2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (931+ words) “Bugs,” the colloquial term San Mateo entomologist Stephanie Dole uses to refer to insects, are all around us. The term encompasses six-legged wonders such as flies, beetles, grasshoppers and so many more, including “true bugs” belonging to the order Hemiptera;…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (940+ words) Seeking to accommodate more students and shifting academic needs, Stanford University is preparing to add nearly 2 million square feet of academic space, 2,500 student beds and about 500 units of housing for faculty and staff over the next two decades, according to…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1205+ words) The Bay Area’s artificial intelligence boom is changing more than the fortunes of its tech workers. It is also changing where some of them want to live. That shift is being felt across the Midpeninsula, where Realtors say they are…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (609+ words) After more than a decade of designing, debating and dreaming of grade separation at three local rail crossings, Palo Alto’s elected leaders are preparing to narrow their scope and focus their energy on one location: Charleston Road. But as members…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (639+ words) The East Palo Alto City Council offered a boost to a 430-unit housing project for school staff and residents at 2120-2160 Euclid Ave. when it approved last week the affordability levels for units in the new development. Under the plans, which…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (375+ words) After an earlier split over parking policies, the East Palo Alto City Council took a decisive step on Tuesday toward implementing a new residential parking permit program, voting to approve a study that will help the city set the rules…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (204+ words) Project description: The 59-building development will bring 145 for-sale townhomes to an existing office park just south of the Baylands Athletic Center on the east side of Highway 101. The project includes a mix of attached and detached townhomes, with 19 units, or…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (236+ words) Muslim students and parents in Palo Alto, like those around the country, are acutely feeling the sting of intensifying prejudice and discrimination. In that context, this lawsuit comes as a gut punch, bringing the national hysteria to our own local…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (398+ words) A Palo Alto condo sold for $270,000 on the site of an adobe that dates to the 1840s and once served as a social hub for the area. Find out what else recently changed hands across the Midpeninsula. Each week, Embarcadero Media…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (830+ words) After more than a decade of debating and designing, Palo Alto is approaching a critical juncture in its plan to redesign the rail corridor, a critical and complex project with a price tag that now hovers above $1.5 billion, according to…...