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Stanford looks into 3 sexual assaults
Three separate sexual assaults at Stanford University were reported between late Friday and early Saturday, according to campus officials.
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Teacher housing plan goes out for bids
Santa Clara County is looking to partner with a developer to design a development that could bring up to 120 units of affordable housing for regional teachers and school staff.
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A new air-pollution solution
The city of Palo Alto has launched a pilot program to encourage residents to replace their traditional gas water heaters with heat pump water heaters that operate with electricity.
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The best time of the year for hoops
The Pinewood girls basketball team always seem to relish the CCS girls basketball Open Division playoffs. A win Wednesday puts the Panthers in the title game. (Photo by David Hickey.)
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The Other Greenhouse Gas
Methane is a much more powerful greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide -- about 86 times worse when measured over a 20-year period.
Palo Alto scraps downtown office cap
Palo Alto’s bitter debate over how much commercial growth the city should accommodate heated up Monday night, when a divided... Last comment 20 hours ago | 82 comments
Editorial: A housing setback
Monday night's 4-3 decision to repeal a decades-old downtown growth policy designed to trigger a one-year pause on non-residential... Last comment 8 hours ago | 52 comments
Report: Inequality on the rise in Silicon Valley
Despite a sizzling economy and an influx of wealth, Silicon Valley remains a bastion of inequality, with more residents now... Last comment 2 hours ago | 38 comments
Newsom scales back high-speed-rail plans
California's decade-long dream of building a high-speed rail system between San Francisco and Los Angeles hit a dead end... Last comment 16 hours ago | 107 comments
Invest & Innovate
by Steve Levy
Who Pays for Palo Alto Schools
Feb 19, 2019 | 9 comments
Peninsula Foodist
by Elena Kadvany
Beer and brats: Ludwig's German Table coming to Mountain View
Feb 19, 2019 | 3 comments
Thinking About College
by John Raftrey and Lori McCormick
College Tours
Feb 18, 2019 | 0 comments
"'Fog at Sunset'"
Fog rolling in at sunset to greet weekend (Montara Beach, California)
Submitted by Nienke Ruinard on Aug 28, 2018
Former Palo Alto transportation head dies at 71
No matter how daunting a task, Joseph Kott believed that Palo Alto and the greater Silicon Valley region could become a national model for how to cope with a deluge of motor vehicles. Tuesday, 4:33 PM | 2 comments
Episode 171: Charter school expansion debate; downtown office cap repealed
Weekly journalists delve into the Ravenswood City School District debate over a charter school's expansion proposal; recap Palo Alto's move to allow more commercial development downtown; and discuss Gov. Gavin Newsom's new vision for California's high-speed-rail project. Tuesday, 8:17 AM | 2 comments
Report: Inequality on the rise in Silicon Valley
Despite a sizzling economy and an influx of wealth, Silicon Valley remains a bastion of inequality, with more residents now struggling to afford the growing costs of housing, child care and transportation, according to a newly released snapshot of the regional economy. Monday, 9:01 AM | 38 comments
Three Stanford students report sexual assaults
Three separate sexual assaults against female students at Stanford University are alleged to have occurred over the weekend, according to campus officials. Sunday, 10:24 PM | 8 comments
Progress on the Bay Trail
Look at the plans for the Bay Trail and it's easy for a cynic to laugh it off as a pipe dream -- 500 contiguous miles of trails cutting through 47 cities and nine counties in the Bay Area? Tuesday, 12:17 PM
Community meetings to explore new cross-bay link between San Mateo, Alameda counties
A series of community meetings are planned to help guide the development of a proposed new connection linking San Mateo and Alameda counties along the Dumbarton corridor. Tuesday, 9:18 AM
Conservationist leaves behind a legacy of land
After 46 years on the board of directors of Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, Nonette Hanko retired on Feb. 1, leaving to others the task of acquiring and preserving land. Friday, 6:49 AM | 9 comments
Ravenswood preliminarily offers KIPP shared middle school space
The Ravenswood school board unanimously agreed Thursday to preliminarily offer the growing KIPP Community Valiant Prep shared space at the district's new comprehensive middle school next fall, a proposal opposed by both the charter school and teachers and students at the district school. Friday, 9:02 AM | 16 comments
Stanford construction site could be in violation of city law
County seeks developer for new teacher housing project
Off Deadline: Why don't more people care about the stealing of their privacy?
Around Town: Food for thought; a hero for the homeless
Editorial: Council repeal of downtown cap is set-back for housing
Palo Alto Unified flipped sides in Gunn sexual harassment case
PUBLIC AGENDA: Temporary art project at King Plaza; school discipline policies

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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.