Proposition 50 passed. Here’s what students are saying.
Mazie Reidy
In a 63.9% majority, California voters passed Proposition 50 at the special elections this Tuesday, Nov. 4. Backed by legislative Democrats and Governor Gavin Newsom, Prop. 50 was proposed to counter Texas passing their own map of new congressional districts in August, according to the Central News Network. Congressional districts
Los Altos High under lockdown following alleged threat
Amalia Tormala
City of Los Altos moves forward to design new downtown park
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Stanford Daily sues Trump administration for threatening student deportations
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Mini Cat Town opens new location on Cal Ave in Palo Alto
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Vote16 Palo Alto advocates for youth voting rights in local elections
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PAUSD to offer multivariable calculus on campus
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Palo Alto, Los Altos, Mountain View communities join nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests
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Palo Alto High School hosts ‘Day of (No) Silence’
Amalia Tormala
Sam Liccardo to host a town hall tomorrow
Amalia Tormala
Hundreds protest outside Palo Alto Tesla dealership
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Gunn High opens new cafeteria
Melinda Huang and Jolie Zhou
Palo Alto Unified School District Board reassigns board member Rowena Chiu to other liason roles
Amalia Tormala and Deven Sharma
Palo Alto Educators Association revokes endorsement for School Board Trustee Rowena Chiu
Amalia Tormala and Melinda Huang
Palo Alto School Board Member Rowena Chiu faces calls for resignation
Jolie Zhou, Melinda Huang and Amalia Tormala
Los Altos High offers new creative writing class
Ananya Kota
Gunn High pilots evidence-based grading system
Deven Sharma
Multivariable calculus to be offered as high school course at Gunn and Palo Alto High
Amalia Tormala and Melinda Huang
PAUSD board votes to remove biology honors, freshmen to take unified biology course
Amalia Tormala and Melinda Huang
Local vendors, shoppers face egg supply shortage
Amalia Tormala
Community reacts to Palo Alto High hoax threats
Keerthi Raj
Los Altos High performs “Pride and Prejudice” as fall play
Avni Rajagopal
Six Bay Area schools receive anonymous threats of violence
Amalia Tormala and Keerthi Raj
Election results 2024
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Meet the 2024 Mountain View City Council candidates
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Ananya Kota and Carter Nishi
Meet the 2024 Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District board candidates
Avni Rajagopal and Myesha Phukan
Newly-opened Palo Alto Middle College High School offers tight-knit learning environment
Deven Sharma and Melinda Huang
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Melinda Huang and Deven Sharma
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Jolie Zhou and Amalia Tormala
PHOTOS: Mountain View High’s Homecoming Rally
Carter Nishi
Los Altos City Council kicks off its first in-person forum of the year
Gemma Gentin and Amalia Tormala
Palo Alto premiers its first electric Caltrain
Aryan Kawatra
Teachers implement new phone caddies at Los Altos High to minimize phone usage
Ananya Kota and Avni Rajagopal
Teachers rally for better pay across PAUSD schools
Deven Sharma and Jolie Zhou
Physical altercation follows Gunn vs. Wilcox boys varsity basketball game
Ella Persky and Deven Sharma
Community members gather at vigil in Palo Alto, call for peace in the Middle East
Ananya Kota and Aishani Singh
Los Altos High ends school early due to power outage
Avni Rajagopal
Los Altos’ street plan promotes safe bike and walking routes
Cassady Gammons
PAUSD superintendent’s contract extended to 2027
Melinda Huang
Palo Alto libraries expand hours
Grace Gao
PAUSD board approves the 2023-24 PAUSD Promise
Melinda Huang
Mountain View High announces changes to journalism program
Grace Gao and Avni Rajagopal
Strong winds cause electricity outages, fallen trees, injuries across Los Altos, Mountain View and Palo Alto
Grace Gao, Gil Rubinstein and Naina Srivastava
Los Altos gets new mayor, vice mayor, councilmember
Gil Rubinstein
Election Results 2022
Sophia Cheng and Gil Rubinstein
Mountain View High to offer new career technical education courses
Naina Srivastava
First North County clinic to open in fall 2024
Ella Persky
Meet the 2022 Palo Alto City Council candidates
Samuel Stein
Meet the 2022 Mountain View City Council candidates
Naina Srivastava
Meet the 2022 Los Altos City Council candidates
Gil Rubinstein
State bill reveals police military equipment inventories
Gil Rubinstein and Ella Persky
Democratic Volunteer Center reopens in-person for midterm elections
Naina Srivastava
Los Altos seeks input on environmental building codes
Gil Rubinstein
Santa Clara County sees first probable case of monkeypox
Naina Srivastava
PAUSD looks to move mental health services to in-house employees
Tomoki Chien and Grace Gao
A week into optional masking, most students continue wearing masks
