Palo Alto moves toward business tax to pay for transportation
After four years of false starts and sharp disagreements, Palo Alto kicked off on Monday a new effort to place a business... Last comment 6 hours ago | 27 comments

Midpeninsula mayors, tech company transportation leaders convene to talk traffic
In view of a hulking manzanita tree branch hung from the wall at the Unitarian Universalist Church in south Palo Alto, mayors... Last comment 10 hours ago | 34 comments

Editorial: Hoping for goodwill and leverage, Stanford may wind up with neither
The self-congratulatory press release issued late Monday by Stanford University and Palo Alto school Superintendent Don Austin... Last comment 6 hours ago | 46 comments

Palo Alto aligns itself against 'one-size-fits-all' housing bills
Responding to a flurry of housing bills moving through Sacramento, Palo Alto's elected leaders took a stance on Monday night... Last comment 4 hours ago | 80 comments

An Alternative View
by Diana Diamond
Reflections on Pal0 Alto's Centennial -- now it's the city's 125th birthday!
Apr 25, 2019 | 3 comments

Toddling Through the Silicon Valley
by Cheryl Bac
Finding Balance
Apr 23, 2019 | 1 comment

The Food Party!
by Laura Stec
Lentil Brownies
Apr 23, 2019 | 5 comments

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School district to lose chief business officer
Palo Alto Unified's Chief Business Officer Jim Novak, whose hiring was hailed by a school board member last year as "a real coup," is retiring at the end of the school year due to personal health issues, he said Thursday. Thursday, 4:00 PM | 2 comments

Armed robber in bandana steals money from 7-Eleven store

Popular but expensive train-tunnel proposal splits council

City budget proposes more transportation staff, continued defraying of pension costs

Teachers push back against reorganization of arts department

Smash-and-grab car burglars caught minutes before their attempt to flee

VTA offers free transit on Thursday

Stanford women sweep MPSF postseason water polo awards
Stanford swept the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation major postseason awards, as announced by the conference on Thursday. Junior Makenzie Fischer was voted the MPSF player of the year, freshman Ryann Neushul its newcomer of the year and John Tanner its coach of the year. Thursday, 11:08 PM

Prep tennis: M-A, Menlo duos earn league doubles titles

Prep report: Local winners in SB, VB, golf and diving

Girls lacrosse: Bears keep slim title hopes alive; Gunn wins

An all-M-A boys tennis singles final in PAL tournament

Prep baseball: Palo Alto goes offensive on the Falcons

Stanford golf: Men win Pac-12 title, women in NCAA regional

Teen Spirit

Is there an unwritten rule that actors-turned-directors must debut with pop-music dramedies? Tom Hanks first went behind the camera for 1996's "That Thing You Do!", and Bradley Cooper helmed last year's "A Star is Born." Now Max Minghella ("The Socia...... Read the full review

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