AROUND TOWN 250 homes to be built along Cal Ave, El Camino Long-awaited plans to build 250 homes for Stanford University faculty and low-income Palo Alto residents are expected to have their first airing before the city's Architectura... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 13, 2013 at 4:30 pm There have been 51 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 24, 2013 at 6:24 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Manipulation H1-B visa abuse betrays American Tech workers, helped by Zuckerberg's PAC Recently, Mark Zuckerberg and many other high profile tech representatives, including immigration law firms and many self-interested others - have taken to creating a PAC to p... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by H-1B FACTS, a resident of the Evergreen Park neighborhood, on Apr 13, 2013 at 4:18 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 15, 2013 at 12:23 am.
CRIMES & INCIDENTS Palo Alto man killed in crash A 28-year-old Palo Alto man crashed his car off Page Mill Road in Los Altos Hills and died last weekend, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office said.
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AROUND TOWN Palo Alto kicks off neighborhood-grant program Palo Alto kicked off its latest experiment in engaging local neighborhoods on Friday, April 12, by launching a grant program geared at bringing neighbors closer together.
Rea... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 13, 2013 at 8:52 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Apr 13, 2013 at 8:52 am.
SPORTS Kick for Charity Soccer Camp Looking for a soccer camp this summer?
"Kick for charity" is perfect for children ages 8-12. Taking place from June 3-6, this camp is run by rising sophomores from Paly and G... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Cristobal , a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood, on Apr 12, 2013 at 10:03 pm
AROUND TOWN Just what determines a home's worth? Nancy Dierx has jumped over fences and been bitten by dogs at least three times in her 31 years working as a real-estate appraiser.
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AROUND TOWN Remodel or move? A dozen years have passed since Susan and Hugh Daniels found their perfect neighborhood in Mountain View. At the end of a cul-de-sac, their Cuesta Park house seemed a good spo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 12, 2013 at 6:03 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Apr 12, 2013 at 6:03 pm.
SPORTS Stanford still leads in the Director's Cup Stanford maintains the lead in the NCAA Division I Learfield Director's Cup following a seventh-place finish in men's swimming and diving, eighth place in women's swimming and... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 12, 2013 at 12:30 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Apr 12, 2013 at 12:30 pm.
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO FWD.us lobby group includes Zuckerberg, Schmidt, Musk Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, writing in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal Thursday, announced the launch of a political advocacy group called FWD.us.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS Editorial: Hopeful first reactions on new school calendar While half-way into the first year of a new school calendar is too soon to make any definitive conclusions, a just-completed survey shows strong support across all groups for ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 12, 2013 at 10:41 am There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 15, 2013 at 10:19 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Zone defense: Palo Alto tries to tackle unruly planning problem A flood of development applications and ongoing disputes about "public benefits" have prompted Palo Alto officials to consider major changes to the city's most controversial z... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 12, 2013 at 10:14 am There have been 35 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 16, 2013 at 10:45 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES After two decades, Empire taps out Empire Grill and Tap Room, a chic and polished fixture of downtown Palo Alto for more than 20 years, is preparing to close its doors later this month.
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Holocaust Survivors Share Stories in Honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day To truly understand the fear, the pain and the atrocities of the Holocaust, you must listen to those who survived. In honor of Yom Ha’Shoah or Holocaust Remembrance Day, many... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by lew697, a resident of the Charleston Gardens neighborhood, on Apr 12, 2013 at 8:59 am
PALO ALTO ISSUES On Deadline: A big transition coming in the long urgency of local environmental activism The impending retirement of Michael Closson after a decade leading the Palo Alto-based environmental organization Acterra marks the beginning of a search for a replacement.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS Extensive survey probes parent, student, staff satisfaction with Palo Alto schools Ninety percent of Palo Alto parents and 93 percent of high school students say they are "somewhat satisfied" or "very satisfied" with the education children receive in the Pal... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 11, 2013 at 8:05 pm There have been 20 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 15, 2013 at 10:36 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto city manager suffers collapsed lung Palo Alto City Manager James Keene is recovering from a collapsed lung, which he suffered while running in South Carolina on Saturday.
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Victim stable after East Palo Alto shooting A man was shot in the head in East Palo Alto during a drive-by shooting Wednesday night, according to police.
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AROUND TOWN Palo Alto set to adopt new, belated, housing vision Palo Alto's newest vision for housing is at once a broad roadmap and a delicate compromise, a document that both expresses the city's values and that complies, however grudgin... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 11, 2013 at 11:09 am There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 16, 2013 at 11:29 am.
AROUND TOWN Stanford researchers create transparent mouse brain A group of Stanford University researchers have paved the way for increased transparency -- literally and scientifically -- of one of the least understood organs, the brain.
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Menlo Park: Stanford-Arrillaga plan cuts medical office space by 74 percent As promised, this week Stanford delivered an overview of the latest revisions to its plan for El Camino Real in Menlo Park.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto councilmembers want wider sidewalks Unpopular developments in Palo Alto come in all shapes and sizes, but they tend to have one irksome quality in common -- sidewalks that many resident believe are far too narro... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 11, 2013 at 9:50 am There have been 29 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 11, 2013 at 12:26 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto looks to retain fraud hotline A hotline that Palo Alto set up on a trial basis last year to give City Hall whistleblowers a tool to report fraud, waste and abuse should be kept in place permanently, a City... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 11, 2013 at 9:08 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 11, 2013 at 3:50 pm.
AROUND TOWN Los Altos Hills Fatal Car Crash I'm surprised that the cracking news staff on the Weekly hasn't picked up this story.
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO Obama budget proposal to affect mortgage interest deduction Anyone have an opinion as to whether a moderate to severe reduction in mortgage interest deduction would affect the PA housing market? Is the market too strong to be dented?
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SCHOOLS & KIDS Beloved Former Paly Principal Dresses Down School Board and Superintendent Over PR Hire Buried in the "packet" for last night's school board meeting was a letter from Sandra Pearson, the former Principal of Paly. In her letter, Pearson dressed down the Board and ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Silence Dogood, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Apr 10, 2013 at 7:27 pm There have been 28 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 17, 2013 at 7:42 am.