JAY THORWALDSON'S BLOG
Is California high-speed rail the future or a slow-motion train wreck?
For a frenetically busy community, it seems that Palo Altans sometimes have too much time on their hands.
It is a rare week when someone could possibly do or attend every... |
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on May 31, 2010 at 11:17 am by NONIMBYS, a resident of another community |
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Robert Kelley recalls early days of TheatreWorks and a remarkable journalist
The special recognition TheatreWorks received Monday night -- being called a “treasured cultural icon” at a Palo Alto City Council meeting and winning seven theatre critics aw... |
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on May 8, 2010 at 5:13 pm by stephen levy, a resident of the University South neighborhood |
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If high-speed trains are tunneled, what would we do with all that dirt?
The realities of high-speed rail arrived in Palo Alto and the Midpeninsula this year -- even though the first train is years away.
Neighbors along the designated route, th... |
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on Jan 24, 2010 at 5:05 pm by Dr. Gary Gechlik, a resident of the Palo Alto Hills neighborhood |
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When Ted Kennedy was young, lean and stood on folding chairs ...
The passing of Ted Kennedy this week evokes a particular personal memory from decades back, when we were both younger and leaner.
One day in 1960 I was heading home from S... |
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on Sep 5, 2009 at 1:27 pm by Gordon, a resident of another community |
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Blogs, hm, seem a lot like conferences …
Some years back, 1977 to be a bit more precise, I ventured a daring prediction to a class of Stanford seniors who wanted to learn how to write news stories.
"In 15 or 20 ye... |
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on Sep 2, 2009 at 12:45 pm by John Hargis, a resident of Menlo Park |
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A rare inside glimpse of a police investigation
Herewith is my personalized review of one of the oddest cases in the history of the Palo Alto Police Department. It is complex, as early police statements repeatedly emphasize... |
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on Jun 22, 2009 at 7:45 pm by the watcher, a resident of another community |
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Unraveling history’s mysteries, building community memory
Earlier this month I talked about things I didn't know.
Speaking to nearly 120 longtime Palo Altans -- including many present and former civic leaders -- at the annual din... |
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on Apr 26, 2009 at 10:40 am by Nick Burr, a resident of the St. Claire Gardens neighborhood |
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No matter how bad 'ambulance billing' is, things could be worse ...
The billing operations of the Palo Alto Fire Department’s life-saving paramedics program need emergency care.
That’s what city officials and the public learned this week w... |
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on Apr 1, 2009 at 4:43 pm by Alphonso, a resident of Stanford |
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Tunneling the trains is not a new vision
The “mini Big Four” Palo Alto city leaders proposing to tunnel the Caltrain tracks deep underground to make room for parks, bike lanes and condos were a bit surprised to hear ... |
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on Mar 21, 2009 at 1:43 am by nowhhineyy, a resident of the Greenmeadow neighborhood |
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When a light goes out in a community …
The death of Phyllis Seidman in early December has prompted scores of comments in the Town Square online forum, uniformly expressing deep sadness whether or not people knew he... |
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on Mar 9, 2009 at 6:45 pm by Dorothy Black, a resident of another community |
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On hunting imaginary lions
Somewhere deep inside I’ve always been a lion hunter.
And the recent episode of the lion hunt in and around Palo Alto’s Foothills Park and the Los Trancos Woods residential ... |
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on Sep 22, 2008 at 9:49 pm by lion, a resident of Another Palo Alto neighborhood |
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The great water war of California Avenue?
One of the odder mini-battles of Palo Alto is occurring at the east end of the California Avenue business district, near the Caltrain station.
That is whether to save a mi... |
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on Aug 6, 2008 at 12:37 pm by Lois, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood |
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