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The city of Palo Alto is inviting residents to weigh in on a plan to add thousands of homes to the San Antonio Road area, along with parks, new retail, and improvements for bicyclists and pedestrians. The plan for the 275-acre area is called the San Antonio Road area plan. Depending on building heights and den-
People asked to opine on plan for the San Antonio Road area sities the city decides to allow, the plan could include 3,900 to 7,000 new housing units. The area now has 384 homes. The city’s Parks and Recreation Commission will discuss the plan tomorrow, followed by a presentation to
the Planning and Transportation Commission on Wednesday. The plan will then go to City Council for a study session on April 6. Survey questions include whether [See THOUSANDS, page 18]
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Mountain View City Council on Tuesday will consider approving plans to build hundreds of new homes in an eight-story building in the East Whisman neighborhood. Developer Jeffrey Stone of WTA Middlefield (Diamond Construction) wants to build 460 apartments and 9,371 square feet of retail space at 490 [See EIGHT, page 19]
Proposal for 490 East Middlefield Road in Mountain View. Rendering by SDT Architects.
Zuck, Chan’s decision may be costly Enrollment in the East Palo Alto-based Ravenswood School District is expected to jump by 21% due to the decision last year by billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan to close a private school they had opened, a ballot argument for a bond measure states. Zuckerberg and Chan announced
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