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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Off Deadline: Is Silicon Valley's painfully severe 'housing crisis' insoluble?At gatherings late last year, people throughout the Peninsula had a chance to express their feelings and experiences relating...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2018Last comment by Anon, on Jan 25, 2018 at 9:40 am | 45 comments | 11275 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Should high schools report weighted grades?Among the many differences, large and small, between Palo Alto and Gunn high schools is a discrepancy between how school...
Original post made on Oct. 18, 2016Last comment by David Shaw, on Nov 12, 2016 at 11:43 am | 45 comments | 11274 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Citing SB 9 concerns, Palo Alto moves to expand historic registryCiting a desire to protect local landmarks from demolition and redevelopment, the Palo Alto City Council agreed Monday...
Original post made on Mar. 22, 2022Last comment by Jane, on Mar 28, 2022 at 10:36 am | 21 comments | 11273 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford professor, 49ers doctor diesDaniel Garza, the medical director and team physician for the San Francisco 49ers died in his home Tuesday night, according...
Original post made on Oct. 17, 2013Last comment by Jim, on Mar 10, 2014 at 7:22 pm | 5 comments | 11273 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Tom DuBois enters race for City CouncilTom DuBois, a Midtown resident who jumped into Palo Alto's land-use politics during last year's heated battle over a housing...
Original post made on Jun. 2, 2014Last comment by Resident, on Jun 10, 2014 at 8:22 am | 40 comments | 11270 Views
RESTAURANTS
When mochi meets cupcakeMelody Hu has infused her baking business with global elements that reflect flavors tied to her own history as a Taiwanese-American...
Original post made on Jan. 25, 2019Last comment by Tatjana, on Feb 11, 2019 at 5:19 pm | 5 comments | 11270 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
LaDoris Cordell reflects on four years of City Council service0...
Original post made on Dec. 4, 2007Last comment by Cordell admirer, on Dec 8, 2007 at 12:54 pm | 24 comments | 11267 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Peninsula leaders split over transportation measureFew would dispute that the Bay Area urgently needs relief from traffic jams, but reasonable people are finding much to disagree...
Original post made on May. 3, 2018Last comment by Online Name, on May 8, 2018 at 11:15 am | 12 comments | 11267 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
EPA calls Page Mill Properties 'predatory'After almost a year of litigation, most of which the city has lost, the East Palo Alto City Council passed a resolution Tuesday...
Original post made on Mar. 2, 2009Last comment by EPA Entrepreneur, on Sep 22, 2015 at 1:33 pm | 5 comments | 11267 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Shop Talk: Apple to remodel, Greek restaurant opensIn the latest Shop Talk column, read about a planned $6.6-million remodel of the downtown Palo Alto Apple store, a new home...
Original post made on May. 9, 2018Last comment by Love it? no thanks, on May 19, 2018 at 7:22 pm | 9 comments | 11266 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Donkey 'ambassador' to roam Palo AltoMove over, El Palo Alto, the city is about to get a new icon. Read the full story here http://paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2015/04/24/donkey-ambassador-to-roam-palo-alto...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2015Last comment by Resident, on May 1, 2015 at 12:10 pm | 10 comments | 11265 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district fires contractor after trapped ground squirrels diePalo Alto Unified terminated its contract with a pest control company on July 14 after ground squirrels that it trapped were...
Original post made on Jul. 21, 2021Last comment by Demetrius Lanham, on Jul 26, 2021 at 12:32 pm | 20 comments | 11261 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Stanford: Trump immigration ban 'deeply antithetical' to university valuesThe executive order President Donald Trump signed last Friday banning entry into the United States for 90 days for citizens...
Original post made on Feb. 1, 2017Last comment by Sanctimonious City, on Feb 3, 2017 at 1:12 am | 31 comments | 11261 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Long-awaited Fresh Market opens in Edgewood PlazaOn the opening day of the gourmet grocery store Fresh Market in the renovated Edgewood Plaza, there was one word on people's...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2013Last comment by bb, on Aug 11, 2013 at 12:57 am | 59 comments | 11260 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto breaks ground on Magical Bridge PlaygroundWith a flash of golden shovels and a spray of dirt picked up on the wind, Magical Bridge Founder Olenka Villareal, Palo Alto...
Original post made on Jun. 23, 2014Last comment by Excited about this magical park, on Jun 25, 2014 at 7:38 pm | 7 comments | 11258 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford psychology professor Albert Bandura has diedAlbert Bandura, the world-renowned social cognitive psychologist whose Bobo Doll experiments and theory of social learning...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2021Last comment by Wyatt Richter, on Aug 11, 2021 at 11:43 am | 2 comments | 11258 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto to bring back traffic-enforcement teamAfter years of budget cuts and staff freezes, the Palo Alto Police Department is now experiencing an "early thaw" and looking...
Original post made on May. 17, 2013Last comment by Happy, on Jul 6, 2015 at 10:13 pm | 47 comments | 11255 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: The vanishing surplusThe Palo Alto school board has spent months in what we now discover were two alternate realities, one taking place behind...
Original post made on May. 20, 2016Last comment by Take action!, on May 23, 2016 at 9:36 pm | 40 comments | 11254 Views
AROUND TOWN
Home Delivery for Milk ?0...
Original post made by DJ on Nov. 21, 2006Last comment by Remember When, on May 6, 2011 at 2:51 pm | 6 comments | 11254 Views
AROUND TOWN
Mobile-home park residents host holiday PosadaIn long robes and accompanied by an angel, modern-day versions of Mary and Joseph, parents of the yet-unborn Jesus, beseeched...
Original post made on Dec. 21, 2012Last comment by Greenacres, on Dec 19, 2014 at 11:23 pm | 15 comments | 11254 Views
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Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund
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