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Panera Bread is opening near El Monte & El Camino Real at 1035-A El Monte Ave
Panera offers meals generally priced below $10 and donates daily surplus bread and pastries to local charities. They also have free wifi and free coffee refills. “The patio is probably the most beautiful of all 1,700,” – Jeff Burrill president of Pangenera.
They will donate $1 to Second Harvest Food Bank for every person who signs up for a Panera Card before June 30.
The Mountain View City council just approved the plans for 21 detached row homes, each three-stories tall, on a mostly vacant 1.4 acre lot at 137 Easy St. The homes are planned to be from 2,000 to 2,900 sf and sell for an average price of $850,000. http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=7048&e=y
Continue reading...Caltrain announced their trains have begun using the new San Bruno Grade Separation. http://www.caltrain.com/… Bruno_Grade_Separation.html The high speed rail must have all railroad crossings grade separated. On Jan 25, I published a short post about Caltrain’s plans for grade separation. http://julianalee.com/blog/community/high-speed-rail-road-crossings/ Only four months have passed since then so no changes would be expected other than [...]
Continue reading...Isaac Newton Graham Middle School has been named a distinguished school for 2013. Graham’s Academic Performance Index rose 33 points from 815 in 2011 to 848 in 2012. Graham’s API increased by 53 points for Latinos, 63 points for socioeconomically disadvantaged, and by 50 points for English learners. http://www.mvwsd.org/news-a-hot-topics/496-graham-middle-school-selected-as-2013-california-distinguished-school Graham Middle School website http://graham.mvwsd.org/
Continue reading...The cities with the highest foreclosures in April 2013 (% change from April 2012) 1. Akron Ohio: 1 in every 211 (+147%) 2. Ocala Florida: 1 in every 225 (+164%) 3. Miami-Fort Lauderdale Florida: 1 in every 269 (+1%) 4. Orlando-Kissimmee Florida: 1 in every 287 (+19%) 5. Las Vegas-Paradise Nevada: 1 in every 302 [...]
Continue reading...Rules from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency last month specified certain standards which must be met before a foreclosed home can be sold. Wells Fargo reduced sales from 298 to 17 for the week beginning May 6 while the standards were reviewed. Chase and Citi also temporarily halted foreclosed sales. Bank of [...]
Continue reading...The California Department of Finance released an announcement (and data) stating that the San Francisco Bay Area is the fastest growing region in California with a population growth rate of 1.6%. The 2013 report lists 482 cities with 444 having gains in population. Not surprising is that cities with more open area such as Morgan [...]
Continue reading...Craig Dremann and others have a dream of returning native California plants to many local areas. The “Poppy Project” removed non-native weeds from an area above the Pearson-Arastradero Preserve parking lot and replanted it with seeds from local poppies. If you’ve seen the areas in Southern California around Gorman or the Antelope Valley California Poppy [...]
Continue reading...The Palo Alto Main Library will be closing for construction on Tuesday, April 30. There will be a party there from 3-5 pm on the patio. The work is expected to take about 18 months. The renovations of the Downtown Library was completed without a hitch but the Mitchell Park Library renovation has received repeated [...]
Continue reading...On April 23, 2013 the Mountain View city council approved a mixed used development at the corner of Castro and Church streets. A four-story 28,000 square foot building will be built at 605 Castro which is planned to have offices on the upper levels and either retail or offices at the ground level. Eight three [...]
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