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![CAPTURING CELEBRATION — Two friends pose for a picture in front of the haft-sin at the festival. The festival draws in hundreds of people every year. “This event [Nowruz festival and bazaar] happens every year,” event coordinator Gita Meshkat said. “This is like our Christmas.”](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/P3100302-900x1200.jpg)
![Teachers gather on the side of El Camino Real before school Tuesday to protest the lack of a pay increase. PAEA members have come together to support this cause. "You'll see when teachers are wearing their [PAEA] shirts, that means we're showing solidarity for negotiations," Social Studies teacher Ken Tinsley said.](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_4667-1-1200x900.jpg)
![Teachers rally before entering the Palo Alto unified school district board meeting chanting “invest in education, not in reserves.” The Palo Alto Educators Association rallied to ask for a 5.5% teacher salary raise to compete with the cost of living in Palo Alto. “We’re asking to be paid and have equal benefits to a lot of the districts around us [and to help] the cost of living increase and those types of things”](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/P4230608-1200x900.jpg)
![TOWER TOUCHUP - With the tower building almost finished, little touchups regarding the furniture and the elevator are still needed. “I think they're [construction workers] doing some finishing touches on the elevator,” Berkson said. “But now we're just waiting for the furniture guy.”](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/P3180045-988x1200.jpg)
![SAY CHOCOLATE!— Reine and Carine proudly display their freshly made chocolate-dipped fruit and ganache-filled chocolates. The mother-daughter duo collaborates to prepare for lessons. “If I’m planning a class, I’ll always ask for her [Reine’s] input,” Carine said.](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Both-Portrait-e1709003379433.jpg)
![Youth across the globe have launched legal battles to hold governments accountable for climate destruction. “Forces that are benefiting from [climate change] ... thrive on apathy, indifference,and fatalism”, environmental law professor Deborah Sivas said, ”so stay engaged.”](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Untitled119_20240214162112.jpeg)
![AFTER-DARK DELICACIES — Various groups dine late at night inside an In-N-Out location, a chain restaurant specializing in burgers and other American-style food. Palo Alto High School junior Addison Pettyjohn dines there often. “I think it’s fun for after games,” Pettyjohn said. “The food is really cheap and...it’s [In-N-Out] not like Town and Country where it’s like $15 for a meal.”](https://verdemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/P1190242-1200x900.jpg)
