Historic tree stands in the way of Palo Alto high-speed rail
The El Palo Alto historic tree may threaten the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s plans to construct the high-speed rail line. Widening the tracks puts the tree in jeopardy.
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With farmers’ market and Mi Pueblo grocery store, small East Palo Alto markets must compete (VIDEO)
East Palo Alto was known as a “food desert” for over 20 years, but that ended when the Mi Pueblo supermarket opened last year. Owners of smaller markets are concerned about the competition.
Sales-tax measure defeated in Half Moon Bay
Voters in Half Moon Bay yesterday rejected Measure K, a proposed one-cent sales tax increase that city leaders had portrayed as a life-saving measure for the coastal community swimming in debt.
Peninsula controversy surrounds high-speed rail project (VIDEO)
Approved by voters in 2008, the California high-speed rail project has faced opposition from several communities in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. The new chief executive officer of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, Roelof van Ark, made his first public speech in the region on Sept. 29 in San Jose. He promoted the project’s benefits and said the authority needs to do a better job of communicating its message to opponents on the Peninsula. Leaders in towns such as Palo Alto and Menlo Park, which are suing the authority, are still not convinced.
Menlo Park smoking ban: a one-woman crusade
Menlo Park’s City Council passed an ordinance banning smoking in public places. The law takes effect in November, giving the city one of the toughest smoking laws in the state.
Menlo Park buys foreclosed homes
Menlo Park, home of Silicon Valley’s venture capitalists and million-dollar abodes, was not eligible for the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program – so the city decided in May to fund one of it’s own.
Letter lost in the mail for 17 years
MENLO PARK – Nancy Couperus realized the city was planning to close the street leading to the Sunday Farmers’ market she founded 17 years ago, and build a roofed one to compete with it, when the planning was already well underway.