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PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto Housing seeks new leaderCandice Gonzalez, who has headed Palo Alto Housing for the past 10 years, will join Sand Hill Property Company as chief housing...
Original post made on Jul. 16, 2018Last comment by Common Sense, on Sep 20, 2018 at 12:52 pm | 24 comments | 8471 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Attempted theft0...
Original post made by Jag Singh on Jun. 26, 2006Last comment by Obvious, on Jul 1, 2006 at 5:26 pm | 3 comments | 8471 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City auditor's office faces staffing cutsThe Office of City Auditor in Palo Alto would see drastic staffing reductions under a proposal that the City Council's Finance...
Original post made on May. 17, 2018Last comment by The Insider, on May 22, 2018 at 1:50 pm | 33 comments | 8470 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto prepares to revamp neighborhood parking programsSeeking to bring some stability, simplicity and sanity to the city's complex patchwork of residential parking programs, the...
Original post made on May. 14, 2019Last comment by Anon, on May 15, 2019 at 9:11 pm | 11 comments | 8470 Views
AROUND TOWN
Palo Alto nears completion on fixing Embarcadero traffic signalsResponding to complaints from frustrated commuters, Palo Alto is in the midst of replacing and coordinating the traffic lights...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2015Last comment by Online Name, on Sep 17, 2015 at 7:15 pm | 34 comments | 8470 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTS
Man run over by truck while sleeping dies in East Palo AltoA 47-year-old homeless man who was sleeping on an abandoned mattress on an East Palo Alto street was killed after being run...
Original post made on May. 17, 2018Last comment by ABC, on May 19, 2018 at 10:12 am | 9 comments | 8469 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
City to test collection of food scraps from homesStarting in April, some Palo Alto residents will be putting their food scraps out on the curb for pickup by the city's waste-management...
Original post made on Jan. 15, 2013Last comment by Shelly Fox, on Oct 24, 2014 at 7:25 pm | 23 comments | 8468 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
As pandemic spreads, Palo Alto emergency responders plan for the 'unknown'Despite an order across Santa Clara County for residents to shelter in place, Palo Alto residents should not expect police...
Original post made on Mar. 18, 2020Last comment by Anon, on Mar 20, 2020 at 11:36 am | 6 comments | 8468 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
East Palo Alto police take a public-health approach to fighting crimeOn a cloudy afternoon at Jack Farrell Park in East Palo Alto, a young girl wearing a helmet and fluorescent safety vest waited...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2013Last comment by Hmmm, on Apr 8, 2013 at 12:07 pm | 3 comments | 8468 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Cities slam VTA plan to reroute Measure B funding toward BARTIn 2016, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority vowed to upgrade streets and rail crossings through a sales tax...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2020Last comment by Bill Hough, on Dec 19, 2020 at 8:30 am | 10 comments | 8468 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Foundation donates $4.4M to Palo Alto schoolsParent and community volunteers have raised a record-breaking $4.4 million to donate to local public school campuses, the...
Original post made on Mar. 27, 2012Last comment by Parent, on Mar 31, 2012 at 8:20 pm | 28 comments | 8466 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
District eyes bus for VTP high school studentsThe Palo Alto school board will discuss Tuesday night the potential purchase of a 60-passenger school bus to ease the often...
Original post made on Feb. 23, 2015Last comment by Resident, on Feb 24, 2015 at 2:41 pm | 20 comments | 8465 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
The wild onesThis Palo Alto artist's love for America's wild horse is evident in every painting. So is her background as a scientific...
Original post made on Dec. 30, 2013Last comment by Jessa , on Dec 30, 2013 at 12:15 pm | 1 comment | 8465 Views
AROUND TOWN
Never too old to be a first-time authorWith her first book published at the age of 77 -- and a second out this month -- Prudence Breitrose, at 79, finds herself...
Original post made on Oct. 4, 2013Last comment by , on Oct 4, 2013 at 1:28 pm | 1 comment | 8463 Views
AROUND TOWN
Santa Clara County opens 2 new COVID-19 testing sites for vulnerable residentsTwo new community COVID-19 testing sites in Santa Clara County aimed to serve the most vulnerable individuals in the community...
Original post made on May. 5, 2020Last comment by athena, on Jul 15, 2020 at 3:53 pm | 9 comments | 8463 Views
MOVIES
Beyond the Call opening Dec. 10...
Original post made by Gloria Schulz on Nov. 18, 2006There are no comments yet. 8463 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Eden Housing's 801 Alma St. project approved by councilPalo Alto's seven-year-long quest to build a dense, affordable-housing complex in a transit-friendly downtown location surged...
Original post made on Nov. 10, 2009Last comment by Paul, on Nov 13, 2009 at 2:00 pm | 66 comments | 8461 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Healthy Halloween0...
Original post made by Healthy Mom on Oct. 16, 2006Last comment by A.J., on Oct 20, 2006 at 7:02 pm | 14 comments | 8461 Views
AROUND TOWN
A wonderful venue for us to learn about each other0...
Original post made by Jan Altman on May. 31, 2006Last comment by Tom Pencek, on Jun 2, 2006 at 9:58 am | 2 comments | 8461 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Webcast: Renaming schools; redesigning railWeekly journalists provide updates on efforts to rename two Palo Alto middle schools and to separate the rail corridor from...
Original post made on Feb. 26, 2018Last comment by Monica Yeung Arima , on Mar 27, 2018 at 5:32 am | 3 comments | 8460 Views
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