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Former home of famed mountaineer sells for $21.7M in Old Palo Alto
2+ hour, 14+ min ago (343+ words) This week, 34 homes sold across the Midpeninsula, with prices ranging from $760,000 in East Palo Alto to $21.9 million in Atherton. We also take a closer look at a $21.7 million Palo Alto property with an unusually large lot and a surprising connection…...
Palo Alto educator Linda Henigin leads in campaign donations
2+ week, 6+ day ago (413+ words) Educator and local volunteer Linda Henigin is leading the three-candidate pack with approximately $17,600 in donations in the race for seats on the Palo Alto Board of Education. The finance papers, which were due at the end of July, include donations…...
East Palo Alto residents show support for term limits
3+ week, 6+ day ago (618+ words) East Palo Alto residents expressed early support for a November ballot measure that would impose a 12-year term limit for City Council members, according to a newly released city poll of local voters. Currently, council members can serve for as…...
Report: 49ers head coach was holding cell phone during Palo Alto car crash
3+ week, 6+ day ago (449+ words) San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan was reportedly holding a cell phone while behind the wheel when the Tesla he was driving crashed head-on into a Mercedes SUV in downtown Palo Alto on July 14, according to records from the California…...
Forces of nature: How two Palo Alto women helped save the Bay
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1585+ words) Enid Pearson and Florence LaRiviere have spent more than sixty years as each other’s most reliable co-conspirators, though neither can quite remember how they met. Pearson served ten years on the Palo Alto City Council, where she authored the city’s…...
Best of Palo Alto
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (569+ words) Climb aboard and lift off with the 2025 Best of Palo Alto winners! These high-flying favorites — restaurants, retail shops, service pros and more — have floated to the top, buoyed by community praise and sky-high standards. Readers have recognized these businesses by…...
Palo Alto set to launch new fiber service as critics warn of risks
7+ mon, 2+ week ago (1720+ words) After nearly three decades of debates, shattered dreams and false starts, Palo Alto is preparing to launch in March a major expansion of its fiber service, offering some residents the option of ditching AT&T and Comcast and subscribing to…...
Palo Alto sees wave of housing projects as state law kicks in
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (543+ words) In just the first week of a new state law that allows denser housing developments near public transit, Palo Alto has seen a flurry of applications — and the three latest ones propose new apartments downtown and in College Terrace. At…...
Page Mill Road improvement project snarls traffic in Palo Alto
2+ mon, 4+ hour ago (677+ words) Drivers who regularly take Page Mill Road to get across town may have noticed in recent weeks that their trips take longer than usual. That’s due to the construction project at the intersection of Page Mill and El Camino Real,…...
Peninsula history: Palo Alto’s post office design was too modern for Washington — until a U.S. president stepped in
2+ mon, 5+ hour ago (574+ words) On June 24, 1932, Palo Alto received approval to build a post office so different from any other in the nation that it almost didn’t happen. Rather than following the era’s standard formula of towering columns and imposing facades, Palo Alto’s post…...