Articles tagged with: Palo Alto
Political Beat, Silicon Valley »
Six miles from where President Obama pitched his plan for job growth Monday morning, three tech-savvy Republican members of Congress — nicknamed the “young guns” — pitched their own plan to stimulate economic growth during a live chat session at Facebook’s Palo Alto campus.
Reps. Kevin McCarthy (R-California), Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) praised the social networking website’s growth before a packed room of employees and invited guests, but criticized Washington lawmakers for “still trying to catch up” to using Facebook as a constituent tool.
Political Beat »
President Barack Obama — in full campaign mode — will head to California Thursday to raise money and campaign for Democratic candidates locked in tight electoral races against Republican opponents less than two weeks before voters head to the ballot boxes on Nov. 2.
Obama, who remains largely popular amongst California voters, will arrive in the Bay Area at 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon to attend two private Democratic fundraisers in Palo Alto and Atherton, according to the White House.
Bay Area Snapshots »
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
From the California Beat photography collection, Bay Area Snapshots is an occasional glimpse at daily life in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Bay Area Snapshots »
Stanford University // Palo Alto, Calif.
From the California Beat photography collection, Bay Area Snapshots is an occasional glimpse at daily life in the San Francisco Bay Area.
History »
Timothy Hopkins
1859 – January 1, 1936
Philanthropist
Had it not been for the famous family who adopted him, chances are Timothy Hopkins might never have become anyone important in California. Had it not been for Timothy Hopkins, one can only speculate how a map of the Peninsula would have looked and had it not been for Timothy Hopkins, one can only wonder how differently Stanford University could have become. Though his name is largely forgotten today, Timothy Hopkins had the honor of closely associating himself with two of the state’s best-known historical figures and built his own reputation because of it.
Traffic & Transit »
One Peninsula city’s outrage against the California High Speed Rail system could potentially throw a kink into plans to build an expansive bullet train network connecting San Francisco with Los Angeles.
A vociferous crowd of 50 Palo Alto residents marched before a City Council meeting Monday afternoon calling on the governing body of the proposed rail system – the California High Speed Rail Authority – to take a second look at sending bullet trains traveling at speeds of up to 125 miles per hour through their town.
Insight »
California’s march towards progress shouldn’t be cut short by a loud group of Peninsula NIMBYs armed with a distorted set of facts about the state’s high speed rail system.
On Monday, 50 or so protesters showed up to the Palo Alto City Council meeting demanding that the California High Speed Rail Authority reconsider its plans for sending bullet trains through their town. They were armed with dangerously misleading exaggerations and half-truths about how a “Berlin Wall” would be constructed to separate the trains from auto traffic and thus divide the city in half.
