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PALO ALTO ISSUES
Tom DuBois enters race for City CouncilTom DuBois, a Midtown resident who jumped into Palo Alto's land-use politics during last year's heated battle over a housing...
Original post made on Jun. 2, 2014Last comment by Resident, on Jun 10, 2014 at 8:22 am | 40 comments | 11261 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Long-awaited Fresh Market opens in Edgewood PlazaOn the opening day of the gourmet grocery store Fresh Market in the renovated Edgewood Plaza, there was one word on people's...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2013Last comment by bb, on Aug 11, 2013 at 12:57 am | 59 comments | 11254 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Kou and Stone to lead Palo Alto as mayor, vice mayorLydia Kou, a real estate agent who in her six years on the City Council established herself as a leading critic of Sacramento...
Original post made on Jan. 10, 2023Last comment by Eric Filseth, on Feb 21, 2023 at 12:26 pm | 20 comments | 11254 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Donkey 'ambassador' to roam Palo AltoMove over, El Palo Alto, the city is about to get a new icon. Read the full story here http://paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2015/04/24/donkey-ambassador-to-roam-palo-alto...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2015Last comment by Resident, on May 1, 2015 at 12:10 pm | 10 comments | 11253 Views
AROUND TOWN
Home Delivery for Milk ?0...
Original post made by DJ on Nov. 21, 2006Last comment by Remember When, on May 6, 2011 at 2:51 pm | 6 comments | 11253 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
EPA calls Page Mill Properties 'predatory'After almost a year of litigation, most of which the city has lost, the East Palo Alto City Council passed a resolution Tuesday...
Original post made on Mar. 2, 2009Last comment by EPA Entrepreneur, on Sep 22, 2015 at 1:33 pm | 5 comments | 11250 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Stanford: Trump immigration ban 'deeply antithetical' to university valuesThe executive order President Donald Trump signed last Friday banning entry into the United States for 90 days for citizens...
Original post made on Feb. 1, 2017Last comment by Sanctimonious City, on Feb 3, 2017 at 1:12 am | 31 comments | 11250 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: The vanishing surplusThe Palo Alto school board has spent months in what we now discover were two alternate realities, one taking place behind...
Original post made on May. 20, 2016Last comment by Take action!, on May 23, 2016 at 9:36 pm | 40 comments | 11248 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto breaks ground on Magical Bridge PlaygroundWith a flash of golden shovels and a spray of dirt picked up on the wind, Magical Bridge Founder Olenka Villareal, Palo Alto...
Original post made on Jun. 23, 2014Last comment by Excited about this magical park, on Jun 25, 2014 at 7:38 pm | 7 comments | 11247 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto to bring back traffic-enforcement teamAfter years of budget cuts and staff freezes, the Palo Alto Police Department is now experiencing an "early thaw" and looking...
Original post made on May. 17, 2013Last comment by Happy, on Jul 6, 2015 at 10:13 pm | 47 comments | 11246 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district fires contractor after trapped ground squirrels diePalo Alto Unified terminated its contract with a pest control company on July 14 after ground squirrels that it trapped were...
Original post made on Jul. 21, 2021Last comment by Demetrius Lanham, on Jul 26, 2021 at 12:32 pm | 20 comments | 11246 Views
AROUND TOWN
Mobile-home park residents host holiday PosadaIn long robes and accompanied by an angel, modern-day versions of Mary and Joseph, parents of the yet-unborn Jesus, beseeched...
Original post made on Dec. 21, 2012Last comment by Greenacres, on Dec 19, 2014 at 11:23 pm | 15 comments | 11246 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto wins state football titlePalo Alto wrapped up the finest football season in 99 years of playing the sport by holding off nationally ranked Centennial...
Original post made on Dec. 17, 2010Last comment by stop, on Dec 21, 2010 at 5:25 pm | 23 comments | 11244 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Traffic-fighting nonprofit struggles to lessen congestionTwo years after Palo Alto jump-started a new nonprofit charged with reducing traffic congestion and offering other commuting...
Original post made on Dec. 27, 2016Last comment by YIMBY, on Jan 7, 2017 at 4:38 am | 25 comments | 11243 Views
AROUND TOWN
Car crashes into Mitchell Park Library on WednesdayA vehicle crashed into the Mitchell Park Library in Palo Alto on Wednesday, causing minor injuries to the driver and passenger...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2023Last comment by Mondoman, on Jan 21, 2023 at 3:17 pm | 4 comments | 11242 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Peninsula leaders split over transportation measureFew would dispute that the Bay Area urgently needs relief from traffic jams, but reasonable people are finding much to disagree...
Original post made on May. 3, 2018Last comment by Online Name, on May 8, 2018 at 11:15 am | 12 comments | 11241 Views
MOVIES
Review: 'Middle Men'Oh, Hollywood. You're always messing with our heads. The opening titles to "Middle Men" say it's "Inspired by a True Story,"...
Original post made on Aug. 7, 2010Last comment by paypal, on Aug 7, 2010 at 10:18 am | 1 comment | 11241 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Citing SB 9 concerns, Palo Alto moves to expand historic registryCiting a desire to protect local landmarks from demolition and redevelopment, the Palo Alto City Council agreed Monday...
Original post made on Mar. 22, 2022Last comment by Jane, on Mar 28, 2022 at 10:36 am | 21 comments | 11240 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Sensory room facilitates learning for students with severe disabilitiesThree special-education specialists have converted a Terman Middle School office into a "sensory room," draped with jungle-themed...
Original post made on Dec. 12, 2014Last comment by Sally Mickel, on Dec 12, 2014 at 10:20 am | 2 comments | 11240 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Request for spare change leads to sexual assault, robberyA woman was sexually assaulted and robbed by a man who asked her for spare change as she entered her car in downtown Palo...
Original post made on Jan. 7, 2019Last comment by DTN Paul, on Jan 9, 2019 at 10:00 pm | 11 comments | 11240 Views
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