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Housing project with 98 units proposed for Park Boulevard office site

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By Riley Cooke Verified
| Palo Alto Weekly Verified
The proposal for 2181 Park Boulevard calls for 98 units. Courtesy city of Palo Alto While Palo Alto’s local development restrictions took effect on July 16, that fact has not stopped a team from pitching a plan under a new state law to convert office buildings on Park Boulevard into 98 units of housing.
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Small Baylands fire causes closures at nature preserve

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By Riley Cooke Verified
| Palo Alto Weekly Verified
Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto on Oct. 1, 2025. Photo by Seeger Gray. Palo Alto firefighters put out a small fire that broke out among vegetation in the Baylands Nature Preserve on Wednesday afternoon, but some closures remain in place. First responders arrived on scene around 2:40 p.m. on Wednesday, and the fire burned about a quarter of an acre before being extinguished, according to the city of Palo Alto’s alerts page. No one was injured and no structures were damaged, the alert states.
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Meet the retiree driving Palo Alto’s RV enforcement

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By Riley Cooke Verified
| Palo Alto Weekly Verified
Robert Marinaro stands for a portrait next to Middlefield Road in Palo Alto on July 24, 2026. Photo by Seeger Gray. Bob Marinaro points out an RV coming up on the right side of the road on East Meadow Circle. It’s one that someone is living in, he says, and he can tell because the vehicle is outfitted with solar panels on the roof and a bright orange generator chained to the back. “They’re in very discernible spots,” he said.
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