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PALO ALTO ISSUES
Editorial: Missing a housing opportunityThe single greatest obstacle to creating additional housing in Palo Alto for anyone other than highly paid professionals...
Original post made on Feb. 16, 2018Last comment by Anon, on Feb 21, 2018 at 1:53 pm | 26 comments | 11928 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Minor injuries in school bus collisionA Cadillac Escalade SUV clipped a school bus this morning when it veered into oncoming traffic on West Bayshore and Embarcadero...
Original post made on Oct. 29, 2013Last comment by Finally , on Oct 29, 2013 at 6:53 pm | 2 comments | 11928 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
At-risk man reported missing from East Palo AltoAuthorities are seeking the public's help in locating a man last seen in East Palo Alto on Monday afternoon, according to...
Original post made on Mar. 23, 2021Last comment by Squidsie, on Mar 24, 2021 at 9:20 am | 1 comment | 11926 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Miki approved as new College Terrace grocerMiki Werness, whose well acclaimed but financially troubled grocery store fizzled in Alma Village last year, will get another...
Original post made on Dec. 16, 2014Last comment by Annette, on Dec 20, 2014 at 7:44 am | 47 comments | 11925 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Painful bullying stories told to school boardAmid tearful recountings by parents of painful school bullying situations, Palo Alto school board members and Superintendent...
Original post made on Feb. 13, 2013Last comment by Misha, on Feb 18, 2013 at 7:35 pm | 124 comments | 11925 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stanford to launch new youth mental health servicesStanford Children’s Health and Lucile Packard Children’'s Hospital will be addressing in 2017 what they describe as "immediate...
Original post made on Dec. 20, 2016Last comment by Mama Bear, on Dec 29, 2016 at 12:20 pm | 13 comments | 11922 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford's No. 3 football ranking is one for the agesThe ugly loss to Northwestern to start the season is all but forgotten by the Stanford football team, which climbed to No....
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2016Last comment by macbaldy, on Jan 19, 2016 at 1:09 pm | 9 comments | 11922 Views
AROUND TOWN
2014 Election Central: Palo Alto City CouncilAll the latest news on the 2014 Palo Alto City Council race. With five seats open, 12 candidates are making their bids: Wayne...
Original post made on Nov. 2, 2014There are no comments yet. 11920 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Con man Simon Gann loose in Bay Area, police sayGood Samaritans beware: A traveling con man has returned to the Bay Area, and may be only too eager to help relieve you of...
Original post made on Mar. 13, 2012Last comment by hmmm, on Mar 14, 2012 at 10:19 pm | 7 comments | 11919 Views
AROUND TOWN
Counties face a 'dramatic and breathtaking explosion' of COVID casesSanta Clara and San Mateo counties are now seeing more COVID-19 cases than at any other time during the pandemic, health...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2022Last comment by Anthony Jeffers, on Jan 20, 2022 at 11:55 am | 9 comments | 11919 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
District moves to correct civil-rights violationsA Palo Alto special-education student whose complaints of bullying and harassment led to a federal civil-rights investigation...
Original post made on Feb. 22, 2013Last comment by wondering, on Feb 24, 2013 at 5:11 pm | 106 comments | 11918 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto's new bike bridge is almost ready to debutAfter a decade of debate and two years of construction, Palo Alto's new bike bridge over U.S. Highway 101 will officially...
Original post made on Nov. 18, 2021Last comment by Ted, on Nov 22, 2021 at 4:53 pm | 12 comments | 11917 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 | 11917 Views
AROUND TOWN
Study aims to bring data to Palo Alto's loud debate over airplane noiseWith citizen complaints about airplane noise on the rise, Palo Alto officials on Monday agreed to commission a study focused...
Original post made on Aug. 26, 2015Last comment by Resident, on Sep 29, 2015 at 6:54 pm | 201 comments | 11914 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
After resounding defeat, the lessons of MaybellHousing advocates clashed with neighborhood preservationists in Palo Alto on Election Night. When the dust settled, it wasn't...
Original post made on Nov. 8, 2013Last comment by PA Dweller, on Nov 8, 2013 at 6:21 pm | 25 comments | 11913 Views
AROUND TOWN
Pollen source - Chinese elm?For the first time in over ten years I got severe hayfever symptoms this past weekend in Palo Alto. The symptoms tend to...
Original post made by Hayfevered on Sep. 15, 2010Last comment by got rid of my own allergies naturally, on May 20, 2014 at 1:58 am | 17 comments | 11913 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 | 11913 Views
AROUND TOWN
Shop Talk: Barry's Bootcamp coming to Palo AltoIn this week's retail column, find out where cult-workout favorite Barry's Bootcamp is opening in Palo Alto plus a new teenage...
Original post made on May. 1, 2017Last comment by cat, on Aug 14, 2017 at 7:34 am | 5 comments | 11911 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto bike-sharing program hits speed bumpA bicycle-sharing program will be doomed to fail in Palo Alto unless planners place the rental stations in locations that...
Original post made on Aug. 2, 2012Last comment by Mark, on Nov 9, 2012 at 11:38 am | 20 comments | 11910 Views
SPORTS
Menlo-Atherton wrestler wins a state titleMenlo-Atherton senior Alexia Benoussan became Menlo-Atherton’s third girls state wrestling champion when she beat Los Gatos’...
Original post made on Feb. 28, 2022Last comment by Samuel L, on Feb 28, 2022 at 1:11 pm | 2 comments | 11909 Views
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