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PALO ALTO ISSUES
Vicki Veenker launches campaign for City CouncilVicki Veenker, an attorney and mediator who launched the Sister Siblings USA program to create partnerships between cities...
Original post made on Jul. 20, 2022Last comment by SteveDabrowski, on Jul 23, 2022 at 4:39 pm | 6 comments | 3904 Views
AROUND TOWN
Midpeninsula theater companies look ahead to fall and beyond with new seasonsAs audiences continue making their way back to in-person performances, Peninsula theater companies this summer have been...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2022Last comment by Pat Markevitch, on Jul 22, 2022 at 10:47 pm | 2 comments | 2617 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Bracing for Stanford growth, county looks to beef up housing, transportation requirementsSanta Clara County is preparing to adopt new policies that would require Stanford University to construct more affordable...
Original post made on Jul. 20, 2022Last comment by Bystander, on Jul 21, 2022 at 7:56 pm | 6 comments | 5179 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Four arrested for allegedly stealing $50K worth of lululemon merchandiseFour people who allegedly stole about $50,000 worth of merchandise in a shoplifting spree that spanned three Peninsula lululemon...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2022Last comment by Optimist Pessimist Realist , on Jul 21, 2022 at 2:37 pm | 7 comments | 5382 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Stanford Medicine steps up fellowship training in abortion careAs some states adopt abortion bans in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Stanford University...
Original post made on Jul. 21, 2022Last comment by Bystander, on Jul 21, 2022 at 11:50 am | 1 comment | 2185 Views
AROUND TOWN
Pace Gallery to close Palo Alto locationInternational art gallery group Pace Gallery is shuttering its Palo Alto location. A newsletter from the gallery, sent on...
Original post made on Jul. 21, 2022Last comment by sueppr, on Jul 21, 2022 at 10:52 am | 1 comment | 2851 Views
AROUND TOWN
Developer proposes to replace Creekside Inn with apartmentsThe Creekside Inn on El Camino Real would be demolished and replaced with two six-story buildings with a total of 382 apartments...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2022Last comment by MyFeelz, on Jul 20, 2022 at 7:49 pm | 46 comments | 9155 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
East Palo Alto to tow RVs and expand housing optionsStarting Friday, the city will begin towing oversize vehicles in accordance with the law for the first time since the pandemic...
Original post made on Jul. 14, 2022Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Jul 19, 2022 at 7:01 pm | 13 comments | 6643 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Lisa Forssell makes it official. She is running for Palo Alto City CouncilLisa Forssell, who has spent the past six years on the city's Utilities Advisory Commission, announced Monday that she is...
Original post made on Jul. 18, 2022Last comment by Jeff Hoel, on Jul 19, 2022 at 3:30 pm | 6 comments | 5844 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Mobile mental health crisis services are coming to north Santa Clara CountyThe county has teamed up with two mental health providers to bring the Trusted Response Urgent Support Team program to Palo...
Original post made on Jul. 19, 2022Last comment by Marie, on Jul 19, 2022 at 11:04 am | 1 comment | 2714 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
First Congregational Church moves ahead with safe-parking program for homeless residentsFirst Congregational Church is poised to welcome unhoused individuals to its parking lot after securing Palo Alto's tentative...
Original post made on Jul. 13, 2022Last comment by staying home, on Jul 18, 2022 at 1:19 pm | 51 comments | 7592 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Revisions to tax proposal fail to sway business leadersPalo Alto's elected leaders have yet to finalize the details of the city's proposed business tax, but the campaigns for and...
Original post made on Jul. 8, 2022Last comment by Paige, on Jul 18, 2022 at 11:20 am | 19 comments | 4265 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Health care costs keep rising. A new California agency aims to fix thatConsumer advocates and some legislators have been battling to rein in escalating health care costs. The state has created...
Original post made on Jul. 18, 2022Last comment by Anneke, on Jul 18, 2022 at 9:31 am | 1 comment | 5714 Views
AROUND TOWN
Around Town: Little League team makes strong showing at regional tournamentIn the latest column, updates on the Palo Alto 13s All Stars' summer season, a new outdoor public art installation at Stanford...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2022There are no comments yet. 2716 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
How dancer, designer and author Kelly Schmutte found the secret to saving ballerina feetWhen dancer and designer Kelly Schmutte went to put on her first pair of pointe shoes as a young dancer, it wasn't the beautiful...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2022Last comment by Virginia Smedberg, on Jul 16, 2022 at 11:31 pm | 1 comment | 4104 Views
AROUND TOWN
What were we all breathing? Local air quality reached 'hazardous' levels in July 4 fireworks hot spotsBay Area air quality from thousands of fireworks explosions on and around July 4 reached dangerously unhealthful levels in...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2022Last comment by Citizen, on Jul 16, 2022 at 10:44 am | 8 comments | 4051 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
MTC aims to develop single mapping, wayfinding system for Bay Area transitThe Bay Area's myriad transit agencies could soon utilize a single mapping system after the region's transportation planning...
Original post made on Jul. 13, 2022Last comment by Bystander, on Jul 15, 2022 at 4:39 pm | 3 comments | 1481 Views
RESTAURANTS
Boichik Bagels lures community investors to prepurchase thousands of bagelsIn a region filled with tech unicorns and initial public offerings, Silicon Valley's most sought-after investment opportunity...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2022There are no comments yet. 2294 Views
AROUND TOWN
Webb telescope is lightyears ahead of Hubble. A NASA Ames scientist explains why.The first image revealed from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope earlier this week isn't just the deepest and sharpest glimpse...
Original post made on Jul. 14, 2022Last comment by PST, on Jul 15, 2022 at 11:02 am | 2 comments | 2681 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
New number for suicide-prevention lifeline will go into effect nationwide on SaturdayA new phone and text number for those dealing with suicidal thoughts will launch on Saturday. The three-digit code, 988,...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2022Last comment by Julie Lythcott-Haims, on Jul 15, 2022 at 10:58 am | 1 comment | 2990 Views
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