PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto rises to the 'Cool Cities Challenge' Palo Alto's next green program won't rely on tough energy standards or strict building codes but on hundreds of volunteer teams preaching the gospel of conservation to their f... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 23, 2012 at 7:28 am There have been 23 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 25, 2012 at 12:41 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Letters Buena Vista diversity
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto banking on a leaner Fire Department Palo Alto's effort to transform its Fire Department into a leaner and more flexible organization with a greater emphasis on medical response has already resulted in a dramatic... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 19, 2012 at 3:12 pm There have been 31 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 23, 2012 at 2:41 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto considers Citizens United Corporations are not people. Money is not speech. These maxims have become a rallying cry for opponents of the recent decision in the case of Citizens United vs. Federal Elect... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 19, 2012 at 9:47 am There have been 31 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 24, 2012 at 10:05 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Shop Talk: Rocket Fizz set to open downtown Imagine this: soda that tastes like bacon. "And if you add a little salt, it tastes exactly like a crisp strip of sizzling bacon," claims the owner of Rocket Fizz, a soda/cand... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 19, 2012 at 8:45 am There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 23, 2012 at 4:45 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Scam -- or alternate business model? Local residents have been caught in a five-year debate over the activities of one man, a real-estate investor named Jason Buzi.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Worker plunges 25 feet into elevator shaft A construction worker in the Stanford Research Park was injured Wednesday morning after falling 25 feet down an elevator shaft, the Palo Alto Fire Department said.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Credit union robbed on El Camino Real in Palo Alto Palo Alto police are searching for a man who allegedly vaulted over a counter at Star One Credit Union, removed cash from teller drawers and made off with an undisclosed amoun... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 18, 2012 at 9:52 am There have been 13 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 23, 2012 at 9:25 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto in 'uncharted' territory on compost The future of organic waste in Palo Alto remains hazy, but city officials hope to solve this messy and divisive dilemma by early 2014 and are now looking to the free market fo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 18, 2012 at 9:05 am There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 22, 2012 at 8:18 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Great ShakeOut rumbles through Bay Area Oct. 18 There likely won't be any freeway closures, power outages or overturned supermarket shelves, but on Oct. 18 at 10:18 a.m., wherever people are they will take cover as if an ea... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 17, 2012 at 3:40 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 26, 2012 at 1:01 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES City Council members to fight massive buildings? Which city council members running for election are interested in enforcing regulations and not allowing huge blocky construction like the new Alma plaza? It is built right o... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Michele, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood, on Oct 17, 2012 at 10:39 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 17, 2012 at 12:59 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto Utilities at top of customer satisfaction survey Heard about this on the radio yesterday. Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Oct 17, 2012 at 7:58 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 17, 2012 at 1:03 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto beefs up rules for downtown parking A Palo Alto law that relaxed parking regulations for developers with downtown projects began its transition from the city's zoning code to its history books Monday night after... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 16, 2012 at 6:58 am There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 25, 2012 at 10:12 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES San Antonio bike lanes Now that San Antonio Rd between Charleston and Middlefield Rd Southbound is paved and traffic lanes marked, it is a bit of wonderment to the rhyme or reason for the number ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by bicyclist, a resident of the The Greenhouse neighborhood, on Oct 15, 2012 at 12:52 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 17, 2012 at 1:18 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Letters Save Buena Vista
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PALO ALTO ISSUES City looks to tighten parking requirements downtown When Palo Alto officials decided to ease the parking rules for downtown developers nearly three decades ago, they did not envision the drought of parking spots that today plag... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 12, 2012 at 1:13 pm There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 15, 2012 at 3:56 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Ballot measure: Palo Alto sucked into statewide marijuana debate After wafting through Los Angeles, San Jose and Oakland, California's cloudy debate over marijuana law will drift into Palo Alto next month, when voters consider whether to al... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 12, 2012 at 10:13 am There have been 24 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 20, 2012 at 8:33 am.
PALO ALTO ISSUES After seven years, Alma Plaza has a grocery store Michael "Miki" Werness gestured to the stretch of empty, black countertops in the middle of the produce section at Miki's Farm Fresh Market on Wednesday, Oct. 10. "You'll prob... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 12, 2012 at 10:04 am There have been 70 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 25, 2013 at 4:27 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto plows ahead with more pension reforms Palo Alto's effort to curb the exploding costs of employee benefits will hit a milestone this week, when the City Council officially reduces pension benefits for newly hired p... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 12, 2012 at 8:28 am There have been 27 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 16, 2012 at 1:28 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Mysterious object that hit car confirmed as train part A mysterious object that slammed into a parked Chevrolet Suburban in Palo Alto earlier this week has been identified as part of a train. But the part is from a Union Pacific l... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 11, 2012 at 3:33 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 12, 2012 at 1:17 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Road-striping work begins on San Antonio Road Road-striping work began Wednesday night, Oct. 10, on San Antonio Road in Palo Alto, according to Public Communications Manager Linda Clerkson.
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PALO ALTO ISSUES Palo Alto mulls changes to building-height limits Faced with a stampede of massive new developments, Palo Alto officials are taking a fresh look at the zoning code and considering whether it's time to puncture the city's 50-f... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 10, 2012 at 11:11 pm There have been 80 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 24, 2012 at 3:25 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES New buildings at Stanford Web Link
Stanford Daily article today notes new Arts buildings at Stanford (Bing Concert Hall, and McMur... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Wishful thinking?, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood, on Oct 9, 2012 at 11:30 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 9, 2012 at 1:51 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Gray injects green into council campaign Tim Gray's dark-horse candidacy for the Palo Alto City Council received a major boost from a $30,000 contribution that the financial consultant has injected into his own campa... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 9, 2012 at 10:15 am There have been 24 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 13, 2012 at 4:50 pm.
PALO ALTO ISSUES Around Town SKY'S THE LIMIT ... How high is too high? That is the central question these days for Palo Alto officials awash in building proposals. Normally, the city's 50-foot height limi... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Palo Alto Online, on Oct 7, 2012 at 7:23 pm There have been 10 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 8, 2012 at 2:24 pm.