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Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. City struggles to find compromise on RV parking (paloaltoonline.com) — Palo Alto is weighing a two-part RV parking plan that would create a limited permit zone on Coyote Hill and near the airport while rotating which sides of certain south Palo Alto streets allow RVs. RV residents, businesses, and homeowners are sharply divided over safety, fairness, and visibility, as the City Council prepares to vote on the pilot program on August 24.
2. Trader Joe's at Town & Country closed following early morning fire (paloaltoonline.com) — Trader Joe's at Town & Country Village in Palo Alto is closed after an early-morning fire filled the store with smoke and a chemical odor, leaving carts of abandoned groceries at the entrance. Firefighters quickly contained the blaze, but the cause and reopening date remain under investigation, and county health officials will decide when the store can safely resume operations.
3. Palo Alto school district sued over mosque field trip visit (miamiherald.com) — Parents have filed a federal lawsuit against Palo Alto Unified School District over a 2025 Palo Alto High School field trip to a Santa Clara mosque, arguing it improperly promoted religion. District leaders say they're reviewing the allegations, while mosque representatives defend the visit as educational and warn that treating it as coercive could fuel misunderstanding of Muslims.
4. Breaking: PAUSD enters $33 million budget deficit (palyvoice.com) — Palo Alto Unified School District is facing a $33 million budget deficit that will likely force major cuts to staff and programs over the next two years. District leaders say salaries and benefits drive most costs, Cubberley sale funds can't legally help, and failure to close the gap could trigger county fiscal intervention. Budget cut options will be drafted this fall.
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