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RESTAURANTS

Rustic chic

The Village Bakery makes exceptional bread, pastries, cookies and other baked goods. Corporate efficiencies have a down side,...

Original post made on Feb. 1, 2018
Last comment by Tried it twice, on Feb 3, 2018 at 5:43 am | 9 comments | 6421 Views

RESTAURANTS

Standout Shanghainese

The Shanghainese food at Chef Zhao Kitchen, which opened in Palo Alto's Edgewood Plaza last May, is delicious and well worth...

Original post made on Jan. 25, 2018
Last comment by Anonymous, on Feb 2, 2018 at 1:12 pm | 9 comments | 7365 Views

MOVIES

New nonprofit hopes to transform Guild into state-of-the-art event venue

Pay a visit to Menlo Park's Guild Theatre and it's easy to see why people are worried about its future. The paint is chipped,...

Original post made on Feb. 1, 2018
Last comment by David Lieberman, on Feb 2, 2018 at 12:46 pm | 4 comments | 4869 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

As College Terrace Market closes, community asks: What's next?

College Terrace Market's Dec. 30 announcement of its impending closure leaves many unanswered questions about the future...

Original post made on Jan. 5, 2018
Last comment by allen, on Feb 2, 2018 at 12:25 pm | 81 comments | 11697 Views

AROUND TOWN

Palo Alto to challenge Edgewood Plaza ruling

Palo Alto plans to appeal a December court ruling that invalidated the city's fines against Sand Hill Property Company for...

Original post made on Jan. 30, 2018
Last comment by Ghuyn, on Feb 2, 2018 at 10:40 am | 33 comments | 7981 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Make Transportation top priority for 2018

The Menlo Park City Council recently announced their top priorities for the coming year and 3 out of 5 are focused on transportation...

Original post made by John Guislin on Feb. 2, 2018
Last comment by Tomato Soup, on Feb 2, 2018 at 9:29 am | 2 comments | 1100 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

A region that's booming

Palo Alto's big push on infrastructure comes at a time of economic prosperity, with sales-tax receipts on the rise and new...

Original post made on Feb. 2, 2018
Last comment by Anon, on Feb 2, 2018 at 9:22 am | 1 comment | 5940 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Changes eyed for Southgate's parking program

For residents, Southgate's new Residential Preferential Parking program is a huge success and should be continued as is....

Original post made on Jan. 30, 2018
Last comment by resident, on Feb 2, 2018 at 8:08 am | 7 comments | 4419 Views

SPORTS

Palo Alto, Menlo-Atherton win wrestling dual meets

Palo Alto defeated Fremont, 42-37, in a Santa Clara Valley Athletic League wrestling match on Thursday. Menlo-Atherton downed...

Original post made on Feb. 2, 2018
Last comment by dejiii, on Feb 2, 2018 at 7:31 am | 1 comment | 3642 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Get ready for a record-setting year

Limited home inventory combined with hot demand should make 2018 a year of milestones. Read the full story here https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2018/02/01/real-estate-matters...

Original post made on Feb. 1, 2018
Last comment by Where r the uplifting articles?, on Feb 2, 2018 at 4:30 am | 2 comments | 3828 Views

AROUND TOWN

College Terrace Market plans to shutter

College Terrace Market announced its plans to close the long-awaited community grocery store in Palo Alto six months after...

Original post made on Dec. 31, 2017
Last comment by Connect the dots, on Feb 2, 2018 at 3:43 am | 116 comments | 18685 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Police: Man arrested for prowling in College Terrace

Palo Alto police -- with assistance from a Mountain View police dog -- have arrested a man who they say was prowling in the...

Original post made on Jan. 31, 2018
Last comment by priag, on Feb 1, 2018 at 3:47 pm | 4 comments | 4160 Views

AROUND TOWN

Heavy Earth-hauling on Embarcadero

Today, 1/31/18, is the second day I have noticed multiple double-bottomed semi-trailer earth-hauling trucks on Embarcadero...

Original post made by baumgrenze on Jan. 31, 2018
Last comment by musical, on Jan 31, 2018 at 11:19 pm | 4 comments | 1288 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Editorial: Caution on teacher housing

The value of teachers living within the community may very well be worth making it the priority for the use of this county...

Original post made on Jan. 26, 2018
Last comment by eileen , on Jan 31, 2018 at 10:39 pm | 30 comments | 13123 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Costs stymie effort to improve new parkland

More than 40 years after the family of Russell Lee family donated a 7.7-acre parcel next to Foothills Park to Palo Alto,...

Original post made on Jan. 31, 2018
Last comment by Anonymous, on Jan 31, 2018 at 9:02 pm | 4 comments | 5914 Views

AROUND TOWN

Palo Alto demolishes Rinconada fire station

After 70 years of service, Fire Station 3 at Rinconada Park in Palo Alto was reduced to rubble Tuesday morning. Read the...

Original post made on Jan. 30, 2018
Last comment by Billy, on Jan 31, 2018 at 8:04 pm | 8 comments | 8560 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Residents sound off on Stanford's expansion

Traffic, parking, housing and foothills protection were among the top concerns residents cited during a meeting Tuesday evening...

Original post made on Jan. 24, 2018
Last comment by Fearful of an octapus, on Jan 31, 2018 at 6:50 pm | 34 comments | 9496 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

In dissent, Eshoo blasts short-term funding bill

Hours after casting her dissenting vote on a bill to fund the federal government until Feb. 8, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo...

Original post made on Jan. 23, 2018
Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Jan 31, 2018 at 6:23 pm | 16 comments | 4552 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Brock Turner survivor withdraws from plaque proposal

The words of the young woman who was sexually assaulted by former Stanford University student Brock Turner made waves around...

Original post made on Jan. 31, 2018
Last comment by Hinrich, on Jan 31, 2018 at 3:36 pm | 14 comments | 6521 Views

SPORTS

Stanford freshman Fischer nabs MPSF Newcomer of the Week

Olympic gold medalist and Stanford freshman Aria Fischer was named Mountain Pacific Sports Federation/Kap7 Newcomer of the...

Original post made on Jan. 31, 2018
Last comment by Confused reader, on Jan 31, 2018 at 12:36 pm | 1 comment | 2528 Views
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