http://www.paloaltoonline.com If it is local and useful, it is on PaloAltoOnline.com. en-us Larry Horton, Stanford University's longtime senior associate vice president and director of government and community relations, will step down at the end of this calendar year, he told the Weekly today.]]> Residents of a flood-prone neighborhood in East Palo Alto can rest easier now that the first phase of repairs to the San Francisquito Creek bank have been completed.]]> More than 45 musician and dancing groups performed music from all over the world in downtown Palo Alto on June 16, 2013 for the 5th annual Palo Alto World Music Day.]]> The board of directors of the Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo announced Monday that it is partnering with the Peery Foundation to create a matching-gift challenge to help rebuild the museum and zoo as part of the Master Planning project for Rinconada Park, according to a press release.]]> Palo Alto High School Principal Phil Winston Monday announced he has resigned from the job he's held for the past three years, saying he wants to guard his physical health.]]> After several false starts, Palo Alto's bitter and deeply emotional debate over a proposed housing development on Maybell Avenue finally reached its conclusion Monday night when the City Council unanimously granted a zone change that would make the project a reality.]]> Palo Alto on Monday gave an emotional sendoff to Planning Director Curtis Williams, whose mild-mannered leadership, passion for community engagement and encyclopedic knowledge of local zoning laws won praise from even some of the city's most vehement land-use critics.]]> Palo Alto will present potential plans for parking in the downtown area at a pair of community meetings scheduled for June 18 and 19 at 7 p.m.
]]> Palo Alto firefighters put out two residential fires in Palo Alto this weekend, one on Friday afternoon and another Saturday.]]> A hopeful crop of aspiring civic leaders celebrated a Palo Alto graduation last week. With an oft-cited shortage of volunteers stepping up for city commissions and other community-service roles, the reinvigorated fellowship program known as Leadership Palo Alto aims to help fill the void.]]> New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today, June 16, urged Stanford graduates to harness Stanford's spirit of innovation to pursue the American dream for themselves, and to help extend it to others.]]> One person is looking for a rocking chair for a newborn baby. Another, a tote bag to carry a pet guinea pig. One person offers up a nearly new yoga mat; another, a "large-ish cardboard box" that is "not sturdy enough for shipping but great for summer fun with kids."]]> Increased reliance on local funds and diminished state and federal funding mark the Palo Alto school district's proposed $170 million operating budget for 2013-14. The budget will be up for a vote by the Board of Education Tuesday, June 18.]]> One of the biggest mysteries about the opera "Médée" by late 18th-century composer Luigi Cherubini is why its last few pages are blacked out with charcoal. For centuries the opera was performed incomplete, but X-Ray technology developed by scientists at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) has allowed them to uncover the hidden score. ]]> ]]> Palo Alto signaled its dramatic economic turnaround on Thursday night when it passed a budget that adds police officers, accelerates street repairs and -- for the first time in years -- contains no service cuts whatsoever.]]> In a strongly worded defense of the actions they took in response to bullying complaints at Duveneck Elementary School, Palo Alto school district administrators have told the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights that allegations were "investigated fully and responded to in a timely and thorough manner."]]> In a liberal-minded community that prides itself on top-notch schools, high-achieving students and progressive values, the idea of a civil rights violation is anathema. However, the results of a Office for Civil Rights investigation -- revealed in February of this year -- has sharply called into question local schools' capacity to deal fairly, effectively and legally with bullying and discriminatory harassment and highlighted the need for more leadership, training and accountability from the district.
• PDF of entire package of stories]]> Palo Alto's rancorous and highly emotional debate over a proposed senior-housing development on Maybell Avenue will spill over into next week after the City Council decided on Thursday not to vote on the project and directed the developer and the opposition to give diplomacy another chance.]]> A compilation of video content from the Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online staff.]]>