Love & Sandwiches: Local Favorite to go National
Ike's Place knows exactly how to craft the quintessential sandwich bite. The shop’s deliciously fresh bread serves as the perfect vessel for its mouthwatering f...
Jenny Tseng
Hotel President: Residents of Historic Landmark Evicted
Each floor of the Hotel President in downtown Palo Alto has its own character. The scent of lacquered wood and vividly painted stone tiles inset in the staircas...
WANDA
At 6:43 a.m., Wanda Caldwell maneuvers Bus #31 out of the Palo Alto Unified School District bus lot and toward her first stop of the morning: East Palo Alto. She then drives her bright yellow school bus to five other stops before dropping students off at Greene Middle School. Though her students begin their day by boarding the bus at 7:00 a.m., leaning their heads against the window and thinking of the school day ahead of them, Caldwell’s day starts many hours before she leaves the bus yard. It
Bond measure to appear on November ballot
Measure Z, a ballot initiative proposing funding for school updates and repairs, is the first bond measure to be proposed in the past 10 years and will appear o...
Asking For It: Sexual Assault –– Same Stigma, Different Decade
Warning: This feature deals with accounts of sexual assault and may be a trigger for some readers.
Editor’s Note: While we recognize the sensitive nature of ...
The Bus Ride Home
Slightly out of breath from running the last stretch to the bus station, Palo Alto High School seniors Brianna Moreno-Alcocer and Allison Salinas step onto SamTrans Bus 21, each swiping a reflective green card across the sensor in one smooth, practiced motion. Moreno-Alcocer slides into the row of seats first, placing her backpack on her lap as Salinas settles into the seat beside her. A faint smell of diesel clings to the well-worn and patterned seat covers and the low hum of the bus engine th
Non-lethal options: East Palo Alto council drops proposal to equip officers with tasers
Cmdr. Jerry Alcaraz steps into the parking lot, grasping a bright orange, shotgun-like object in his hands. Standing before a row of gleaming police cars emblaz...
Away from City Lights: Students find Perspective in the Night Sky
High above the luminous skyline of Portola Valley lies a silent row of teenagers on a dusty turnout in Windy Hill Open Space Preserve. The night sky is speckled...
New Affordable Housing Zone: Zoning Overlay Approved by Council
Two hours after math teacher Misha Stempel leaves her home in Morgan Hill, most Palo Alto High School students will have just begun the short bike ride to schoo...
¡Adios, Señor Vericat! Vericat’s 23 years at Paly come to a close
Sitting in crooked rows with backpacks strewn haphazardly around them, the students in Room 304 wait apprehensively for the teacher to summon them to present. O...
