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AROUND TOWN
Kiki's Candy Bar, anyone?0...
Original post made by Puzzled on Aug. 13, 2006Last comment by Yes!, on Jun 23, 2009 at 8:11 pm | 10 comments | 11947 Views
AROUND TOWN
Labor talks sputter as Palo Alto approves major budget cutsPalo Alto concluded one of its most brutal budget seasons in recent memory on Monday night, when the City Council approved...
Original post made on Jun. 23, 2020Last comment by Rebecca Eisenberg, on Sep 13, 2020 at 9:12 pm | 28 comments | 11947 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Water board supports removing Searsville DamThe SF Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board has told Stanford University it supports removing Searsville Dam as the university...
Original post made on Apr. 2, 2015Last comment by Water Board, on Apr 27, 2015 at 5:46 pm | 92 comments | 11939 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Painful bullying stories told to school boardAmid tearful recountings by parents of painful school bullying situations, Palo Alto school board members and Superintendent...
Original post made on Feb. 13, 2013Last comment by Misha, on Feb 18, 2013 at 7:35 pm | 124 comments | 11939 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
At-risk man reported missing from East Palo AltoAuthorities are seeking the public's help in locating a man last seen in East Palo Alto on Monday afternoon, according to...
Original post made on Mar. 23, 2021Last comment by Squidsie, on Mar 24, 2021 at 9:20 am | 1 comment | 11938 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Miki approved as new College Terrace grocerMiki Werness, whose well acclaimed but financially troubled grocery store fizzled in Alma Village last year, will get another...
Original post made on Dec. 16, 2014Last comment by Annette, on Dec 20, 2014 at 7:44 am | 47 comments | 11937 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Editorial: Missing a housing opportunityThe single greatest obstacle to creating additional housing in Palo Alto for anyone other than highly paid professionals...
Original post made on Feb. 16, 2018Last comment by Anon, on Feb 21, 2018 at 1:53 pm | 26 comments | 11937 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Con man Simon Gann loose in Bay Area, police sayGood Samaritans beware: A traveling con man has returned to the Bay Area, and may be only too eager to help relieve you of...
Original post made on Mar. 13, 2012Last comment by hmmm, on Mar 14, 2012 at 10:19 pm | 7 comments | 11936 Views
AROUND TOWN
Study aims to bring data to Palo Alto's loud debate over airplane noiseWith citizen complaints about airplane noise on the rise, Palo Alto officials on Monday agreed to commission a study focused...
Original post made on Aug. 26, 2015Last comment by Resident, on Sep 29, 2015 at 6:54 pm | 201 comments | 11936 Views
AROUND TOWN
Counties face a 'dramatic and breathtaking explosion' of COVID casesSanta Clara and San Mateo counties are now seeing more COVID-19 cases than at any other time during the pandemic, health...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2022Last comment by Anthony Jeffers, on Jan 20, 2022 at 11:55 am | 9 comments | 11936 Views
SPORTS
Menlo-Atherton wrestler wins a state titleMenlo-Atherton senior Alexia Benoussan became Menlo-Atherton’s third girls state wrestling champion when she beat Los Gatos’...
Original post made on Feb. 28, 2022Last comment by Samuel L, on Feb 28, 2022 at 1:11 pm | 2 comments | 11934 Views
AROUND TOWN
2014 Election Central: Palo Alto City CouncilAll the latest news on the 2014 Palo Alto City Council race. With five seats open, 12 candidates are making their bids: Wayne...
Original post made on Nov. 2, 2014There are no comments yet. 11933 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto's new bike bridge is almost ready to debutAfter a decade of debate and two years of construction, Palo Alto's new bike bridge over U.S. Highway 101 will officially...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2021Last comment by Ted, on Nov 22, 2021 at 4:53 pm | 12 comments | 11932 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Minor injuries in school bus collisionA Cadillac Escalade SUV clipped a school bus this morning when it veered into oncoming traffic on West Bayshore and Embarcadero...
Original post made on Oct. 29, 2013Last comment by Finally , on Oct 29, 2013 at 6:53 pm | 2 comments | 11932 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford's No. 3 football ranking is one for the agesThe ugly loss to Northwestern to start the season is all but forgotten by the Stanford football team, which climbed to No....
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2016Last comment by macbaldy, on Jan 19, 2016 at 1:09 pm | 9 comments | 11929 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Bol Park donkeys defended with BB rifleThe owner of the donkey pasture where Palo Alto's two beloved donkeys reside defended the animals on Monday night by shooing...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2015Last comment by JaneP, on Aug 21, 2015 at 1:15 pm | 78 comments | 11928 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
District moves to correct civil-rights violationsA Palo Alto special-education student whose complaints of bullying and harassment led to a federal civil-rights investigation...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2013Last comment by wondering, on Feb 24, 2013 at 5:11 pm | 106 comments | 11925 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
State unveils new criteria and system for countywide reopeningsA color-coded, four-level tier system will replace the state's COVID-19 watchlist in an effort to create a "more stringent,...
Original post made on Aug. 29, 2020Last comment by Facts and Figures, on Sep 1, 2020 at 10:10 pm | 9 comments | 11922 Views
RESTAURANTS
New life eyed for the historic Nut House buildingA proposal to partially demolish and rehabilitate a building that once housed Antonio's Nut House and, before that, a Safeway...
Original post made on Jun. 1, 2022Last comment by WilliamR, on Jun 1, 2022 at 6:19 pm | 5 comments | 11922 Views
BOOKS
Old, but still kicking"Old Ladies," by Nancy Huddleston Packer, John Daniel & Company, McKinleyville, Ca., 174 pp., $15 Read the full story...
Original post made on Aug. 21, 2012Last comment by Earline Reid, on Nov 25, 2014 at 9:37 am | 3 comments | 11921 Views
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