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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...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on May. 30, 2008Last comment by Lois, on Aug 6, 2008 at 12:37 pm | 16 comments | 13327 Views
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On Deadline blog: Is Palo Alto big enough for an elected mayor? Yes and no, maybeFormer Mayor (twice over) Gary Fazzino has renewed a proposal he first surfaced about two decades ago: that Palo Alto is a big and complex enough town to directly...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Dec. 26, 2011Last comment by Jeremy Feldman, on Jun 5, 2017 at 3:00 am | 16 comments | 8734 Views
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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...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on May. 30, 2008Last comment by Lois, on Aug 6, 2008 at 12:37 pm | 16 comments | 7237 Views
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On Deadline blog: Is Palo Alto big enough for an elected mayor? Yes and no, maybeFormer Mayor (twice over) Gary Fazzino has renewed a proposal he first surfaced about two decades ago: that Palo Alto is a big and complex enough town to directly...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Dec. 26, 2011Last comment by Jeremy Feldman, on Jan 4, 2012 at 2:54 am | 15 comments | 2930 Views
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On Deadline blog: That curbside parking space in front of my home is MINE!!!'The current dialogue over parking requirements in downtown Palo Alto and other commercial areas echoes community debates and controversies that date back decades....
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Jan. 11, 2013Last comment by bru, on Jan 16, 2013 at 9:55 pm | 15 comments | 2998 Views
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On Deadline blog: That curbside parking space in front of my home is MINE!!!'The current dialogue over parking requirements in downtown Palo Alto and other commercial areas echoes community debates and controversies that date back decades....
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Jan. 11, 2013Last comment by bru, on Jan 16, 2013 at 9:55 pm | 15 comments | 8706 Views
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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...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Feb. 2, 2009Last comment by Alphonso, on Apr 1, 2009 at 4:43 pm | 14 comments | 15229 Views
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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...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Feb. 2, 2009Last comment by Alphonso, on Apr 1, 2009 at 4:43 pm | 14 comments | 8578 Views
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On Deadline blog: Peter Carpenter's mission: warn of employee-benefit 'time bomb'Every week I get two or three e-mails from Peter Carpenter drumming in a single message: that retirement costs/benefits for public employees are threatening to bankrupt...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Dec. 20, 2011Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Dec 24, 2011 at 9:40 am | 13 comments | 3166 Views
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On Deadline blog: Peter Carpenter's mission: warn of employee-benefit 'time bomb'Every week I get two or three e-mails from Peter Carpenter drumming in a single message: that retirement costs/benefits for public employees are threatening to bankrupt...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Dec. 20, 2011Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Dec 24, 2011 at 9:40 am | 13 comments | 9274 Views
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Who else has a 'The Cat Came Back' story?Amid the hustle of modern high-tech, high-speed life it's always great to pause for a story about a cat -- or sometimes a dog -- that gets lost or left behind and...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Sep. 9, 2010Last comment by Jocelyn Dong, on Sep 17, 2010 at 6:00 pm | 12 comments | 12663 Views
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Are TDRs the new 'Planned Community' zoning hot potato?In planning shorthand, a TDR is simply a "transfer of development rights" -- wherein a property owner or developer can buy rights from someone building less than...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on May. 2, 2015Last comment by Ellyn Pavone, on Jun 27, 2016 at 10:59 pm | 12 comments | 11730 Views
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Who else has a 'The Cat Came Back' story?Amid the hustle of modern high-tech, high-speed life it's always great to pause for a story about a cat -- or sometimes a dog -- that gets lost or left behind and...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Sep. 9, 2010Last comment by Jocelyn Dong, on Sep 17, 2010 at 6:00 pm | 12 comments | 6456 Views
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On Deadline: It's name-calling, fact-enhancing compost season in Palo AltoWhen the City Council officially set a special election for next November on the future of a corner of Palo Alto's baylands last week it opened the season of pre-election...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Mar. 28, 2011Last comment by Parent, on Mar 30, 2011 at 8:12 pm | 11 comments | 3508 Views
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On Deadline blog: Palo Alto police and fire operations face big changes -- to be definedSome of the most sweeping changes in the long histories of the Palo Alto Police Department and Fire Department are beginning to take shape -- even though many are...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Feb. 8, 2012Last comment by svatoid, on Feb 9, 2012 at 3:04 pm | 11 comments | 6174 Views
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Off Deadline: Does 'parking overflow' slash housing prices near commercial areas?Neighbors of Palo Alto's commercial areas have long complained about parking overflow being everything from a weekday nuisance to a severe impact on the quality...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Dec. 3, 2013Last comment by FSH, on Dec 17, 2013 at 9:26 am | 11 comments | 6600 Views
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On Deadline: It's name-calling, fact-enhancing compost season in Palo AltoWhen the City Council officially set a special election for next November on the future of a corner of Palo Alto's baylands last week it opened the season of pre-election...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Mar. 28, 2011Last comment by Parent, on Mar 30, 2011 at 8:12 pm | 11 comments | 9682 Views
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On Deadline blog: Palo Alto police and fire operations face big changes -- to be definedSome of the most sweeping changes in the long histories of the Palo Alto Police Department and Fire Department are beginning to take shape -- even though many are...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Feb. 8, 2012Last comment by svatoid, on Feb 9, 2012 at 3:04 pm | 11 comments | 12618 Views
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Greg Scharff reviews his 'too short' year as Palo Alto mayor: It was funOutgoing Palo Alto Mayor Greg Scharff sums up his "too short" term as mayor as a year of accomplishment and moving forward but with a couple of frustrations. Overall...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Dec. 23, 2013Last comment by hoplandhophead, on Jan 9, 2014 at 12:32 pm | 11 comments | 7733 Views
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On Deadline: Could a quake/tsunami hit Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park? You betIn the shadow of the double-whammy disaster in Japan (assuming nuclear meltdown doesn't make it a triple) the inevitable question is: Can it happen here? Well,...
Original post made by Jay Thorwaldson on Mar. 18, 2011Last comment by Waves, on Mar 24, 2011 at 7:20 pm | 10 comments | 4164 Views
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