Former Google executive-turned-Yahoo-CEO Marissa Mayer is pushing ahead with plans to turn a mortuary in Palo Alto into a community center for working mothers, children and families.
At a City Council meeting this week, Mayer defended the project, saying it would be a net positive for the neighborhood surrounding and answered criticism from neighbors who worry it’ll bring new, daily noise and traffic, and host large parties.
Mayer spent $11.2 million in 2013 to buy the Roller & Hapgood & Tinney…