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PALO ALTO ISSUES
Residents must vacate President Hotel Apartments by NovemberResidents at the historic President Hotel Apartments in downtown Palo Alto received notice Tuesday, June 12, that they will...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2018Last comment by H, 18 minutes ago | 33 comments | 7717 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto may sue over airplane noiseIn its latest attempt to address the growing problem of airplane noise, Palo Alto is forging new alliances and exploring...
Original post made on Apr. 5, 2018Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., 2 hours ago | 88 comments | 6012 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Finding meaning, 'light' post graduationIn Sterling K. Brown’s commencement address to the Class of 2018 at his alma mater Stanford University on Sunday, the award-winning...
Original post made on Jun. 18, 2018Last comment by Trish , 4 hours ago | 5 comments | 735 Views
AROUND TOWN
City scraps plan to raise train tracks at ChurchillSeeking to ease concerns from residents in the Old Palo Alto and Southgate neighborhoods about property seizures, Palo Alto...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2018Last comment by brian, 4 hours ago | 39 comments | 4307 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Whizzing cyclists are putting pedestrians on edgeA city effort to make the tunnel under the train tracks at Palo Alto's California Avenue accessible to motorized wheelchairs...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2018Last comment by T. R., 8 hours ago | 60 comments | 3901 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Opinion: 'Guilt by association' logic is dangerousIn a community as diverse as ours, with citizens from around the world calling Palo Alto home, public officials should demonstrate...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2018Last comment by Member, 9 hours ago | 60 comments | 3958 Views
AROUND TOWN
Around Town<B><B>BENZ IN THE BAYLANDS ... </B> A new proposal to construct a <B>Mercedes-Benz</B> dealership in the Baylands is about...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2018Last comment by musical, 9 hours ago | 7 comments | 1043 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Elementary principal reprimanded for special-education failuresJuana Briones Elementary School Principal Tom Jacoubowsky was reprimanded in January for leadership failures that led the...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2018Last comment by One of the many nice, giving parents in the district, 9 hours ago | 22 comments | 4844 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Court documents detail alleged sexual assault of girl on jogA female high school student who said she was sexually assaulted at gunpoint while on a run in Palo Alto in March told her...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2018Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., 9 hours ago | 5 comments | 2170 Views
AROUND TOWN
Obituaries<B>Ruth Juhua Chou Read the full story here https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2018/06/08/obituaries posted Friday,...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2018Last comment by RIP is offensive., 10 hours ago | 2 comments | 180 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Historic downtown apartment building sold to hotel developerThe one-time fashionable President Hotel, whose iconic rooftop sign defined downtown Palo Alto skyline during its heyday,...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2018Last comment by Online Name, 10 hours ago | 28 comments | 6613 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 Wife of M.D., 11 hours ago | 19 comments | 1899 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Details emerge about investigation of East Palo Alto preschool directorThe director of Ravenswood City School District's preschool was formally disciplined for releasing the wrong child to an...
Original post made on Apr. 20, 2018Last comment by Say Nay To Gentrification , on Jun 16, 2018 at 11:38 pm | 15 comments | 7385 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Rail redesign stokes fears of property takingsAs Palo Alto approaches a key decision point in selecting new designs for its four rail crossings, residents are increasingly...
Original post made on May. 30, 2018Last comment by Reality Check, on Jun 16, 2018 at 9:04 pm | 147 comments | 8711 Views
AROUND TOWN
Former Weekly reporter Don Kazak diesDon Kazak, who joined the Palo Alto Weekly staff when the paper was launched in 1979 and remained for almost 30 years as...
Original post made on May. 23, 2018Last comment by Michael Levin, on Jun 16, 2018 at 1:11 pm | 14 comments | 2714 Views
SPORTS
First-year Gunn football optimistic about the futureThere's no question that Jason Miller finds himself in a different situation as the newly-hired football coach at Gunn than...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2018Last comment by BW, on Jun 16, 2018 at 10:02 am | 4 comments | 1216 Views
AROUND TOWN
Residents sound off on Ross Road changesAfter installing a host of "traffic calming" measures aimed at promoting bicycling on Ross Road, Palo Alto officials are...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2018Last comment by Online Name, on Jun 15, 2018 at 10:29 pm | 71 comments | 4585 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Fanning the sparkSpark, a Bay Area nonprofit that pairs working professionals with low-income middle school students of color, allow students...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2018Last comment by Ben Stewart, on Jun 15, 2018 at 4:26 pm | 2 comments | 1543 Views
RESTAURANTS
State orders Palo Alto restaurant firm to pay workers millions in back wagesThe owners of downtown Palo Alto restaurants Rangoon Ruby and Burma Ruby have been ordered by the state labor commissioner’s...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2018Last comment by resident, on Jun 15, 2018 at 4:14 pm | 34 comments | 16713 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto approves electric rate increaseUtility rates in Palo Alto are set to go up by 6 percent in July, an increase that utilities officials attribute largely...
Original post made on Jun. 13, 2018Last comment by Hawaii example, on Jun 15, 2018 at 2:50 pm | 11 comments | 1742 Views
Fine-dining Korean restaurant to open in Palo Alto
By Elena Kadvany | 11 comments | 5,376 views
Get Rid of Those Roundabouts!
By Diana Diamond | 21 comments | 1,343 views
Couples: “True love is a decision between the head and the heart . . .
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 855 views
The Right to Listen: Free Speech #2
By Douglas Moran | 8 comments | 809 views
U-Pick at Webb Ranch
By Laura Stec | 0 comments | 667 views
