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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. (Saturday, 12:07 PM)

Shoptalk: Fleming's Steakhouse expanding
Big plans are on the horizon for Fleming's Steakhouse at Stanford Shopping Center. (Saturday, 12:05 PM)

Grandmother who was shot speaks out
Five people were shot at a bus stop in East Palo Alto May 5. Victims "Susana" and "Ashley," a grandmother and granddaughter, instantly became statistics in East Palo Alto's long history of casualties of gun and gang violence. (Saturday, 12:02 PM)

Friday, May 17, 2013
Another daytime shooting in East Palo Alto
A young man walking to his car was shot Friday afternoon in East Palo Alto, according to police. (Friday, 3:53 PM)

PUBLIC AGENDA: Labor negotiations, Maybell zone change, management compensation
(Friday, 11:17 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)

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)

Part of northbound Foothill Expwy to close tonight
Northbound Foothill Expressway between Hillview Avenue and Page Mill Road, including the bike lane, will be closed beginning today at 9 p.m. and remain closed until 5 a.m. on Monday, May 20.
(Friday, 8:43 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)

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, 12:31 AM)

Thursday, May 16, 2013
Bay Area Senior Games wrap up this weekend
The seventh annual Bay Area Senior Games wraps up this weekend with a full slate of activities, from golf and tennis to cycling and the Solar Torch Relay. (Thursday, 3:33 PM)

It takes two ...
Dancers tango together during Tuesday Night Tango at the First Baptist Church in Palo Alto. The weekly series offers classes in Argentine tango for dance lovers of all skill levels. Photo by Katie Brigham. (Thursday, 1:19 PM)

Two men attempt robbery in downtown Palo Alto
Two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, attempted to rob three women in downtown Palo Alto on the 700 block of Emerson Street last night at about 10 p.m. (Thursday, 9:55 AM)

Stanford study finds 'killer frog' in San Francisco
Killer frogs are on the loose in San Francisco. They don't kill humans, but there is a frog that is carrying a deadly infection that is destroying the amphibian population around the world, a study from Stanford University School of Medicine reports. (Thursday, 9:19 AM)

'Rape culture' articles spark inquiry
A Palo Alto High School student publication's description of how two victims of sexual assault were treated by their friends and other students has led to an examination of what responsibilities the school may have to protect the victims from such harassment. (Thursday, 9:02 AM)

Another civil-rights complaint filed against Palo Alto district
Already dealing with two new active investigations into whether it violated the civil rights of a Duveneck Elementary School student and a middle school student, the Palo Alto Unified School District was notified Friday that a third case has been opened by the federal Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. (Thursday, 8:35 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)

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Menlo Park fire chief recovering from fall
After tumbling off a ladder at his San Jose home over the weekend, Menlo Park Fire Protection District Chief Harold Schapelhouman is on the mend. (Wednesday, 11:04 AM)

Matadero bike boulevard meeting tonight
Plans for a bicycle boulevard along Barron Park's Matadero Avenue will be discussed at a community meeting on Wednesday, May 15.
(Wednesday, 10:21 AM)

Suspect sought in downtown Palo Alto robbery
Palo Alto police are looking for a man who they say robbed a woman in downtown Monday night after grabbing her by the ponytail and pulling her into an alley as she was walking by. (Wednesday, 9:43 AM)

PG&E begins new project on Alma Street
Pacific Gas and Electric Company on Wednesday began replacing major valves on Alma Street between Colorado Avenue and the Oregon Expressway/Page Mill Road overpass. (Wednesday, 8:49 AM)

San Bruno Caltrain fatality causes commuter delays
Caltrain services are are experiencing system-wide disruptions after a pedestrian was struck by a train in San Bruno this morning, according to Caltrain officials and San Bruno police.
(Wednesday, 8:34 AM)

Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Ban on vehicle dwelling back on the table
After balking last year, Palo Alto is now once again pursuing a new law that would make it illegal for people to live in vehicles. (Tuesday, 11:55 PM)

Palo Alto seeks flickers of hope for fiber network
As local technologists can readily vouch, Palo Alto's journey toward a citywide high-speed Internet network has been anything but high speed. But members of the City Council's newest committee expressed hope Tuesday afternoon that success may finally be within reach. (Tuesday, 7:56 PM)

Gunn's Lee pins down another national wrestling title
Gunn High junior Cadence Lee pinned down the third national title of her wrestling career by winning the FILA Cadet 108-pound division at the Body Bar Women's National Freestyle Championships during the weekend in Lakeland, Fla. Read more at PASportsOnline (Tuesday, 2:59 PM)

A day for a dip
Stanford freshman Erica McCoy escapes the heat in a fountain outside of Memorial Auditorium on campus. Photo by Katie Brigham. (Tuesday, 2:56 PM)

Baby harbor seal rescued from Baylands dies
The baby harbor seal rescued in the Palo Alto Baylands in April has died. Floodgate Dolly, a 5-week-old pup rescued by Palo Alto Animal Services died of an apparent lung infection, according to a preliminary report by the Marine Mammal Center. (Tuesday, 9:36 AM)

District 'not successful' in filling communication post
The Palo Alto school district so far has not been successful in its search for a new communication coordinator but the search will remain open until May 31, officials said. (Tuesday, 9:17 AM)

U.S. civil rights official to come to parent event
A representative of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights will appear in Palo Alto to explain the legal rights of students and parents in bullying situations tonight, May 16. (Tuesday, 8:59 AM)

