County calls on Stanford to ramp up faculty housing
Stanford University may need to quadruple the number of housing units it has to produce for its employees under its ambitious... Last comment 8 hours ago | 18 comments

Pressure over college admissions 'out of control'
A multimillion-dollar college admissions bribery scandal that involved both Palo Alto area parents and hundreds of thousands... Last comment 11 hours ago | 35 comments

Local parents, Stanford coach indicted in college-admissions scandal
Numerous local parents and a Stanford University coach are among the dozens indicted in a nationwide college-admissions investigation... Last comment 2 hours ago | 97 comments

FPPC continues probe of Kniss' campaign
When the state Fair Political Practice Commission opened its probe into Palo Alto Councilwoman's Liz Kniss alleged campaign... Last comment 16 hours ago | 39 comments

An Alternative View
by Diana Diamond
Environmentalists will soon be fighting housing advocates over what to do with the SF Bay locally
Mar 18, 2019 | 2 comments

Peninsula Foodist
by Elena Kadvany
Downtown Palo Alto gets new Vietnamese eatery
Mar 18, 2019 | 2 comments

A New Shade of Green
by Sherry Listgarten
Composting Works
Mar 17, 2019 | 2 comments

The Food Party!
by Laura Stec
More Stupid Plastic Food Things
Mar 16, 2019 | 11 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.

New Stanford artificial intelligence institute focuses on humanitarianism
Stanford University plans to tackle some of the world's most critical problems through its new Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence, which was formally ushered in through a daylong symposium on Monday. Monday, 8:40 PM

Guest Opinion: Lessons parents should learn from the college-admissions scandal

Episode 175: Unpacking the college admissions bribery scandal

County calls on Stanford to ramp up staff housing

Parents, students rally to demand support from Stanford

Ex-global equity firm exec, a grad of Gunn High, implicated in admissions scam

Ravenswood, KIPP consider keeping charter at current site

A birdie leads Gianna Inguagiato to golf title
Menlo School junior Gianna Inguagiato birdied the 21st hole to edge Pleasanton's Charlotte Ryoo in Sunday's championship match of the Juli Inkster Flight of the San Francisco City Golf Championship at Harding Park. Monday, 11:12 PM

Track and field: Stanford, Menlo compete at Hornet Invitational

Top marks in track and field at Dublin and St. Francis

Stanford men celebrate Senior Night with big VB victory

Menlo College women win second national title of the year

Pitching, defense help lead Paly baseball past Gunn

Big inning leads to Sacred Heart Prep nonleague baseball win

The Wedding Guest

Since making his feature filmmaking debut with 1995's "Butterfly Kiss," Michael Winterbottom ("The Trip," "A Mighty Heart") has averaged a film a year. One might think of him as the English Steven Soderbergh: a prolific filmmaker whose work on the bi...... Read the full review

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