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AROUND TOWN
Wildfire smoke darkens sky while layer of fog protects Bay Area air qualitySmoke from the August Complex fires in Mendocino County settled on top of a marine layer in the Bay Area Wednesday, turning...
Original post made on Sep. 10, 2020Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Sep 11, 2020 at 11:43 pm | 4 comments | 10554 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Donations pour in to thank Palo Alto track guardsAn effort to thank the security guards who stand watch at several Palo Alto train crossings started as a hopeful Facebook...
Original post made on Dec. 23, 2014Last comment by A Parent, on Jan 1, 2015 at 7:39 pm | 28 comments | 10553 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Editorial: Espinosa, Burt, Yeh, Dykwel for City Council0...
Original post made on Oct. 10, 2007Last comment by Tyler Hanley, on Nov 5, 2007 at 9:35 pm | 113 comments | 10552 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
One hundred years of Paly: High school to celebrate centennialPalo Alto High School is planning a series of events to involve the entire community in celebrating the school's 100-year...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2018Last comment by read the article, on Aug 24, 2018 at 8:36 pm | 8 comments | 10551 Views
SPORTS
Palo Alto's Zhang looks to bring home a medal from RioIf it wasn't for a certain laundry room at Stanford University, Lily Zhang, the highest-ranked women's table tennis player...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2016Last comment by Paly Parent, on Aug 3, 2016 at 4:54 pm | 2 comments | 10551 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Google shows off 'extraordinary' building plans0...
Original post made on Oct. 27, 2008Last comment by Kristine, on Apr 11, 2010 at 7:52 pm | 10 comments | 10549 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Police records reveal nearly 50 car break-ins in Palo Alto within 10 daysFor some local drivers, the holiday season was not the most wonderful time of year. Between Dec. 24 and Jan. 2, nearly 50...
Original post made on Jan. 7, 2020Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Jan 13, 2020 at 12:30 pm | 34 comments | 10549 Views
AROUND TOWN
Page Mill closes offices, fuels speculationPage Mill Properties, which owns about 1,700 apartments in East Palo Alto's Woodland Park neighborhood, shut down its management...
Original post made on Sep. 4, 2009Last comment by Wrong as usual, on Sep 8, 2009 at 9:25 pm | 80 comments | 10549 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Guest Opinion: Before the achievement gap comes the opportunity gapPalo Alto school Superintendent Kevin Skelly raised an important issue with his comments on the difficulty in closing the...
Original post made on Feb. 13, 2009Last comment by Beth Caldwell, on Feb 16, 2009 at 6:16 am | 4 comments | 10548 Views
AROUND TOWN
Hypnotherapy explored as weight-loss alternativeWhen the Weight Watchers diet didn't work for Ellyn Corey, she decided to try hypnotherapy to lose weight. Read the full...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2013Last comment by Dorthy Tyo, on Feb 26, 2013 at 8:43 am | 4 comments | 10547 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Let the buyers beware?0...
Original post made on Apr. 2, 2008Last comment by Don't Sell At Market Rate, on Apr 5, 2008 at 11:30 am | 6 comments | 10545 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Reforms recommended for contentious PC zoning processAfter hours of agonizing, debating, copyediting and wrangling over definitions, Palo Alto's planning commissioners on Wednesday...
Original post made on Mar. 11, 2015Last comment by citizen pa, on Mar 16, 2015 at 6:11 pm | 41 comments | 10545 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board to consider protocols Aug. 280...
Original post made on Aug. 2, 2007Last comment by Bystander, on Aug 12, 2007 at 10:39 am | 60 comments | 10545 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Believe me, sooner or later the Mitchell Park library will openBelieve me, sooner or later the Mitchell Park library will open Read the full guest opinion here http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/story.php?story_id=18492...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2013Last comment by The Obvious, on Mar 4, 2013 at 10:24 am | 14 comments | 10543 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Cities, organizations put a new spin on Halloween traditionsWe've compiled a list of entertaining alternatives Menlo Park, Mountain View and Palo Alto to celebrate the ghoulish Halloween...
Original post made on Oct. 23, 2020Last comment by May Day?, on Oct 24, 2020 at 6:07 pm | 1 comment | 10543 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Judge allows health-care initiative to proceedA measure that would cap how much local health care providers can charge their patients for medical services is set to appear...
Original post made on Aug. 4, 2018Last comment by Resident, on Aug 25, 2018 at 3:17 am | 66 comments | 10542 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Backyard chickens in Palo Alto?0...
Original post made by PA Family on Jun. 27, 2008Last comment by Neighbors Helping Neighbors, on Apr 12, 2013 at 2:19 pm | 17 comments | 10540 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Downtown denizens split over proposed downtown developmentOn Monday night, the City Council is set to consider an appeal of the recently approved multi-story development at 429 University...
Original post made on Apr. 3, 2015Last comment by musical, on Apr 6, 2015 at 11:09 pm | 40 comments | 10540 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Cheese balls, aliens, Angry Birds -- and logical sequencingThe dozens of children who flock to Smita Kolhatkar's lunchtime "Scratch Club" at Barron Park Elementary School create their...
Original post made on Oct. 13, 2012Last comment by Jeanie Smith, on Oct 17, 2012 at 9:10 pm | 3 comments | 10540 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Skeptical council not sold on Page Mill developmentA plan to replace four homes on a busy stretch of Page Mill Road with a three-story building featuring apartments, office...
Original post made on Jan. 27, 2015Last comment by resident 1, on Jan 29, 2015 at 12:33 pm | 36 comments | 10539 Views
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