PALO ALTO ISSUES Caltrain plans signal-safety upgrades at Palo Alto Two of Palo Alto's most important Caltrain crossings could receive safety improvements to train-approach warning systems as part of a $1.8 million project. The Peninsula Joint... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 4, 2013 at 10:17 am There have been 22 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 8, 2013 at 11:38 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Flag flys over King Plaza at Palo Alto City Hall Perhaps a more honorable flag to fly at King Plaza at City Hall would be the POW/MIA flag supported by the 101st Congress and passed as Law 101-355 recognizing the flag in sup... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Paco, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood, on Apr 3, 2013 at 5:33 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 4, 2013 at 5:00 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Planned dog park in north Palo Alto hits a snag Palo Alto's plan to give residents in the north part of the city their first dog park is now in limbo after officials learned that visiting pooches would be exercising too clo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 3, 2013 at 9:13 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 3, 2013 at 4:06 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Local news not being reported - flood control measure approved I heard on the radio about the City Council approving some flood control measures last night at the meeting and have come to find out more details here. Unfortunately, all tha... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Apr 2, 2013 at 1:30 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 2, 2013 at 7:01 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Legal demand shuts down Edgewood Eats An attorney's letter citing several City of Palo Alto ordinances has shut down the popular food-truck event Edgewood Eats.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Legal demand shuts down Edgewood Eats An attorney's letter citing several City of Palo Alto ordinances has shut down the popular food-truck event Edgewood Eats.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto moves to support same-sex marriage Palo Alto officials enthusiastically jumped into the national debate over same-sex marriage on Monday night when they passed a resolution opposing Proposition 8 and agreed to ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Apr 2, 2013 at 7:36 am There have been 58 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 3, 2013 at 6:30 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto City Manager set to receive 25% raise in supplemental retirement income No, this is not an "April Fools" joke, except perhaps one foisted upon the taxpayers and employees of the City of Palo Alto. City Manager James Keene is scheduled to receive a... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by The Shadow Knows, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood, on Apr 1, 2013 at 3:00 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 2, 2013 at 3:37 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Greendale to lead city's organic-waste experiment
South Palo Alto neighborhood chosen for a pilot project in which black trash bins will give way to green ones
For residents of Palo Alto's Greendale neighborhood, the ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor\'s corrections, a resident of the Greendell/Walnut Grove neighborhood, on Apr 1, 2013 at 1:56 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 4, 2013 at 10:57 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Greendale to lead city's organic-wast experiment
South Palo Alto neighborhood chosen for a pilot project in which black trash bins will give way to green ones.
For residents of Palo Alto's Greendale neighborhood, the r... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, a resident of the Greendell/Walnut Grove neighborhood, on Apr 1, 2013 at 1:51 pm
PALO ALTO ISSUES Editorial: For now, a required 'public benefit' slips away There is plenty of blame to go around in any assessment of why Miki's Farm Fresh Market will have to close its doors next week, after less than six months as the anchor tenant... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 29, 2013 at 6:34 am There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 29, 2013 at 5:15 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES ClimateOne zings PA on housing From the March 22 ClimateOne podcast.
Gabriel Metcalf, the Executive Director of San Francisco Planning and Urban Research Association (SPUR) started off by stating that c... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Steve Raney, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood, on Mar 28, 2013 at 6:35 pm There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 2, 2013 at 8:23 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Air pollutants linked to higher risk of birth defects Breathing traffic pollution in early pregnancy is linked to a higher risk for certain serious birth defects, according to new research from the Stanford University School of M... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 28, 2013 at 11:03 am There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 31, 2013 at 8:50 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Greenmeadow to lead city's organic-waste experiment For residents of Palo Alto's Greenmeadow neighborhood, the routine chore of putting out black trash bins for Wednesday's garbage pickup took on added significance this week.
... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 28, 2013 at 8:23 am There have been 63 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 13, 2013 at 11:09 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Planned dog park in north Palo Alto hits a snag Palo Alto's plan to give residents in the north part of the city their first dog park is now in limbo after officials learned that visiting pooches would be exercising too clo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 26, 2013 at 10:17 pm There have been 26 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 18, 2013 at 10:42 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES JJ&F Market renovation on hold While residents are still absorbing the shock that Miki's Farm Fresh Market will close just six months after it opened at the renovated Alma Plaza, plans to revitalize another... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 26, 2013 at 10:37 am There have been 44 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 31, 2013 at 8:36 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Robert Smithwick, Foothill's 'founding father' dies Robert Smithwick, a founder of Foothill College who served as a trustee for nearly 35 years, died Friday at his home in Los Altos Hills. He was 92.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto water rates set to rise again Palo Alto residents will see their water bills rise yet again in July, despite successful efforts in recent years to conserve water.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Daily News to cut two print days per week Palo Alto-based newspaper The Daily News announced today it would decrease the frequency at which it publishes its print edition each week.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Around Town RECUSE ME ... The issue of not enough parking downtown hits close to home for members of the Palo Alto City Council, and not just because they get an earful from exa... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 22, 2013 at 4:33 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 22, 2013 at 11:55 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Shop Talk PIAZZA EXPANSION COMPLETE ... A sigh of relief has swept over Piazza's Fine Foods at 3922 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto's Charleston Shopping Center. The nearly $2 million, ye... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 22, 2013 at 4:28 pm There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 23, 2013 at 10:47 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Former Paly baseball coach arrested for child molestation Joel Kaufman, a former Palo Alto High School coach accused of child molestation, surrendered himself to Contra Costa sheriffs today, March 22.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Health care: Palo Alto's painful dilemma In 2009, Palo Alto's elected leaders and top management responded to the financial walloping of the Great Recession by embarking on a path toward benefit reform. The effort is... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 22, 2013 at 10:37 am There have been 55 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 28, 2013 at 4:34 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto's painful dilemma In 2009, Palo Alto's elected leaders and top management responded to the financial walloping of the Great Recession by embarking on a path toward benefit reform.
Read the ful... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Mar 22, 2013 at 9:21 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 23, 2013 at 3:15 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto looks to ban smoking at all small parks More than half of Palo Alto parks would become smoke-free zones under a law change that a City Council committee abruptly proposed Tuesday night.
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