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About this blog: So much is right — and wrong — about what is happening in Palo Alto. In this blog I want to discuss all that with you. I know many residents care about this town, and I want to explore our collective interests to help ... (More)
About this blog: So much is right — and wrong — about what is happening in Palo Alto. In this blog I want to discuss all that with you. I know many residents care about this town, and I want to explore our collective interests to help do the right thing. My goal with this blog is to help the public better understand what really is happening, and more important, how residents living here may be affected by these local decisions. I've been a journalist most of my life, first as a reporter and then managing editor of a Chicago newspaper, followed by a wonderful year at Stanford as a recipient of Knight Journalism Fellowship. I then went to the San Jose Mercury as an editorial writer and columnist. I also worked for the State Bar of California as the first editor in chief of "California Lawyer" magazine, and then spent a decade at Stanford involved in public issues affecting the university. In the late 1990s, I sequentially wrote columns for all three local newspapers here in Palo Alto. Born in a small community on Long Island, I attended Middlebury College, graduated from the University of Michigan, got married, had four boys in four years, and then started working. I moved to Palo Alto in 1979, and have been involved in the community on several nonprofit boards. (Hide)
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Why you may not read this column
May 10, 2021 7:37 pm
Comments: 25 | Views: 14,462
Only 10 percent (+ or –2%) of American adults get their daily news from either a newspaper or a TV news show. That means the rest of us don’t. And many... More
May 10, 2021 7:37 pm
Comments: 25 | Views: 14,462
Only 10 percent (+ or –2%) of American adults get their daily news from either a newspaper or a TV news show. That means the rest of us don’t. And many... More
Memo to PA Police Chief Jonsen:
What are you hiding from us? And why?
May 4, 2021 11:38 am
Comments: 28 | Views: 12,326
TO: Robert Jonsen, Chief of Police, Palo Alto
FROM: Diana Diamond, Palo Alto resident
TOPIC: Keeping residents in the dark about police activities
Chief,... More
May 4, 2021 11:38 am
Comments: 28 | Views: 12,326
TO: Robert Jonsen, Chief of Police, Palo Alto
FROM: Diana Diamond, Palo Alto resident
TOPIC: Keeping residents in the dark about police activities
Chief,... More
Climate change: A critical challenge for Palo Alto? Or, an impossible goal?
Apr 28, 2021 11:43 am
Comments: 22 | Views: 11,256
The Palo Alto City Council has taken on what environmentalists see as an important big step in trying to cut this city’s carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent... More
Apr 28, 2021 11:43 am
Comments: 22 | Views: 11,256
The Palo Alto City Council has taken on what environmentalists see as an important big step in trying to cut this city’s carbon dioxide emissions 80 percent... More
Don’t keep information from the public
Apr 20, 2021 12:08 pm
Comments: 13 | Views: 10,156
We have a city hall and police department transparency problem in Palo Alto that seems to be quietly but quickly expanding.
That’s because: City Manager... More
Apr 20, 2021 12:08 pm
Comments: 13 | Views: 10,156
We have a city hall and police department transparency problem in Palo Alto that seems to be quietly but quickly expanding.
That’s because: City Manager... More
My Man vs. Squirrel
Apr 13, 2021 1:04 pm
Comments: 8 | Views: 11,260
I never thought much about squirrels until I owned a dog. Dogs love these little bushy-tailed critters and have great fun unsuccessfully chasing them. But now my... More
Apr 13, 2021 1:04 pm
Comments: 8 | Views: 11,260
I never thought much about squirrels until I owned a dog. Dogs love these little bushy-tailed critters and have great fun unsuccessfully chasing them. But now my... More
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