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PALO ALTO ISSUES
New dewatering facility coming to the BaylandsCity officials marked a new beginning Wednesday at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant where work will begin on a new...
Original post made on May. 25, 2017Last comment by UdyRegan, on Aug 14, 2017 at 7:47 pm | 13 comments | 2345 Views
AROUND TOWN
Shop Talk: Barry's Bootcamp coming to Palo AltoIn this week's retail column, find out where cult-workout favorite Barry's Bootcamp is opening in Palo Alto plus a new teenage...
Original post made on May. 1, 2017Last comment by cat, on Aug 14, 2017 at 7:34 am | 5 comments | 11652 Views
BOOKS
Behind the Headlines: summer movies previewOn this week's Behind the Headlines, movie critic Peter Canavese joins the Weekly's Gennady Sheyner and Anna Medina for a...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2017There are no comments yet. 2963 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Fire extinguished at three-unit apartment buildingResidents of a two-story apartment building in Palo Alto's Ventura neighborhood have been displaced by a fire that broke...
Original post made on Aug. 4, 2017Last comment by Lisa, on Aug 14, 2017 at 3:29 am | 2 comments | 5073 Views
AROUND TOWN
Editorial: Buena Vista's finish lineIn less than a month, Palo Alto's most well-known and debated housing for low-income families will be officially saved from...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2017Last comment by Jerry Underdal, on Aug 13, 2017 at 11:30 pm | 16 comments | 8370 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
FAA reviewing proposals to reduce airplane noiseThe Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing more than 100 recommendations that a committee of South Bay legislators...
Original post made on May. 18, 2017Last comment by Paly Grad, on Aug 13, 2017 at 9:09 pm | 18 comments | 6172 Views
AROUND TOWN
Creating space down underLeonie Walker and her wife Kate O'Hanlan moved into their Portola Valley home in 1991 and worked with Harrell Remodeling...
Original post made on Aug. 13, 2017Last comment by UdyRegan, on Aug 13, 2017 at 8:25 pm | 1 comment | 3850 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Target to open 'flexible-format' store in East Palo AltoTarget will open a new "flexible format" store in the Ravenswood Shopping Center in East Palo Alto, the retail company announced...
Original post made on Aug. 15, 2016Last comment by Palo Altan , on Aug 13, 2017 at 6:12 pm | 14 comments | 19435 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Another sexual assault reported at PalyA female Palo Alto High School student who said she was sexually assaulted on the school’s quad by a male student in November...
Original post made on May. 24, 2017Last comment by PAHS Parent, on Aug 12, 2017 at 8:55 pm | 92 comments | 22529 Views
AROUND TOWN
Midtown Shopping Center parcel sold for $15.26 millionA parcel of a shopping center that has long been the centerpiece of Palo Alto's Midtown neighborhood has been sold to a private...
Original post made on Dec. 19, 2016Last comment by Question, on Aug 12, 2017 at 7:24 pm | 55 comments | 23642 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Inside CubberleyWhen looking at photographs of Cubberley Community Center from the 1960s when the facility served as a high school, it's...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2017Last comment by anon, on Aug 12, 2017 at 1:40 pm | 1 comment | 7330 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
New office building planned for University CircleUniversity Circle, the prominent commercial park that replaced the Whiskey Gulch neighborhood in East Palo Alto more than...
Original post made on Aug. 9, 2017Last comment by Hmmm, on Aug 12, 2017 at 1:11 pm | 21 comments | 15184 Views
AROUND TOWN
George ThompsonGeorge Thompson died in his Palo Alto home on May 12. He was 97. Read the full story here https://www.paloaltoonline.com/print/story/2017/07/07/george-thompson...
Original post made on Aug. 12, 2017Last comment by Sandra Newell, on Aug 12, 2017 at 12:29 pm | 1 comment | 2408 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
North Korea threat hangs over Mattis visitU.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis arrived in Mountain View on Thursday intending to highlight the development of new...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2017Last comment by Mark Silverman, on Aug 11, 2017 at 6:52 pm | 1 comment | 3663 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
With new pension contract, Palo Alto takes aim at growing problemOn Monday, the Palo Alto City Council will vote on a contract aimed at containing the city's looming pension liability by...
Original post made on Aug. 8, 2017Last comment by resident, on Aug 11, 2017 at 6:37 pm | 47 comments | 7956 Views
RESTAURANTS
Something new (to eat) under the sunSummer is always a busy time on the restaurant beat, and 2017 has been no different. Here's our roundup of the summer's new...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2017Last comment by john_alderman, on Aug 11, 2017 at 3:22 pm | 1 comment | 6717 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Council prepares to revise Buena Vista lot linesHaving succeeded in preventing the closure of Palo Alto's sole mobile-home park, the City Council is preparing to take the...
Original post made on Aug. 9, 2017Last comment by Robert Smith, on Aug 11, 2017 at 11:16 am | 22 comments | 5332 Views
SPORTS
Stanford's Carter races to new heights at World meetStanford grad Kori Carter is on top of the world. The nine-time All-American raced 53.07 from lane nine to edge fellow American...
Original post made on Aug. 11, 2017Last comment by Jim Rutter, on Aug 11, 2017 at 12:37 am | 1 comment | 3251 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Battle over the BaylandsThe brown and dusty expanse of barren land next to Palo Alto's water-treatment plant looks like an unlikely setting for the...
Original post made on Oct. 21, 2011Last comment by DarinNot, on Aug 10, 2017 at 7:29 pm | 38 comments | 10388 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
One of two elderly pedestrians struck by vehicle diesOne of two elderly pedestrians who were hit by a car as they crossed the street on May 9 has died, according to the Santa...
Original post made on May. 23, 2017Last comment by Long Time Resident, on Aug 10, 2017 at 7:18 pm | 21 comments | 10134 Views
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