
Artist of the month: From almonds to album: Palo Alto band connects through music
STORY BY NATALIE ARBATMAN AND AGNES MAR, PHOTOS COURTESY METRO The stereotypical high school garage band features so-so music and overly baggy cargo shorts, but Metro is no typical high school band. Metro, a self-described “dream pop” band, consisting of four members from the Palo Alto area, said that its practices feel like “hangouts” because…
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COVID-19 Updates
Tuesday, Feb. 23: San Mateo County falls to red tier, Santa Clara poised to follow suit San Mateo County has fallen to the red tier of coronavirus restrictions, effective tomorrow, Feb. 24. Santa Clara County — whose adjusted case rate, test positivity rate and health equity quartile qualify for the red tier — will make a…
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Local professor presents research on Black people in Santa Clara County
STORY BY GIL RUBINSTEIN AND ARI STROBER, PHOTO BY EMILY MCNALLY Local author and historian Jan Batiste Adkins will be speaking at the Los Altos History Museum in a Zoom event on Feb. 24 at 5 p.m. to commemorate the contributions of Black visionaries in the Bay Area. African Americans have a long, yet relatively…
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Gluten-free bakery Sweet Diplomacy brings a community of food lovers often left out, together
STORY BY OLIVIA HEWANG AND MELODY XU, PHOTOS BY EMILY MCNALLY When Melody Hu happened to run out of regular flour while baking muffins at home one afternoon five years ago, she discovered gluten-free, mochiko rice flour…

Riley Carolan, loaf novice, starts popular Castilleja bread baking club
STORY AND PHOTO BY DANA HUCH Where’d all the bread flour go? Since the beginning of quarantine, a surge in at-home bread baking has taken place, causing an unprecedented demand for bread flour. Castilleja junior Riley Carolan…
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Antoine’s Cookie Shop serves up nostalgia by the dozen
STORY BY OLIVIA HEWANG AND ARI STROBER, PHOTO BY EMILY MCNALLY In Pixar’s “Ratatouille,” a single bite of the eponymous dish transports the sour-faced food critic, Anton Ego, to a memory of himself as a child, enjoying…
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