SCHOOLS & KIDS
PAUSD parallels?
We read with dismay an article concerning the proposed dollar increase in the children's lunch program combined with the depletion of the staff involved that influence the def... |
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on May 22, 2007 at 6:44 pm by Palo alto mom, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City employees exhorbitant salaries need to be cut down
City of Palo Alto 2009 gross salary data was recently published
Web Link
I find it absolutely shocking that it is so high, ... |
Shocked |
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on Apr 4, 2010 at 4:22 pm by lifetime jobs?, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
PAMF parking garage vandalism
our minivan was vandalized last week in the underground PAMF garage. And it wasn't just a casual key scrape.
Windshield wipers were snapped off and thrown 50 feet. The outs... |
shocked and awed |
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on Dec 13, 2007 at 2:59 pm by Anamika, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
BOOKS
Kindle not elibrary compatible!
I'm shocked to learn that my Kindle is incompatible with the elibrary software. Will Amazon ever support e library books? Basically the answer is no... really never. http:/... |
shocked in Silicon Vallley |
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on Sep 21, 2011 at 2:26 pm by palo alto mom, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
New Fresh And Easy in Mountain View.
Having received coupons in the mail and being in the area, I tried out the new Fresh and Easy Supermarket at Rengstorff/Middlefield.
Most of the produce was prepackaged, as... |
Shopper |
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on Mar 25, 2012 at 3:14 pm by Shopper, a resident of the Palo Verde neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto needs cheaper clothing store
Interesting editorial in the Paly student newspaper.
Is Palo Alto losing out on huge amounts of sales tax revenue because of the very limited selection of stores in the the... |
shopper |
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on Oct 9, 2011 at 9:10 am by palo alto mom, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
giant supermarket coming to San Antonio Shopping Center
NIMBYs have killed all attempts by developers to build bigger supermarkets in Palo Alto over the last couple of decades. Palo Alto residents are forced to shop in other cities... |
shopper |
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on Sep 9, 2010 at 10:07 am by SteveU, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
huge expansion proposed for San Antonio Shopping Center
NIMBYs keep killing new retail projects inside Palo Alto, but our neighbors to the south are more enthusiastic. Story in the Mercury-News: Web Link... |
shopper |
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on May 19, 2010 at 1:35 pm by palo alto mom, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
New Kohl's in Mountain View
The new Kohl's opened today with few parking spots in the vicinity and long lines at the checkout. Many customers appeared to be applying for the store card for additional dis... |
Shopper |
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on Oct 2, 2009 at 4:20 pm by Overcharging, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Groceries lie dormant in Palo Alto
Sounds like the NIMBYs are blocking all attempts to bring new grocery stores to Palo Alto. Story in the Mercury-News: Web Link |
shopper |
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on Jul 21, 2009 at 9:37 pm by OhlonePar, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
What Palo Altans want in a grocery store
We have had many discussions on this topic without actually finding out what we, the shoppers, actually want.
I am starting a list of the things we feel that we would like ... |
Shopper |
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on Jul 20, 2009 at 6:28 pm by cecelia horn, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
51,000 sq ft grocery store coming to Menlo Park
What gives with all the tiny supermarkets (less than 20,000 square feet) in Palo Alto. Small stores have terrible selections, especially for fresh foods and ethnic foods. No... |
shopper |
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on Jul 18, 2009 at 11:36 pm by resident, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Plastic grocery /shopping bags - again
As someone who is doing my best to always have reusable bags when I go shopping and collecting all the plastic bags that come into my house to take to recycle at one of the ma... |
Shopper |
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on Sep 11, 2008 at 5:34 am by Walter E. Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Trader Joe's at Town & Country
Anyone know what's happening with Trader Joe's? When will it be open? |
Shopper |
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on Aug 12, 2008 at 8:43 pm by Waiting..., a member of the Palo Alto High School community |
AROUND TOWN
Sears grand re-opening (?)
Went to Sears today and was surprised that they announced today was their first grand re-opening. It was about as busy as it ever was and looked pretty much the same. They do ... |
Shopper |
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on Dec 3, 2007 at 4:42 pm by bikes2work, a member of the Santa Rita (Los Altos) community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Another new grocery store
Sprouts just opened in the old Tower/Rasputin location on San antonio and El Camino. They have a very nice layout, a good selection of foods, with plenty of easy parking--tha... |
Shops outside of Palo Alto |
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on Sep 24, 2012 at 10:21 am by stores don\'t have to be large, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto, Choked By Famously Free Parking, May Consider Pricing the Curb
Streetsblog article "Palo Alto, Choked By Famously Free Parking, May Consider Pricing the Curb": Web Link... |
should parking be tax-subsidized? |
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on Jul 30, 2012 at 2:02 pm by Adina, a resident of Menlo Park |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
How do we know that MI really works?
I've been trying to follow the MI debate and I hear a lot about fairness and process and legality and strategic plans, but it seems to me that the whole MI discussion is based... |
ShowMe |
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on Feb 20, 2009 at 1:32 pm by Kathryn Lindholm-Leary, a resident of Woodside |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
No More Free Shuttle to Terman or Gunn!
Just a reminder to those Terman & Gunn students that relied on the free shuttle to school- rumor has it that the shuttle won't be running this school year to Terman or Gunn. ... |
Shuttle-Less |
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on Aug 13, 2008 at 9:23 pm by Resident, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Why isn't hp being asked to pay for employee housing?
My headline is meant in a whimsical way. Why does Stanford go under the gun on housing, but when thousands of hp employees move their jobs to Palo Alto, not a peep? Not a word... |
Sierra |
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on Aug 6, 2010 at 11:30 am by HPEngineer, a resident of another community |
PALO ALTO ISSUES
What would Palo Alto be like if Stanford wasn't our neighbor?
Answer: Pretty boring! Maybe we'd see a people coming to the lovely Stanford Theater, but then, maybe the Stanford Theater wouldn't be there, because Stanford was the primary ... |
Sierra |
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on Jul 29, 2010 at 11:58 pm by Me Too, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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 ... |
Silence Dogood |
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on Apr 17, 2013 at 7:42 am by Wow, a resident of the Adobe-Meadows neighborhood |
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Why is there a Taser debate?
I have a question:
Why is there a debate around equipping our police officers with Tasers? No doubt, a Taser cannot be classified as completely benign. Without a doubt, it i... |
Silver Bullet |
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on May 24, 2007 at 5:02 pm by Ed, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Al Gore's Use of Electricity
I just read this story - curious to see if old Al will have a response. Its funny how the "Warmies" accuse every scientist who casts any skepticism on the alarmism as just a ... |
Silver Bullet |
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on Mar 1, 2007 at 7:44 pm by Walter_E_Wallis, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Freedom of Speech in Egypt
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (Reuters) - An Alexandria court convicted an Egyptian blogger on Thursday for insulting both Islam and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and sentenced him to ... |
Silver Bullet |
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on Feb 28, 2007 at 11:47 am by Draw the Line, a resident of Stanford |
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