Skateboarders in East Palo Alto have been practicing in the City Hall parking lot for years. But next month, East Palo Alto’s first skate park is scheduled to open.
Long awaited, East Palo Alto’s first skate park due to open in November Read More »
Three weeks after 6-year-old Sioreli Torres Zamora was struck and killed by a car while crossing Bay Road on her way to school, many East Palo Alto residents are pressing officials to make the city safer for pedestrians.
East Palo Alto residents demand more pedestrian safety after 6-year-old’s death Read More »
East Palo Alto officials crack down on building code violations. Longtime businesses, including a building supply recycler and a gym that helped troubled youth, couldn’t afford repairs and had to close or relocate.
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East Palo Alto is planning to turn the vacant Cooley Landing into a bayfront park. It will add nine more acres of parkland to a city that does not have the state’s recommended number of parks per 1,000 people.
East Palo Alto builds new bayfront park; still lags behind neighbors in parks per capita Read More »
The salt marsh harvest mouse and the California clapper rail are both endangered species living near East Palo Alto’s Cooley Landing. Their presence may slow plans to turn the vacant property into a park.
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Annie Loya, 26, organized East Palo Alto youth to protest a dangerous waste handling plant in 2007. Now, she’s working with city officials to create a land-use map, ensuring homes won’t go on the toxic site.
New East Palo Alto map lays out vision for development in the Four Corners and Ravenswood neighborhoods through the next decade in hopes it will attract businesses.
East Palo Alto plans to turn Cooley Landing, an abandoned peninsula, into a community park. The city planning commission unanimously approved the project and an environmental impact study is underway.
East Palo Alto planners ask city council to turn vacant Cooley Landing into park Read More »
Congress and President Obama have vowed to end earmarks in 2011, but those funds have been helping East Palo Alto re-create itself. Will the ban put EPA downtown renovation and other projects on hold?
Congress’ ban on budget earmarks may hurt East Palo Alto’s renovation plans Read More »