Palo Alto scraps downtown office cap
Palo Alto’s bitter debate over how much commercial growth the city should accommodate heated up Monday night, when a divided... Last comment 52 minutes ago | 74 comments

Newsom scales back high-speed-rail plans
California's decade-long dream of building a high-speed rail system between San Francisco and Los Angeles hit a dead end... Last comment 16 minutes ago | 92 comments

Plan for downtown Palo Alto garage stalls
Palo Alto’s multi-year effort to build a new downtown garage took a unexpected turn Monday night, when the City Council... Last comment on Feb 14, 2019 at 11:55 am | 19 comments

Therapists to lose home at landmark Mental Research Institute
Tension is building between therapists and the board of directors at a world-renowned Palo Alto mental health research institution. Read... Last comment 3 hours ago | 36 comments

The Food Party!
by Laura Stec
Meet the Nurdles
Feb 16, 2019 | 1 comment

Couple's Net
by Chandrama Anderson
Couples: Mirror, Mirror on the . . . Fight?!
Feb 15, 2019 | 0 comments

Peninsula Foodist
by Elena Kadvany
Belcampo Meat Co. closing in Palo Alto
Feb 15, 2019 | 5 comments

Short story writers wanted!

The 33rd Annual Palo Alto Weekly Short Story Contest is now accepting entries for Adult, Young Adult (15-17) and Teen (12-14) categories. Send us your short story (2,500 words or less) and entry form by March 29. First, Second and Third Place prizes awarded in each category.

Off Deadline: Why don't more people care about the stealing of their privacy?
Protecting -- or losing -- one's personal privacy is becoming a political hot topic. Saturday, 10:55 AM | 7 comments

Episode 171: Charter school expansion debate; downtown office cap repealed

Report: Inequality on the rise in Silicon Valley

Conservationist leaves behind a legacy of land

Ravenswood preliminarily offers KIPP shared middle school space

County seeks developer for new teacher housing project

Stanford construction site could be in violation of city law

CCS girls basketball: No surprises in the Open Division
Hannah Jump and Klara Astrom combined for 36 points and senior guard Kaitlyn Leung provided a key spark to help Pinewood beat St. Francis, 61-39, in the first round of the CCS girls basketball Open Division at Gunn on Friday. Saturday, 1:47 AM

Gunn boys take care of business in CCS D-II hoops opener

Bears stun Serra in opener of CCS Open Division basketball

Cardinal corner: Wrestling, baseball win close contests

Kehillah boys drop CCS Division V hoops opener to Mustangs

Stanford recruits among semifinalists for national award

Jasper sparks five-set victory for Stanford men's volleyball

The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part

First things first: If you have a kid who loved "The Lego Movie," it's certain they'll like "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part." And not just because kids like most any movie you put in front of them. Care has gone into making this sequel a worthy di...... Read the full review

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