History museum seeks more city funding
Citing rising construction costs, the nonprofit group behind Palo Alto’s history museum is asking the city to chip in another $1 million to help pay for the long-awaited project.
Palo Alto siblings spark an interest in STEAM, one kid at a time
Making magic happen on a regular basis are the Mathan siblings — Anish Mathan, freshman at Gunn High School, and his sister Kavya Mathan, eighth-grader at Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School — who’ve designed a program called “Sparksteam,” through which they’re trying to get younger kids interested in STEAM subjects including Science, Technology, Engineering, Art…
Los Altos teens create microloan program to help entrepreneurs abroad
The student-led initiative, Pinewood Microfinancing Program, has given a total of $1,080 in microloans to 12 different people as far as the Philippines and Samoa in an attempt to fight the cycle of poverty.
Police: Suspects nabbed after robbing mail carriers in Belmont, Palo Alto
Palo Alto police have arrested two suspects who they said robbed two mail carriers, stole a car and led officers on a high-speed chase before crashing into a tree in a Stanford Research Park parking lot, according to a department news release.
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Faced with hate speech, Palo Alto to curb Zoom for public comments
It’s become a regular feature of Palo Alto’s City Council meetings: speakers using fake names…
Youth & Education
Newly renovated Tower Building at Paly gets warm reception from students
The newly renovated Tower Building at Palo Alto High School reopened this spring, garnering much discussion on campus as final touches to the renovation are…
People & community
‘Its health has been neglected’: Local teen creates documentary on Palo Alto’s most famous tree
Jimmy Tsai, junior at Palo Alto High School, created the documentary “El Palo Alto: A Tree’s Resilience,” to highlight the local conservation efforts that have…
