Despite Stanford's objections, county calls for more housing in campus expansion
Stanford University would be required to build more than 2,000 housing units and to offer nearly half of them at below market... Last comment 5 hours ago | 32 comments

By pleading guilty in college-admissions scandal, Menlo Park father could face prison time
A Menlo Park father charged with taking part in a nationwide college-admissions scam to get his daughter into a top-ranked... Last comment 19 hours ago | 17 comments

Teens accused of robbing Palo Alto woman tracked down in San Jose
Two teenage boys accused of robbing a woman in her Midtown Palo Alto home on Tuesday and last seen fleeing in her vehicle... Last comment on May 24, 2019 at 7:52 am | 23 comments

To get more housing built, Palo Alto looks to loosen rules on San Antonio Road
Months after Palo Alto revised its zoning rules to encourage new housing in downtown and around California Avenue, the City... Last comment 22 hours ago | 53 comments

The Food Party!
by Laura Stec
Back Roads of California Wine Country
May 24, 2019 | 2 comments

Couple's Net
by Chandrama Anderson
Premarital and Couples: How to Stop an Argument
May 24, 2019 | 1 comment

Peninsula Foodist
by Elena Kadvany
Boba cafe headed to Menlo Park
May 23, 2019 | 0 comments

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Palo Alto school district to fill leadership vacancies
The Palo Alto school district has hired a new chief business official, two new principals and created a new position focused on community outreach for minority and low-income students and families. Saturday, 9:26 AM

Charter school curbs pass Assembly, but drama foretells compromise

Episode 184: Students speak out 2019

Police looking for man who stabbed East Palo Alto resident

Menlo Park woman who paid $15K in college admissions scam pleads guilty

Students: Palo Alto is getting more accepting of alternative post-high-school plans

Palo Alto Unified relented after standoff with Stanford

Menlo has a pair of runners advance to state finals
Menlo School's Charlotte Tomkinson and Kyra Pretre both qualified to participate in the finals of the girls 800 meters at the CIF State Track and Field Championships on Saturday at Buchanan High in Clovis. Saturday, 12:04 AM

Salone delivers lifetime best to qualify for NCAA finals

Matthiessen nearly perfect in Stanford's baseball victory

Stanford men open with strong round at NCAA golf tourney

Jumping into the NCAA track and field championships

A Palo Alto football gathering where past meets present

Menlo suffers tough 7-5 defeat in CCS baseball semifinals

All is True

Shakespeare nerds -- and here I include myself -- will drink deeply from "All is True," a new work of historical fiction about the great playwright's "retirement" years. Legendary Shakespearean actors Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellen play key rol...... Read the full review

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