This is big news, especially if you are Stanford or the City of Palo Alto. Stanford dropped its plans to expand its Mall with new shops and a hotel. Stanford says it is because that expansion has been a distraction from their hospital and other expansion plans on campus. (Perhaps the economy has something to do with it too...) Former Palo Alto City Councilmember Bern Beecham had a different take. He is blaming the much talked-about "Palo Alto Process" for the demise of the Mall plan and said, "To me, this is a real black eye for the city process..." Tell us how you really feel Bern.
Earlier this week, the San Carlos artificial turf saga (hopefully) wound down after 10 years. And it looks like the Carlmont-Belmont-San Carlos traffic saga will wind down next year when the City of Belmont attempts to fix the traffic headaches it caused.
Remember this? A guy was working at a restaurant, stealing patron's credit card information, and buying stuff at the grocery store from his wife who worked there...he pleaded no contest to five felony counts yesterday. The wife is looking to do the same after some immigration issues get cleared up -- and the mastermind of this horribly stupid and easily-traceable scheme has already pleaded no contest on second-degree felony burglary and other felony charges.
In cased you missed it, yesterday was incredibly windy. If you cross the San Mateo Bridge at all -- you know the wind was a pain before the big-rig jacked knife yesterday afternoon, but you may not have realized that a boat hit the bridge as well. Add that to down power lines and you have one hell of a day...
Some of the downed powerlines yesterday caused the Almanac offices to go dark. Of course, some of the more critical and vocal folks in Atherton and Menlo Park have been asking for the Almanac to go dark for sometime...just kidding.
Daily Journal Editor Jon Mays hearts downtown San Mateo. (He also does his best to make it sound like Manhattan...)
Watch Dog noted Congresswoman Jackie Speier's openness about the earmarked funding she is seeking from the Federal government. One of those projects is levee improvements for San Mateo's South Bayfront Levee Improvements Project.
The Chronicle has a profile of Mike McArdle, a South San Francisco custom car and motorcycle paint shop. The shop is called Brokeneck Kustoms, which gives you a pretty good hint why this story is so cool...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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