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Johnson EDITORIAL Jocelyn Dong, Editor with coupon Carol Blitzer, Associate Editor (Dinner Only-Coupon not valid Friday & Saturday) Keith Peters, Sports Editor Tyler Hanley, Express™ and Online Editor Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor We thought this thing was dead. ,UNCH"UFFET- &s3UNDAY/NLY "ROWN2ICEs2ESERVATIONS!CCEPTED Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor 369 Lytton Avenue Tom Gibboney, Spectrum Editor Sue Dremann, Chris Kenrick, Gennady —Pat Burt Downtown Palo Alto Sheyner, Staff Writers , Palo Alto City Councilman, on the Eric Van Susteren, Editorial Assistant, Internship California High-Speed Rail Authority’s revival of a (650) 462-5903 Coordinator plan for four train tracks along the Peninsula. See Veronica Weber, Staff Photographer Fax (650) 462-1433 Kelsey Kienitz, Photo Intern story on page 10. Family owned and operated for 17 years Dale F. Bentson, Colin Becht, ‘‘ Peter Canavese, Kit Davey, Iris Harrell, www.jantaindianrestaurant.com Sheila Himmel, Chad Jones, Kevin Kirby, Jack McKinnon, Jeanie K. Smith, Susan Tavernetti, Contributors Cristina Wong, Editorial Intern DESIGN Shannon Corey, Design Director Around Town Concerned about your Raul Perez, Assistant Design Director Linda Atilano, Diane Haas, Scott Peterson, A BANNER YEAR ... Residents near city revised its proposal and specified Paul Llewellyn, Senior Designers downtown Palo Alto have long be- that the logbook would only be pre- aging spouse or parent? Lili Cao, Designer moaned the intrusion of downtown sented to the police through a court PRODUCTION employees into their streets’ parking order. The proposed ordinance also Jennifer Lindberg,