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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Palo Alto Unified School District email glitch results in 1.18 million emails circulated amongst studentsAn “unintended automation error” resulted in all students within the Palo Alto Unified School District sending and receiving...
Original post made on Dec. 19, 2023Last comment by Retired PAUSD Teacher, on Dec 19, 2023 at 2:59 pm | 5 comments | 7165 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Sign the Fix Prop 19 to Repeal the Death Tax PetitionI grew up in Palo Alto - in one of the Sterling Gardens 1950s tract houses with 1,004 square feet in Midtown. They now sell...
Original post made by Anne Gray on Dec. 19, 2023There are no comments yet. 1150 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Power outage hits about 4,500 customers in Palo AltoThousands of utility customers in south Palo Alto lost power on Monday morning, an outage that utility officials believe...
Original post made on Dec. 18, 2023Last comment by Ocam's Razor, on Dec 19, 2023 at 9:45 am | 10 comments | 6712 Views
AROUND TOWN
Bike lanes? Wider sidewalks? Palo Alto looks to transform University AvenueAfter establishing California Avenue as a permanent promenade, Palo Alto’s elected leaders are now shifting their focus...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2023Last comment by Donating 5 Minutes I can't get back , on Dec 18, 2023 at 5:35 pm | 33 comments | 7163 Views
AROUND TOWN
Holiday Fund: A winter feast for families in needEcumenical Hunger Program provides low-income families with food boxes including items like beans, rice, meat, eggs and canned...
Original post made on Dec. 18, 2023Last comment by Donating 5 Minutes I can't get back , on Dec 18, 2023 at 4:25 pm | 1 comment | 3348 Views
AROUND TOWN
Stanford Medicine-led study finds way to predict which organs will fail firstA Stanford Medicine-led study has found a way to predict which organs in individuals will fail first, which could lead to...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2023Last comment by Jennifer, on Dec 16, 2023 at 6:57 pm | 10 comments | 3840 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
East Palo Alto community survey shows room for improvement in disaster prepBarriers to emergency preparedness in East Palo Alto were uncovered by a survey conducted in October 2022, the county of...
Original post made on Dec. 16, 2023Last comment by Silver Linings, on Dec 16, 2023 at 9:23 am | 1 comment | 2765 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Low, Lythcott-Haims join race to succeed Eshoo in CongressThe race to succeed Anna Eshoo in the U.S. Congress continues to solidify this week, with Assembly member Evan Low, D-Campbell,...
Original post made on Dec. 7, 2023Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Dec 15, 2023 at 7:18 pm | 15 comments | 4892 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Police: Reports of man with gun near Paly appear to be 'unfounded'Palo Alto police investigated on Thursday morning reports of a man who was reportedly pointing a handgun at cars near Palo...
Original post made on Dec. 14, 2023Last comment by Jennifer, on Dec 15, 2023 at 6:08 pm | 4 comments | 5252 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
Portola Valley resident, former Marine, enters race for Eshoo's Congress seatA political newcomer and Portola Valley resident with a background in the military and in tech is jumping into the race for...
Original post made on Dec. 14, 2023Last comment by What Will They Do Next, on Dec 15, 2023 at 5:42 pm | 3 comments | 3381 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO
How Mountain View's oldest house became a motive for the 1976 Chowchilla kidnappingMost people who have ventured into Shoreline Park have seen the Rengstorff House. Years before the mansion became Mountain...
Original post made on Dec. 15, 2023Last comment by Josie, on Dec 15, 2023 at 11:15 am | 2 comments | 11390 Views
SPORTS
Fan breaks into Steph Curry's home to get an autograph, DA's Office allegesThe Curry family nanny and three children were at their Atherton home in October when a fan walked in asking for an autograph...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2023Last comment by Me, on Dec 15, 2023 at 10:39 am | 3 comments | 3878 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Stanford residents, fellows secure historic agreement after 13 months of negotiationsAfter a long negotiation process, resident physicians and fellows at Stanford Health have reached a tentative agreement on...
Original post made on Dec. 12, 2023Last comment by MyFeelz, on Dec 15, 2023 at 9:42 am | 2 comments | 3919 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto sees revenue boost as hotels start to fill upPalo Alto's newest financial forecast shows a brightening outlook for the city's hotel industry, where revenues now climbing...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2023Last comment by Resident 1-Adobe Meadows, on Dec 15, 2023 at 9:23 am | 2 comments | 3209 Views
BOOKS
Peninsula College Fund helps low-income, first generation college students thrive during college and beyondPeninsula College Fund received a $10,000 grant from this publication's Holiday Fund campaign, which it used to bolster its...
Original post made on Dec. 15, 2023There are no comments yet. 3761 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
'Dream Big!' Support grows for relaxing height limits for downtown housing projectsPalo Alto's plan to transform downtown parking lots into housing hubs may soon kick off on Lytton Avenue and Kipling Street,...
Original post made on Dec. 12, 2023Last comment by Annette, on Dec 15, 2023 at 6:17 am | 10 comments | 4539 Views
AROUND TOWN
Delivery robots roaming the streets? Mountain View's trying them outThe bots are coming back, for the third time, to Mountain View's streets in an updated pilot program that would allow automated...
Original post made on Dec. 6, 2023Last comment by ALB, on Dec 14, 2023 at 9:46 am | 3 comments | 3428 Views
AROUND TOWN
Arab Muslim student at Stanford injured in hit-and-run, allegedly by pro-Israel studentA hit-and-run incident on the Stanford University campus on Friday, Nov. 3 that injured a pedestrian is being investigated...
Original post made on Nov. 5, 2023Last comment by Me 2, on Dec 14, 2023 at 9:29 am | 23 comments | 11915 Views
AROUND TOWN
Sure, artificial intelligence can provide real-time data on demand, but can it really replace Realtors?With artificial intelligence handling tasks once done by real estate professionals, homebuyers might wonder why they need...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2023Last comment by MyFeelz, on Dec 13, 2023 at 6:32 pm | 1 comment | 3435 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Negotiators talk barricaded man out of Palo Alto homePalo Alto police responding to a domestic violence call at a Palo Alto residence spent nearly five hours negotiating with...
Original post made on Dec. 13, 2023Last comment by cvvhrn, on Dec 13, 2023 at 4:19 pm | 5 comments | 8706 Views
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