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Palo Alto bids farewell to popular planning director
Palo Alto on Monday gave an emotional sendoff to Planning Director Curtis Williams, whose mild-mannered leadership, passion for community engagement and encyclopedic knowledge... |
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Contentious Maybell development wins approval
After several false starts, Palo Alto's bitter and deeply emotional debate over a proposed housing development on Maybell Avenue finally reached its conclusion Monday night wh... |
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1 minutes ago by When in Doubt, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Still upset about bag ban
Phase II comes into effect on July 1 and I am still upset about this. This ban is not right and the charge for paper is not right either. Web Link... |
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34 minutes ago by Adapt, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Freecycling: out with the old and in with the 'new'
One person is looking for a rocking chair for a newborn baby. Another, a tote bag to carry a pet guinea pig. One person offers up a nearly new yoga mat; another, a "large-ish ... |
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2 hours ago by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Palo Alto seeks truce in Maybell zoning battle
Palo Alto's rancorous and highly emotional debate over a proposed senior-housing development on Maybell Avenue will spill over into next week after the City Council decided on... |
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11 hours ago by neighbor, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Revived local leadership program graduates 19
A hopeful crop of aspiring civic leaders celebrated a Palo Alto graduation last week. With an oft-cited shortage of volunteers stepping up for city commissions and other commu... |
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15 hours ago by Business as usual, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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New budget signals Palo Alto's economic turnaround
Palo Alto signaled its dramatic economic turnaround on Thursday night when it passed a budget that adds police officers, accelerates street repairs and -- for the first time i... |
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17 hours ago by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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PAUSD and CPA Officials Should Hold Virtual Office Hours
Transparency continues to be a problem with government, at all levels, in my opinion. Local government agencies, like the PAUSD and the City of Palo Alto (CPA), could open th... |
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on Jun 17, 2013 at 10:27 am by anonymous, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Palo Alto looks to strengthen massage law
Palo Alto is plowing ahead with its plan to firm up regulation of local massage practices, but several City Council members said Tuesday night that the ordinance proposed by s... |
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on Jun 16, 2013 at 3:18 pm by Ken, a resident of Menlo Park |
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City in no rush to create Cubberley 'master plan'
As Palo Alto officials plow ahead with negotiations over a new lease for Cubberley Community Center, they are setting aside until a later date broader questions over what type... |
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on Jun 16, 2013 at 12:42 pm by PA Neighbor, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Please stop Paving Paradise and Putting up a .....
Palo Alto was a charming town. The charm is going. Please stop.
I loved Mitchell Park library and agree it needed updating, but to an ugly monstrosity?
Rickys Hyatt was ... |
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on Jun 16, 2013 at 10:48 am by paly parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
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Around Town
PARTY CITY, USA ... If a food-truck gathering, a campout or a yoga session suddenly pops up in your neighborhood, don't be alarmed. It's just Palo Alto's newest grant program ... |
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on Jun 14, 2013 at 3:40 pm by Not an issue, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Fellowship in 'all things Palo Alto' aims to create pipeline of leaders
A hopeful crop of aspiring civic leaders celebrated a Palo Alto graduation last week.
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on Jun 14, 2013 at 3:15 pm by Carroll Harrington, a resident of another community |
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Long-awaited Fresh Market opens in Edgewood Plaza
On the opening day of the gourmet grocery store Fresh Market in the renovated Edgewood Plaza, there was one word on people's minds: "Finally."
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on Jun 14, 2013 at 12:11 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Huge crowd, no ruling on divisive Maybell development
Palo Alto's most intense zoning battle in years will have to wait at least three more days for a resolution after the City Council decided Monday night to postpone a vote on t... |
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on Jun 12, 2013 at 9:09 pm by Pants on fire, a resident of the Charleston Meadows neighborhood |
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City finds fault with application for Buena Vista's conversion
The owner of Palo Alto's only trailer park home must go back to the drawing board in his quest to redevelop the site after the city determined that the application he submitte... |
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on Jun 12, 2013 at 4:29 pm by paly parent, a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
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Editorial: Missteps on council 'reforms'
Considering recent controversies suggesting a lack of sensitivity of current City Council members to the need for transparency and public outreach, the council showed more of ... |
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on Jun 12, 2013 at 10:47 am by Good Grief, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood |
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Police arrest suspect in downtown groping
A San Mateo man who drove up to a woman in Palo Alto and groped her from his car on Wednesday, June 5, was arrested Monday for sexual battery, according to police.
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on Jun 11, 2013 at 9:46 pm by Resident, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Smoke and mirrors: fighting phony fires
Firefighter Daniel Fortino prepares to enter a house filled with fake smoke for a search and rescue training exercise on June 7. The Palo Alto fire department has been using t... |
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on Jun 11, 2013 at 5:07 pm by BePrepared, a resident of another community |
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Palo Alto to weigh smaller City Council
When the Palo Alto City Council meets for its regular meeting on Monday night, it will find itself grappling with a question with existential overtones: Is a nine-member counc... |
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on Jun 11, 2013 at 2:51 pm by Not an issue, a resident of the Community Center neighborhood |
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Residents irked by change in Palo Alto's 'housing vision'
As Palo Alto nears the finish line in adopting a long overdue housing vision, residents in one neighborhood are rising up to protest a late revision in the document that would... |
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on Jun 11, 2013 at 9:18 am by A Very Concerned Mom, a member of the Juana Briones School community |
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Council to rule on divisive senior-housing plan
After two emotional public meetings, Palo Alto officials are preparing to make a major ruling tonight on a development that has stirred anxieties and stoked anger around south... |
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on Jun 10, 2013 at 1:03 pm by Richard C. Placone, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Palo Alto civic hackathon aims to spur innovation
From lasers and marshmallow shooters to tech workshops and TED-style talks, Palo Alto's colorful and eclectic celebration of hacking had something for just about every one of ... |
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on Jun 9, 2013 at 7:15 pm by Wayne Martin, a resident of the Fairmeadow neighborhood |
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Palo Alto allocates $167K to study Newell Bridge Replacement
Maybe this 112 year old structure should just disappear.
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on Jun 9, 2013 at 4:13 pm by Hmmm, a resident of East Palo Alto |
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Ravenswood hires new superintendent
An administrator from a Sacramento-area school district will become the new superintendent of East Palo Alto's Ravenswood City School District on July 1. Gloria Hernandez, as... |
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on Jun 9, 2013 at 11:27 am by Bryan, a resident of another community |