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RESTAURANTS
Inside the new Graduate hotel, home to Palo Alto's first rooftop barIn its reincarnation as Graduate Palo Alto, the former President Hotel aims to be an upscale homage to all things Stanford,...
Original post made on Mar. 9, 2023Last comment by Anonymous, on Mar 20, 2023 at 4:50 pm | 12 comments | 5127 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto Unified looks to revive negotiations on Cubberley redevelopmentSeeking a breakthrough after decades of frustrating and largely fruitless negotiations, the Palo Alto school board this month...
Original post made on Mar. 18, 2023Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Mar 20, 2023 at 4:46 pm | 6 comments | 3723 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Opinion: Writer, beware: Chatbots and our kidsIntroducing the use of AI bots, and cavalierly erasing a source of high school joy -- the sense of one's own creative, insightful,...
Original post made on Mar. 10, 2023Last comment by Banes, on Mar 20, 2023 at 2:34 pm | 2 comments | 2648 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
When regulators took over Silicon Valley Bank, startups scrambled to make payrollA bank run that prompted the country's 16th largest bank to become insolvent was a shocking reality that many in the local...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2023Last comment by Banes, on Mar 20, 2023 at 2:20 pm | 4 comments | 3063 Views
AROUND TOWN
Gunn Performing Arts marks return of large-scale spring show with 'High School Musical'What could bring more drama to the stage than a show about staging a show? Gunn High School Performing Arts is staging Disney's...
Original post made on Mar. 20, 2023Last comment by flossyrabbit, on Mar 20, 2023 at 7:30 am | 1 comment | 1226 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
El Camino Health is first in the world to use new blood flow monitoring technologyEl Camino Health announced Tuesday that it will begin using a new blood flow monitoring technology called FloPatch, a wearable...
Original post made on Mar. 19, 2023Last comment by Silver Linings, on Mar 19, 2023 at 11:45 pm | 1 comment | 10532 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Midtown zoning dispute puts City Council in a bindWhen Nitin Handa bought a parcel of land last November, he had every intention of building a home and few reasons to think...
Original post made on Mar. 15, 2023Last comment by mjh, on Mar 19, 2023 at 11:08 pm | 21 comments | 7426 Views
BOOKS
Bomb threat called in to Stanford Shopping Center, search turns up nothingA bomb threat called in to the Stanford Shopping Center on Wednesday prompted Palo Alto police to sweep the area in search...
Original post made on Mar. 16, 2023Last comment by Bystander, on Mar 19, 2023 at 7:53 am | 3 comments | 6846 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
As retail trends shift, Palo Alto looks for new economic strategyFaced with high vacancies and fewer daytime workers to support businesses, Palo Alto is moving toward adopting a new economic...
Original post made on Mar. 14, 2023Last comment by Laura Guevara , on Mar 19, 2023 at 2:48 am | 21 comments | 8810 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Around Town: New documentary puts Aaron Persky's removal from bench back in the spotlightRead news about a new documentary that reevaluates the recall of Aaron Persky as a Superior Court judge and an event that...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2023Last comment by Michele Dauber, on Mar 17, 2023 at 5:40 pm | 2 comments | 3633 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
New report details educational disparities at Palo Alto UnifiedDisparities in student achievement have long plagued school districts throughout the country, and Palo Alto Unified is no...
Original post made on Mar. 10, 2023Last comment by Anonymous, on Mar 17, 2023 at 5:17 pm | 15 comments | 5343 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Mitchell Park fire station looks to iconic architectural style for inspirationMore than a decade after Palo Alto agreed to replace the aged Mitchell Park fire station, the project is finally moving ahead....
Original post made on Feb. 20, 2023Last comment by Consider Your Options. , on Mar 17, 2023 at 1:00 pm | 7 comments | 4946 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
As state reviews Palo Alto's housing plan, city moves closer to adoptionPalo Alto is still likely months from having a compliant plan for adding more than 6,000 homes, but city officials indicated...
Original post made on Mar. 9, 2023Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Mar 17, 2023 at 10:48 am | 18 comments | 4066 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Tech CEO arrested for peeping into woman's restroom stall in January now connected to three more cases, police sayThe Palo Alto tech company CEO was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of peeping into woman's bathroom stall in Mountain...
Original post made on Mar. 17, 2023Last comment by dontliveinCA, on Mar 17, 2023 at 10:38 am | 1 comment | 3497 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Woman allegedly lied about 2 sexual assaults at Stanford campus last yearA 25-year-old Stanford University employee is facing charges that she lied about being raped twice on campus last year, apparently...
Original post made on Mar. 15, 2023Last comment by John, on Mar 16, 2023 at 5:51 pm | 9 comments | 3340 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Tensions flare over creek authority's plan to replace bridges, widen channelDespite a funding shortage and pockets of resistance from residents along San Francisquito Creek, an agency charged with...
Original post made on Mar. 10, 2023Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Mar 16, 2023 at 9:32 am | 17 comments | 6171 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Swastikas, image of Hitler found drawn on Stanford student's dormitory doorMultiple swastikas and an image of Adolf Hitler drawn on a whiteboard were recently found on the dormitory door of an undergraduate...
Original post made on Mar. 15, 2023Last comment by John, on Mar 15, 2023 at 3:51 pm | 1 comment | 2388 Views
AROUND TOWN
After collapse, Silicon Valley Bank halts plan for branch on California AvenueSilicon Valley Bank is halting its plan to open a branch on California Avenue in Palo Alto following its spectacular collapse...
Original post made on Mar. 14, 2023Last comment by anon1234, on Mar 15, 2023 at 8:32 am | 6 comments | 4099 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
New cost estimate for high-speed rail puts California bullet train $100 billion in the redA new High-Speed Rail Authority report projects costs for the initial segment at $35 billion, which exceeds secured funding...
Original post made on Mar. 9, 2023Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Mar 14, 2023 at 9:13 pm | 8 comments | 4725 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Newsom's climate budget would slash funds that protect coastIn his initial climate budget proposal, the governor has cut about $561 million from local coastal resilience projects. Legislators,...
Original post made on Mar. 8, 2023Last comment by densely, on Mar 14, 2023 at 4:17 pm | 3 comments | 1863 Views
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