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

Water main break shuts portion of Sand Hill Road

1 week 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

1 month 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

2 months ago | 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

2 months ago | 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

2 months ago | 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.
Health fair draws crowd to Mitchell Park

Sep 21, 2024 | paloaltoonline.com | Clay Lambert

A steady stream of families made their way to the Mitchell Park Community Center on Saturday, Sept. 21, for a health fair designed to introduce services in the community and educate people about what it takes to stay healthy through life’s stages. This year’s free event marked the seventh time the Palo Alto YMCA has partnered with Stanford Medicine and the city of Palo Alto to offer guidance to city residents with questions about their health. The Palo Alto Weekly was also a sponsor of the event.
Palo Alto arts festival delights crowds

Aug 24, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Clay Lambert

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Palo Alto arts festival delights crowds

Aug 24, 2024 | paloaltoonline.com | Clay Lambert

Art fans, food lovers and other curious Peninsula residents all poured onto University Avenue on Saturday for Day 1 of the Palo Alto Festival of the Arts. The festival continues from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday and runs from Webster to High streets. Brilliant sunshine gave way to the occasional gust of cooling wind as thousands of people strolled the length of the festival on Saturday. Exhibitors included fine artists, jewelry makers and even a car company.
Woodside native part of silver medal performance

Aug 4, 2024 | almanacnews.com | Clay Lambert

The U.S. Olympic Jumping Team — with a last-minute assist from a Woodside native — finished on the podium in Friday’s Olympic Jumping Team Final. Karl Cook didn’t expect to compete, but he was among the three U.S. riders when they accepted their silver medal at Versailles, France on Aug. 2. Cook, who now lives in Southern California but grew up in Woodside, was an alternate — the fourth rider on a team that sends only three into the ring. That is until hours before the Aug.