Around Town
"Did you see that thing?! If so Flag as Inappropriate
Posts awaiting your approval 0
john berwald May 16, 2013 at 10:06 am
And it's also National BBQ Month and Willy's is celebrating our 30th Birthday this year. We've got…Read More the barbecue AND the burgers. Willy's Burgers are made from USDA Choice Certified Angus Beef and every Saturday all our great burgers are 1/2 price between 11 am and 4 pm!
Jennifer Brown May 11, 2013 at 05:41 pm
Can't wait to read the book. Looking forward to the party! Congratulations to the poets.
Mindy Prow May 14, 2013 at 06:34 pm
For parents with younger kids Haven Christian Preschool is running preschool camp for seven weeks…Read More this summer. Sign up 3 or 5 days a week 9am-noon. Field trips, water play and art experiences are just some of the fun.
Sign up by May 24th and get a discount. With this program your preschooler (3-5 year old) will be ready for school schedule in the fall and have a great time learning age appropriate skills that last a life time. Wonderful, loving, Christian staff.
Call 408 252-1365 ext 217 or www.havenchristian.org for more information.
Judy Gittelsohn May 14, 2013 at 05:46 pm
Art For Well Beings
Enjoying the Fruits and Flavors of Summer
Summer Art Camp for young people with…Read More special needs and their friends
We focus on one fruit each day – the snack. Participants will learn about the seed, plant or tree, growing cycle, and foods made of this fruit. We will create an art project based on this fruit and then eat it. No, not the art project... the fruit. Artists will discuss our findings.
Location: Art For Well Beings • 2460 Park Blvd. # 3, Palo Alto, CA 94306 Teachers: BarbaraRuzgerian,NadineZellnerandVictoriaVanDuyne
Ages: 8 – 18 • minimum 4 - maximum 12 artists per group
Cost: $150.00 per session • morning session 9:30 - 12 • afternoon session 1:00 - 3:30
Dates: • July8-12 • July15-19 • July22-26 (thisweeknomorningsession)• Register: Email or phone • me@judyg.com • (650) 776 8297
www.artforwellbeings.org
Potato Banana Orange, 2010 Paint by Puzzle PaintingTM by young artists at the Palo Alto Art Center
Thanks,
Judy
650 561 3499
Abilities United May 14, 2013 at 12:23 pm
Summer's Excellent Adventure Camp run by the City of Palo Alto in collaboration with Abilities…Read More United
Monday, Jun 10 - July 3 12:30p to 3:30p
Lucie Stern Community Center Palo Alto, CA
INCLUSIVE program for children/teens 5-18 years old with and without disabilities
Meet new friends while you have fun in a summer camp filled with f!eld trips, arts and crafts, cooperative/no-competitive games, and more!
* Develop self-confidence
* Increase social skills
* Learn to channel energy constructively
* Cope better with transitions
Space is limited!
Class Code: 72624
http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/csd/enjoy.asp
Phone (650) 618-3351
Price $345 Palo Alto resident, $397 Palo Alto non-resident, Activity fee: $35
Managed by Abilities United in collaboration with the City of Palo Alto
Susan April 5, 2013 at 10:08 pm
A staff "overreaction" sums it up. And it looks like a significant amount of our cash has…Read More been spent on this unnoticed, unauthorized, feature creeper:
"Trees 95014 is City of Cupertino's iPhone and iPad app which provides its residents and business owners details about the city planted trees in front of their home or property. Users can search for trees by street name or address or by choosing current location. The search result shows the picture of the tree, tree details like its location, height, diameter and species details like scientific name, habit, canopy width etc. Cupertino residents can also signup for their tree, name their tree and request service."
http://forms4.cupertino.org/tree/iPhoneIPadApp.aspx
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/trees-95014/id593732944?mt=8
Terry G April 5, 2013 at 07:45 pm
I think it is interesting that this whole revision of the ordinance is a reaction triggered by the…Read More illegal removal of around 10 trees per year, per the Public Works director at the City Council meeting (less than .08% of our 13,000 public trees), and really more specifically to the cutting of 2 or 3 large Modesto Ash trees in the Rancho Rinconada area. I hate that some people wantonly cut down mature trees, but I really feel like this is a severe knee-jerk overreaction on the part of the City staff which proposed the changes to the City Council.
