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Fisherman Schools Hannity on CA Water ProblemsHannity blamed the high unemployment rate in the San Joaquin Valley on the lack of water for farmers, and blamed that solely...
Original post made by Resident on Sep. 21, 2009Last comment by Peter, on Oct 2, 2009 at 3:06 pm | 19 comments | 3603 Views
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City sets new dates for California Avenue Tree Planting ProcessThe City has announced there will be a meeting at Escondido School on October 8th to discuss the felling of trees on California...
Original post made by Jenny on Sep. 26, 2009Last comment by resident, on Sep 29, 2009 at 6:08 pm | 19 comments | 3556 Views
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Palo Alto Online swamped by demandPalo Alto Online's Web servers received unprecedented traffic during Wednesday's power outage, slowing the system to a crawl...
Original post made on Feb. 18, 2010Last comment by joel, on Feb 19, 2010 at 8:42 pm | 19 comments | 3455 Views
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Palo Alto planners approve big foothills homeWeeks after Palo Alto's planning commissioners rejected setting maximum sizes for new houses in the Foothills, they found...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2010Last comment by suzanne, on Apr 2, 2010 at 5:48 pm | 19 comments | 2785 Views
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Adobe Flash sucksSteve Jobs is right. Adobe Flash is the worst software ever written. Adobe Flash is bloated and buggy and every time I...
Original post made by I hate Adobe Flash on Mar. 29, 2010Last comment by Yes, on Mar 30, 2010 at 9:54 pm | 19 comments | 3050 Views
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Menlo Park men sue High-Speed Rail AuthorityMenlo Park resident Mike Brady is representing his friend Morris Brown in a broad-based lawsuit against the agency charged...
Original post made on Apr. 16, 2010Last comment by Transportation Watch, on Apr 21, 2010 at 7:02 pm | 19 comments | 3404 Views
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Palo Alto prepares for $60M library-bond salePalo Alto is preparing to sell $60 million in library bonds later this month to fund voter-approved renovations of three...
Original post made on May. 10, 2010Last comment by palo alto mom, on May 19, 2010 at 1:18 pm | 19 comments | 3351 Views
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no soliciting -- even for firefightersOn the weekend a firefighter was at our door soliciting signatures for the petition. We've got a "no soliciting" sign which...
Original post made by paresident on May. 24, 2010Last comment by Marisol, on Jun 2, 2010 at 12:51 pm | 19 comments | 3444 Views
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Few good alternatives for Palo Alto police HQHaving seen plans for a brand new police building collapse in a financial downturn, Palo Alto officials are now considering...
Original post made on Jun. 8, 2010Last comment by George Browning, on Jun 10, 2010 at 6:20 pm | 19 comments | 3380 Views
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Weekly launches 'Palo Alto' apps for iPhone, AndroidTwo mobile-phone applications that will give iPhone and Android users access to Palo Alto news, sports and other local information...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2010Last comment by Steve, on Aug 3, 2010 at 10:33 pm | 19 comments | 14960 Views
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Is Palo Alto ready for disaster?What if it's 5 p.m. and a 9.0-magnitude earthquake has just hit on the Hayward fault? And what if only 10 police officers...
Original post made on Sep. 18, 2010Last comment by Fireman, on Sep 25, 2010 at 10:23 am | 19 comments | 5947 Views
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Stores squabble over 'Ernie's Liquors' nameCompeting banners hang from the vacant barn-red building with a red-tile roof at 3871 El Camino Real in Barron Park: Longtime...
Original post made on Nov. 12, 2010Last comment by Kim, on Nov 19, 2010 at 10:58 pm | 19 comments | 20947 Views
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Facebook moving to Menlo Park--College Terrace happyToday's (January 5th) Daily Post has an article about Facebook and it's relationship with the neighbors in College Terrace....
Original post made by Too Much Traffic on Jan. 5, 2011Last comment by palo altan, on Jan 8, 2011 at 9:16 pm | 19 comments | 8353 Views
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Deadline for city's Internet cut-off rescindedAn Internet service provider that last week threatened to pull the plug on the City of Palo Alto's Internet connection has...
Original post made on Apr. 4, 2011Last comment by paly observer, on Aug 15, 2012 at 12:34 am | 19 comments | 6489 Views
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Palo Alto eyes a calmer budget seasonPalo Alto's ongoing quest to balance its books, contain rising pensions and obtain concessions from city workers will hit...
Original post made on Apr. 29, 2011Last comment by Connie Braun MD, on Sep 15, 2011 at 8:42 pm | 19 comments | 5541 Views
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Palo Alto takes aim, again, at binding arbitrationAs Palo Alto's management and firefighters prepare to take their simmering labor dispute to arbitration, city leaders are...
Original post made on May. 4, 2011Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on Jul 7, 2011 at 6:20 am | 19 comments | 4887 Views
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Arbitration repeal heads to Palo Alto ballotPalo Alto voters will have a chance in November to repeal a local law that empowers an arbitration panel to settle labor...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2011Last comment by Resident, on Jul 19, 2011 at 5:00 pm | 19 comments | 6448 Views
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What happened?What happened to the entry here about NASA discovering that heat radiated by the earth is much more than "predicted" by Hansen's...
Original post made by Walter_E_Wallis on Jul. 29, 2011Last comment by Walter_E_Wallis, on Aug 1, 2011 at 4:57 pm | 19 comments | 2278 Views
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Palo Alto has ample vacant parking spacesHundreds of permit-parking spaces in downtown Palo Alto are unused, according to the recently completed parking analysis...
Original post made on Aug. 19, 2011Last comment by Business Owner, on Aug 23, 2011 at 12:16 am | 19 comments | 3809 Views
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City of Palo Alto Utility is a Monopolistic ScamWTF is up with this. We're doing construction on our house and we won't be occupying it during the work. While we are going...
Original post made by Toady on Sep. 6, 2011Last comment by Here by choice, on Sep 11, 2011 at 4:58 pm | 19 comments | 2211 Views
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