Palo Alto takes bike-share program on another spin
After failing to advance its bike-share and electric scooters program last year, Palo Alto is now preparing to try again... Last comment on Mar 22, 2019 at 4:46 pm | 11 comments

Embattled Ravenswood superintendent forced to resign
Three weeks after placing the Ravenswood City School District's controversial superintendent on paid administrative leave,... Last comment 9 hours ago | 32 comments

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 on Mar 20, 2019 at 9:29 pm | 29 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 on Mar 20, 2019 at 12:59 pm | 99 comments

Toddling Through the Silicon Valley
by Cheryl Bac
The Terrible Twos
Mar 25, 2019 | 0 comments

An Alternative View
by Diana Diamond
Be careful what you call me.
Mar 25, 2019 | 3 comments

A New Shade of Green
by Sherry Listgarten
Looking for Leaks
Mar 24, 2019 | 2 comments

The Food Party!
by Laura Stec
Big Island Food Party!
Mar 22, 2019 | 17 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.

IRS scams strike again in Palo Alto
Each year as the tax deadline looms, scammers dupe unwary residents by claiming to be Internal Revenue Service agents demanding money. Monday, 4:06 PM

Ousted supe violated harassment policy in comments about employees with children

Stanford junior dies in fall while hiking in Spain

Judge urges school district, parents to resolve sexual-harassment case

Episode 176: The charter school challenge

In East Palo Alto, a microcosm of the state's heated charter school debate

$75K for a fake ACT score? Students say cheating happens without the big bucks

Stanford women beat BYU, advance to NCAA Sweet 16
Stanford, led by senior Alanna Smith, went on a 16-0 in the third quarter en route to a 72-63 victory over BYU in the second round of the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament Monday night at Maples Pavilion. Tuesday, 12:57 AM

Cardinal corner: Lacrosse suffers last-season setback

Menlo College collects a handful of weekly honors from GSAC

Stanford women's water polo beats UC Irvine

Menlo College golfers improve scores on second day of event

Prep report: Top marks turned in at Serra, De Anza and Azusa

Stanford gets instant relief in series victory over the Utes

Us

What will surely be the single-most commonly cited moment of "Us" is when a dumbfounded American dad asks psychopathic home invaders, "What are you people?," and they answer: "We're Americans." It's a punchline and a promise of scary, but satirical,...... Read the full review

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