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AROUND TOWN
Shop Talk: Sidewalk spa pods, new 'freegan' restaurantIn this week's retail column: pop-up spa pods to help pedestrians de-stress; the city's first "freegan" restaurant; and the...
Original post made on Apr. 1, 2019Last comment by Maize, on Apr 1, 2019 at 3:21 pm | 2 comments | 2745 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Do NOT rename Addison Elementary after TheranosLike many of my neighbors, I am appalled by PAUSD’s vote on Tuesday to rename Addison Elementary School after Theranos....
Original post made by Addison dad on Apr. 1, 2019Last comment by Resident, on Apr 1, 2019 at 12:42 pm | 4 comments | 1929 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto’s budget deficit climbs after Alexa’s shopping bingePalo Alto looming budget shortfall for Fiscal Year 2020 climbed to more than $6 million over the weekend, when the city manager’s...
Original post made by Tex G. Wilde on Apr. 1, 2019There are no comments yet. 1356 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Menlo Park mayor suggests Sequoia Union absorb Ravenswood school districtThe mayor of Menlo Park has floated an idea with major implications for the Ravenswood City School District: that the Sequoia...
Original post made on Mar. 6, 2019Last comment by Interested Observer, on Mar 31, 2019 at 9:20 am | 24 comments | 8335 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Free jazz concert at PA Art CenterJazz collective Amendola vs. Blades vs. Parker vs. Skerik will perform a free concert on Saturday, March 30, at 8 p.m. at...
Original post made on Mar. 28, 2019Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Mar 30, 2019 at 8:22 pm | 6 comments | 1970 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Police chief's new advisory group targets neighborhood concernsWith just three meetings under their belts, participants of police Chief Robert Jonsen's Advisory Group said they are impressed...
Original post made on Mar. 29, 2019Last comment by Protect The PA Community, on Mar 30, 2019 at 3:09 pm | 7 comments | 6654 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Webcast: Debate over SB 50Palo Alto Vice Mayor Adrian Fine and Greer Stone, vice chair of the Santa Clara County Human Rights Commission, join Weekly...
Original post made on Mar. 30, 2019Last comment by Palo Altans Against Further Development UNITE!, on Mar 30, 2019 at 2:47 pm | 5 comments | 7987 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Bay Area's largest real-estate firm? It's a New York startupCompass, the venture-funded real-estate startup that launched its first office in the local market just over two years ago,...
Original post made on Mar. 22, 2019Last comment by Same Old Story, on Mar 30, 2019 at 8:27 am | 12 comments | 17948 Views
MOVIES
'Dumbo' takes flight under Tim Burton"Dumbo" is a strange beast, indeed. I don't mean the character of an elephant born with ears so big he can flap them and...
Original post made on Mar. 29, 2019Last comment by like, really smart, on Mar 29, 2019 at 2:02 pm | 3 comments | 16459 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Unlicensed East Palo Alto masseur sentenced to 13 yearsA 57-year-old man who pleaded no contest to charges he sexually assaulted women while posing as a massage therapist was sentenced...
Original post made on Mar. 29, 2019Last comment by A Lax Judicial System, on Mar 29, 2019 at 12:25 pm | 2 comments | 7876 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford junior dies in fall while hiking in SpainMischa Nee, a 20-year-old Stanford University junior has died in Spain, apparently falling while on a hike with other Stanford...
Original post made on Mar. 29, 2019Last comment by K.S. Milway, on Mar 29, 2019 at 10:36 am | 2 comments | 14260 Views
AROUND TOWN
Around Town<B><B>WHEELING AND DEALING ... </B> A proposal to tear down the building that once housed <B>Ming's Restaurant</B> and to...
Original post made on Mar. 29, 2019There are no comments yet. 4611 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Editorial: The audacity of privilegeSadly, the most frequently heard reaction among local residents last week to the news that 33 parents across the nation,...
Original post made on Mar. 22, 2019Last comment by pearl, on Mar 29, 2019 at 7:02 am | 39 comments | 14017 Views
RESTAURANTS
Shop Talk: Farewell to Milk Pail; hello Curry PizzaIn this week's Shop Talk column, read about the departure of a longtime Mountain View market, a forthcoming downtown Palo...
Original post made on Mar. 22, 2019Last comment by Hunter, on Mar 28, 2019 at 11:37 pm | 29 comments | 10613 Views
AROUND TOWN
Guest Opinion: SB 50 undermines single-family neighborhoods and diversityRather than reap the benefits of locally driven solutions, SB 50 pulls the rug from under them with radical, one-size-fits-all...
Original post made on Mar. 15, 2019Last comment by Oh Really?, on Mar 28, 2019 at 12:29 pm | 153 comments | 31152 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
IRS scams strike again in Palo AltoEach year as the tax deadline looms, scammers dupe unwary residents by claiming to be Internal Revenue Service agents demanding...
Original post made on Mar. 26, 2019Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Mar 28, 2019 at 12:24 pm | 2 comments | 4938 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Community Notebook: Palo Alto invites public to weigh in on rail redesignPalo Alto residents will have a chance to give input Wednesday night on one of the most ambitious projects in the city's...
Original post made on Mar. 27, 2019Last comment by TBM, on Mar 28, 2019 at 4:24 am | 16 comments | 4328 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ousted superintendent violated harassment policy in comments about employees with childrenAn external investigation found that Gloria Hernandez-Goff, the ousted superintendent of the Ravenswood City School District,...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2019Last comment by Gina Lied, on Mar 27, 2019 at 8:11 pm | 14 comments | 9354 Views
RESTAURANTS
Stay for the dumplingsA tiny hole-in-the-wall restaurant three doors down from El Camino Real on Broadway Street in Redwood City, i Dumpling serves...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2019Last comment by calling it out, on Mar 27, 2019 at 7:39 pm | 4 comments | 6457 Views
SPORTS
M-A football coach Ravipati announces he's stepping downMenlo-Atherton football coach Adhir Ravipati announced Thursday he will be stepping down to focus on the next chapter in...
Original post made on Mar. 27, 2019Last comment by Vince, on Mar 27, 2019 at 5:11 pm | 1 comment | 5165 Views
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