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Today's riddle: What do you call a paper airplane that can't fly? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. True Food Kitchen bankruptcy leads to closure of 3 Calif. locations (newsbreak.com) — True Food Kitchen has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, closing 12 restaurants nationwide but keeping its Palo Alto location at Stanford Shopping Center open for now. The company says the remaining sites, including Palo Alto, will continue serving guests as usual even as it owes significant back rent to the mall, leaving the restaurant's long‑term future uncertain.
2. How AI is changing the apartment search: Is it working? (paloaltoonline.com) — Palo Alto-based Wilbur Properties is already using AI tools to answer renter questions and schedule tours, offering a glimpse of how local apartment hunting is changing. A new California law will soon require landlords to disclose digitally altered listing photos, while a former Palo Alto investment banker describes using AI to speed his own frantic San Francisco apartment search.
3. Palo Alto moves to dial down train noise (paloaltoonline.com) — Train horns at key Palo Alto crossings could get much quieter as the city advances design work for new four-quadrant gates at Churchill, Meadow, Charleston and Palo Alto Avenue. The $1.3 million design contract is a step toward establishing quiet zones and long-term grade separations, which would reduce both noise and collision risks for nearby neighborhoods.
4. Palo Alto Medical Foundation (healthgrades.com) — If you use Palo Alto Medical Foundation on El Camino Real, this listing focuses on practical details like parking, telehealth options, weekend and after-hours appointments, and whether there's an onsite pharmacy. It also notes patient impressions of specific doctors, helping Palo Alto residents decide if this convenient downtown clinic fits their needs.
5. People raise racial profiling concerns after shopper alleges differential treatment over cuticle clippers at Walmart: 'I see what's going on' (themarysue.com) — A shopper says he was treated differently while buying cuticle clippers at the Palo Alto Walmart, claiming his item was boxed and locked while another customer's was not, making him feel racially profiled. After confronting the employee and speaking with the manager, he shared the experience on TikTok, sparking online debate about store policies, racial bias, and whether locals should keep shopping there.
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