And yes, there was NO EDUCATION prior to the tagging of the trees - either about the plan to tag the trees, or about the revisions to the ordinance, including a new severe fine structure based on the size, species and City Arborist determined "condition" of the tree. I dare you to find the fee schedule referred to in the ordinance. In fact there has been no obvious attempt to educate residents about street trees in my 20+ years as a Cupertino resident.
I have to give them credit - because of the tags (pardon me, "badges"), I've learned more about tress and our tree ordinance(s) in the last week than I had learned in the last 20+ years! So in a backward sort of way, they have been really successful at "Community Education".
They have also been really successful at alienating a whole lot of City residents.
Terry G April 5, 2013 at 07:17 pm
As you iundicated, it was only included in the initial staff report under "Education" as…Read More 1.5" metal "asset tags". In the PowerPoint presented to the Council, they looked smaller and a forest-green color, quite unobtrusive. During discussions, Mayor Santoro said that he would like for the tags to explicitly say "Do not trim or remove this tree" and further discussion mentioned that it might be OK if the tags were a little larger to accommodate the text. There was also discussion of placement - whether they should face the houses, or the street, and the verbal agreement was toward the street. The actual implementation is toward oncoming traffic on the street side of teh tree. Councilman Wong mentioned that he was concerned about aesthetics of these tags, but that concern seems to have been completely ignored. There is NOTHING explicitly in the ordinance about tagging all of the trees, much less with QR codes and large enough to serve as 100 yd targets at a rifle range. These tags are actually almost 10 square inches! (2.5" x 4").
I agree that there was a lot of work put into revising the ordinance, and that for the most part the City is doing the right thing, but this implementation is exceptionally poor. And no, there was no public hearing of any kind- except the two readings of the proposed ordinace changes on March 6 and April 3, 2012, when it was unanomously approved by City Council.
David Fung April 21, 2013 at 11:52 am
This is the little walkway between Supreme Dog Grooming and Dream Salon in Monta Vista right off of…Read More Stevens Creek. It's the same little complex as Subway, Gumba's and Monta Vista Market, and right across the street from the Post Office. And the building is kind of painted in the official colors of that part of Monta Vista. :-)
Cris Lawson April 7, 2013 at 11:38 am
It's the outdoor patio for Panda Express on the corner of Stelling and Stevens Creek, across from…Read More DeAnza College.
Anne Ernst (Editor) April 1, 2013 at 12:55 pm
Alex B, you are correct! I did try to avoid the traffic lights, but Bob M was able to see some of…Read More the street sign in the image. Of course, Bob M has been known to stalk me in town while I take these photos so who knows how he really saw the street sign. ;)
David Fung April 20, 2013 at 11:32 am
Looks like this must be the new Islands Restaurant on Stevens Creek. I have a hard time associating…Read More Islands with anything other than a packed mass of people!
Anne Ernst (Editor) March 30, 2013 at 02:43 pm
David Lemire, you are correct! I've been saving this one for two years! Please contact me at…Read More anne.ernst@patch.com to discuss your prize. Thanks for playing!
David Lemire March 30, 2013 at 01:23 pm
Nice one Anne! That's out in front of Kerley's Hunting & Outfitting on Stevens Creek Blvd.
Anne Ernst (Editor) March 27, 2013 at 07:43 pm
Dana Marks, YES! You are correct! That's where we met when I gave you your first Patch prize. What…Read More would you like this time? :)
Local Reader March 28, 2013 at 11:13 am
What a range. What is amazing is how high the Cupertino High School API (over 900 now) is given the…Read More median income of the neighborhood. Well done CHS!
Want That Dog Park? Vote Often To Help Cupertino Win…
0 Recommend L.A. Chung