Palo Alto bans smoking at all parks
Palo Alto took its strongest stance to date against tobacco on Monday night, when the City Council swiftly passed a law that would snuff out smoking at all local parks. (Tuesday, 1:23 AM)

Palo Alto looks to renew, change Cubberley lease
The future of Cubberley Community Center may still be in flux, but Palo Alto officials sent a strong signal on Monday night that they would like to maintain the city's investment in the eclectic but dilapidated complex on the south side of the city. (Tuesday, 12:48 AM)

Monday, May 13, 2013
Menlo boys wrap up another CCS tennis title
Menlo School senior co-captain Daniel Morkovine has clinched titles before. Like, for instance, last year at the National Invitational in Newport Beach. His latest title-clinching effort, however, was a little different. Read more at PASportsOnline (Monday, 11:09 AM)

Stanford: treatment delays multiple sclerosis onset in mice
Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine discovered that blocking the expression of a single protein in the brains of mice with a form of multiple sclerosis delays the onset of paralysis. (Monday, 9:50 AM)

Palo Alto looks to snuff out smoking at parks, plazas
Smoking would become a forbidden activity at some of Palo Alto's most prominent outdoor spaces under a proposal the City Council is set to consider tonight. (Monday, 9:31 AM)

Sunday, May 12, 2013
City has little leeway with unfinished homes
Eight years after construction began, a Barron Park residence remains unfinished, much to the chagrin of neighbors who find it unsightly. Now, residents, through a neighborhood email list, are saying they are baffled by why the city fails to take over or demolish abandoned buildings. (Sunday, 9:20 AM)

Saturday, May 11, 2013
East Palo Alto girls create app to clean up graffiti, trash
Vanessa Tostado, a sophomore at Eastside College Prep in East Palo Alto, remembers watching a video in computer science class this year that stuck with her.
(Saturday, May 11, 2013, 7:05 AM)

Friday, May 10, 2013
Prowler arrested for battery in Palo Alto
A 36-year-old East Bay man was arrested for battery and resisting arrest after he allegedly grabbed a woman who confronted him in her back yard, Palo Alto police said.
(Friday, May 10, 2013, 4:52 PM)

By the numbers
(Friday, May 10, 2013, 11:48 AM)

How online and in-person courses have differed
Offering online classes to a student population that is spread out over the globe differs from teaching a traditional on-campus class. (Friday, May 10, 2013, 11:32 AM)

SPORTS: Stanford women seek a three-peat in NCAA polo
USC, Stanford and UCLA are the top three seeds in this year's championship tournament, to be held at Harvard University beginning Friday morning.
Should the Cardinal and Women of Troy reach the title match on Sunday, which is expected, the pool will be filled with Olympians, and not just from the U.S. Read more on PASportsOnline. (Friday, May 10, 2013, 11:25 AM)

Building boom fuels Palo Alto's planning budget
An increase in building around Palo Alto, spurred by large commercial projects, is prompting Palo Alto's Planning and Community Environment Department to request a 23 percent expenditure increase -- $2.5 million -- in its budget in fiscal year 2014, staff told the City Council's Finance Committee on Thursday night. (Friday, May 10, 2013, 9:59 AM)

PUBLIC AGENDA: Post office, fiber optics, utilities budget
Meetings of the city and school district for May 13-17 (Friday, May 10, 2013, 9:21 AM)

Palo Alto hopeful about buying historic post office
The future of Palo Alto's downtown post office building could become clearer Monday night, when the City Council considers whether to purchase the historic and iconic Hamilton Avenue building from the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service. (Friday, May 10, 2013, 8:52 AM)

Editorial: Palo Alto school board in parallel universe
The poor school board just can't catch a break. Try as they might to follow the advice of their attorney and send the message they won't be "distracted" and are "moving forward" from the controversy over bullying cases, one thing after another drags them back into turbulent waters. (Friday, May 10, 2013, 8:49 AM)

Education: Flipping the university classroom
Stanford hopes to blaze a trail in educational technology, leveraging its entrepreneurial culture, star-studded faculty, depth in computer science and broad resources to test online approaches and figure out what actually works. (Friday, May 10, 2013, 8:48 AM)

Thursday, May 9, 2013
Buena Vista residents compensation plan released
Buena Vista Mobile Home Park homeowners would get a minimum of $31,000 for their mobile homes under the terms of a "resident impact report" submitted by the Jisser family for closing Palo Alto's only mobile-home park, according to papers submitted to the City of Palo Alto on May 2.
(Thursday, May 9, 2013, 9:54 AM)

Ravenswood names finalist for superintendent
An administrator from a Sacramento-area school district has been named the finalist to replace the retiring superintendent of East Palo Alto's Ravenswood City School District. (Thursday, May 9, 2013, 9:51 AM)

Menlo Park man arrested in drug-sales probe
A weeks-long investigation culminated in the arrest of a Menlo Park man Tuesday for allegedly selling cocaine, Menlo Park police announced. (Thursday, May 9, 2013, 9:28 AM)

Commission voices support for new 'tech corridor'
Members of Palo Alto's Planning and Transportation Commission came out in favor of transforming a segment of Park Boulevard into a "tech corridor" filled with startups and incubators Wednesday night, May 8. (Thursday, May 9, 2013, 12:53 AM)

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