Town Square
Sort by: Most recent topic/comment Most viewed Most comments
Navigation tip: Clicking on any category label will display all recent posts in that category
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 | 7845 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 | 10680 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 | 4497 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 | 11430 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 | 2812 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 | 6284 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 | 3250 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 | 7023 Views
AROUND TOWN
Planning director sheds 'interim' statusJonathan 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, 2019Last comment by Judith Wasserman, on Feb 7, 2019 at 10:38 am | 2 comments | 6185 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUES
Compromise on wireless equipment irks residentsThe 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, 2019Last 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 expansionWith Santa Clara County and Stanford University now ramping up their negotiations over the university’s ambitious growth...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2019Last 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 patientsShould 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, 2019Last 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 AltoYouth 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, 2019Last 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 linesA 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, 2019Last 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 leadIsaiah 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, 2019Last 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 requestThe 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, 2019Last 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 StanfordA 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, 2019Last 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 raceThe 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, 2019Last comment by hoosier, on Feb 5, 2019 at 5:51 pm | 2 comments | 3882 Views
SPORTS
The Super Bowl MVP way back whenOne 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, 2019Last comment by Julie armitano, on Feb 5, 2019 at 11:58 am | 2 comments | 2888 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Artificial intelligence enters the classroomIf 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, 2019Last comment by anonymous, on Feb 5, 2019 at 11:52 am | 16 comments | 20792 Views
Stay informed.
Get the day's top headlines from Palo Alto Online sent to your inbox in the Express newsletter.
New Palo Alto sushi spot highlights late-night hours and affordable prices
By The Peninsula Foodist | 1 comment | 12,344 views
Who Gets the Money? Farm Bill (part 6)
By Laura Stec | 5 comments | 2,752 views
Sharing That Just Works
By Sherry Listgarten | 5 comments | 2,143 views
Robots, I am tired of talking to you!
By Diana Diamond | 13 comments | 1,641 views
I Do, I Don’t: One Reason Feelings Matter
By Chandrama Anderson | 3 comments | 908 views
