Sebastian Bonnard

Verde’s Oscar picks: Predicting the upcoming Academy Awards

Empty theaters. Vacant film sets. A truncated catalog of new releases. The film industry has been among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with global bo...

Real Produce Market: New Palo Alto store offers multicultural products

Welcomed by shelves laden with a vast selection of ambrosial, foreign and local produce along with boxes and crates labeled in languages from Cyrillic to Urdu, ...

ART OF ABSTRACTION - Sean Howe's "Inhabitants of the Middle" is on display at Qualia Art Gallery. Howe collaborated with owner Dacia Xu on the naming of his collection's centerpiece. "Dacia and I worked on that one together, we felt like Inhabitants was a good title." Art: Sean Howe

Qualia Contemporary Art Gallery: Gallery exhibitions showcase local art

As onlookers stroll down University Avenue in downtown Palo Alto, Qualia Contemporary Art Gallery will certainly catch their eye. The medley of the paintings’ c...

Dear Mr. President-elect: An open letter to our new President

Dear President-elect Joe Biden, I want to begin this letter by congratulating you on a victory that I hope will serve as a moment of unification and progress f...

Rejected reopening: Community clashes over hybrid plan

"It just makes me sick to my stomach,” Superintendent Don Austin says from his 3-inch-wide rectangle on Zoom. He knows students have lost a lot. No Prom. ...

A guide to Bay Area parks: Exploring Palo Alto’s natural side

At the very top of a particularly challenging climb at the Dish, you’re greeted with a wide view of the whole city, filled with minuscule buildings and clusters...

Road cycling: A quarantine trend revives a Paly club

Whizzing down a hill in Pescadero with aching legs and an immense sense of pride building in his chest, Palo Alto High School senior James Fetter completes the ...

Sports games to start in December

Official school sports practices will begin on Dec. 14, and competitions will start two weeks after each sport’s first practice, according to a Central Coast ...