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Technology, new schedules drive changes at Gunn, Paly
Paloaltoonline.com
Feb 04by Chris KenrickA "seismic shift" at Palo Alto High School -- the switch to the block schedule that began last year -- has rippled across the campus in areas as diverse as student mental health, homework loads and teacher collaboration, according to pr... »
Cafe vendor chosen for Mitchell Park Library
Paloaltoonline.com
Feb 03by Gennady SheynerPalo Alto's quest to bring a cafe to the soon-to-be-completed Mitchell Park Library and Community Center has attracted an unusual amount of interest from the community. »
Measure to scale back Three-Strikes law passes state Assembly - but no vote til 2014
San Jose Mercury NewsLocal News
Feb 01A group of Stanford University professors backing an initiative to scale back California's tough three strikes law will continue to aim for the November ballot, even as the state Assembly on Tuesday passed a similar measure that wouldn't appear before ... »
CardSpring Raises $10M
Silicontap.com
Jan 31Palo Alto-based CardSpring, a developer of application programming interfaces for credit and debit card payments, said Tuesday that it has raised $10M in a Series A funding. The funding was led by Accel Partners and Greylock Partners, along with SV Ang... »
H&R Block Dollars & Sense Helps Teens Become Financially Fit
Los Altos Patch Announcements
Feb 01Imagine if teenagers controlled their families’ finances. Would they know how to spend and save money wisely? Or would they max out every credit card? It’s hard to know, but with 50 percent of high school seniors failing when tested on basic personal f... »
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What’s on Menlo Park Mayor Kirsten Keith’s mind – besides running for the Board of Supervisors
Inmenlo
Feb 06Editor’s note: On Saturday, Feb. 4, Menlo Park City Council member Kirsten Keith, who is serving this year as the city’s Mayor, announced that she was entering the race for a seat on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors. Our conversation with Kirs... »
Away in the desert
Stanford FBC
Feb 01The Cardinal begins the second half of the conference season in the desert with games against the Sun Devils and the Wildcats. The game against the Sun Devils on Thursday February 2 at 6:00 pm Pacific Time will be televised by FSN/Comcast. You can join... »
Measure to scale back Three-Strikes law passes state Assembly - but no vote til 2014
San Jose Mercury NewsLocal News
Feb 01A group of Stanford University professors backing an initiative to scale back California's tough three strikes law will continue to aim for the November ballot, even as the state Assembly on Tuesday passed a similar measure that wouldn't appear before ... »
Cogswell Plaza tourist from China
Plastic Alto
Feb 01As part of my ongoing coverage of Cogswell Plaza and Lytton Plaza, I met this Chinese tourist and asked her to send me her photos of the plaza, for Plastic Alto. I hope “Yanni” or “Yah Nee” comes through. She … Continue reading → »
Transition team announces plan to make Kepler’s the “prototype community bookstore of the future”
Inmenlo
Jan 31Kepler’s Transition Team, a group of local business and community leaders, today announced the launch of “Kepler’s 2020.” The project aims to create an innovative hybrid business model that includes a for-profit, community-owned-and-operated bookstore... »