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Palo Alto named second richest small city in nationMovoto, a national real estate brokerage website, has named Palo Alto the second richest small city in America, based on...
Original post made on May. 1, 2014Last comment by resident 1, on May 6, 2014 at 1:43 pm | 17 comments | 33790 Views
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Editorial: A good bridge approachBy the time the Palo Alto and East Palo Alto City Councils decide on what to do with the old Newell Road bridge, it may be...
Original post made on Oct. 25, 2013Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Oct 27, 2013 at 10:39 pm | 47 comments | 33765 Views
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Residents claim financial abuse at Vi at Palo AltoA class action suit filed by residents of Vi at Palo Alto alleges its parent company, CC-Palo Alto, transferred millions...
Original post made on Feb. 20, 2014Last comment by Go Stanford, on Feb 24, 2014 at 11:57 pm | 26 comments | 33537 Views
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Committee backs new penalties for stalled constructionResidents who take too long to remodel their Palo Alto homes, leaving sections of their blocks fenced off and mired in construction...
Original post made on Nov. 20, 2013Last comment by Wonderer, on Nov 20, 2013 at 2:36 pm | 3 comments | 33318 Views
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Palo Alto suspends 'planned community' projectsFew phrases stoke rage and cynicism in Palo Alto as effectively as "planned community," a process that allows developers...
Original post made on Feb. 4, 2014Last comment by resident, on Feb 6, 2014 at 10:38 am | 34 comments | 33003 Views
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ABAG vs. Palo Alto's "infrastructure-housing imbalance"0...
Original post made on Sep. 6, 2007Last comment by small is beautiful, on Sep 14, 2007 at 5:08 pm | 189 comments | 32991 Views
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Saving the BaylandsThe Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve marshlands, home to the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse and the California clapper...
Original post made on Nov. 1, 2013Last comment by Sally, on Nov 6, 2013 at 6:24 pm | 15 comments | 32747 Views
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Fuki Sushi owner, a Palo Alto native, subjected to racial-hate tiradeFor three generations, Lumi Gardner's family has operated their popular Fuki Sushi restaurant in Palo Alto. Last Sunday,...
Original post made on Aug. 7, 2021Last comment by Emil Del Pilar, on Aug 11, 2021 at 8:35 am | 61 comments | 32590 Views
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Hidden in plain sightThe young man working at a Mountain View Safeway slammed his head on a commercial refrigerator door, unable to verbally express...
Original post made on May. 8, 2015Last comment by Language Matters , on May 18, 2015 at 9:40 am | 29 comments | 32207 Views
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Stanford geneticist Leonard Herzenberg diesLeonard Herzenberg, a retired geneticist whose discoveries are said to have kept thousands of people alive, died Oct. 27...
Original post made on Nov. 13, 2013Last comment by Hmmm, on Nov 15, 2013 at 11:43 am | 2 comments | 32192 Views
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Cost of renting versus buying a house in PACan someone please explain why anyone in their right mind buy a house in Palo Alto these days? In our midtown cul-de-sac...
Original post made by Midtown resident on Jan. 4, 2010Last comment by Ouch, on Aug 5, 2010 at 7:23 pm | 229 comments | 32124 Views
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City and union deadlocked over salary hikesPalo Alto and its largest labor union remain nearly $3 million apart on a new contract, with the biggest dispute centering...
Original post made on Jan. 16, 2014Last comment by ISeeTheFuture, on Jan 26, 2014 at 10:48 am | 23 comments | 32077 Views
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A pandemic on the rise: Charts reveal how virus has spread at different rates in two countiesThrough a series of charts, track how the coronavirus has infected and killed people in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties,...
Original post made on Mar. 30, 2020Last comment by Peter Carpenter, on May 25, 2020 at 4:31 pm | 46 comments | 31937 Views
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Grand jury calls for denser housingDespite a recent push to build more housing, Palo Alto and other Santa Clara County cities will have to answer to the civil...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2018Last comment by resident, on Jul 15, 2018 at 8:38 am | 205 comments | 31804 Views
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Fallen trees cause power outages for about 2,500 Palo Alto Utilities customersStrong winds and stormy conditions caused trees to fall down in Palo Alto, where two separate power outages are impacting...
Original post made on Mar. 14, 2023Last comment by MyFeelz, on Mar 21, 2023 at 6:23 pm | 36 comments | 31789 Views
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School board votes to rename schoolsAfter hours of impassioned public comment, the Palo Alto school board voted unanimously on Tuesday night to rename two of...
Original post made on Mar. 28, 2018Last comment by kids, on Apr 1, 2018 at 2:35 pm | 96 comments | 31642 Views
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Paly teacher arrested for alleged sex crimesA Palo Alto High School science teacher who allegedly touched a student in a classroom was arrested by police on Wednesday...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2016Last comment by Ms.A, on Jun 21, 2016 at 9:14 pm | 43 comments | 31574 Views
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Palo Alto church reports that a person with COVID-19, and the person’s relative, were on the campus within past two weeksLast Sunday, the leadership at First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto, like at many local faith communities, discussed how...
Original post made on Mar. 12, 2020Last comment by Alicia Flores, on Apr 21, 2020 at 4:10 am | 7 comments | 31520 Views
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Palo Alto declares coronavirus 'emergency'With the number coronavirus cases in the county steadily climbing, the city of Palo Alto on Thursday declared a state of...
Original post made on Mar. 12, 2020Last comment by covidpartyatkpao, on Apr 18, 2020 at 2:31 pm | 59 comments | 31415 Views
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One message told 16 ways: Artists behind Black Lives Matter mural in Palo Alto ask what more will be done beyond street artRight now, the public can visit Hamilton Avenue in front of City Hall to see a nearly 245-foot-long and 17-foot-tall vibrant...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2020Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Aug 18, 2020 at 10:39 am | 29 comments | 31292 Views
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