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AROUND TOWN
Webcast: Reimagining VenturaGail Price, a member of the North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan Working Group, joins Weekly staff for a discussion about...
Original post made on Aug. 30, 2019Last comment by Anon, on Sep 5, 2019 at 11:40 am | 3 comments | 8100 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Feds' $4.4M grant completes funding needed to develop East Palo Alto's Bay RoadEast Palo Alto's 15-year quest to build critical infrastructure along Bay Road reached a milestone on Wednesday, when the...
Original post made on Sep. 5, 2019Last comment by Greggy, on Sep 5, 2019 at 11:18 am | 2 comments | 7714 Views
AROUND TOWN
Around Town: Survey finds Palo Alto parks are sprawling with visitors; city seeks more EV charging stationsIn the latest Around Town column, a new survey finds Palo Alto's parks have more visitors compared to others across the U.S.,...
Original post made on Sep. 1, 2019Last comment by Anon, on Sep 5, 2019 at 8:51 am | 28 comments | 9664 Views
AROUND TOWN
Castilleja's ambitious development plan would create significant traffic woesWith project plans still winding their way through the Palo Alto process, the school is entering a critical phase of the...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2019Last comment by OPA, on Sep 4, 2019 at 10:21 pm | 73 comments | 13206 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Fry's Electronics to shutter Palo Alto store in JanuaryFry's Electronics, which has been a fixture at the 340 Portage Ave. for more than a quarter century, will close its store...
Original post made on Aug. 28, 2019Last comment by Hinrich, on Sep 4, 2019 at 7:16 pm | 33 comments | 40880 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
NASA women's leadership summit hosts Pelosi, EshooIt was a mix of corporate executives and political heavyweights, global thought leaders and scientific stars. And by no coincidence,...
Original post made on Sep. 3, 2019Last comment by men work harder, on Sep 4, 2019 at 9:58 am | 4 comments | 4080 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
San Jose police arrest 10 residents for burglaries in a dozen citiesSan Jose police this week arrested 10 San Jose residents in connection with commercial burglaries in more than a dozen Bay...
Original post made on Aug. 31, 2019Last comment by Anon, on Sep 4, 2019 at 8:03 am | 11 comments | 5698 Views
AROUND TOWN
Open space district board votes to support protecting Stanford foothills for 99 yearsThe Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District's board of directors voted unanimously on Wednesday night to support a measure...
Original post made on Aug. 29, 2019Last comment by But why? , on Sep 4, 2019 at 12:13 am | 5 comments | 6013 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto elementary schools begin new year by jump-starting on goalsPalo Alto Unified's 13 elementary schools returned to class on Wednesday, kicking off both new priorities and continued focus...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2019Last comment by Parent, on Sep 3, 2019 at 7:58 pm | 5 comments | 10208 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
What to know as California's peak fire months loomHaving just endured more than a decade of rampaging fires -- 14 of the 20 most destructive fires in state history have occurred...
Original post made on Sep. 2, 2019Last comment by Anon, on Sep 3, 2019 at 1:14 pm | 14 comments | 5355 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Webcast: The state of the Ravenswood school boardPalo Alto Weekly journalists discuss tensions between Ravenswood City School District board members and the implications...
Original post made on Aug. 31, 2019Last comment by Also Concerned, on Sep 2, 2019 at 9:24 pm | 3 comments | 7498 Views
SPORTS
Stanford loses Costello but win football opener over WildcatsDavis Mills did just enough to allow Stanford to escape with a 17-7 nonconference football victory over visiting Northwestern...
Original post made on Sep. 2, 2019Last comment by David Diestel, on Sep 2, 2019 at 11:33 am | 1 comment | 3684 Views
SPORTS
Bears put on offensive display in football win over BellsMenlo-Atherton put a beating on visiting Bellarmine in its football season opener Friday that was hard to believe. The final...
Original post made on Aug. 31, 2019Last comment by bare this, on Sep 1, 2019 at 9:09 pm | 2 comments | 3661 Views
RESTAURANTS
Shop Talk: After 39 years of cakes and pastries, Palo Alto institution Prolific Oven to closeOne of Palo Alto's longest-standing bakeries, The Prolific Oven will close on Aug. 31 due to a "severe" labor shortage and...
Original post made on Aug. 16, 2019Last comment by Easy Explanation, on Sep 1, 2019 at 2:56 pm | 10 comments | 8357 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Police arrest Gunn High student who made alleged school shooting threatPalo Alto police arrested on Thursday evening a 14-year-old Gunn High School student who allegedly threatened a school shooting...
Original post made on Aug. 30, 2019Last comment by Old News, on Aug 31, 2019 at 3:02 pm | 21 comments | 18809 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
School board puts dollars into new safety positions, support for struggling studentsThe Palo Alto school board unanimously approved funding on Tuesday night for new positions in two high-priority areas: school...
Original post made on Aug. 28, 2019Last comment by Pa, on Aug 31, 2019 at 11:14 am | 2 comments | 4156 Views
SPORTS
Fitzmorris records career block No. 500 in Stanford winSenior Audriana Fitzmorris became the ninth Stanford women's volleyball player to record 500 career blocks as top-ranked...
Original post made on Aug. 31, 2019Last comment by Tom, on Aug 31, 2019 at 9:43 am | 1 comment | 2564 Views
SPORTS
Instant connection leads to Gunn's opening football winGunn seniors Aidan Everett and Jack Dellenbach have been playing sports together a long time. So it was only fitting that...
Original post made on Aug. 31, 2019Last comment by Real Slim K, on Aug 31, 2019 at 6:03 am | 1 comment | 3848 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Japanese-inspired boutique to close after 44 years in downtown Palo AltoPhyllis Newhouse, whose family has a long history as business owners in Palo Alto's downtown dating back to 1935, will close...
Original post made on Aug. 28, 2019Last comment by Barbara Van Kirk, on Aug 31, 2019 at 1:42 am | 12 comments | 11625 Views
RESTAURANTS
A restaurant's image isn't everything. Despite ho-hum décor, Smyrna's food is top notchLook past Symrna's ho-hum décor and ambiance: Its food more than holds its own against local swanky Mediterranean hotspots...
Original post made on Aug. 31, 2019Last comment by ChrisC, on Aug 31, 2019 at 1:41 am | 1 comment | 5908 Views
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