Attorney and entrepreneur joins Palo Alto Board of Education race
Nicole Chiu-Wang is running for a seat on the Palo Alto school board this fall. Courtesy Nicole Chiu-Wang. Nicole Chiu-Wang, local tech entrepreneur and volunteer, announced her candidacy for the Palo Alto Unified School District’s Board of Education on Monday. Assemblymember Marc Berman, Santa Clara County Supervisor Susan Ellenberg, current school board members and other […]
Palo Alto teachers rally for salary increase to match Bay Area living costs
Nearly 300 teachers and their supporters took to Tuesday’s school board meeting to petition for higher teacher salaries, rallying outside district offices beforehand. The Palo Alto Educators Association hosted the rally to advocate for raises that they say would promote staff retention in the district.
Stanford STEMfest draws a crowd of 3,000 science lovers
At around 30 booths, people stopped by to learn about a range of STEM-related subjects, from cosmic rays, solar telescopes, astrophysical magnetism and automobile engineering to orthopedics, electricity grids, neuroanatomy, bacteria and much more.
Palo Alto student-led teams showcase creativity at international robotics contest
At approximately 121 pounds and 26 inches tall, covered in red and yellow wires, the robot sat among 10 others in a 53-foot semi-truck en route from the Bay Area to Houston. Named Dino-mike, with an outstretched aluminum mechanism emulating a dinosaur’s head, it was a robotics team’s ticket to Texas.
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‘We can’t afford to slow down’: Palo Alto students urge lawmakers to address climate change
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Stanford alum and mom of three Brooke Boak to compete in Olympic trials
After hanging up her goggles in 2008, Stanford alumna and mother of three Brooke Bishop is back on the pool deck aiming for the Olympic…
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At Fletcher, even middle schoolers can learn to live more sustainably
Students in Fletcher Middle School’s sustainability elective start class by brainstorming local actions they can take to protect their little piece of the planet: What…
