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SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board pushes back against legal billsPalo Alto school board members rejected Tuesday night a budget increase for one of its law firms -- the fourth increase this...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2018Last comment by IdleMind, 2 minutes ago | 18 comments | 1527 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
President Hotel tenants ask City Council to save buildingDozens of residents facing eviction from the President Hotel Apartments in downtown Palo Alto urged the City Council on Monday...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2018Last comment by peninsula resident, 6 minutes ago | 17 comments | 2436 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Editorial: Our incivility contagionThis fall's municipal election campaign season will be an important test for Palo Alto City Council candidates but perhaps...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2018Last comment by Resident, 11 minutes ago | 9 comments | 362 Views
AROUND TOWN
Egg-hausted effortAfter months of fighting plans to remove 7-foot-tall egg-shaped sculpture Digital DNA from Lytton Plaza in downtown Palo...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2018Last comment by rsmithjr, 18 minutes ago | 9 comments | 1725 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Study highlights impacts of adding Stanford housingAs Stanford University moves ahead with a proposal to build more than 2 million square feet of academic space by 2030, it...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2018Last comment by resident, 21 minutes ago | 1 comment | 378 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Guest Opinion: We need a master plan to address the needs of our aging populationIn Palo Alto, we have a perfect storm on the horizon as the population ages and the cost of living continues to increase....
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2018There are no comments yet. 38 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Bad Blood in Silicon ValleyWall Street Journal investigative reporter John Carreyrou's new book tells step-by-step the chilling tale of how the Theranos...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2018Last comment by Blood on Their(anous) Hands, 2 hours ago | 1 comment | 408 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Reclaiming her voice"I Have the Right To" is a powerful narrative of the isolation, shame and self-doubt survivors of sexual violence experience...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2018Last comment by Thomas Quinn, 2 hours ago | 1 comment | 441 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Menlo Park family helps raise more than $16 million to reunite immigrant familiesCharlotte and Dave Willner of Menlo Park have set up a fundraising campaign to help parents reclaim detained children at...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2018Last comment by iSez, 6 hours ago | 10 comments | 987 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Eric Filseth to seek second council termVice Mayor Eric Filseth, a staunch proponent of pension reform and restrictions on commercial growth, announced Wednesday...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2018Last comment by DownyMakesClothesSoftest, 7 hours ago | 21 comments | 1595 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
District seeks to limit 'unduly burdensome' public records requestsFacing a 453 percent increase in the number of Public Records Act requests filed this year, the Palo Alto school district...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2018Last comment by Stop Whining, 8 hours ago | 48 comments | 2492 Views
AROUND TOWN
Option for rail realignment at Churchill droppedResponding to an surge of concern in Old Palo Alto and Southgate about potential property seizures, the City Council officially...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2018Last comment by Lionel, 10 hours ago | 31 comments | 3076 Views
AROUND TOWN
Ex-Theranos executives indicted by federal grand juryThe former CEO and COO embattled blood-testing company Theranos have been indicted by a federal grand jury for an alleged...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2018Last comment by AlexDeLarge, 11 hours ago | 58 comments | 3862 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto officials blast poster expressing anti-gay sentimentsA series of posters that lewdly criticize Palo Alto libraries for displaying literature about LGBTQQ issues as part of its...
Original post made on Jun. 18, 2018Last comment by H, 12 hours ago | 20 comments | 2439 Views
AROUND TOWN
Community Notebook: A record $441,000 awarded to local nonprofitsThe Palo Alto Community Fund awarded a record $441,000 in grants to 45 local nonprofit organizations in the greater Palo...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2018Last comment by Family & Children Services of Silicon Valley, 14 hours ago | 1 comment | 1192 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Stanford football star Doug Baldwin publishes a letter to President Trump in the New York TimesDoug Baldwin was a star receiver at Stanford from 2007-2010; leading the team in touchdowns in 2010. He currently plays for...
Original post made by student on Jun. 21, 2018There are no comments yet. 122 Views
AROUND TOWN
Community Notebook: 'End of watch' memorial for slain police officer this FridayA Paly and police officer who was gunned down while chasing an armed drug suspect in East Palo Alto 30 years ago will be...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2018Last comment by copaganda , 16 hours ago | 1 comment | 647 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board approves anti-bias resolutionAt the urging of parents, community members and several civil-rights groups, the Palo Alto school board unanimously approved...
Original post made on Jun. 20, 2018Last comment by but wait!, 17 hours ago | 15 comments | 1811 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Injury collision blocks segment of El Camino RealAn injury collision involving a bicycle and a car has blocked a section of northbound El Camino Real in Palo Alto since late...
Original post made on Jun. 18, 2018Last comment by Good news, 18 hours ago | 35 comments | 5515 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Hotel tax increase measure scaled backThe Palo Alto City Council unexpectedly scaled down on Monday night its plans to raise the city's hotel-tax rate after several...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2018Last comment by Another resident, 19 hours ago | 19 comments | 2079 Views
Japanese noodle shop to open at Stanford Shopping Center
By Elena Kadvany | 0 comments | 4,159 views
U-Pick at Webb Ranch
By Laura Stec | 0 comments | 1,695 views
Modern Hospice Care and The Death of Ivan Ilyich
By Aldis Petriceks | 4 comments | 1,026 views
A community in the sand
By Cheryl Bac | 3 comments | 781 views
Get cars off our streets??
By Diana Diamond | 16 comments | 601 views
