State of Mind: Local restaurant’s persistence through a pandemic
As we drove up to State of Mind Public House and Pizzeria in Los Altos on a Friday night in February, the restaurant’s bright lights were visible even from the ...
Sasha Poor
Distance Learning: Continued education during a pandemic
As we log into Zoom, we can see the rest of the students who have logged in, only about half of the actual class. Some students are sitting in front of bookshel...
Birthday in isolation | Verde Vlogs: Social distancing | April 27, 2020
On April 27, Features Editor Sasha Poor vlogs her experience celebrating a significant life milestone — her 18th birthday — under the shelter-in-place order...
Navigating the primaries: A guide for Paly’s first-time voters
Stepping into the polling booth for the first time can be intimidating. With the California primary on March 3, about 89% of Palo Alto High School seniors will ...
Returning the gaze: Encouraging connection to community
Harlem-based artist Jordan Casteel’s first solo show at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University illustrates her developmen...
Where the wildfires are: Preventing fires in Palo Alto’s foothills
“During the large fires, the air quality is horrible,” Palo Alto Fire Department Chief Kevin McNally says. “So your throat is scratchy. Your eyes are burning, a...
Vote16 Palo Alto: New teen group advocates for student voting rights in school board elections
A group of rising Palo Alto High School juniors and seniors gather around a large conference table at the Rinconada Library. This is Vote16 Palo Alto, a new student led organization with the goal of lowering the voting age for Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education elections to 16 through a social media campaign and petition.“The Board of Education makes decisions that are affecting students every single day and the students never really get a voice in these decisions,” rising seni
New schedule for next year: Mondays to rotate instead of whole week
After two years of debate and unforeseen changes, Palo Alto High School is implementing a new bell schedule that consists of fixed odd or even days of the week ...
Sizing us up: The views from our extreme heights
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Being elbowed in the face. Having to ask strangers to get something from the top shelf of a grocery store. Always wearing cuffed jeans — and not as a f...
Drawing a Fine Line: Young artists battle with the concept of censorship for the first time
EDITORS’ NOTE: While we recognize that racial slurs such as “ch-nk” represent the institutionalized oppression and systematic disenfranchisement of minority gro...
