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SCHOOLS & KIDS

Guest Opinion: Protect our schools — Speak up now

Unless Stanford fully mitigates the impacts on Palo Alto schools of such massive development, PAUSD faces annual budget shortfalls...

Original post made on Feb. 8, 2019
Last comment by Mary, on Feb 9, 2019 at 11:12 am | 9 comments | 7845 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

East Palo Alto students learn engineering in the service of others

Once 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, 2019
Last comment by Neal, on Feb 9, 2019 at 10:15 am | 1 comment | 10680 Views

AROUND TOWN

Around Town

WINTER 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, 2019
Last comment by resident, on Feb 8, 2019 at 4:12 pm | 4 comments | 4497 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Palo Alto's new priorities: climate change, transportation, rail and finances

Palo Alto’s elected leaders will devote extra energy in 2019 toward addressing the city’s transportation challenges,...

Original post made on Feb. 2, 2019
Last comment by musical, on Feb 8, 2019 at 3:15 pm | 49 comments | 11430 Views

SPORTS

Prep soccer: Gunn girls, M-A boys remain in the title chase

The 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, 2019
Last comment by Juan Mayora, on Feb 8, 2019 at 9:34 am | 1 comment | 2812 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Residents seek more services, fewer cars for Ventura

Palo 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, 2019
Last comment by Mark Weiss, on Feb 8, 2019 at 12:15 am | 9 comments | 6284 Views

SPORTS

League championships open wrestling postseason

The wrestling postseason officially gets underway Friday with the Peninsula Athletic League and Santa Clara Clara Valley...

Original post made on Feb. 7, 2019
Last comment by Gene Wang, on Feb 7, 2019 at 9:40 pm | 1 comment | 3250 Views

RESTAURANTS

Nothing but babka

Ayélet 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, 2019
Last comment by sro, on Feb 7, 2019 at 5:51 pm | 1 comment | 7023 Views

AROUND TOWN

Planning director sheds 'interim' status

Jonathan Lait, who has been serving as Palo Alto's interim planning director since April, will remain in the position on...

Original post made on Feb. 7, 2019
Last comment by Judith Wasserman, on Feb 7, 2019 at 10:38 am | 2 comments | 6185 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Compromise on wireless equipment irks residents

The Palo Alto City Council narrowly approved on Monday a compromise on a wireless proposal that left supporters and opponents...

Original post made on Feb. 5, 2019
Last comment by no more missed calls, on Feb 6, 2019 at 7:48 pm | 9 comments | 5628 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Palo Alto seeks more funding from Stanford expansion

With Santa Clara County and Stanford University now ramping up their negotiations over the university’s ambitious growth...

Original post made on Feb. 5, 2019
Last comment by Gimmee, on Feb 6, 2019 at 3:56 pm | 21 comments | 11037 Views

ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTO

Caregivers grapple with idea of lying to dementia patients

Should you lie to a person with dementia? It's become a common question in the world of caregiving, where lies might be...

Original post made on Feb. 1, 2019
Last comment by Law & Order, on Feb 6, 2019 at 1:17 pm | 8 comments | 22937 Views

PALO ALTO ISSUES

Children's Health Council expands to East Palo Alto

Youth mental health nonprofit Children's Health Council has opened a new location in East Palo Alto with the ambitious goal...

Original post made on Feb. 4, 2019
Last comment by Still a great idea, on Feb 6, 2019 at 11:39 am | 2 comments | 5457 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Car crashes, barely misses PG&E gas lines

A man crashed a sedan into a barrier protecting PG&E gas transmission lines on a major roadway in Palo Alto on Monday morning,...

Original post made on Jan. 28, 2019
Last comment by musical, on Feb 6, 2019 at 3:16 am | 20 comments | 8591 Views

SPORTS

Eastside Prep boys rally late to take over WBAL hoops lead

Isaiah Saams-Hoy has carte blanche in coach Donovan Blythe’s system at Eastside Prep to create. Saams-Hoy utilized his...

Original post made on Feb. 6, 2019
Last comment by Deloris Saams-Hoy, on Feb 6, 2019 at 12:18 am | 1 comment | 2421 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Ravenswood to hold public meetings on charter school expansion request

The Ravenswood City School District is hosting a series of community meetings through next week to inform the public about...

Original post made on Feb. 1, 2019
Last comment by Crazies Idea Ever, on Feb 5, 2019 at 9:43 pm | 3 comments | 4502 Views

CRIMES & INCIDENTS

Ride-share driver gives woman unwanted kiss at Stanford

A man who claimed to work for a ride-sharing company picked up a woman and kissed her without her consent at Stanford University...

Original post made on Feb. 5, 2019
Last comment by resident, on Feb 5, 2019 at 6:55 pm | 6 comments | 3633 Views

SPORTS

Palo Alto beats Spartans, close gap in SCVAL De Anza race

The Palo Alto boys basketball team knocked off first-place Mountain View 56-42 Monday, and now all of a sudden the Vikings,...

Original post made on Feb. 5, 2019
Last comment by hoosier, on Feb 5, 2019 at 5:51 pm | 2 comments | 3882 Views

SPORTS

The Super Bowl MVP way back when

One fall evening in 2003 I went out at the last minute to cover a Woodside football game against Capuchino. I was the sports...

Original post made on Feb. 4, 2019
Last comment by Julie armitano, on Feb 5, 2019 at 11:58 am | 2 comments | 2888 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Artificial intelligence enters the classroom

If you were at Castilleja School last week, you might have spotted a series of small posters throughout campus, each posing...

Original post made on Jan. 18, 2019
Last comment by anonymous, on Feb 5, 2019 at 11:52 am | 16 comments | 20792 Views
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