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PALO ALTO ISSUES
Besieged by vacancies, Town & Country Village wants to welcome medical officesWith vacancy rates climbing at Town & Country Village, Palo Alto's Planning and Transportation Commission has recommended...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2021Last comment by Online Name, on Feb 18, 2021 at 10:33 pm | 24 comments | 11752 Views
SPORTS
Coronavirus delays start of high school sports seasonsLocal high school sports teams won't be competing until at least December or January, the California Interscholastic Federation...
Original post made on Jul. 20, 2020Last comment by TimR, on Jul 21, 2020 at 2:51 pm | 6 comments | 11752 Views
AROUND TOWN
Medical community rallies around injured Egyptian womanWhen Gehane Guirguis set out for a short vacation on a bus from Cairo, Egypt, to the Red Sea in July 2012, she could not...
Original post made on Mar. 14, 2014Last comment by Carima, on Mar 29, 2014 at 2:56 pm | 6 comments | 11752 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Learning empathy through EverytownGunn High School sophomore Xander Burch has one word to describe Camp Everytown: emotional. Read the full story here http://paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2014/12/05/learning-empat...
Original post made on Dec. 5, 2014Last comment by parent, on Dec 6, 2014 at 7:44 pm | 4 comments | 11749 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
High-speed rail hit with legal setbackA coalition that includes Menlo Park, Atherton and Palo Alto scored a legal victory over the California High-Speed Rail Authority...
Original post made on Nov. 10, 2011Last comment by Midtown Man, on Nov 15, 2011 at 8:25 am | 38 comments | 11746 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Plaintiffs to continue court fight against Vi at Palo Alto despite dismissalsA U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Palo Alto retirement community Vi for allegedly illegally giving...
Original post made on Apr. 5, 2016Last comment by Steve, on Apr 6, 2016 at 9:06 pm | 2 comments | 11746 Views
AROUND TOWN
Pollen source - Chinese elm?For the first time in over ten years I got severe hayfever symptoms this past weekend in Palo Alto. The symptoms tend to...
Original post made by Hayfevered on Sep. 15, 2010Last comment by got rid of my own allergies naturally, on May 20, 2014 at 1:58 am | 17 comments | 11746 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Water flowing freely again in San Francisquito CreekA century-old concrete barrier in the San Francisquito Creek has been removed, a triumph for the steelhead trout, conservationists...
Original post made on Sep. 6, 2013Last comment by Interested Citizen, on Oct 21, 2013 at 4:55 pm | 13 comments | 11743 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
New numbers, same concerns as Palo Alto challenges housing mandateA recent adjustment by regional planners could lower the number of housing units the city is required to plan for between...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2021Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Feb 25, 2021 at 4:42 pm | 38 comments | 11741 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Gunn High senior publishes children's book on autismInspired by a friend and class assignment, an autistic senior at Gunn High School has self-published a children's book on...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2014Last comment by Jennifer, on Sep 23, 2014 at 2:24 pm | 9 comments | 11740 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Plan for dedicated bus lanes on El Camino Real back on the tableA controversial plan by Santa Clara County to create dedicated bus lanes on El Camino Real between Palo Alto and San Jose...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2014Last comment by Uhhhh, on Mar 19, 2015 at 6:17 pm | 82 comments | 11728 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto holds grand opening of Mitchell Park LibraryDroves of Palo Alto residents turned out Dec. 6 for the grand opening of the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center and...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2014Last comment by Well., on Dec 15, 2014 at 9:33 pm | 34 comments | 11727 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto weighs tax increases for infrastructure fixesFaced with a laundry list of infrastructure needs and lukewarm support for a bond measure to pay for these repairs, Palo...
Original post made on Aug. 6, 2013Last comment by Jake, on Aug 14, 2013 at 10:12 am | 57 comments | 11725 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School Board candidates with kids in PRIVATE schools0...
Original post made by PAUSD parent on Oct. 15, 2007Last comment by OhlonePar, on Oct 24, 2007 at 8:06 pm | 92 comments | 11725 Views
AROUND TOWN
Atherton couple donates $80M to Stanford children's hospital, medical schoolAn Atherton couple has given $80 million to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford and Stanford University's School...
Original post made on Feb. 17, 2021Last comment by Local, on Feb 20, 2021 at 8:21 am | 4 comments | 11721 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Angry parents derail school-calendar voteA Palo Alto school district plan to shift first-semester final exams to before the December break starting next year was...
Original post made on Nov. 10, 2010Last comment by equality, on Nov 14, 2010 at 5:50 pm | 199 comments | 11718 Views
AROUND TOWN
California Avenue redesign stalled by lawsuitsPalo Alto's ambitious quest to turn California Avenue into the next University Avenue or Mountain View's Castro Street is...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2012Last comment by Evan Thomas, on May 2, 2012 at 10:51 pm | 94 comments | 11718 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Utility rates set to rise in Palo AltoPalo Alto residents should brace themselves for a dramatic spike in their utility bills in July, with electricity, gas, water...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2016Last comment by Anonymous, on Feb 14, 2016 at 10:12 am | 30 comments | 11717 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A theater also risesPassersby might have noticed the massive 26,000-square-foot building whose skeleton has emerged over the last several weeks...
Original post made on May. 1, 2015Last comment by Crescent Park Dad, on Sep 14, 2015 at 11:31 am | 33 comments | 11716 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Superintendent Kevin Skelly wins contract extensionDespite recent strains over communication style, Superintendent Kevin Skelly Tuesday won a one-year contract extension through...
Original post made on Jun. 27, 2012Last comment by Former teacher, on May 10, 2013 at 8:04 pm | 41 comments | 11715 Views
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