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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Contentious housing bill SB 50 dies on the Senate floorSenate Bill 50, a contentious proposal to relax height and density restrictions for housing developments, suffered a serious...
Original post made on Jan. 29, 2020Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Feb 10, 2020 at 11:05 am | 51 comments | 14584 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Can Santa Clara County house 100 homeless students in 100 days? Foothill College joins effortFoothill College announced Wednesday new partnerships that the community college hopes will help Santa Clara County achieve...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Feb 10, 2020 at 10:34 am | 8 comments | 5518 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Cal. Ave. businesses are feeling the pain — and waiting for the gainTen months into the construction of a parking garage in the California Avenue business district in Palo Alto, business owners...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2020Last comment by Merchant, on Feb 9, 2020 at 3:53 pm | 14 comments | 8250 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Residents find political signs on their lawns — for a candidate they don't supportA handful of Palo Alto residents recently found lawn signs supporting Rishi Kumar, a Saratoga city councilman and candidate...
Original post made on Jan. 9, 2020Last comment by Sick of lying politicians, on Feb 9, 2020 at 11:06 am | 57 comments | 18278 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Escapee from Palo Alto courthouse gets 4 years in prison for gun chargesA man who escaped from a Palo Alto courthouse in 2017, sparking a 20-day manhunt, was sentenced to four years in prison on...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2020Last comment by Ant, on Feb 9, 2020 at 8:12 am | 3 comments | 4988 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto moves to place employee-count tax on November ballotEmboldened by recent survey results and examples from neighboring cities, Palo Alto's elected leaders agreed Monday to place...
Original post made on Jan. 27, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Feb 8, 2020 at 3:29 pm | 32 comments | 7757 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Hungry for housing, Palo Alto brings back contentious zoning toolEager to pull Palo Alto out of its prolonged housing rut, the City Council agreed on Monday to resurrect a zoning tool that...
Original post made on Feb. 4, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Feb 8, 2020 at 3:14 pm | 44 comments | 12577 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Community emergency preparedness leaders to be recognized with awardsFour Palo Alto residents and two organizations will receive top honors on Thursday night during the Palo Alto/Stanford Citizen...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2020Last comment by A concerned homeowner, on Feb 7, 2020 at 2:26 pm | 1 comment | 3442 Views
AROUND TOWN
Housing for whom? Council adopts new 2020 priority, debates what it meansAfter repeatedly failing to meet its housing goals, the Palo Alto City Council agreed on Saturday to place the issue atop...
Original post made on Feb. 1, 2020Last comment by george drysdale, on Feb 7, 2020 at 12:24 pm | 38 comments | 8332 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Walgreens agrees to $7.5M settlement over alleged phony pharmacistWalgreens has settled a consumer protection lawsuit alleging that it put people's health at risk by allowing an unlicensed...
Original post made on Feb. 4, 2020Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Feb 6, 2020 at 8:09 pm | 4 comments | 4870 Views
AROUND TOWN
Around Town: What's keeping the new Fire Station 3 behind schedule?In this week's Around Town column, news about lagging construction for Fire Station 3, the Stanford School of Medicine taking...
Original post made on Feb. 1, 2020Last comment by He Must Go, on Feb 6, 2020 at 5:51 pm | 10 comments | 7082 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Stanford ER now providing rape kits, support services to sexual assault survivorsPeople who are sexually assaulted in northern Santa Clara County will no longer have to travel to San Jose for a medical...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2020Last comment by Curious..., on Feb 6, 2020 at 3:56 pm | 7 comments | 6563 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
M-A honors their student-athletes on National Signing DayJustin Anderson, who will be playing football at Washington State next season, was one of 16 Menlo-Atherton student-athletes...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2020Last comment by Anonymous, on Feb 6, 2020 at 3:49 pm | 1 comment | 5362 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
More money, more discussion? Palo Alto considers requiring full hearings for big-ticket itemsDespite their role as stewards of public money, Palo Alto council members are prone to swiftly approving, without a peep...
Original post made on Feb. 4, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Feb 6, 2020 at 9:48 am | 7 comments | 3181 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
'There's no silver bullet': Dr. Priscilla Chan on housing, transparency and applying a pediatrician's mindset to making changeIt's been four years since Dr. Priscilla Chan and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg formed the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to guide...
Original post made on Feb. 2, 2020Last comment by Steve, on Feb 6, 2020 at 9:40 am | 6 comments | 8353 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Candidates for state Senate to square off on Feb. 5Seven candidates for California Senate District 13 will go head-to-head in a debate on Wednesday, Feb. 5, at the Palo Alto...
Original post made on Jan. 29, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Feb 6, 2020 at 9:30 am | 16 comments | 5872 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
New plans for redeveloping Ventura 'go big' on housing. Some say, too big.For housing advocates, new ideas for redeveloping the Ventura neighborhood in Palo Alto are a reasonable approach to addressing...
Original post made on Jan. 31, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Feb 5, 2020 at 3:52 pm | 31 comments | 14797 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Meet the 7 candidates who want to represent you in SacramentoWith seven candidates vying to become the next lawmaker for California's 13th Senate district, voters on March 3 will decide...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2020Last comment by John Guislin, on Feb 5, 2020 at 11:34 am | 1 comment | 12450 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Smooth sailing for Stanford caucus as Iowa Democratic Party scrambles to count resultsOn Monday, Stanford University hosted one of the first out-of-state satellite caucuses that brought 30 Iowa voters and a...
Original post made on Feb. 4, 2020Last comment by YP, on Feb 4, 2020 at 7:41 pm | 4 comments | 5151 Views
AROUND TOWN
Finding a toy store is about to get harder: Ambassador Toys is closingFor more than a decade, Ambassador Toys at Town & Country Village in Palo Alto has been a destination for just about anyone...
Original post made on Jan. 31, 2020Last comment by Oh no, on Feb 4, 2020 at 10:56 am | 14 comments | 8070 Views
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