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PALO ALTO ISSUES
An alliance to help make Palo Alto a 'sustainable community'In recent weeks and months, a group of us in Palo Alto have forged a new organization, the "Alliance for a Livable Palo Alto,"...
Original post made on Nov. 22, 2008Last comment by Trapped, on Nov 30, 2008 at 11:52 pm | 44 comments | 41212 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto's last dive bar faces uncertain futureThree years after its colorful owner passed away, Antonio's Nut House, Palo Alto's last authentic dive bar, is still open,...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2020Last comment by Hood, on Mar 4, 2020 at 10:04 am | 49 comments | 41083 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
California just revealed a $54.3 billion deficit — signaling deep cuts aheadCalifornia finance officials revealed a $54.3 billion deficit Thursday in the first economic assessment of the coronavirus...
Original post made on May. 10, 2020Last comment by Old Joe, on May 28, 2020 at 8:24 am | 25 comments | 41036 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto takes heat over solar permittingContractors and Palo Alto residents are awash with horror stories about the city's permitting process, whether for solar...
Original post made on May. 21, 2021Last comment by funky, on Jun 8, 2021 at 8:29 pm | 52 comments | 41005 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Black in Palo Alto: Longtime residents describe painful toll of everyday racismFive African Americans, all longtime local residents who have endured painful and repeated incidents of racial discrimination...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2020Last comment by Kenny, on Jul 12, 2020 at 8:04 pm | 46 comments | 40899 Views
BOOKS
Smoking gun"Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition" by Robert N. Proctor; University of California...
Original post made on Jul. 21, 2012Last comment by Sharon, on Jul 23, 2012 at 5:47 pm | 9 comments | 40886 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Community responds to student suicideThe Gunn High School student who died on the Caltrain tracks Monday night has been identified as William Dickens, 17, a junior...
Original post made on Oct. 20, 2009Last comment by OhlonePar, on Oct 28, 2009 at 8:08 pm | 569 comments | 40852 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
The meaning of 'middle class'The picture that emerges of the middle class in Palo Alto is one in which "keeping up with the Joneses" is increasingly difficult,...
Original post made on Feb. 9, 2018Last comment by Just for fun, on Feb 24, 2018 at 10:19 am | 29 comments | 40707 Views
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Palo Alto agrees to add land to Foothills ParkAfter three decades of languishing in obscurity, a flat parcel near Foothills Park is about to become the newest addition...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2014Last comment by resident 1, on Mar 27, 2014 at 11:32 am | 23 comments | 40658 Views
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Robots deployed to protect and serveStanding at 5 feet tall and weighing 300 pounds, Knightscope K5 looks like it came straight out of the sci-fi film Stars...
Original post made on Aug. 9, 2015Last comment by Ben, on Aug 11, 2015 at 8:01 pm | 30 comments | 40542 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Saving the ShelterThey arrived en masse, wielding signs, wearing buttons and clutching letters and petitions. By the time the four members...
Original post made on Jun. 1, 2012Last comment by businessdecision, on Jun 8, 2012 at 6:31 pm | 54 comments | 40360 Views
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Coronavirus weekend update: Ten new cases reported in San Mateo CountyA roundup of news about the coronavirus in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. As of March 21, the number of cases in San...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2020Last comment by RT, on Mar 23, 2020 at 11:55 am | 17 comments | 40294 Views
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Fall arts preview: an exuberance of cultureThough the weather's not exactly what you'd call "crisp" yet, a few trees are tentatively going scarlet. And rain or shine,...
Original post made on Sep. 13, 2013Last comment by Edie, on Mar 27, 2017 at 10:13 pm | 1 comment | 40159 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Your COVID-19 vaccine questions — answeredWe've compiled a list of who can currently get vaccinated in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, plus answers to common questions...
Original post made on Jan. 22, 2021Last comment by chini, on Apr 4, 2021 at 9:27 am | 4 comments | 40090 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Edgewood Plaza fine to pay for historical restorationThose who destroy history are bound to restore it. So decreed the Palo Alto City Council on Monday night as it voted to use...
Original post made on Nov. 19, 2013Last comment by Silly, on Nov 20, 2013 at 1:07 pm | 13 comments | 40074 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Sheriff: Suicide note, serial killer book jacket at murder suspect's homeSanta Clara County Sheriff's detectives searching for evidence at the apartment of the man suspected of a brutal murder in...
Original post made on Jun. 30, 2018Last comment by Sleuth, on Jul 4, 2018 at 9:27 am | 10 comments | 40035 Views
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Palo Alto's COVID-19 numbers are growingNearly five months into the coronavirus shutdown and the number of new COVID-19 cases in Palo Alto is rising sharply after...
Original post made on Aug. 8, 2020Last comment by Jim, on Aug 12, 2020 at 10:53 pm | 60 comments | 39923 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Small plane crashes in East Palo AltoA small plane crash in East Palo Alto caused a major power outage this morning. Power is out in parts of Menlo Park, East...
Original post made on Feb. 17, 2010Last comment by Anna, on Feb 22, 2010 at 9:23 am | 176 comments | 39869 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Bloomingdale's building a smaller Palo Alto storeLongstanding Stanford Shopping Center tenant Bloomingdale's will build a smaller store at the mall, its parent company, Macy's,...
Original post made on Jan. 5, 2012Last comment by Dave, on Jan 11, 2012 at 3:10 pm | 11 comments | 39747 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
More than $150K worth of handbags stolen from Neiman Marcus storeMore than $150,000 worth of handbags were stolen from the Neiman Marcus department store at Stanford Shopping Center by at...
Original post made on May. 20, 2021Last comment by We Are The People, on May 20, 2021 at 3:29 pm | 18 comments | 39719 Views
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