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SCHOOLS & KIDS
PAMF docs: What we can do to reduce risk for our teensThe pediatricians of Palo Alto Medical Foundation are deeply saddened by the local recent events. The loss of a young person's...
Original post made on Mar. 20, 2015Last comment by Goober from Mayberry, on May 29, 2015 at 7:46 am | 285 comments | 51548 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto to unveil huge 'light sculpture' SaturdayA two-year grassroots effort led by a Palo Alto father and his two young children to bring a 35-foot-tall interactive light...
Original post made on Nov. 11, 2013Last comment by musical, on Nov 26, 2013 at 10:29 am | 25 comments | 51434 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Guest Opinion: 5G cell towers are coming to your neighborhoodPalo Alto neighborhoods may about to experience a significant increase in the number of cell towers along their streets,...
Original post made on May. 15, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Jun 19, 2020 at 10:24 am | 105 comments | 51329 Views
AROUND TOWN
University Art moving to Redwood CityPalo Alto's high rents and impossible land prices are causing another longtime retailer to leave the city. This time, it...
Original post made on Dec. 17, 2013Last comment by Sad but realistic, on Apr 21, 2014 at 9:35 am | 88 comments | 51171 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Want to understand Silicon Valley?We arrived in Palo Alto from Hamburg, Germany, on Aug. 6, 2015, with a 5-year-old daughter who was proud to master writing...
Original post made on May. 27, 2016Last comment by just curious, on May 30, 2017 at 4:37 pm | 58 comments | 51018 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
California could start testing thousands of people for COVID-19 as early as next weekCalifornia could have thousands of more test kits and multiple new laboratories up and running to detect the virus associated...
Original post made on Mar. 13, 2020Last comment by Trump fired the Pandemic Team, on Mar 29, 2020 at 11:37 am | 27 comments | 50671 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Commissioners kick back bike-boulevard planWondering why a plan for a bike boulevard doesn't contain any data about bike trips, the Palo Alto Planning Commission kicked...
Original post made on Nov. 14, 2013Last comment by Douglas Moran, on Nov 18, 2013 at 4:01 pm | 55 comments | 50166 Views
RESTAURANTS
Stanford Shopping Center announces further renovation plansStanford Shopping Center will enjoy a shopping spree of its own over the next two years, spending millions of dollars to...
Original post made on Aug. 1, 2014Last comment by DonaldT, on May 9, 2016 at 12:16 pm | 33 comments | 50145 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Weekend water outage raises concernsA routine replacement of an old water meter at a Palo Alto home conducted by the Utilities Department on Friday, Nov. 15,...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2013Last comment by parishilton, on Feb 27, 2014 at 8:40 am | 22 comments | 50081 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents, school officials, exchange tense wordsFrustrated parents interrupted school district officials Sunday evening in a sometimes tense discussion of the emotional...
Original post made on Feb. 14, 2011Last comment by Bill Johnson, on Feb 25, 2011 at 6:26 pm | 166 comments | 50075 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford grad's site nets Southwest 'cease and desist'When Nikil Viswanathan created a website to automatically check himself in to his flights on Southwest Airlines in January,...
Original post made on Oct. 23, 2012Last comment by some smarter guy, on Nov 3, 2012 at 12:22 pm | 47 comments | 50035 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Gunn, Paly graduates reflect on their high school experiencesGraduates of Gunn and Palo Alto high schools feel well prepared academically and socially for college, though more than a...
Original post made on Nov. 15, 2013Last comment by Midtowner, on Nov 20, 2013 at 10:12 pm | 59 comments | 50029 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
What you and your family can do to prepare for a major emergencyIf you are reading this, my second column, you have already taken the first step towards becoming prepared. You have changed...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2012Last comment by Divya, on Nov 18, 2012 at 12:21 pm | 1 comment | 49947 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Newsom announces $450-per-student incentive to reopen schoolsAfter painting a dark forecast for the pandemic earlier this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday offered parents and students...
Original post made on Jan. 1, 2021Last comment by EYC, on Jan 5, 2021 at 11:48 am | 6 comments | 49745 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Contentious Maybell development wins approvalAfter several false starts, Palo Alto's bitter and deeply emotional debate over a proposed housing development on Maybell...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2013Last comment by BP resident, on Jun 21, 2013 at 11:29 pm | 80 comments | 49610 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
New Documentary: The Great Global Warming Swindle0...
Original post made by Snowman on Mar. 13, 2007Last comment by Anon, on Dec 11, 2013 at 8:30 pm | 94 comments | 49528 Views
AROUND TOWN
What are the pros and cons of owning an Eichler?0...
Original post made by New to Area on Jan. 26, 2007Last comment by Not an issue, on Jul 1, 2013 at 7:24 pm | 39 comments | 49353 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Driven to succeed: How we're depriving teens of a sense of purposeMany Palo Alto adolescents spend their high school years in a contest for credentials, accumulating grades, scores and accolades...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2011Last comment by Citizen, on Nov 30, 2011 at 4:33 pm | 71 comments | 49250 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Home schooling grows upFor many Palo Alto families who opt to home-school their children, the term is a misnomer for what their children's education...
Original post made on Dec. 15, 2017Last comment by Indie-schooling, on Jan 3, 2018 at 1:10 pm | 74 comments | 48816 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Departing police chief reformed department, but violence persistsAs East Palo Alto Police Chief Ron Davis leaves, he does so with only modest regrets — except for one. Read the full...
Original post made on Nov. 8, 2013Last comment by Stewart, on Nov 14, 2013 at 11:15 am | 13 comments | 48780 Views
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