1+ hour, 25+ min ago   (241+ words) Elena Lee, who has spent the past six years leading East Palo Alto’s planning initiatives, will now serve as the city’s director of Community and Economic Development. Amy Chen, who previously occupied the director position, resigned early this year, according…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (358+ words) Stanford University has terminated its contract with Flock Safety, a company whose license plate cameras have prompted backlash from privacy advocates across the nation. The university announced Tuesday that it has ended its agreement with Flock and has replaced the…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (413+ words) Educator and local volunteer Linda Henigin is leading the three-candidate pack with approximately $17,600 in donations in the race for seats on the Palo Alto Board of Education. The finance papers, which were due at the end of July, include donations…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (543+ words) Long time Peninsula Rabbi Dennis Eisner was appointed on July 1 interim head of The Kehillah School – a Palo Alto Jewish high school that is looking to expand its reach as it searches for a permanent leader. The previous Head of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1889+ words) The end of elementary school was deemed an appropriate time for half the class to leave because the consensus was that, at that point, most children should have enjoyed a proper childhood. Afterwards, life only grew less pleasant as they…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1048+ words) Lachlan Kirby has been chased by feral dogs, caught in a desert thunderstorm and welcomed into a stranger’s home more times than he can count. This fall, the Palo Alto native plans to bring some of that experience back to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (618+ words) State Sen. Josh Becker hosted a town hall on Thursday evening focused on moving the AI conversation beyond questions such as “Will a robot take my job?” and toward its concrete impact. “We know that AI is already beginning to…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (654+ words) At the last open house session to garner feedback on StanfordNext, the university’s long-term expansion project, the tone was a little different. Unlike their neighbors in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto residents didn’t offer too many critiques of the possible…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1150+ words) As triple-digit temperatures bake some parts of California, two new laws aim to help educate students about heat illness and protect them from it. This week, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law that will require the state Board of Education…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (715+ words) A Palo Alto-based team of high schoolers worked for months to build a fully-functional solar powered car, and are now taking it to Texas to race about 600 miles as in the national Solar Car Challenge. The Palo Alto Solar Car…...