Town Square
Sort by: Most recent topic/comment Most viewed Most comments
Navigation tip: Clicking on any category label will display all recent posts in that category
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto seeks flickers of hope for fiber networkAs local technologists can readily vouch, Palo Alto's journey toward a citywide high-speed Internet network has been anything...
Original post made on May. 14, 2013Last comment by just thinkin', on May 20, 2013 at 4:13 pm | 29 comments | 44153 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Coronavirus weekend update: Peninsula holds firm as other counties move to reopen some businessesCOVID-19 infections rose on the Peninsula over the past week, with Santa Clara and San Mateo counties together reporting...
Original post made on May. 9, 2020Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on May 28, 2020 at 11:02 am | 104 comments | 44142 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Out of bounds? Drawing the line between 'motivational' and 'abusive' coaching in Palo Alto high schools -- Part 1Some coaches generate explosions of parent and player complaints. Others inspire impassioned praise and loyalty. Sometimes...
Original post made on May. 14, 2010Last comment by PA student, on May 23, 2010 at 8:14 pm | 168 comments | 44076 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Project WeHOPE offers shelter, restores dignityProject WeHOPE has grown in strides since it was founded in the winter of 2009. Read the full story here http://paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2013/11/15/project-wehope-offers-s...
Original post made on Nov. 15, 2013Last comment by member, on Nov 15, 2013 at 3:11 pm | 1 comment | 43974 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Union charges Palo Alto with violating lawPalo Alto's largest labor union has filed an "unfair practice charge" against the city, accusing city officials of acting...
Original post made on Sep. 25, 2009Last comment by Dried up Nanny, on Sep 30, 2009 at 11:25 am | 86 comments | 43909 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Frank Greene, Silicon Valley technology pioneer, dies at 71Frank S. Greene, a pioneering Silicon Valley technologist, died unexpectedly Saturday at El Camino Hospital. He was 71. Greene...
Original post made on Dec. 28, 2009Last comment by Frank Greene III, on Jul 3, 2013 at 12:07 am | 33 comments | 43891 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Un-forgetting the segregationist history of Palo Alto (and Daly City, and San Francisco, and…)Richard Rothstein presents the Bay Area as Exhibit A of how tangible segregationist housing policy had been implemented in...
Original post made on Jun. 28, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Jul 5, 2020 at 11:38 am | 31 comments | 43682 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Arrest made in burglary at DuveneckSeven people have been linked to a school burglary that occurred in Palo Alto over the summer, police said today. Several...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2011Last comment by monarch, on Dec 2, 2011 at 3:37 pm | 15 comments | 43606 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'No other choice': Families leave Palo Alto for schools, states and countries where classrooms are openAn educational exodus in Palo Alto reflects a deep frustration among families over stalled reopening decisions, patchy online...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2021Last comment by Christine C, on Feb 10, 2021 at 11:36 am | 55 comments | 43374 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
William 'Rick' Singer, lead of college admissions scam, had many Palo Alto connectionsWilliam Singer, the Newport Beach, California man at the head of an elaborate fraud to get students of wealthy families into...
Original post made on Mar. 13, 2019Last comment by complete fraud, on May 26, 2019 at 11:19 pm | 55 comments | 43359 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Palo Alto man charged with six felonies in sex caseA Palo Alto man who was arrested in June for allegedly raping a woman he knew at his home has been charged with six felony...
Original post made on Jul. 21, 2016Last comment by peppered, on Jul 22, 2016 at 1:19 pm | 6 comments | 43315 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Former Palo Altans trade Silicon Valley lifestyle for better 'quality of life' elsewhereFormer Palo Altans have a spectrum of attitudes toward their city and Silicon Valley, which has burgeoned into a technological,...
Original post made on Aug. 10, 2018Last comment by mauricio, on Aug 23, 2018 at 10:29 am | 201 comments | 43244 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Employers open health clinics at the workplaceJanice Posa knew something was wrong with her elbow when it became swollen, red and painful to the touch. But the HP employee,...
Original post made on Jul. 5, 2013Last comment by Heather Smith, on May 17, 2014 at 7:07 am | 15 comments | 43237 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Report: More people leaving Valley than coming inThe 2017 Silicon Valley Index shows that the area's economy, despite a slight slowdown from 2015, continues to chug along...
Original post made on Feb. 17, 2017Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Feb 20, 2017 at 4:02 pm | 61 comments | 43230 Views
AROUND TOWN
Catching neighbors who fall through the gapA Palo Alto neighborhood group is working to turn a holiday food drive for needy neighbors into a monthly grocery giveaway....
Original post made on Jan. 29, 2013Last comment by Neighbors Helping Neighbors, on Oct 6, 2015 at 8:41 am | 9 comments | 43165 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Lydia Kou joins Palo Alto's council raceThe race for the Palo Alto City Council heated up Tuesday as two more residents declared their intentions to run for a seat...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2014Last comment by Cindy J, on Aug 26, 2014 at 10:54 pm | 45 comments | 43073 Views
AROUND TOWN
A gem of open spaceFor decades, coyotes, hawks and dusky-footed woodrats have roamed the secluded INE Ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Few...
Original post made on Mar. 21, 2014Last comment by Garrett, on Mar 22, 2014 at 5:48 pm | 19 comments | 43019 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: The school board's nadirThere are so many ways the public, students and teachers were disrespected by the school board and Superintendent Kevin Skelly...
Original post made on Jan. 31, 2014Last comment by How do you spell relief?, on Nov 26, 2014 at 11:26 am | 331 comments | 43017 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Keeble & Shuchat to close in OctoberFacing a changing industry and declining profits, one of the Bay Area's last major brick-and-mortar camera stores, Palo Alto's...
Original post made on Sep. 15, 2016Last comment by musical, on Sep 25, 2016 at 1:46 am | 100 comments | 42922 Views
BOOKS
Guest Opinion: Library efficiency is improved, but we truly need better buildings0...
Original post made on Sep. 2, 2008Last comment by Bill, on Sep 10, 2008 at 5:58 am | 121 comments | 42884 Views
Stay informed.
Get the day's top headlines from Palo Alto Online sent to your inbox in the Express newsletter.
This barbecue business was kicked out of Belmont. Now it's a Sunday fixture in Redwood City.
By The Peninsula Foodist | 6 comments | 5,642 views
Mandates or Markets for Environmental Policy?
By Sherry Listgarten | 8 comments | 3,406 views
Can the Memphis police behavior ever happen here?
By Diana Diamond | 43 comments | 2,511 views
Housing Element Update
By Steve Levy | 4 comments | 467 views
