City set to bid for historic post office
The check isn't exactly in the mail, but Palo Alto took its first major move toward buying the Hamilton Avenue post office Monday night when the City Council agreed to make a bid for the historic and iconic building. (Monday, 10:03 PM)

Palo Alto hits the brakes on new housing vision
Palo Alto's official housing vision, already years overdue, will undergo further revisions after residents around Maybell Avenue protested the inclusion of a controversial -- and yet unapproved -- senior-housing development in the document. (Monday, 10:03 PM)

Four injured, one dead in East Palo Alto shootings
Police in East Palo Alto are investigating a shooting that killed one teen and injured two others Sunday night. Two people were injured in earlier shootings. (Monday, 9:35 AM)

East Palo Alto police chief declares 'crime emergency'
A series of gun-related crimes over the weekend that culminated with the the death of 16-year-old boy has prompted East Palo Alto police chief Ron Davis to declare a "crime emergency." (Monday, 3:08 PM)

Hearing officer hired for Buena Vista's proposed closure
With the future of Buena Vista Mobile Home Park up in the air, Palo Alto has selected a hearing officer to evaluate a recent report on the impact of relocating the park's residents.
(Tuesday, 9:54 AM)

Stanford rewards walk-bike commuters with cash
Stanford University faculty and staff who walk or bike to work will now not only feel good about helping the environment, but they'll receive cold, hard cash for doing so. (Monday, 12:45 PM)

Apartments could replace some Buena Vista mobile homes
A proposal to build about 65 low-income apartments for displaced families at Buena Vista Mobile Home Park is being considered by the property's developer and the Palo Alto Housing Corporation. (Sunday, 11:21 AM)

Residents irked by change in Palo Alto's 'housing vision'
As Palo Alto nears the finish line in adopting a long overdue housing vision, residents in one neighborhood are rising up to protest a late revision in the document that would accommodate a controversial senior-housing development on Maybell Avenue. (Thursday, 12:16 AM)

Editorial: A backwards process on Maybell project
Imagine making a substantial family investment in something before determining its value, how other family members felt about it and deciding if it was the best way to meet your family goals? (Friday, 8:44 AM)

Former student, now pop star in Japan, recounts story
A school-sponsored trip to Japan sparked a love for all things Japanese in Chris Hart, a 13-year-old African-American teenager from Palo Alto. Today at 28, Hart lives in Tokyo and makes his living singing soulfully -- in Japanese -- across Japan. (Sunday, 11:19 AM)

Shoptalk: Fleming's Steakhouse expanding
Big plans are on the horizon for Fleming's Steakhouse at Stanford Shopping Center. (Tuesday, 9:16 AM)

Stanford: Earth's core is surprisingly weak
Stanford University researcher Arianna Gleason and assistant professor Wendy Mao discovered that the Earth's inner core is much weaker than had been previously thought. (Monday, 9:34 AM)

Civil-rights officials present harassment guidelines
More than 100 people showed up Thursday night to a parent-education event in which representatives from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights described how and when the office approaches issues of discriminatory harassment in schools. (Friday, 9:38 AM)

Palo Alto to bring back traffic-enforcement team
After years of budget cuts and staff freezes, the Palo Alto Police Department is now experiencing an "early thaw" and looking forward to hiring more officers and restoring a motorcycle-riding team of traffic enforcers that was disbanded during the leaner times of yesteryear. (Friday, 12:34 AM)

School of Rock kids play classics in the iTunes age
Even the people who get their kicks on Netflix know the saying "Everything old is new again." At the School of Rock, where the paint smells fresh after four months, kids learn the classics. (Friday, 8:48 AM)

Stanford completes baseball sweep over California
The Stanford baseball team took care of some much-needed business over the weekend, completing a Pac-12 sweep of host California to get itself back over the .500 mark in conference play. Read more at PASportsOnline (Monday, 12:09 PM)

• Two men attempt robbery in downtown Palo Alto (Thursday, 9:55 AM)
• Another civil-rights complaint filed against Palo Alto district (Thursday, 8:35 AM)
• 'Rape culture' articles spark inquiry (Thursday, 2:58 PM)
• PUBLIC AGENDA: Labor negotiations, Maybell zone change, management compensation (Friday, 11:17 AM)
• VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA (Monday, February 4, 2013, 4:58 PM)

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