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View MoreDeng's record $83K splits Palo Alto council money race
Palo Alto's five City Council candidates who have filed initial campaign finance reports show a sharp fundraising divide along local-versus-outside-donor lines: Parks Commissioner Yudy Deng has raised a record $83,000 largely from donors outside Palo Alto, while runner-up Bryna Chang's $22,000 came almost entirely from local supporters, and both incumbents in the race are barely raising money ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
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View MoreStanford to file expansion permit with Santa Clara County
Stanford University expects to file its general use permit application with Santa Clara County in August, launching a review that will shape traffic, housing and growth decisions affecting Palo Alto for decades.
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View MoreCouncil candidate targets Stanford's commercial land for housing
Henry Etzkowitz, 86, has entered the Palo Alto City Council race with a platform calling for dense housing at Stanford Research Park and Stanford Shopping Center in partnership with Stanford University, a proposal that would affect 700 acres of commercial land housing Tesla, xAI and more than 150 other companies.
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View MoreDeng raises record $82,307 for council bid, mostly from out of town
Parks Commissioner Yudy Deng has raised a record $82,307 for her Palo Alto City Council bid with most donations from outside the city, while rival Planning Commission Chair Bryna Chang raised $17,109 almost entirely from local donors — a split that could shape votes on SB 79 housing, the Cubberley sales tax and the city's budget deficit.
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View MoreEisenberg faces Los Altos councilman for Valley Water board seat
Palo Alto voters face a contested Valley Water District 7 race between incumbent Rebecca Eisenberg and Los Altos Councilman Pete Dailey, plus a so-far uncontested Midpen Open Space Ward 2 seat, with the nomination filing deadline arriving Friday.
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View MoreFour candidates file for three Palo Alto council seats
Four candidates have filed for three Palo Alto City Council seats ahead of Friday's 5 p.m. nomination deadline, with an expected extension to Aug. 12 because one incumbent is not running.
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View MoreMVLA bans smart glasses; Palo Alto has no policy
The Mountain View-Los Altos High School District endorsed a ban on AI-enabled smart glasses on August 3, while PAUSD's mobile device policy takes no position on smart glasses nine days before the district's school year starts.
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View MoreCaltrans closes 101 lanes, ramps near East Palo Alto
Caltrans is closing lanes and ramps on US 101 between South San Francisco and East Palo Alto from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on weeknights through Aug. 31 for paving, guardrail, and electrical work.
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View More368-unit apartment complex breaks ground in Barron Park
Acclaim Companies breaks ground Tuesday, Aug. 11, on a 368-unit, seven-story apartment complex at 3150 El Camino Real in Palo Alto's Barron Park neighborhood, the city's largest housing project to reach construction in years, with 74 below-market-rate units on Stanford-owned land.
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View MoreArastradero Preserve trails to close for $483,000 pipeline fix
Palo Alto's Parks and Recreation Commission voted 6-0 to advance a $483,000 pipeline relocation and creek stabilization project at Arastradero Nature Preserve that will close trails during two summers of construction in 2027 and 2028, with City Council still needing to approve the work in December.
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View MoreWoodside pledges traffic fixes at Four Corners after cyclist killed
Palo Alto resident Deirdre Crommie and fellow Western Wheelers members packed the Woodside Town Council meeting on July 28 demanding safety action on Skyline Boulevard after the death of Palo Alto researcher Jakub Solovsky; the council reported Caltrans construction at Four Corners will begin within a month and a joint CHP/Sheriff enforcement operation is set for August 8.
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View MoreBecker's AI transparency law takes effect Sunday, penalties apply
California's AI Transparency Act, authored by Palo Alto's state senator Josh Becker, takes effect Sunday, August 2, requiring large AI companies to embed invisible origin data in generated content and offer free detection tools, with $5,000-per-day penalties for violations.
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