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Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to swear in council members Marc Berman, Pat Burt, Liz Kniss and Greg Schmid; elect a mayor and vice mayor for 2013; and adopt resolutions expressing appreciation to outgoing Mayor Yiaway Yeh and Councilman Sid Espinosa. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 7, in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss the cost limitation of a carbon-neutral plan for the electric portfolio; consider a three-year extension of the demand-response pilot program for commercial electric customers; and see a presentation on results of the 2012 Statewide and Palo Alto Residential Customer Satisfaction Survey. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 9, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss the scope of the city’s “downtown development cap� study and review the draft of the proposed density-bonus ordinance. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 9, in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hear an update from the Palo Alto Police Department on police staffing, community relations and the future of the Police Community Advisory Group; discuss the closure of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park; and discuss the Human Services Needs Assessment. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 10, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.).
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Why and how four horses from Webb Ranch got onto Interstate 280 on Saturday, Dec. 29, is unclear. Three of the horses were struck and killed by a car on I-280 north of Alpine Road at around 4:50 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. (Posted Dec. 2 at 3:37 p.m.)
New safe-driving laws take effect in California Texting while driving, red-light cameras and party buses are among the targets of new driving-related laws that took effect in California Tuesday, Jan. 1. (Posted Jan. 2 at 11:54 a.m.)
Man grazed by bullet in East Palo Alto A man apparently grazed in the head by a gunshot in East Palo Alto Tuesday morning, Jan. 1, refused to cooperate with police as he was treated at Stanford Hospital, according to the East Palo Alto Police Department. (Posted Jan. 2 at 8:50 a.m.)
CHP arrests 208 for DUI over New Year’s weekend The California Highway Patrol is reporting that it made the same number of DUI arrests in the Bay Area over the holiday compared to the same period last year, while fatal collisions were down. (Posted Jan. 2 at 8:46 a.m.)
First Person: A conversation with the Stanford Tree Stanford grad Jonathan Strange talks to Lisa Van Dusen about what it takes to be the Stanford Tree, mascot of the Leland Stanford Junior University Marching Band, in anticipation of his trip to the New Year’s Day Rose Bowl between Stanford and Wisconsin. (Posted Dec. 31 at 8:20 a.m.)
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Customers shopping at the Tri-E-Z got more than they bargained for Friday night, Dec. 28, after two men, one armed with a handgun, robbed both store and shoppers. (Posted Dec. 29 at 5:01 p.m.)
Palo Alto lawyer sentenced for bribery attempt A Palo Alto patent attorney who was convicted of attempting to bribe a police officer and drunken driving, after being pulled over outside a Colma casino, received an 8-month jail sentence with three years of supervised probation on Thursday, Dec. 27. (Posted Dec. 28 at 9:47 a.m.)
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A construction worker who died after a fall at a home under construction has been identified as Jose Plancarte, 51, of East Palo Alto, according to the San Francisco Medical Examiner’s Office. (Posted Dec. 28 at 9:17 a.m.)