Clay Lambert

Palo Alto

Peninsula Editorial Director at Embarcadero Media

Editorial Director at Palo Alto Weekly

Peninsula Editorial Director for Embarcadero Media Foundation - Palo Alto Weekly, Mountain View Voice, Menlo Park Almanac, RWCPulse. And some other things.

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Articles

Stanford vice provost offers tips for incoming freshmen

1 week ago | paloaltoonline.com | Clay Lambert

Jay Hamilton knows his way around academia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Government as well as a doctorate in Economics, both from Harvard, and he’s spent much of his adult life teaching at prestigious institutions such as Stanford University, where he currently chairs the university’s journalism program.
News Alert: Burgess pool operator cuts hours without required notice

2 weeks ago | almanacnews.com | Clay Lambert

*|DATE:F j, Y g:i a|*In the latest move as part of a deteriorating relationship between the Menlo Park City Council and the city’s pool operator, the city of Menlo Park sent the pool operator a notice of default after the pool operator said it would be modifying the pool’s hours without 14 days notice, The Almanac learned on Wednesday.
News Alert: Former Sunset property may be headed for historic registry, complicating development

3 weeks ago | almanacnews.com | Clay Lambert
News Alert: Police make arrest in fatal hit-and-run

1 month ago | paloaltoonline.com | Clay Lambert

*|DATE:F j, Y g:i a|*The Palo Alto Police Department arrested an East Palo Alto man on Wednesday night, saying he struck and killed a woman in her 70s while she was crossing the street. The incident occurred about 9 p.m. on Wednesday near the intersection Forest and Lincoln avenues.
Water main break shuts portion of Sand Hill Road

1 month ago | almanacnews.com | Clay Lambert

Authorities are asking the public to avoid the area of Sand Hill Road between Santa Cruz Avenue and Sharon Park due to a water main break. Menlo Park police and utilities crews were on the scene as of 1:23 p.m., according to a release from the city of Menlo Park. There was no immediate word on when the busy thoroughfare would reopen. This is a developing story and will be updated as more information comes available.
Around town

2 months ago | paloaltoonline.com | Clay Lambert

HOW SWEDE IT IS! … Palo Alto’s elected officials moonlighted as tour guides last week when they welcomed a special delegation from the city’s Swedish sister city, Linköping. Led by Mayor Mikael Sanfridson, the Linköping delegation got to hang out with Mayor Ed Lauing and enjoy a welcome dinner at the home of Edward Gerard Fike, vice president of Neighbors Abroad, the nonprofit that manages the city’s sister city relationships.
Collision reported at Glenwood Avenue and railroad tracks

Feb 8, 2025 | almanacnews.com | Clay Lambert

Menlo Park Police are warning motorists to avoid the area around Glenwood Avenue and the Caltrain railroad tracks due to congestion caused by a collision shortly after 4 p.m. today. Emergency crews were dispatched to the crossing on a report of a collision involving a train. Multiple crews remained on the scene 30 minutes after the initial report. it was not immediately clear what the train might have collided with.
Overnight fire damages housing construction project

Feb 8, 2025 | rwcpulse.com | Clay Lambert

An early-morning fire on Vera Avenue in Redwood City damaged an under-construction affordable housing project. No one was injured in the fire on Vera Avenue, which was first reported at 2:17 a.m. on Feb. 8. Firefighters from the Redwood City Fire Department an the Menlo Park Fire Protection District responded and were on scene for more than an hour, according to Redwood City Fire Battalion Chief Glendon Chan. He said the cause of the fire was under investigation.
Palo Alto resident wins nationwide acclaim as teacher

Feb 8, 2025 | paloaltoonline.com | Clay Lambert

Palo Alto resident Julia Satterthwaite has been named the Columbia Scholastic Press Association’s National High School Journalism Teacher of the Year for 2025. Satterthwaite teaches journalism at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino. The announcement, from one of the preeminent scholastic journalism organizations in the country, was made on Feb. 7. Satterthwaite, who is married to Palo Alto High School journalism teacher Rod Satterthwaite, is in her 20th year as a journalism teacher and adviser.
Holiday Fund: Ada’s Cafe trains special people to sustain themselves

Nov 24, 2024 | paloaltoonline.com | Clay Lambert

Over the course of a generation, a small but mighty team has built a middle-school project into a community sensation in south Palo Alto. Ada’s Cafe percolates from a strong grind of hard work, brewed with a sense of mission and sweetened by long-standing community connections.