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HEY TECH!
Analyze data yourself with R - a fast growing language for statistics, forecasting and graphsData are everywhere. With today's powerful smartphones, tablets and computers anyone, from school children to seniors, can learn how to analyze and make graphics...
Original post made by Angela Hey on Apr. 17, 2014Last comment by manojj, on Oct 3, 2017 at 6:57 am | 45 comments | 26290 Views
A NEW SHADE OF GREEN
Why we are WarmingWe ended the last blog post with about half the Sun’s energy hitting...
Original post made by Sherry Listgarten on Jun. 23, 2019Last comment by Sherry Listgarten, on Jul 2, 2019 at 10:05 pm | 45 comments | 4075 Views
INVEST & INNOVATE
Allowing Unauthorized Immigrants to Learn and Earn Legally Will Help the EconomyThere are approximately 2.5 million unauthorized immigrant residents in California of which approximately 1.5 million are working and another 300,000 or so are children. If...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Apr. 11, 2014Last comment by Steve, on Apr 21, 2014 at 11:05 am | 44 comments | 27284 Views
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Why Don’t More Companies Move or Expand Outside the Bay AreaSome companies have moved or expanded elsewhere. And some residents have moved away to escape the high housing costs. But this has not stopped the region and peninsula...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Jul. 11, 2016Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Jul 18, 2016 at 4:30 pm | 44 comments | 33042 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Calafia closes in Palo Alto: 'The costs were greater than the take'Google's first-ever chef, Charlie Ayers, closed Calafia Cafe this week after nine years of serving farm-to-table California cuisine at Town & Country Village...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 26, 2018Last comment by easong, on Oct 17, 2018 at 9:32 pm | 44 comments | 22998 Views
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Should the Bush Tax Cuts be Extended?The country is stuggling to recover from a brutal recession while at the same time long term federal budget deficits are a serious threat to economic growth. The...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Aug. 4, 2010Last comment by Perspective, on Aug 19, 2010 at 5:52 am | 43 comments | 18516 Views
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Should the Bush Tax Cuts be Extended?The country is stuggling to recover from a brutal recession while at the same time long term federal budget deficits are a serious threat to economic growth. The...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Aug. 4, 2010Last comment by Perspective, on Aug 19, 2010 at 5:52 am | 43 comments | 5393 Views
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Property rights and the will of the people"Why would property rights trump the will of the people?" Mark Weiss posted this question on my blog before he announced his candidacy for city council. My...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Sep. 2, 2014Last comment by CrescentParkAnon., on Sep 21, 2014 at 11:52 pm | 43 comments | 13659 Views
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Neighborhood Retail, Customers and ParkingThe recently announced closing of two retail outlets on California Avenue brought an outpouring of sadness from former patrons and residents who wish for more neighborhood...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Nov. 29, 2015Last comment by Allen Akin, on Dec 6, 2015 at 4:56 pm | 43 comments | 12291 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
My Tomatoes Are Better Than Your TomatoesHi from Michigan! I’m visiting Mom and she says hi. For dinner last night we had some Michigan tomatoes and corn and I have to say, and I’m not the...
Original post made by Laura Stec on Aug. 22, 2017Last comment by Laura Stec, on Nov 16, 2017 at 7:27 am | 43 comments | 8525 Views
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Benefit Promises that are Hard to KeepTown Square has been filled with posts about city employee benefits for pensions and health care. The Weekly did a long article on the situation in Palo Alto. There...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Jul. 14, 2012Last comment by Jon, on Jun 5, 2017 at 1:47 am | 42 comments | 24988 Views
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Who Pays for Palo Alto SchoolsThere is an ongoing discussion about what, if anything, Stanford should pay for students added in housing on campus. The Weekly had an op-ed arguing the current...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Feb. 19, 2019Last comment by margaret heath, on Mar 25, 2019 at 3:08 pm | 42 comments | 7798 Views
STORIES OF HOPE
LonelinessWalking into the low-lit room I noticed, as always, the cushy couch, the beautiful bedframe, the family photos strewn on cabinets. Everything was familiar....
Original post made by Aldis Petriceks on Jan. 15, 2019Last comment by 192.168.1.254, on Apr 13, 2019 at 2:35 am | 42 comments | 6031 Views
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Benefit Promises that are Hard to KeepTown Square has been filled with posts about city employee benefits for pensions and health care. The Weekly did a long article on the situation in Palo Alto. There...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Jul. 14, 2012Last comment by Jon, on Aug 17, 2012 at 10:00 pm | 41 comments | 2474 Views
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Housing is for PeopleSometimes in the public policy discussions about housing, we forget that housing is for people. It is important to talk and think about what they want and need. These...
Original post made by Steve Levy on May. 17, 2015Last comment by Techie, on May 26, 2015 at 10:51 am | 41 comments | 13041 Views
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2016 council prioritiesI have three priorities I hope you adopt: --Housing --Transportation/Parking/TDM --Regional Cooperation Housing For me housing is the number one priority....
Original post made by Steve Levy on Jan. 28, 2016Last comment by ivg, on Feb 3, 2016 at 9:40 pm | 41 comments | 18014 Views
PENINSULA FOODIST
Tokyo ramen shop to open first U.S. outpost in Palo AltoRamen Nagi, a Tokyo-born string of ramen shops, is planning to open its first United States location in downtown Palo Alto. Ramen Nagi has filed planning applications...
Original post made by Elena Kadvany on Aug. 18, 2017Last comment by David T, on Sep 27, 2017 at 7:19 pm | 41 comments | 24518 Views
THE FOOD PARTY!
I Still Call It Rossotti'sIt's a Wednesday evening at 5pm and where to go in Portola Valley / Woodside for a happy hour drink in the sun? There are only two places, the first being the...
Original post made by Laura Stec on Aug. 8, 2014Last comment by Jean Van Buskirk, on Jun 23, 2017 at 7:33 pm | 41 comments | 46961 Views
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Debt debate delusions: An economist shakes his head at budget messI have lived in Palo Alto for nearly 50 years studying economics and working as an economist. I have lived here through the recession after the Vietnam War ended,...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Aug. 15, 2011Last comment by regarding NA economy, on Aug 29, 2011 at 2:06 pm | 40 comments | 18098 Views
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Debt debate delusions: An economist shakes his head at budget messI have lived in Palo Alto for nearly 50 years studying economics and working as an economist. I have lived here through the recession after the Vietnam War ended,...
Original post made by Steve Levy on Aug. 15, 2011Last comment by regarding NA economy, on Aug 29, 2011 at 2:06 pm | 40 comments | 3957 Views
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