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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
East Palo Alto girls create app to clean up graffiti, trashVanessa Tostado, a sophomore at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, remembers watching a video in computer science class...
Original post made on May. 10, 2013Last comment by Michael, on May 21, 2013 at 7:58 am | 17 comments | 36096 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Local students and grads drowning in debtWith student debt exceeding national credit-card debt — crossing the $1 trillion point last year — and college...
Original post made on Sep. 20, 2013Last comment by Frank, on Sep 26, 2013 at 6:19 am | 33 comments | 36002 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Postal inspector investigates theft of birthday moneyThe U.S. Postal Service's Office of the Inspector General is investigating a series of thefts of money from mailed birthday...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2016Last comment by Crime ring? , on Jul 12, 2017 at 6:12 am | 18 comments | 35962 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Sheriff's second-in-command indicted in gun-permit scandalA Santa Clara County grand jury indictment has brought accusations of awarding gun permits in exchange for political contributions...
Original post made on Nov. 20, 2020Last comment by Lee Forrest, on Nov 24, 2020 at 1:50 pm | 9 comments | 35933 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Civil rights lawyers scrutinize school districtIn a bid to start a conversation on addressing poor academic performance among students from the Ravenswood City School District...
Original post made on Jul. 24, 2013Last comment by Old Palo Alto, on Jul 26, 2013 at 12:37 pm | 29 comments | 35873 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Stanford to close off most of its campus to visitorsStanford University will ban visitors who are not affiliated with its academic programs from entering much of its campus...
Original post made on Aug. 28, 2020Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Sep 15, 2020 at 10:50 am | 56 comments | 35858 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Students to board: 'It's not Gunn's fault'Scores of Gunn High School students flooded the district's usually sparsely filled board room on Tuesday night to speak out...
Original post made on Jan. 28, 2015Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Jan 30, 2015 at 11:27 am | 35 comments | 35850 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Pensions: Palo Alto's ticking time bombIn 2007, the year Warren Buffett famously described public pensions as a time bomb with a long fuse, Palo Alto officials...
Original post made on Jul. 13, 2012Last comment by Deep Throat, on Aug 24, 2012 at 4:04 pm | 136 comments | 35845 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
What is Measure D really about?After hearing each side out during public meetings, in-depth interviews, a tour of the orchard site and dozens of conversations...
Original post made on Oct. 11, 2013Last comment by Tom DuBois, on Nov 3, 2013 at 4:05 pm | 246 comments | 35840 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Challenge success: Are we setting the right goals for our kids?As a Palo Alto mom of a third grader and sixth grader, I admit I sometimes feel uneasy about the future. These anxious moments...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2008Last comment by why not?, on Dec 28, 2008 at 7:32 pm | 82 comments | 35759 Views
AROUND TOWN
Large fire hits home in Old Palo Alto neighborhoodFirefighters battled a large fire at a home in the Old Palo Alto neighborhood on Tuesday night, which led to evacuations. Read...
Original post made on Sep. 15, 2021Last comment by Annies biped, on Sep 23, 2021 at 12:01 pm | 48 comments | 35750 Views
AROUND TOWN
Trying a new online neighborhood toolI live on Kings Lane, and have just recently signed up with a site I read about on TechCrunch called Nextdoor, basically...
Original post made by Chris Zaharias on Nov. 1, 2011Last comment by Fred Balin, on Nov 1, 2011 at 8:21 pm | 6 comments | 35735 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Three critically injured after car crashes into downtown coffee shopThree people were critically injured in downtown Palo Alto on Thursday afternoon after a vehicle crashed into University...
Original post made on Jul. 31, 2014Last comment by Nora Charles, on Aug 2, 2014 at 12:01 pm | 36 comments | 35725 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Do Palo Alto's high schools give too much homework?Many Palo Alto high school students report feeling overworked, overburdened and overstressed by unrelenting workloads and...
Original post made on Jan. 30, 2015Last comment by Parent, on Feb 6, 2015 at 5:50 pm | 132 comments | 35675 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
First Palo Alto student tests positive for coronavirusA Fletcher Middle School student has tested positive for the coronavirus, the Palo Alto school district said on Tuesday. Read...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2020Last comment by Anonymous, on Mar 18, 2020 at 12:51 pm | 69 comments | 35668 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City rethinks plan to scrap composting operationPalo Alto's composting operation, which was slated to shut down within about a month, could get a new lease on life thanks...
Original post made on Nov. 15, 2011Last comment by judith, on Nov 17, 2011 at 1:06 pm | 11 comments | 35664 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Steve Jobs called Mountain View home as a childA childhood friend of Steve Jobs recalls that Silicon Valley's quintessential entrepreneur was partly a product of Mountain...
Original post made on Oct. 13, 2011Last comment by Sharon, on Oct 13, 2011 at 10:11 pm | 4 comments | 35462 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto expands public-art programPalo Alto's vocal art critics will soon have plenty to cheer, jeer, laugh and complain about thanks to the City Council's...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2013Last comment by Craig Laughton, on Nov 21, 2013 at 2:38 pm | 17 comments | 35458 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto scales back summer school plansPalo Alto school officials are scaling back their plans for summer school next year following a court settlement and state...
Original post made on Oct. 21, 2013Last comment by Crescent Park Dad, on Dec 20, 2013 at 12:44 pm | 55 comments | 35370 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Modernist building faces citizen appealDowntown resident Douglas Smith, a fan of Spanish-style arcades, ornate awnings and other traditional decorative flourishes,...
Original post made on Nov. 8, 2013Last comment by Citizen appeal, on Nov 13, 2013 at 11:11 am | 87 comments | 35369 Views
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