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NOTE: Since this blog was posted late afternoon, 12/15, I was able to talk to someone at the city. The Palo Alto Art Center will soon be closed. Two testing tests a month will start at Mitchell, beginning in January. The Jan. 8 date is correct. Future dates are now posted on the city’s web […]

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