Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
By Kristina Peterson, Palo Alto Daily News, Calif. Jul. 25--A load of green waste containing "combustible materials" caused Wednesday's fire at the Palo Alto landfill, officials said Thursday.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Compost piles caught fire at a Palo Alto landfill tonight and are expected to continue burning for the next two or three days, officials said. Residents, meanwhile, are being cautioned about the respiratory dangers associated with smoke inhalation. Flames and...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
East Palo Alto and the city's largest landlord are squaring off over the city's rent control rules. Under its new name of Woodland Park Management, Page Mill Properties has filed three lawsuits against the city. The apartment company -- which rents out about...
NBC11.com - Local News (Free subscription) | yesterday
A fire at the Palo Alto dump has caused flames to be seen across the South Bay, according to authorities.
Indybay newswire (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Fellowship Hall, First Presbyterian Church 1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto, 94301
A Wine Story (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Succulent corn on the cob with melted butter, a thinly sliced jicama salad with mango and a squirt of lime, and tender scallop cerviche are all popular summer dishes that demand a bright, light, racy wine to complement them. Happily they have found their match in Vina Palo Alto Reserve Sauvignon Blanc from the Maule Valley of Chile. Lime, lime, lime is the singular note on the palate, with racy...
Daily Dreamtime (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
July 20, 2008 Ping Inside Nairobi, the Next Palo Alto? By G. PASCAL ZACHARY IN the republic of innovation, life is unfair. A relatively small number of places — all in wealthy countries or in China and India — create nearly every important technological advance. Other places must be content with technologies made by others. Yet people in these areas are dreaming of more. Consider Wilfred Mworia,...
Cyclelicious (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Bike Library on Palo Alto city council agenda tonight The Palo Alto city council will discuss a proposal to ask city staff to study the feasibility of a bike sharing system for Palo Alto. Several councilors and the mayor of Palo Alto recently sat in on a presentation about the Library Bike system in place in Arcata, California. Councilors Yoriko Kishimoto and Sid Espinosa...
U.S. Soccer (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Of the 18 players on the Olympic Team roster, 12 have arrived in Palo Alto, Calif. for a six-day domestic training camp before departing for the ING Cup in Hong Kong on Friday, July 25. Most of the European-based contingent, plus Brian McBride, Sacha Kljestan, Michael Orozco and Robbie Rogers, have arrived at the team hotel and have already begun training at nearby Stanford University. The remaining...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Jump to the full entry & travel map Palo Alto, California, United States Our last trip to India was in Dec 2005-Jan 2006. It was a nice 3 week trip. Upon returning, one of my colleagues asked, "why didn't you just work a week or 2 in the company's local India office and extend your trip?" Hmm... Fast forward to February 2008. I am invited to go to my company's Bangalore campus for a 4 day "Global...
Darwiniana (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
RG July 20, 2008 Ping Inside Nairobi, the Next Palo Alto? By G. PASCAL ZACHARY IN the republic of innovation, life is unfair. A relatively small number of places — all in wealthy countries or in China and India — create nearly every important technological advance.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
IN the republic of innovation, life is unfair. A relatively small number of places -- all in wealthy countries or in China and India -- create nearly every important technological advance. Other places must be content with technologies made by others. Yet people in these areas are dreaming of more.
the defeatists! (Free subscription) | 07/20/2008
... have a bright idea in Nairobi, you can’t just turn it around,” ( Well, that at least is similar to Palo Alto...Palo Alto City Government!) says Laura Frederick, an American working on an online payment system in the city.Still, Nairobi is home to a digital brew that invites optimism about its chances for creating unusual innovations. The city has relatively few wired phone lines or...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
A relatively small number of places — all in wealthy countries or in China and India — create nearly every important technological advance. But some in Nairobi are hoping to change that.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
A relatively small number of places — all in wealthy countries or in China and India — create nearly every important technological advance. But some in Nairobi are hoping to change that.
