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Palo Alto’s long-awaited renovation of car-free California Avenue is being delayed by a month after the street’s new bollards were held up in customs as they were on the way to California from Vietnam. The union representing frontline VTA workers in Silicon Valley put the transit… With cuts to federal staff and uncerta
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Around Town: Chasing dreams, celebrating a legacy
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (665+ words) Gennady Sheyner is the editor of Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online. As a former staff writer, he has won awards for his coverage of elections, land use, business, technology and breaking news. Gennady grew up in San Francisco…...
Letters to the editor: fixing Cubberley, the RV dilemma, Skyline speeding
4+ week, 1+ day ago (165+ words) Cubberley has been an important resource for me ever since I moved to Palo Alto in 1982. When the November Palo Alto Community Safety/Services Measure is approved by Palo Alto voters, the half-cent increase in the sales tax will allow…...
Letters: In favor of 'retox,' empathy for the homeless and bike-safe corridors
2+ week, 6+ day ago (412+ words) While I was detoxing weeding in the garden, I thought “Since I don’t like detoxing, what is the opposite of a detox?” A retox, of course! A retox is bingeing on video games and TV to make up for lost…...
'Poised for growth': A brief history of Woodland Park
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1040+ words) The tension between the city’s legacy of affordability and pressures for gentrification is nearly as old as the city itself. Residents of East Palo Alto, many of whom are Black and Latino, originally moved to the city after facing exclusion…...
A year after their promise, lawmakers again reform environmental planning. Now Newsom will weigh in
1+ week, 6+ day ago (853+ words) Lawmakers this week made good on a year-old promise, passing a bill to narrow a controversial exemption from California’s environmental review law. The proposal passed both houses of the Legislature and now goes to the governor’s desk. Senate Bill 954 follows…...
Guest Opinion: Palo Alto schools face a self-inflicted budget crisis
23+ hour, 20+ min ago (650+ words) By Todd Collins and Ken Dauber It’s almost impossible to believe. Over just a few weeks this summer, PAUSD went from its strongest ever financial position to its absolute most dire. When school ended in June, they boasted a record…...
A neighborhood in limbo: Woodland Park residents organize amid redevelopment plans
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1609+ words) Roland Guidry moved to East Palo Alto as a child in 1962, two decades before it officially became a city. He attended the now shuttered Ravenswood High School. He met his wife in the city. People were friendly, left their doors…...
City struggles to find compromise on RV parking
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1190+ words) Depending on whom you ask, Palo Alto residents offer different reasons for why the city’s latest proposal to address RV parking on city streets is not sufficient. The two-pronged approach, which the City Council will discuss on Aug. 24, would create…...
Guest Opinion: Lawsuit against Palo Alto school district fans prejudice
2+ week, 1+ day ago (236+ words) Muslim students and parents in Palo Alto, like those around the country, are acutely feeling the sting of intensifying prejudice and discrimination. In that context, this lawsuit comes as a gut punch, bringing the national hysteria to our own local…...
Palo Alto school, city leaders pledge deeper partnerships to address youth suicide
1+ week, 2+ day ago (861+ words) City and school district leaders in Palo Alto plan to deepen their partnership and take a closer look at spending and utilization of their mental health resources as they reflected this week on the findings of newly released study of…...