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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
City braces for impacts of new housing lawsPalo Alto is bracing for a slew of new laws that will take effect in January and that could transform the community conversation...
Original post made on Dec. 5, 2017Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Dec 8, 2017 at 10:01 pm | 37 comments | 9535 Views
AROUND TOWN
City's new anti-idling law unlikely to be enforcedAs Palo Alto prepares to adopt a new law banning idling vehicles, city officials are warning that the new prohibition --...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2017Last comment by Tim, on Dec 8, 2017 at 6:21 pm | 25 comments | 7285 Views
RESTAURANTS
High hopesMany of Nobu's signature dishes and cocktails have stood the test of time, but the new Palo Alto location is still uneven...
Original post made on Dec. 7, 2017Last comment by JLN, on Dec 7, 2017 at 6:12 pm | 1 comment | 8634 Views
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Rising costs strain Palo Alto's infrastructure goalsPalo Alto's ambitious plan to fix up the city's aged infrastructure and build a new bike bridge over U.S. Highway 101 is...
Original post made on Nov. 28, 2017Last comment by Remember the Rainbow Bridge, on Dec 7, 2017 at 10:33 am | 35 comments | 7676 Views
SPORTS
Prep report: Paly, Menlo boys open hoops tourney with a winWilliam Schlemmer scored 17 points, one of three to reach double figures, and the Palo Also boys varsity basketball team...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2017Last comment by Fred Sanford, on Dec 6, 2017 at 8:26 pm | 1 comment | 1813 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
RV evictions in East Palo Alto protestedAbout 50 protesters blocked a tow truck Wednesday morning that came to haul away RVs in East Palo Alto in which an estimated...
Original post made on Nov. 15, 2017Last comment by Patricia Finau Lopez, on Dec 6, 2017 at 1:16 pm | 86 comments | 21418 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Delivery trucks at Edgewood create ruckus for neighborsThe beeping of trucks as they back up at 4 a.m., the clanking of metal cargo ramps on pavement, delivery trucks parking in...
Original post made on Sep. 22, 2017Last comment by Parking maze, on Dec 6, 2017 at 11:44 am | 38 comments | 10782 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Palo Alto firefighters head to Thomas FireFour Palo Alto firefighters and their counterparts throughout the Bay Area are responding to the Thomas Fire that has burned...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2017Last comment by Russell, on Dec 6, 2017 at 11:34 am | 1 comment | 5370 Views
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School board to discuss gifts policyUnder a proposed administrative regulation, a donor who gives more than $50,000 to the Palo Alto school district but wants...
Original post made on Dec. 4, 2017Last comment by No Dark Money, on Dec 6, 2017 at 9:51 am | 8 comments | 4926 Views
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'Animal Farm' revisitedFifteen retirees starring in Avenidas' staged reading of George Orwell's "Animal Farm" this month at Cubberley Community...
Original post made on Dec. 3, 2017Last comment by Income inequality, on Dec 6, 2017 at 4:37 am | 4 comments | 7152 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
East Palo Alto police search for missing teenJonathan Bedolla, 17, was last seen three days ago leaving the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto. Read the full story...
Original post made on Oct. 30, 2017Last comment by Katie , on Dec 5, 2017 at 9:07 pm | 11 comments | 26290 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Sunset magazine sold to Los Angeles private equity investorSunset magazine, once located on Willow Road in Menlo Park, has been sold to Regent L.P., a Los Angeles-based private equity...
Original post made on Dec. 5, 2017Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Dec 5, 2017 at 5:55 pm | 3 comments | 8654 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Ex-teacher sentenced to five years for molestationAfter tearfully begging a San Mateo County judge for leniency during her sentencing hearing for molesting two East Palo Alto...
Original post made on Dec. 3, 2017Last comment by Just Yo, on Dec 5, 2017 at 12:17 pm | 14 comments | 9865 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Brock Turner files appealA year and a half after a jury found Brock Turner guilty of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on campus, the former...
Original post made on Dec. 2, 2017Last comment by Gunn Dad, on Dec 5, 2017 at 9:14 am | 14 comments | 12902 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Smoking hot fusionSometimes I wander into a restaurant that looks interesting without much knowledge of what might be in store. Kemuri Japanese...
Original post made on Dec. 4, 2017There are no comments yet. 2107 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Thousands of records exposed in Stanford data breachesPersonal employee information, confidential financial aid and student sexual-assault reports were exposed in three separate...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2017Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Dec 4, 2017 at 2:18 pm | 6 comments | 9609 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Editorial: Stanford's ambitious GUPThe community is awakening to the need to carefully scrutinize Stanford's expansion plan to build another 2.275 million square...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2017Last comment by Hank Lawrence, on Dec 4, 2017 at 2:07 pm | 5 comments | 8638 Views
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Ending the wasted food run-aroundPeninsula Food Runners works to remove logistical barriers to food donations, picking up leftover meals from tech companies...
Original post made on Dec. 4, 2017Last comment by Bob Wenzlau, on Dec 4, 2017 at 9:11 am | 1 comment | 6602 Views
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Missing woman found within hoursA 59-year-old with Alzheimer's disease who went missing Tuesday morning was found by a resident in Palo Alto later in the...
Original post made on Nov. 29, 2017Last comment by Experience, on Dec 4, 2017 at 8:08 am | 6 comments | 5231 Views
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East Palo Alto mayor celebrates 'city on the move'East Palo Alto Mayor Larry Moody pointed to the city's achievements this year, which, he said have kicked opened a new progressive...
Original post made on Nov. 22, 2017Last comment by Nobody , on Dec 3, 2017 at 10:52 pm | 3 comments | 8501 Views
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