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3 weeks ago | 
paloaltoonline.com | Gennady Sheyner |Lisa Moreno
A preview of Palo Alto government meetings this week. CITY COUNCIL … The council plans to have its semi-annual presentation from the independent police auditor, consider a polling strategy for a potential 2026 measure to fund Cubberley Community Center redevelopment; and consider approving a consulting contract to study the impacts of artificial turf fields. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, April 21, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.
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1 month ago | 
paloaltoonline.com | Gennady Sheyner |Angela Swartz |Lisa Moreno |San Jose Spotlight
P.I.E.F.E.S.T. is hosting its fourth annual Bay Area Pasifika STEAM Fair in San Mateo April 12.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
paloaltoonline.com | Lisa Moreno
The Palo Alto Unified School District’s Board of Education paused the implementation of new ethnic studies graduation requirement on the recommendation of Superintendent Don Austin, who said the course should not be mandated without state funding. Gov. Gavin Newsom passed California Assembly Bill 101 in 2021, requiring state school districts to create an ethnic studies graduation requirement by 2025, beginning with the graduating class of 2030.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
paloaltoonline.com | Lisa Moreno
The Foothill De-Anza Board of Trustees selected provisional trustee Alexander Gvatua to represent the Central-Sunnyvale area until 2026 in a special board meeting on Wednesday. Trustees publicly interviewed five candidates for the vacant position, after Patrick Ahrens resigned in early December to assume a new position as California State Assembly member representing District 26.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
paloaltoonline.com | Lisa Moreno
East Palo Alto residents and community leaders gathered on Tuesday for the second of several trainings to prepare for a potential increase in the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement ahead of President Donald Trump’s inauguration next week.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
paloaltoonline.com | Lisa Moreno
The Palo Alto Unified School District is considering merging its biology and honors biology courses to create one “foundational” biology course, following other local districts that have made the move to eliminate some advanced classes. While some students and parents worry the change could set advancing students back, teachers say creating one more comprehensive biology course will create a stronger foundation for all students to succeed in AP and honors classes.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
paloaltoonline.com | Lisa Moreno
In the midst of three major fires in Southern California that have claimed the lives of at least 24 people and burned nearly 40,000 acres – first responders and organizations across the South Bay Area have worked to lend a helping hand. The Palo Alto Fire Department arrived in Los Angeles on the morning of Jan. 8 with a Fire Line paramedic, the Engine 65 crew and more recently a Palo Alto firefighter focused on search and rescue, according to city spokesperson Meghan Horrigan-Taylor.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
paloaltoonline.com | Lisa Moreno
The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety SWAT team descended on East Palo Alto in the early morning of Jan. 9 to arrest suspect Vicente Aguilera-Chavez in relation to a cold case murder that occurred in Sunnyvale in 2017. Another suspect, Agustin Sandoval, was arrested in Escalon the next day. On June 8, 2017, Sunnyvale police responded to a shooting in the 900 block of E.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
paloaltoonline.com | Lisa Moreno
WeHOPE, a local nonprofit that provides wraparound services to people who are homeless, proposed a plan Tuesday night at East Palo Alto’s City Council meeting to build a transitional housing shelter at the Tanklage site, an empty lot at 1798 Bay Road in East Palo Alto. The proposed project would temporarily operate between August 2025 and February 2030 to make way for a new East Palo Alto police station, which the city has discussed building at the site.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
paloaltoonline.com | Lisa Moreno
Local Rotary Clubs are community service organizations a part of Rotary International, which began in 1905 as a space for young professionals to exchange ideas. Over time, the group turned to a humanitarian aid service, with chapters across the world. Rotary clubs can be established anywhere, and each has a different focal point. Members of the club will work together to take on local and international issues.
