Systems at San Francisco International Airport are now functioning after a global tech outage early Friday morning. Other systems outages reported so far include Santa Clara County Superior Court and the Palo Alto and Menlo Park city websites.

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Mountain View Public Works Director Dawn Cameron has been a steadfast presence in a department that's primary purpose is to keep the city running smoothly.

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Frustrations over Palo Alto's efforts to upgrade its airport soared at a public hearing on June 20, where critics assailed city staff and consultants for failing to involve East Palo Alto residents and local environmentalists in the plans.

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Facing headwinds of public opposition and division in its own ranks, the City Council agreed to keep exploring the construction of underpasses at the Charleston Road and Meadow Drive rail crossings in south Palo Alto.

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Parking spaces will make way for bike lanes along El Camino Real next year after the Palo Alto City Council voted on June 18 to approve an ambitious proposal that has split local merchants and energized area cyclists.

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After coming under scrutiny by state leaders, the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority released the results of its California State Audit report on June 11, which found the agency lacks necessary transparency in project costs, election decisions and financial viability. 

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Palo Alto is preparing to debate this week a question that could transform the south end of the city, involve dozens of property acquisitions and entail spending hundreds of millions of dollars: What is the best way to redesign the rail crossings at Meadow Drive and Charleston Road?

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Double-parked delivery vehicles, cars on red curbs and vehicles blocking driveways are not uncommon sights in Mountain View. The parking violations are a safety hazard but they also underscore another problem in the city – namely that the demand for on-street parking exceeds available spaces.

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Over the weekend, the transit agency successfully operated eight new electric trains simultaneously on the corridor – temporarily pausing public train services in its final corridor test – and announced the all-electric fleet is set to go public on September 21.

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Caltrain is suspending service between San Francisco and San Jose on June 8 and 9 to test its new electric trains that will begin service this fall. This is the last in a series of 29 weekend service shutdowns that Caltrain has conducted to support train testing.

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