Building a better student transcript
Local schools in the Mastery Transcript Consortium are designing a new transcript that emphasizes student work and mastery... Last comment 22 hours ago | 7 comments

Smarter Balanced results: achievement gap, low high-school participation persist
Results from this year's Smarter Balanced standardized test indicate that the achievement gap is not only persisting in the... Last comment 6 hours ago | 38 comments

Residents sound off on new Comprehensive Plan
With Palo Alto preparing to adopt a new land-use vision, residents came to City Hall on Monday night to offer competing views... Last comment 8 hours ago | 73 comments

Editorial: Targeting parent civility
If the teachers' union truly believes abusive parent behavior is a problem, then it should come forward with a written proposal... Last comment on Oct 28, 2017 at 9:19 am | 15 comments

Invest & Innovate
by Steve Levy
The Fiscal Implications of the Comp Plan
Oct 27, 2017 | 3 comments

Toddling Through the Silicon Valley
by Cheryl Bac
You can't do everything
Oct 26, 2017 | 3 comments

Senior Focus
by Max Greenberg
Never Played a Musical Instrument Before? Try a Ukulele
Oct 26, 2017 | 4 comments

Palo Alto may ease parking rules to spur housing
Three Palo Alto council members are proposing significant revisions to the city's parking regulations, including eliminating parking requirements altogether for "car-light" developments. Sunday, 8:15 AM | 3 comments

Around Town: rise of the robots; flood control

Guest Opinion: In a disaster, what should/would you do?

VIDEO: PAUSD interim supe

Law firm issues final report on Paly sex-assault case

Through Stanford research, the depressed feel 'whole' again

Palo Alto to consider downtown roof decks

Water polo titles for Castilleja, SHP and Menlo School
The Sacred Heart Prep boys and girls water polo teams successfully defended their West Catholic Athletic tournament titles, Menlo School and Castilleja did the same in the Peninsula Athletic League and Gunn's boys and girls each lost tight games in the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League tournament championship games. Sunday, 2:19 AM

Cardinal corner: Men's water polo blocks the 49ers

Menlo, Palo Alto in CCS Open Division volleyball tourney

Prep report: postseason golf, tennis set to get underway

Simbeck breathes life into Menlo football title hopes

Gators foiled by turnovers, penalties in football loss

Bailey's subtle wrist gives Pinewood MTAL football title

Only the Brave

If you're looking for escapism at the movies this week, you've come to the wrong place. Whether the timing is fortuitous or, well, disastrous, firefighting movie "Only the Brave" arrives in Northern California theaters as the area continues to reel f...... Read the full review

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