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PALO ALTO ISSUES
Groundwater spurs basement changesFor city officials, the basement at 2121 Webster St. is kind of a big deal: the first residential basement project in Palo...
Original post made on Jan. 12, 2018Last comment by CivilizedEngineerisCorrect, on Jan 25, 2018 at 9:37 am | 16 comments | 21222 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City faces legal challenge over budget transfersA resident's lawsuit and a court case involving the city of Redding could upend Palo Alto's century-long practice of transferring...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2018Last comment by Sunshine, on Jan 25, 2018 at 8:10 am | 21 comments | 3106 Views
AROUND TOWN
Coyote in neighborhood startles residentsA young coyote that recently lost her way began frequenting the Old Palo Alto neighborhood over the weekend, alarming residents...
Original post made on Jan. 23, 2018Last comment by K Cunningham, on Jan 24, 2018 at 9:51 pm | 7 comments | 9376 Views
AROUND TOWN
East Palo Alto considers RV solutionsEast Palo Alto leaders are considering using some of its own property for RV dwellers, but state tenancy laws could make...
Original post made on Jan. 24, 2018Last comment by ABC, on Jan 24, 2018 at 6:23 pm | 2 comments | 6705 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative awards grants to 41 organizationsThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative announced today the first 41 beneficiaries of its CZI Community Fund who are working to address...
Original post made on Jan. 17, 2018Last comment by Deborah, on Jan 24, 2018 at 3:17 pm | 3 comments | 8940 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Rising costs won't shrink California Avenue garageCalifornia Avenue merchants scored a political victory Monday night when Palo Alto officials reaffirmed their plan to construct...
Original post made on Jan. 23, 2018Last comment by Gale Johnson, on Jan 24, 2018 at 12:51 pm | 15 comments | 8071 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Man suspected of drugging Stanford studentsStanford University police and the schools' Title IX office are investigating reports that a non-student drugged at least...
Original post made on Jan. 23, 2018Last comment by Sophie , on Jan 23, 2018 at 7:06 pm | 2 comments | 7685 Views
SPORTS
Stanford's Love one of seven Lombardi Award finalistsStanford junior running back Bryce Love, who recently announced his intention to return to Stanford for his senior year,...
Original post made on Jan. 23, 2018Last comment by Rooting for Love!, on Jan 23, 2018 at 4:27 pm | 1 comment | 2816 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
District grapples with ongoing budget deficitPalo Alto Unified, a well-resourced district that has set ambitious and costly educational goals for the next several years,...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2018Last comment by Term Limits, on Jan 23, 2018 at 1:46 pm | 18 comments | 7519 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Bike bridge to connect East Palo Alto and Palo AltoAfter decades of dangerous crossings on the University Avenue overpass over U.S. Highway 101, bicyclists and pedestrians...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2018Last comment by Bridge good but..., on Jan 23, 2018 at 11:16 am | 17 comments | 13351 Views
AROUND TOWN
Retiming the left signal when turning from Page Mill Rd to Foothill ExpWhen bringing my daughter to Gunn High in the mornings of school days, from Page Mill Rd (west bound), we must make a left...
Original post made by Jeff Li on Jan. 22, 2018Last comment by resident, on Jan 22, 2018 at 9:30 pm | 1 comment | 1280 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Eshoo: Government shutdown an 'embarrassment'The federal government went into shutdown mode Saturday at midnight after the U.S. Senate failed to get the needed 60 votes...
Original post made on Jan. 20, 2018Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Jan 22, 2018 at 7:42 pm | 25 comments | 5705 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Editorial: Eight is enoughThe Palo Alto school district has a rare opportunity to put a term limit measure on this November's ballot without it being...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2018Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Jan 22, 2018 at 4:49 pm | 10 comments | 9008 Views
AROUND TOWN
League of Women Voters launches teen-registration effortThe League of Women Voters of Palo Alto is working toward an ambitious goal: to register all eligible Palo Alto teenagers...
Original post made on Jan. 18, 2018Last comment by Al Ward, on Jan 22, 2018 at 4:33 pm | 19 comments | 6884 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board to discuss A-G completion ratesIn another indication of the Palo Alto school district's achievement gap, black, Latino, low-income and special-education...
Original post made on Jan. 16, 2018Last comment by Kids, on Jan 21, 2018 at 9:57 pm | 9 comments | 6013 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Tens of thousands expected at Bay Area Women's MarchesTens of thousands of people are expected to turn out Saturday in cities across the Bay Area -- and at Stanford University...
Original post made on Jan. 20, 2018Last comment by @(So-called) Resident, on Jan 20, 2018 at 9:38 pm | 3 comments | 3328 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Editorial: new year, new mayorThe surprise, if one can call it that, wasn't the unanimous election Monday night of Liz Kniss as mayor of Palo Alto for...
Original post made on Jan. 12, 2018Last comment by Fred Balin, on Jan 20, 2018 at 9:35 pm | 17 comments | 9201 Views
AROUND TOWN
New Ross Road really safer for bikers?I drive a car and I also bike. The other day I biked on Ross Road. I was nearing one of the bumps where the road now narrows...
Original post made by CCW on Jan. 9, 2018Last comment by Resident, on Jan 20, 2018 at 5:45 pm | 46 comments | 2137 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Invasion of the stinkwortStinkwort, an invasive weed, is poised to dominate grasslands and open spaces from the baylands to the mountains. Read the...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2018Last comment by Robert Cronin, on Jan 20, 2018 at 4:47 pm | 9 comments | 20536 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City prepares for massive downtown 'upgrade'The streets of downtown Palo Alto will transform into a hive of construction activity this spring, when the city launches...
Original post made on Jan. 18, 2018Last comment by Crescent Park Dad, on Jan 20, 2018 at 9:39 am | 15 comments | 19607 Views
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