Holiday Fund grants announced
Seventy-three local nonprofit organizations have received grants totalling $636,000 from the Palo Alto Weekly’s 31st annual Holiday Fund program, bringing the total amount donated from readers, businesses and foundations and distributed to $10.6 million.
Faced with hate speech, Palo Alto to curb Zoom for public comments
It’s become a regular feature of Palo Alto’s City Council meetings: speakers using fake names logging in through Zoom to spew racist, antisemitic and homophobic comments while council members, staff and the public listen in silence, powerless to stop the onslaught of hate. On May 13, the council took an action aimed at curbing this…
Obituaries: Local residents who died recently
Local residents who died recently include Maxine Hoffland Tucker and Alma Phillips.
Local bicycle coalition hosts Bike to Wherever Days offering free prizes to bicyclists
The Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition is hosting Bike to Wherever Days – an annual celebration of local biking with free gifts and activities – from Thursday to Saturday.
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Caltrain showcases its new electrified trains in San Carlos
After over 20 years of reimagining its design, Caltrain showcased on Saturday its new electric…
Youth & Education
Newly renovated Tower Building at Paly gets warm reception from students
The newly renovated Tower Building at Palo Alto High School reopened this spring, garnering much discussion on campus as final touches to the renovation are…
People & community
Opinion: Farewell, Palo Alto
We chose to move to Palo Alto a decade ago because it wasn’t just a place where people slept or commuted to. The community told…
