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Nine tips on how to turn a living room ZenIn today's hurried times, a home's living space is often the only, and quickest, escape from the stress of daily life, according...
Original post made on Oct. 9, 2015Last comment by Space, on Oct 9, 2015 at 2:54 pm | 2 comments | 11630 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Connections Program at JLS0...
Original post made by CKL on Apr. 16, 2007Last comment by Connections...Getting There, on Jan 4, 2010 at 9:35 am | 28 comments | 11629 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'We're doing crisis learning': Superintendent addresses hot-button closure issues during live webinarOn Monday, Superintendent Don Austin addressed the realities facing a district that has moved instruction for 12,000 students...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2020Last comment by Silver lining, on Apr 28, 2020 at 9:57 am | 52 comments | 11628 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Editorial: Approve open space Measure AAIt is not an overstatement to say that the creation of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District in 1972 is the single...
Original post made on May. 2, 2014Last comment by THE REAL PLAN, on May 17, 2014 at 8:57 pm | 47 comments | 11627 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Tension grows between City Council, planning commissionIn theory, the Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission serves at the pleasure of the City Council. In practice,...
Original post made on Oct. 22, 2015Last comment by About Time, on Dec 4, 2015 at 10:22 am | 68 comments | 11626 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Design contest set to kick off for Palo Alto's new bike bridgePalo Alto officials agree that the city's new bike bridge over Highway 101 should be a "landmark" structure that showcases...
Original post made on Aug. 27, 2014Last comment by resident, on Dec 11, 2014 at 5:19 pm | 59 comments | 11625 Views
AROUND TOWN
After more coronavirus closures, how deep will California's recession go?As the health crisis unfolds, changing state and local health orders have combined with intense financial anxiety and confusion...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2020Last comment by Resident, on Jul 22, 2020 at 8:32 am | 19 comments | 11625 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 | 11625 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto holds grand opening of Mitchell Park LibraryDroves of Palo Alto residents turned out Dec. 6 for the grand opening of the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center and...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2014Last comment by Well., on Dec 15, 2014 at 9:33 pm | 34 comments | 11624 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
New Stanford building gathers neuroscience researchers, cliniciansStanford University's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center as well as its Center for Memory Disorders are among the groups...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2016Last comment by JHC, on Feb 10, 2016 at 9:03 am | 6 comments | 11621 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mental health clinic for youth coming to Menlo ParkBy the end of next summer, if all goes according to plan, Menlo Park will have a mental health clinic just for young people....
Original post made on Oct. 12, 2016Last comment by Sarah1000, on Oct 16, 2016 at 11:11 am | 12 comments | 11620 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Editorial: The perils of state actionState legislators who are pushing for new laws forcing cities to allow dense, multi-family housing developments in single-family...
Original post made on Mar. 29, 2019Last comment by Anon, on Apr 4, 2019 at 2:40 pm | 52 comments | 11620 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Cordell: A different solution for Buena Vista"In recognition of the unique situation and vulnerability of mobile home owners, the State Legislature adopted the Mobilehome...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2015Last comment by Crescent Park Dad, on Apr 29, 2015 at 10:01 am | 109 comments | 11617 Views
MOVIES
'Wild' woman blues<B> (Guild) Read the full story here http://paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2014/12/05/wild-woman-blues posted Friday, December...
Original post made on Dec. 5, 2014Last comment by musical, on Dec 5, 2014 at 6:13 pm | 2 comments | 11617 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto High goes back to schoolPaly Alto High School's campus was hectic with a mix of excitement, nerves and some dread about the year ahead on the first...
Original post made on Aug. 15, 2016Last comment by Sally Kadifa, on Aug 18, 2016 at 9:43 pm | 16 comments | 11615 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 | 11614 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Stanford asks county to halt GUP hearingsStanford University has asked the county Planning Commission to delay hearings on the university's expansion application,...
Original post made on May. 10, 2019Last comment by Curmudgeon, on May 11, 2019 at 12:42 pm | 9 comments | 11614 Views
AROUND TOWN
Real life after reality TV0...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2007Last comment by haha-- bithcy samantha bonderman, on Jul 6, 2007 at 10:50 am | 43 comments | 11610 Views
AROUND TOWN
Guest OpinionThe best for our best friends Read the full story here http://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2014/02/14/guest-opinion...
Original post made on Feb. 16, 2014Last comment by Palo Alto Homeless Dogs, on Feb 26, 2014 at 12:35 pm | 4 comments | 11607 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Tasers in Palo Alto?0...
Original post made by Nat on Dec. 4, 2006Last comment by David E Zuskin, on Feb 3, 2008 at 9:06 pm | 37 comments | 11606 Views
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