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AROUND TOWN
Deputy City Manager Rob de Geus to departDeputy City Manager Rob de Geus, a City Hall veteran, will be stepping down at the end of February to start a new job as...
Original post made on Jan. 18, 2019Last comment by Sheri, on Jan 22, 2019 at 10:44 am | 9 comments | 11697 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Dog Mauling Threat0...
Original post made by John on Aug. 24, 2006Last comment by Andrew, on Jul 28, 2017 at 11:39 am | 61 comments | 11695 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 | 11695 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Loudspeaker from CaltrainThe Caltrain speaker noise from the University Avenue station is increasing in volume and frequency, from the dubiously helpful...
Original post made by Sleepless in PA North on Nov. 14, 2013Last comment by Sleepless in PA North, on Nov 27, 2013 at 10:09 pm | 5 comments | 11694 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Civil-rights officials present harassment guidelinesMore than 100 people showed up Thursday night to a parent-education event in which representatives from the U.S. Department...
Original post made on May. 17, 2013Last comment by spectator at large, on Mar 31, 2015 at 1:20 am | 37 comments | 11694 Views
AROUND TOWN
Castilleja proposes enrollment-growth planJust over two years since the City of Palo Alto penalized Castilleja School for exceeding its enrollment cap, the school...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2016Last comment by Sounds terrible, on Feb 1, 2017 at 1:41 pm | 54 comments | 11693 Views
AROUND TOWN
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 | 11692 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
National Merit semi-finalists announcedForty seniors from Palo Alto High School and 33 seniors from Gunn High School have earned recognition as semi-finalists by...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2012Last comment by Student, on Feb 20, 2013 at 9:25 pm | 23 comments | 11691 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Coronavirus weekend update: Santa Clara County adds 82 COVID-19 cases, one more deathSanta Clara County saw its total of coronavirus cases and deaths rise to 1,566 as of Saturday with 82 new cases and one new...
Original post made on Apr. 12, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Apr 14, 2020 at 12:48 pm | 4 comments | 11691 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 | 11691 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 | 11690 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Proposed growth to strain Stanford's traffic-fighting effortA new report for Stanford's general-use permit application shows the university's expansion will create "significant and...
Original post made on Oct. 20, 2017Last comment by Anonymous, on Oct 24, 2017 at 4:24 pm | 23 comments | 11690 Views
AROUND TOWN
Veenker, Lauing and Lythcott-Haims poised to win City Council seatsAttorney Vicki Veenker and planning commissioner Ed Lauing were in the lead position in a race for Palo Alto's three open...
Original post made on Nov. 9, 2022Last comment by Citizen, on Nov 13, 2022 at 10:34 pm | 18 comments | 11687 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Eshoo opens inquiry into Silicon Valley toxic cleanupU.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, has opened an inquiry with the Environmental Protection Agency into shortfalls in the...
Original post made on Apr. 1, 2014Last comment by lmftfy, on Apr 4, 2014 at 12:41 pm | 14 comments | 11686 Views
AROUND TOWN
Guest Opinion: How to help those in crisisThe communities of Palo Alto and Woodside have lost two young people in the past few days to suicide. As we grieve, it is...
Original post made on Oct. 18, 2014Last comment by wrong, on Oct 18, 2014 at 2:27 pm | 1 comment | 11686 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 | 11685 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
County workers to get 'hero pay' for pandemic workThe Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has approved the allocation of American Rescue Plan Act stimulus funds to provide...
Original post made on Oct. 6, 2021Last comment by Julian Guiterrez, on Oct 7, 2021 at 12:41 pm | 17 comments | 11685 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 | 11682 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Responding to sexual harassment: What the law saysFederal, state and school district guidelines offer a framework for the investigation into sexual harassment. The Weekly...
Original post made on Oct. 9, 2015Last comment by Paly Parent, on Oct 10, 2015 at 12:03 pm | 14 comments | 11680 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 | 11677 Views
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