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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Selling the nest?The tight Midpeninsula housing market is having a big impact on empty nesters Read the full story here https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2017/12/07/selling-the-nest...
Original post made on Dec. 8, 2017Last comment by resident, on Dec 11, 2017 at 12:22 pm | 5 comments | 4462 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Ross Road - HazardRoss Road is now a major hazard area and for safety's sake I urge anyone using it to consider the following. 1. Would...
Original post made by Ross Road on Nov. 10, 2017Last comment by I've slowed down, on Dec 11, 2017 at 9:46 am | 69 comments | 2968 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
City seeks more protection from Stanford expansionWith Stanford looking to build more than 2 million square feet of academic space and 3,150 housing units by 2035, Palo Alto...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2017Last comment by Ralph Eckland, on Dec 9, 2017 at 3:50 pm | 7 comments | 11431 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board approves new rule for anonymous donationsThe Palo Alto school board was divided on a requirement to internally disclose anonymous donors' identities it ultimately...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2017Last comment by Hoover parent, on Dec 9, 2017 at 3:00 pm | 19 comments | 9230 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Models at Silicon Valley Holiday PartiesFrom today's Bloomberg News: Models at Silicon Valley Holiday Parties From the article: "Local modeling agencies, which...
Original post made by unbelievable! on Dec. 7, 2017Last comment by Online Name, on Dec 9, 2017 at 11:23 am | 15 comments | 1871 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
The gift of knowledgeSt. Elizabeth Seton School was able to provide new Glencoe Series science textbooks and additional LearnSmart software for...
Original post made on Dec. 8, 2017Last comment by Nayeli, on Dec 9, 2017 at 10:53 am | 1 comment | 5961 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
History Museum looks to rev up fundraising effortA decade after Palo Alto officials set out to transform the historic Roth Building into a history museum, the effort is starting...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2017Last comment by Ares, on Dec 9, 2017 at 7:15 am | 21 comments | 7734 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
City braces for impacts of new housing lawsPalo Alto is bracing for a slew of new laws that will take effect in January and that could transform the community conversation...
Original post made on Dec. 5, 2017Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Dec 8, 2017 at 10:01 pm | 37 comments | 9399 Views
AROUND TOWN
City's new anti-idling law unlikely to be enforcedAs Palo Alto prepares to adopt a new law banning idling vehicles, city officials are warning that the new prohibition --...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2017Last comment by Tim, on Dec 8, 2017 at 6:21 pm | 25 comments | 7156 Views
RESTAURANTS
High hopesMany of Nobu's signature dishes and cocktails have stood the test of time, but the new Palo Alto location is still uneven...
Original post made on Dec. 7, 2017Last comment by JLN, on Dec 7, 2017 at 6:12 pm | 1 comment | 8366 Views
AROUND TOWN
Rising costs strain Palo Alto's infrastructure goalsPalo Alto's ambitious plan to fix up the city's aged infrastructure and build a new bike bridge over U.S. Highway 101 is...
Original post made on Nov. 28, 2017Last comment by Remember the Rainbow Bridge, on Dec 7, 2017 at 10:33 am | 35 comments | 7533 Views
SPORTS
Prep report: Paly, Menlo boys open hoops tourney with a winWilliam Schlemmer scored 17 points, one of three to reach double figures, and the Palo Also boys varsity basketball team...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2017Last comment by Fred Sanford, on Dec 6, 2017 at 8:26 pm | 1 comment | 1772 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
RV evictions in East Palo Alto protestedAbout 50 protesters blocked a tow truck Wednesday morning that came to haul away RVs in East Palo Alto in which an estimated...
Original post made on Nov. 15, 2017Last comment by Patricia Finau Lopez, on Dec 6, 2017 at 1:16 pm | 86 comments | 21198 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Delivery trucks at Edgewood create ruckus for neighborsThe beeping of trucks as they back up at 4 a.m., the clanking of metal cargo ramps on pavement, delivery trucks parking in...
Original post made on Sep. 22, 2017Last comment by Parking maze, on Dec 6, 2017 at 11:44 am | 38 comments | 10638 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Palo Alto firefighters head to Thomas FireFour Palo Alto firefighters and their counterparts throughout the Bay Area are responding to the Thomas Fire that has burned...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2017Last comment by Russell, on Dec 6, 2017 at 11:34 am | 1 comment | 5287 Views
AROUND TOWN
School board to discuss gifts policyUnder a proposed administrative regulation, a donor who gives more than $50,000 to the Palo Alto school district but wants...
Original post made on Dec. 4, 2017Last comment by No Dark Money, on Dec 6, 2017 at 9:51 am | 8 comments | 4866 Views
AROUND TOWN
'Animal Farm' revisitedFifteen retirees starring in Avenidas' staged reading of George Orwell's "Animal Farm" this month at Cubberley Community...
Original post made on Dec. 3, 2017Last comment by Income inequality, on Dec 6, 2017 at 4:37 am | 4 comments | 7052 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
East Palo Alto police search for missing teenJonathan Bedolla, 17, was last seen three days ago leaving the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto. Read the full story...
Original post made on Oct. 30, 2017Last comment by Katie , on Dec 5, 2017 at 9:07 pm | 11 comments | 26179 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Sunset magazine sold to Los Angeles private equity investorSunset magazine, once located on Willow Road in Menlo Park, has been sold to Regent L.P., a Los Angeles-based private equity...
Original post made on Dec. 5, 2017Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Dec 5, 2017 at 5:55 pm | 3 comments | 8547 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Ex-teacher sentenced to five years for molestationAfter tearfully begging a San Mateo County judge for leniency during her sentencing hearing for molesting two East Palo Alto...
Original post made on Dec. 3, 2017Last comment by Just Yo, on Dec 5, 2017 at 12:17 pm | 14 comments | 9749 Views
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