Month: July 2017

Detroit dethroned?

Post author By palo-alto-online
Post date July 17, 2017

Tesla Model S, Nissan Leaf, and Chevy Volt automobiles charge at the electric vehicle charging stations installed at the Foothill Research Center office complex in Palo Alto. Photo by Veronica Weber.

About the photo: A Tesla Model S, Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt fuel up at electric-vehicle charging stations installed at the Foothill Research Center office complex in Palo Alto. Photo by Veronica Weber. For more than a century, the U.S. automotive industry has connoted gasoline and combustion engines, grease-covered mechanics in goggles, supervisors barking out orders in […]

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Guardians of the code

Post author By palo-alto-online
Post date July 14, 2017

Lead code enforcement officer James Stephens takes a photo of illegal dumping outside a multi-unit housing complex. Stephens will follow up with the property owner to remove the debris or the owner faces a citation if they do not take action before the city's compliance deadline. Photo by Veronica Weber.

An inside look at one of City Hall’s most crucial, and thankless, jobs Story by Gennady Sheyner About the cover photo: Lead code enforcement officer James Stephens takes a photo of illegal dumping outside a multi-unit housing complex. Stephens will follow up with the property owner to remove the debris or the owner faces a […]