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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ravenswood could ask KIPP to share middle school campusMore specific ideas for how to accommodate KIPP Valiant Community Prep's request for more facilities coalesced at a school...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2019Last comment by I Agree, on Feb 12, 2019 at 6:46 pm | 3 comments | 5814 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Heavy rain, wind expected starting Tuesday nightAn incoming storm that will start affecting the Bay Area on Tuesday night has intensified in strength and will hit a region...
Original post made on Feb. 12, 2019Last comment by It looks like RAIN! , on Feb 12, 2019 at 1:12 pm | 1 comment | 3364 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
District flipped sides in Gunn sexual harassment caseA 16-year-old Gunn High School male student banned from the robotics team after being found to have sexually harassed a female...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2019Last comment by Sanctimonious City, on Feb 12, 2019 at 11:17 am | 22 comments | 14876 Views
RESTAURANTS
When mochi meets cupcakeMelody Hu has infused her baking business with global elements that reflect flavors tied to her own history as a Taiwanese-American...
Original post made on Jan. 25, 2019Last comment by Tatjana, on Feb 11, 2019 at 5:19 pm | 5 comments | 10254 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teen songwriter earns national honorLeo Jergovic’s songwriting journey may have begun just one year ago, but his foundation as a musician has been years in...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2019Last comment by Laura Michele, on Feb 11, 2019 at 1:40 pm | 4 comments | 10289 Views
SPORTS
Prep report: It's on to the CCS for local wrestlersPalo Alto produced three Santa Clara Valley Athletic League champions and Gunn had two champs at the SCVAL tournament Saturday...
Original post made on Feb. 11, 2019Last comment by Fifa, on Feb 11, 2019 at 1:36 pm | 2 comments | 3420 Views
SPORTS
Menlo College women wrestlers earn school's first national titleFor the first time in school history, Menlo College can claim a national champion. The Oaks' women's wrestling team turned...
Original post made on Feb. 10, 2019Last comment by Times Have Changed, on Feb 11, 2019 at 8:46 am | 5 comments | 3529 Views
AROUND TOWN
President Hotel owner applies for hotel conversionThe owner of President Hotel submitted this week its plan to convert the historic apartment building in downtown Palo Alto...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2019Last comment by Rainer, on Feb 11, 2019 at 4:18 am | 32 comments | 8521 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Robber strikes Wells Fargo BankPalo Alto police are engaged in a manhunt after a man in his 40s robbed a Wells Fargo Bank on Monday evening. The robber...
Original post made on Feb. 4, 2019Last comment by what about the ink bags?, on Feb 10, 2019 at 8:20 pm | 11 comments | 13694 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
District to seek mediation in student sexual-harassment caseThe Palo Alto school board has directed staff to pursue mediation in a student sexual-harassment case that has put the district...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2019Last comment by Elena Kadvany, on Feb 10, 2019 at 5:48 pm | 19 comments | 5630 Views
AROUND TOWN
Shop Talk: Gymboree to close, UNTUCKit arrivesIn this week's Shop Talk column, read about a children's clothing retailer filing for bankruptcy, the debut of a new men's...
Original post made on Feb. 8, 2019Last comment by Not Surprised, on Feb 9, 2019 at 12:58 pm | 2 comments | 8533 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board to discuss Gunn sexual harassment caseThe Palo Alto school board is holding a special-closed session meeting on Wednesday morning to discuss the school district's...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2019Last comment by Truth and Reconciliation, on Feb 9, 2019 at 11:48 am | 10 comments | 5538 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Guest Opinion: Protect our schools — Speak up nowUnless Stanford fully mitigates the impacts on Palo Alto schools of such massive development, PAUSD faces annual budget shortfalls...
Original post made on Feb. 8, 2019Last comment by Mary, on Feb 9, 2019 at 11:12 am | 9 comments | 7821 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
East Palo Alto students learn engineering in the service of othersOnce a week after school, a group of East Palo Alto Academy students descend upon a makerspace to work on an engineering...
Original post made on Feb. 8, 2019Last comment by Neal, on Feb 9, 2019 at 10:15 am | 1 comment | 10656 Views
AROUND TOWN
Around TownWINTER WONDERLAND ...Snow in Palo Alto?! It was a strange, but true weather event that struck the city and Bay Area on Tuesday...
Original post made on Feb. 8, 2019Last comment by resident, on Feb 8, 2019 at 4:12 pm | 4 comments | 4493 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Palo Alto's new priorities: climate change, transportation, rail and financesPalo Alto’s elected leaders will devote extra energy in 2019 toward addressing the city’s transportation challenges,...
Original post made on Feb. 2, 2019Last comment by musical, on Feb 8, 2019 at 3:15 pm | 49 comments | 11409 Views
SPORTS
Prep soccer: Gunn girls, M-A boys remain in the title chaseThe Gunn girls soccer team beat host Milpitas, 2-0, and remained a game behind Santa Clara Valley Athletic League El Camino...
Original post made on Feb. 8, 2019Last comment by Juan Mayora, on Feb 8, 2019 at 9:34 am | 1 comment | 2809 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Residents seek more services, fewer cars for VenturaPalo Alto's effort to redesign and ultimately redevelop a large portion of the Ventura neighborhood is stoking hopes among...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2019Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Feb 8, 2019 at 12:15 am | 9 comments | 6274 Views
SPORTS
League championships open wrestling postseasonThe wrestling postseason officially gets underway Friday with the Peninsula Athletic League and Santa Clara Clara Valley...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2019Last comment by Gene Wang, on Feb 7, 2019 at 9:40 pm | 1 comment | 3245 Views
RESTAURANTS
Nothing but babkaAyélet Nuchi's dedicated babka bakery at Town & Country Village in Palo Alto pays homage to the tastes and traditions of...
Original post made on Feb. 7, 2019Last comment by sro, on Feb 7, 2019 at 5:51 pm | 1 comment | 7014 Views
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