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BRT El Camino projectRecently sent to City Council Members: I was distressed to learn that on your first round of discussion on the BRT El...
Original post made by steve eittreim on Apr. 22, 2015Last comment by Resident, on Apr 23, 2015 at 10:29 am | 3 comments | 1756 Views
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Cheapest Fastest Way to Add a Room???Someone else brought up this topic and I don't recall any answers. We'd like to add a room to the back of our house. ...
Original post made by Homey on Aug. 18, 2015Last comment by resident 1, on Aug 19, 2015 at 8:22 pm | 8 comments | 1755 Views
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Burglars smash vehicle into Apple storeA burglary ring crashed through the front glass windows of the Palo Alto Apple Store in downtown early Sunday morning by...
Original post made on Dec. 4, 2016Last comment by Curmudgeon, on Dec 4, 2016 at 9:28 pm | 4 comments | 1755 Views
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Palo Alto Medical Clinic has BIG problemsThe PA Clinic has big problems, and #1 is the interminable wait time on the telephone....made even more irritating with...
Original post made by Jim on Feb. 18, 2016Last comment by Get it Online, on Feb 19, 2016 at 9:40 am | 3 comments | 1754 Views
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Lawn Signs[Topic removed by Palo Alto Online staff.]...
Original post made by Voter on Sep. 1, 2014There are no comments yet. 1753 Views
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Any News or Information on What Is Up With our AIR ?What is the coverage of all this smoke in Palo Alto? How dangerous is the smoke that is covering Palo Alto?...
Original post made by Gotta Breathe on Oct. 11, 2017Last comment by Read the Paper, on Oct 12, 2017 at 2:58 pm | 9 comments | 1752 Views
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My votes for City CouncilAmid the heavy partisanship of our current local election I’d like to share my reasons for supporting Arthur Keller, Liz...
Original post made by Pat Burt on Nov. 3, 2016Last comment by I'm for Kou, Keller, Carl & Stone, on Nov 7, 2016 at 2:15 pm | 8 comments | 1748 Views
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Voting for Greg ScharffAfter reading the following comment from Scharff in tonight's post-election news, I realize what a mistake I had made in...
Original post made by Scharrfs election on Nov. 5, 2014Last comment by staygreen, on Nov 8, 2014 at 11:50 am | 12 comments | 1745 Views
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Any contractors who do modular home building in Palo Alto?Hi, After a lot of research, I have come to conclude that a modular or prefab home is the way to go on my urban Palo Alto...
Original post made by wantmycasa on Oct. 3, 2014Last comment by Crescent Park Dad, on Oct 4, 2014 at 6:34 am | 4 comments | 1745 Views
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Buena Vista Mobile Home Park Closure Tentative DecisionLabadie finds that the owner's mitigation is sufficient. From the City's web site: On August 27, 2014 Hearing Officer...
Original post made by Joe on Aug. 27, 2014There are no comments yet. 1743 Views
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Water WasteThere are two lots in my neighborhood of Old Palo Alto that are excavating for basements and the water is being pumped right...
Original post made by Carol Zink on Apr. 14, 2015Last comment by Chris Zaharias, on Apr 14, 2015 at 9:19 pm | 7 comments | 1741 Views
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City allowing huge trees to Die and be killed for developmentDozens of trees , Redwoods included are being allowed to diea slow death at the office complesx on the SW corner of Page...
Original post made by barb on Jul. 7, 2016Last comment by Paly Grad, on Jul 10, 2016 at 6:44 pm | 9 comments | 1738 Views
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Jay Paul Withdraws Application to Construct Office Project/Public Safety Building�The Jay Paul Company has notified the City of Palo Alto that it is withdrawing its application to construct an office...
Original post made by Herb Borock on Dec. 19, 2013Last comment by curmudgeon, on Dec 19, 2013 at 4:01 pm | 1 comment | 1735 Views
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Mission statement of the FAAThe aircraft noise thread was so long that I wanted to catch people's eye with this statement from the FAA: 'Our Mission Our...
Original post made by stephanie enos on Oct. 16, 2015Last comment by stephanie enos, on Oct 16, 2015 at 10:15 pm | 3 comments | 1732 Views
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Reduced traffic on Town Square?Is it my imagination, or have the amount of comments gone down since they changed to the new format? Editors, do you have...
Original post made by Outside Observer on Oct. 18, 2013Last comment by going down, on Oct 19, 2013 at 4:14 pm | 5 comments | 1732 Views
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40 Hour Work Week for City EmployeesDo any of the candidates running for city council support the normal concept of city employees working 40 hours per week?...
Original post made by Barron Park resident on Oct. 15, 2014Last comment by Ha ha, on Oct 16, 2014 at 8:23 pm | 4 comments | 1723 Views
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code violationsanyome hear tired of baseless complaints by neighbors for zoning or code violations? one neighbor complained a fence was...
Original post made by frank on Sep. 28, 2014Last comment by resident 1, on Sep 29, 2014 at 7:16 pm | 8 comments | 1721 Views
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Time to talk to each other school board and councilTwo articles in today's front page. 1. Citizens to aid panel in housing shortage http://www.paloaltoonline.com/square/2014/03/11/citizens-panel-to-aid-city-in-addressing-housing-...
Original post made by Resident on Mar. 12, 2014Last comment by Agree, on Mar 13, 2014 at 9:09 am | 3 comments | 1721 Views
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Jerry Brown’s Train WreckAn especially illuminating article “Jerry Brown’s Train Wreck” --“The California Governor doesn’t want anyone...
Original post made by Morris Brown on Oct. 4, 2016Last comment by A BIG Question, on Oct 7, 2016 at 11:00 am | 12 comments | 1719 Views
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2017 School Calendar time to nix Columbus day. No Start Earlyyes the title says everything. I am not against anybody or anything. I am just in favor of eliminating Columbus day holiday,...
Original post made by School Calendar on Feb. 25, 2017Last comment by Experienced Parent, on Feb 26, 2017 at 10:52 pm | 4 comments | 1717 Views
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