Downtown Palo Alto housing project scores key victory
A contentious proposal to build a four-story building with apartments and office space on University Avenue eked out a narrow victory April 18 when a divided Architectural Review Board voted to advance the plan over neighbors’ objections.
Former Stanford player succeeds Tara VanDerveer as Stanford women’s head basketball coach
Stanford officially named Kate Paye as the Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women’s Basketball, or coach, on April 17. Paye, a former Stanford women’s basketball player and former assistant coach, succeeds Tara VanDerveer who has coached the team since 1985 and set an NCAA record for wins.
Tenants kicked out after Palo Alto red-tags former College Terrace hotel
More than two dozen Stanford University graduate students and visiting scholars scrambled to find shelter in the last week of March after the city forced the owners of Stanford Terrace Inn to vacate the property, citing a series of code violations that posed an immediate danger to occupants.
Bowing to backlash, Palo Alto curbs plans for ‘historic’ designations
Facing a rebellion from homeowners, Palo Alto is largely abandoning its effort to designate roughly 150 local properties as “historic” structures.
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Gunn High School juniors organize tenants’ rights workshop
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Around Town: A mayoral trip, a winning code and a green party
In this week’s Around Town column, a mayoral trip, a winning code a green party
