A confrontation between Barron Park residents and their neighbor, Communications & Power Industries, over hazardous substances unfolded Monday night before a skeptical and inquisitive City Council. The debate was over how the City should deal with comp... »
Palo Alto normally is not considered at risk from toxic materials, but there are areas of contaminated groundwater and soil due to operations in the Stanford Research Park, plus spills of toxic materials in the Research Park from CPI occurred near ho... »
The City Council may find itself Monday night caught in the crossfire between a local high-tech manufacturer and a group of Barron Park residents outraged over a series of toxic chemical releases. In February 2006, a burst of nitric acid gas from Commu... »
Dear Editor, I always enjoy the Palo Alto Patch articles especially the ones about real estate. Your article published on March 7, 2012 titled, "Facebook Causing Massive Local Real Estate Bump" was of particular interest since I'm a local Realtor spec... »
The following guest opinion is part of our weeklong coverage of transparency within local government as part of Sunshine Week 2012. The legacy of a toxic gas release near Barron Park five years ago is in the spotlight this week, serving as a sobering r... »
On February 16, the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the MTC plan to release revised goals for added housing required by 2040 for Bay Area cities. Palo Alto previously was assigned 6,107 to 13,928 homes, or 22% to 52% more homes in our b... »
A strong argument was made for a new, upgraded public safety facility at the City Council Retreat Jan. 21. Chief Burns warned that a major earthquake or other disaster could shut down emergency communications, trap police cars in the underground garage... »
Make no mistake: Palo Altans take their trees seriously. Despite the blustery, rainy weather, some 80 people arrived at Gunn High School Thursday night for Canopy's 16th annual Mayor's Tree Planting and awards ceremony. "It's a way to first of all welc... »
Mayor Yiaway Yeh has immediately made it clear that infrastructure will be his major issue this year, calling for close attention to a report by the Infrastructure Blue Ribbon Task Force in comments he made after his election. He also urged that the ... »
Hundreds of local residents and workers volunteer thousands of hours to maintain and improve our neighborhoods and communities, but their contributions tend to be overlooked. It’s easy to ignore the valuable work that our neighbors perform, with little... »
Barron Park resident Daniel Lilienstein was one of ten recipients of this year’s Community Partnership Awards, given by the Stanford/Palo Alto Citizen Corps Council. Here’s what he had to say about stepping into his role as an emergency preparedness pr... »