Tomoki Chien, Naina Srivastava and Melody Xu
Santa Clara County to lift school mask mandate, following state guidance
Tomoki Chien, Samuel Stein and Naina Srivastava
Santa Clara County to keep indoor mask mandate
Tomoki Chien
Here’s how you can get your free rapid tests and N95 masks
Naina Srivastava
Mountain View High appoints new athletic director
Tomoki Chien
Two new dog parks are coming to Los Altos
Arjun Shah
MVLA staffing at “critical juncture”
Tomoki Chien
First case of Omicron variant detected in Santa Clara County
Tomoki Chien and Naina Srivastava
State Street Market introduces new “after school special” menu
Naina Srivastava
Mountain View bans plastic foodware starting 2023
Naina Srivastava
Mountain View council declares “Stage 1” water shortage emergency
Naina Srivastava
PHOTOS: Homecoming at Los Altos High
Allison Huang and Arya Nasikkar
New Los Altos community center opens in grand ceremony
Siddhant Kanwar
Bomb threat prompts Los Altos High evacuation
Tomoki Chien and Naina Srivastava
MVLA’s mental health resources, explained
Tomoki Chien
City of Los Altos adopts firearm safe storage ordinance
Naina Srivastava
Everything you need to know about the drought, and how it affects Santa Clara County
Melody Xu and Naina Srivastava
Los Altos to reopen city facilities in September
Naina Srivastava
New Los Altos Community Center to open in October
Naina Srivastava
Bay Area counties issue indoor mask mandate
Tomoki Chien
Economy sees full reopening — but some businesses see little practical change
Olivia Hewang and Melody Xu
Hope’s Corner hosts virtual 5K, ‘Five by Five by Five for Hope’
Cedric Chan and Avni Rajagopal
Mountain View expands local gun control
Carly Heltzel
Hundreds gather for youth-led Mountain View AAPI rally
Carly Heltzel
‘Light at the end of this tunnel’: Gov. Newsom unveils plan to fully reopen state in mid-June
Tomoki Chien and Gil Rubinstein
VIDEO: A look into MVLA’s current in-person learning program
Mia Bassett, Tomoki Chien, Kaitlyn Huang and Cathryn Krajewski
Santa Clara County drops to orange tier
Tomoki Chien
HHS won’t use Moffett Field as detention center
Gil Rubinstein
San Mateo County bumped to orange tier, Santa Clara expected to follow next week
Tomoki Chien and Jonas Pao
At last, PAUSD, MVLA high schoolers return to campus
Tomoki Chien, Jonas Pao and Melody Xu
State gives indoor sports the green light
Tomoki Chien
Anticipating vaccinations, MVLA teachers’ union agrees to April full hybrid return if in orange tier
Tomoki Chien and Carly Heltzel
Calls persist for Los Altos Council Member Lee Eng to resign
Gil Rubinstein
Los Altos seeks input on hiring city manager
Gil Rubinstein
New CDC guidance recommends Santa Clara County schools open for full in-person instruction
Cedric Chan and Tomoki Chien
CIF reverses, allows athletes to participate in same-season club and school sports
Gil Rubinstein and Garv Virginkar
PAUSD to make optional in-person return in red tier
Olivia Hewang and Melody Xu
MVLA board approves in-person return in red tier
Tomoki Chien, Carly Heltzel and Olivia Hewang
County to vaccinate residents age 65 and up regardless of healthcare provider or insurance
Gil Rubinstein and Garv Virginkar
State lifts regional stay-at-home order
Tomoki Chien and Garv Virginkar
Mountain View opens mass vaccination site
Carly Heltzel
Los Altos Police Department to encrypt public radio channel
Gil Rubinstein
SCVAL approves truncated calendar, may have little immediate effect
Tomoki Chien and Garv Virginkar
Teachers speak out against LASD return at board meeting
Gil Rubinstein
As attendance soars, Palo Alto closes entrance to Foothills Park during peak hours
Tomoki Chien and Olivia Hewang
COVID-19 is the projected third leading cause of death in Santa Clara County
Tomoki Chien and Garv Virginkar
VIDEO: Foothills Park opens to non-residents
Tomoki Chien and Cathryn Krajewski
LASD puts in-person learning on pause
Tomoki Chien
PAUSD students suggest changes to District Title IX processes
Tomoki Chien and Olivia Hewang
Through biting criticism, MV City Council votes unanimously to form police advisory board
Cedric Chan and Allison Huang
CIF moves earliest start date to January, scraps season one regional and state championships
Tomoki Chien and Olivia Hewang
MVLA shutters sports cohorts
Tomoki Chien
Los Altos City Council votes to remove SROs from LAHS
Gil Rubinstein
Los Altos task force to recommend elimination of SRO program
Gil Rubinstein
Los Altos City Manager resigns
Tomoki Chien
Paly, Gunn scrap in-person return plans
Tomoki Chien
Santa Clara County under curfew starting Saturday
Tomoki Chien
Santa Clara County has moved back into the purple tier of coronavirus restrictions
Olivia Hewang and Natalie Wei
A conversation about Los Altos police reform with Council Member Neysa Fligor
Tomoki Chien and Gil Rubinstein
Gunn, PALY to return in person along with PAUSD middle schools in January
Tomoki Chien and Olivia Hewang
‘We’ll be hosting our own superspreader’: MVLA administrators present possible plans for in-person return
Tomoki Chien and Natalie Wei
MVLA Superintendent Meyer expresses interest in hiring full-time SRO
Tomoki Chien and Natalie Wei
Demonstrators gather for a ‘count all votes’ rally in Mountain View
Tomoki Chien and Gil Rubinstein
