pm | 88 comments | 131004 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Midpeninsula students aid community in quests for food donations, face masks

While school is online and many extracurriculars are canceled, some Midpeninsula students are reporting they have more time...

Original post made on Apr. 28, 2020
Last comment by Gunn Parent, on Apr 28, 2020 at 5:47 pm | 2 comments | 6276 Views

AROUND TOWN

Its future in limbo, Palo Alto History Museum wins timely grants from county

The Palo Alto History Museum received a bit of good news this month: a pair of county grants that could help refurbish the...

Original post made on Apr. 28, 2020
Last comment by musical, on Apr 28, 2020 at 5:42 pm | 9 comments | 6582 Views

AROUND TOWN

El Camino Hospital nurse speaks about what it's like to provide care in the age of coronavirus

What's it like to be an ICU nurse at Mountain View's El Camino Hospital right now? Stressful and full of new challenges,...

Original post made on Apr. 27, 2020
Last comment by Dick D., on Apr 28, 2020 at 4:59 pm | 4 comments | 11994 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Bay Area extends stay-at-home order to May 3, adds new business restrictions

With the number of coronavirus cases rising and health systems bracing for a surge of patients, Bay Area health officials...

Original post made on Mar. 31, 2020
Last comment by Anon, on Apr 28, 2020 at 2:49 pm | 82 comments | 35196 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Palo Alto prepares for service cuts as economy sputters

Palo Alto will consider closing library branches, scrapping its shuttle program and suspending its plan to spur housing production...

Original post made on Apr. 21, 2020
Last comment by chris, on Apr 28, 2020 at 12:51 pm | 53 comments | 14532 Views
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