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PALO ALTO ISSUES
Shop Talk: Reach Fitness closes, Blue Bottle to openReach Fitness Club is set to close on Dec. 15, ACE Hardware is using autonomous cars for deliveries and Blue Bottle Coffee...
Original post made on Nov. 22, 2018Last comment by charles reilly, on Nov 23, 2018 at 7:38 am | 1 comment | 8834 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Woman arrested after spree of bank robberiesAn East Palo Alto woman who police say took part in at least nine bank robberies over the summer, including one in Palo Alto...
Original post made on Aug. 8, 2016Last comment by Sylvia, on Aug 9, 2016 at 12:02 pm | 3 comments | 8834 Views
AROUND TOWN
Fearing 'election theft in progress,' Eshoo shows support for Postal ServiceCongresswoman Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, held a press conference on Tuesday morning to address what she labeled as the Trump...
Original post made on Aug. 18, 2020Last comment by mauricio, on Aug 26, 2020 at 11:50 am | 26 comments | 8833 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative awards grants to 41 organizationsThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced today the first 41 beneficiaries of its CZI Community Fund who are working to address...
Original post made on Jan. 17, 2018Last comment by Deborah, on Jan 24, 2018 at 3:17 pm | 3 comments | 8832 Views
AROUND TOWN
First Person: A conversation with Betsy FrancoBetsy Franco, Palo Alto resident and mother of Oscar-nominated actor James Franco, talks to Palo Alto Online about her upcoming...
Original post made on Feb. 28, 2011Last comment by Ann, on Feb 28, 2011 at 2:32 pm | 2 comments | 8831 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto finalizes design on new police headquartersWith the cost of Palo Alto's proposed new public-safety building now hovering above $100 million, City Council members on...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2018Last comment by Anon, on Sep 21, 2018 at 11:18 am | 15 comments | 8829 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Paly teacher Ellen Austin wins Dow Jones awardThe Dow Jones News Fund has named Ellen Austin of Palo Alto High School "National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year."...
Original post made on Sep. 12, 2012Last comment by teach every child, on Sep 16, 2012 at 5:19 pm | 9 comments | 8829 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
What civil-rights investigators found at TermanThe following is a condensed summary of the findings and conclusions contained in the Office for Civil Rights report concerning...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2013Last comment by Hope and change, on Jun 19, 2013 at 4:05 pm | 6 comments | 8829 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Driver who struck bicycling boy won't be chargedA driver who had a small amount of methamphetamine in his blood when he struck and critically injured a 12-year-old Palo...
Original post made on Jul. 18, 2013Last comment by Trainspotting, on Jul 19, 2013 at 6:11 pm | 8 comments | 8828 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Remembering kindness amid atrocitiesLiliane Kuhn was just 1 1/2 years old when a strange woman took her away from her parents. Hitler's henchmen were tightening...
Original post made on Apr. 10, 2015Last comment by Sea Reddy, on Apr 13, 2015 at 2:51 pm | 6 comments | 8828 Views
AROUND TOWN
Leadership change at the Garden Court Hotel in Palo AltoBarbara Gross, the general manager of Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto, is stepping down from her position after 15 years...
Original post made on Apr. 16, 2015Last comment by Anita Cowen, on Apr 23, 2015 at 12:05 pm | 8 comments | 8828 Views
RESTAURANTS
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Original post made by Bill Johnson on May. 30, 2006Last comment by Kavita Bali, on Jun 28, 2007 at 3:17 pm | 4 comments | 8828 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Nonprofit housing execs: 'Palo Alto process' still a problemFor Palo Alto Housing, these are both the best and worst of times. Since the nonprofit's planned senior-apartments and market-rate-housing...
Original post made on Mar. 23, 2018Last comment by Anon, on Mar 24, 2018 at 4:51 pm | 18 comments | 8827 Views
AROUND TOWN
please don't park on the street on street sweeping daysWork crews try to sweep city streets once a week during the fall and winter. Unfortunately, scofflaws parking on the street...
Original post made by resident on Nov. 20, 2013Last comment by , on Nov 20, 2013 at 4:15 pm | 1 comment | 8827 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Street sweeping no parking zones0...
Original post made by JL on Jan. 2, 2007Last comment by HS, on Jan 4, 2007 at 9:36 am | 3 comments | 8826 Views
AROUND TOWN
Webcast: A hospital for the futureDr. George Tingwald, medical planning director for Stanford Health Care, gives an overview of what's inside the new Stanford...
Original post made on Sep. 14, 2019Last comment by AP, on Sep 14, 2019 at 5:39 pm | 1 comment | 8826 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto set to approve digital artwork for City Hall lobbyThe latest element in Palo Alto's roughly $4.5-million effort to enhance the ground floor at City Hall will be nearly impossible...
Original post made on Nov. 26, 2014Last comment by Egos Gratification, on Dec 3, 2014 at 12:22 pm | 27 comments | 8825 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Another civil-rights complaint filed against Palo Alto districtAlready dealing with two new active investigations into whether it violated the civil rights of a Duveneck Elementary School...
Original post made on May. 16, 2013Last comment by spectator at large, on May 21, 2013 at 12:05 am | 81 comments | 8824 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ready for the show timeThe four female Palo Alto High School students who make up the a capella pop ensemble the Heartbeats took the stage recently...
Original post made on May. 13, 2016Last comment by PAUSD Parent, on May 15, 2016 at 6:37 am | 1 comment | 8824 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: Rescind, replace and approveThe Palo Alto Board of Education will make two important decisions next Tuesday night, and both will say a lot about what...
Original post made on Feb. 24, 2017Last comment by PTA Member, on Feb 25, 2017 at 12:40 pm | 8 comments | 8824 Views
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