Election 2018: Council contenders
This year's five candidates for Palo Alto City Council offer a blend of the familiar and the new. Read the full story here... Last comment on Oct 13, 2018 at 2:37 pm | 13 comments

City proposes retention basin under Bol Park
A proposal by the city of Palo Alto to put a stormwater-retention pond under Cornelis Bol Park would serve to remove hazardous... Last comment 4 hours ago | 27 comments

Editorial: Filseth, DuBois and Cormack for City Council
For a more productive council that hopefully will focus on solutions rather than political gamesmanship or personal insults,... Last comment 23 minutes ago | 156 comments

Editorial: Ken Dauber, Shounak Dharap for Palo Alto school board
With the strongest board in decades and a new management team, the Palo Alto school district is in the process of a desperately... Last comment on Oct 8, 2018 at 12:51 pm | 41 comments

Toddling Through the Silicon Valley
by Cheryl Bac
Enjoy every configuration of your family
Oct 18, 2018 | 0 comments

Couple's Net
by Chandrama Anderson
Couples: A Relationship Test . . .
Oct 18, 2018 | 0 comments

An Alternative View
by Diana Diamond
Should we get rid of state propositions on the ballot?
Oct 17, 2018 | 5 comments

Plan for train trench faces obstacles in south Palo Alto
Palo Alto city officials are narrowing down options for separating Charleston Road and Meadow Drive from the train tracks, with the hopes of coming to a big decision in early 2019. Wednesday, 1:58 PM | 43 comments

City's first black church celebrates centennial

Supervisors gear up for negotiations with Stanford

Palo Alto looks to scrap outdated fees

Four shot, two dead at Halloween party

Shop Talk: Su Hong to close; eco-friendly apparel

Editorial: Karen Holman for Midpeninsula Open Space board

Prep football: M-A, SHP in a big-time Saturday matinee
After beating Menlo School last week the Menlo-Atherton football team will attempt to take a final step toward winning a town championship Saturday when the Bears play at Sacred Heart Prep in a 2 p.m. start. Thursday, 2:48 PM

Stanford swimmers named to USA's World University Games

Prep report: Palo Alto runners conquer Baylands Park

Of Local note: water polo players ready for a homecoming

Stanford's Cook is a finalist for Senior CLASS Award

Stanford football hopes bye week becomes a turning point

Prep report: Volleyball league leaders are victorious

First Man

Damien Chazelle's "First Man" -- about astronaut Neil Armstrong during the space-race years -- opens with Armstrong on a solo test flight 140,000 feet above the Mojave Desert. We hear engines revving, a chassis rattling; then, we see Ryan Gosling's A...... Read the full review

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