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🌱 Patch AM: How could Palo Alto’s new RV rules change your block?

Also, don't miss Improving Soil Health on the Palo Alto Patch calendar

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Hello Palo Alto! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How could Palo Alto's new RV rules change your block?
  • When will Palo Alto's Town & Country Trader Joe's reopen?
  • What's at stake in the lawsuit over a PAUSD mosque field trip?

Also on today's calendar: Improving Soil Health and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Clouds giving way to sun, with a high of 80 and low of 58 degrees.
  • Friday: Clouds giving way to sun, temps: high: 78, low: 59.
  • Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 81 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

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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  • Our next coffee chats and walk.
    Saturday 8/22/26 at 1 pm. Ada's Cafe. Hello My Friends and Neighbors. This is 50+ Women Social Group. Please answer here if interested. Or text me… (Nextdoor Greater Mitchell Park)
  • Has anyone else had an ant invasion?
    I was on vacation for a week and a half, and there were ants attracted by a dish that had fruit in it that I left in the sink. I've had them before,… (Nextdoor Rosewood Drive)
  • Government Jobs posted a job opening for Teen Center Counselor II (Recreation Leader II-H) in Palo Alto. Apply here.
  • Valet Living posted a job opening for Service Delivery Manager (Bilingual Required - Eng/Span) - MultiPro Property Solutions in Palo Alto. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Palo Alto here.

Ok Palo Alto! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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