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2 weeks ago | 
paloaltoonline.com | Gennady Sheyner |Lisa Moreno
NEW DIGS … Palo Alto’s wastewater operation on Embarcadero Way will soon undergo a rare expansion, with the city recently completing a lease agreement to take over a commercial building across the street. Once occupied, the building at 2470 Embarcadero Way will house the Regional Water Quality Control Plant’s nine-person Laboratory Group and its five-person Engineering Group. According to a report from the Public Works Department, these employees are currently working in substandard facilities.
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3 weeks ago | 
paloaltoonline.com | Lisa Moreno |Gennady Sheyner
BEHIND THE SCENES … In the school system, there are people who speak at the front of the classroom, lead public meetings and those who make district-wide decisions. But there are also so many more who quietly uphold school operations behind the scenes, “who give 100%, not for applause, but because that’s simply who they are,” said Juana Briones Elementary school clerk Katherine Ames, at a Tuesday school board meeting.
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4 weeks ago | 
paloaltoonline.com | Gennady Sheyner |Lisa Moreno
GO FOR A RIDE … Palo Alto will be celebrating its proud legacy of bicycling on May 15, when it joins other Bay Area cities to celebrate Bike to Work & Wherever Day with a series of events featuring “energizer stations” with refreshments and free gifts. The Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition’s Palo Alto Local Team, Walk Bike Palo Alto Volunteers and The Hub are hosting five Energizer Stations citywide.
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1 month 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.
