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Water rate increases - AGAIN?
So they want to raise our water rates again. Tell me why there's justification to jack up our rates? They're blaming rate increases on maintaining infrastructure. If you need ... |
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on Apr 22, 2013 at 10:45 am by Debra Katz, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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'Color of Palo Alto' artist pays commission surprise visit
Samuel Yates, the creator of the "Color of Palo Alto" art project, paid a surprise visit to last night's public art commission meeting, where he presented his side of a confli... |
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on Apr 20, 2013 at 8:04 pm by ART or GPS, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Palo Alto adds 'chief communications officer' to leadership team
Palo Alto added a new position to its leadership team this week, tapping a former California State University executive to serve as the city's first "chief communications offi... |
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on Apr 20, 2013 at 11:15 am by Bill Bucy, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Police nab suspect in Saturday's bank robbery
Palo Alto police have made an arrest in connection with Saturday's bank robbery on El Camino Real after tips from two other law-enforcement agencies led officers to the suspec... |
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on Apr 20, 2013 at 3:21 am by Social Butterfly, a resident of the Green Acres neighborhood |
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Yogurtland employee charged with burglary
A Yogurtland employee was arrested on Wednesday for stealing cash from his own place of work.
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 3:50 pm by Not condoning, a resident of the Downtown North neighborhood |
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Hard at work: transforming the Palo Alto Bowl site
Crews are building townhomes at the site of the Palo Alto Bowl at 4329 El Camino Real. The site will hold 26 homes and a hotel.
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on Apr 19, 2013 at 1:02 pm by Nora Charles, a resident of Stanford |
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Palo Alto nears deal on paying for golf course revamp
As Palo Alto plows ahead with a complete overhaul of its Baylands golf course, city officials are finding themselves balancing the ambitious renovation plan against a broader ... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 9:56 pm by think about what you are saying, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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Hope dims for Palo Alto's proposed police building
Palo Alto's long and tortuous path toward a new police headquarters took another frustrating twist Tuesday afternoon when city officials learned that the latest proposal for a... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 8:58 pm by John, a resident of Mountain View |
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why Palo Alto businesses keep failing
Interesting article in the Mercury-News about why Palo Alto businesses keep failing and why local residents have no loyalty to local shopping centers. Huge regular rent increa... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 12:42 pm by Crescent Park Dad, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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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... |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 10:42 am by sanmateo@doodycalls.com, a resident of another community |
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Letters
Keep the status quo
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, February 1, 2013, 12:00 AM |
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on Apr 18, 2013 at 9:52 am by Roland Hsu, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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City hires Chief Communications Officer
Saw this in another paper "Palo Alto hires first-ever Chief Communications officer": Web Link... |
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on Apr 17, 2013 at 9:07 am by anonymous, a resident of the Duveneck/St. Francis neighborhood |
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Pal Alto's Ugliest Building Contest
Let's start a new contest - this one for "Palo Alto's ugliest building". I nominate the new
low income apartments on Alma Street where Ole's used to be. Have you seen the s... |
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on Apr 16, 2013 at 11:03 pm by Anon, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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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... |
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on Apr 16, 2013 at 10:45 pm by observer, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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Caring Neighborhoods Challenge seeks to spread the love
As Terry Godfrey sipped a warm beverage at a cafe near her home in Evergreen Park last week, she posed a question she hopes will challenge Palo Alto residents in the coming mo... |
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on Apr 16, 2013 at 9:05 am by Parent, a resident of the South of Midtown neighborhood |
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Modern “Design Sprints” for the climate/housing impasse
Elite portions of the Bay Area (Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Pleasanton, and Marin County) adopt many leading-edge green policies but stumble when it comes to accommodating regional... |
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on Apr 15, 2013 at 4:48 pm by Steve Raney, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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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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on Apr 15, 2013 at 1:35 pm by Cedric de La Beaujardiere, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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Palo Alto resident not amused by officer's text
The latest report from Palo Alto's independent police auditor has no smoking guns or damning allegations, but it does contain an incident involving a dating faux pas committed... |
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on Apr 14, 2013 at 11:32 pm by bru, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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New prize for teens aims to spur community service
Calling all innovative, altruistic teens: You could win $20,000 if your community-service project rises to the top in a new contest. A small local foundation is awarding two $... |
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on Apr 14, 2013 at 7:40 pm by local resident, a resident of the Barron Park neighborhood |
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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.
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on Apr 13, 2013 at 11:09 pm by Greendeller, a resident of the Greendell/Walnut Grove neighborhood |
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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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on Apr 13, 2013 at 12:49 pm by Bob Wenzlau, a resident of the Crescent Park neighborhood |
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I am polite, yet I get my post removed.
I am deeply hurt.
Looking at the thread with my posts deleted it appears I must have said something horrendous. I in fact gave a dictionary definition of a word that is co... |
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on Apr 12, 2013 at 7:32 pm by CrunchyCookie, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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Backyard chickens in Palo Alto?
I just read an interesting article on backyard urban "farms" in San Francisco.
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on Apr 12, 2013 at 2:19 pm by Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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Palo Alto to amp up recruitment for commissions
Serving on a citizen commission in Palo Alto may look to an outsider like a thankless labor of love, full of wonky public hearings, PowerPoint slides and constant reminders th... |
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on Apr 12, 2013 at 8:20 am by neighbor, a resident of another community |
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Palo Alto to revamp public-art program
Will Palo Alto's wave of developments usher in a public-art Renaissance? City officials certainly hope so, and on Monday night they took a step toward making it happen.
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on Apr 11, 2013 at 5:46 pm by Palo Altan, a resident of the Greendell/Walnut Grove neighborhood |
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