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12/21/2024

Students are excited at the prospect of a new downtown community center slated to open in the spring of 2025.

The downtown center at 445 Bryant St. is proposed as a North Palo Alto alternative to the Mitchell Park Community Center, with a focus on teenagers and seniors. The space will also host art, fitness and summer camps, according to the city’s 2025 fiscal budget report.

Palo Alto High School junior Ella Segev said she is excited for the chance to have another place to go for studying.

“I’m always looking for new places to study and be productive,” Segev said. “The Mitchell Park teen center and the library has always been a place that me and my friends go to, and if there’s another space like this that is supportive of students. That’s definitely a plus and could really support me in my school life.”

According to Palo Alto Mayor Greer Stone, the City Council decided to use the space as a multipurpose building during a meeting on June 3.

In addition to teens and seniors, the area will host La Comida de California, a non-profit organization that gives out warm meals to senior citizens every day from 10a.m. to 2p.m. La Comida’s previous location, the Avenidas building, had closed down, so this nearby center is crucial for them to continue their service.

“To be able to allow La Comida to continue to serve our cities early and to provide them an opportunity to be able to have healthy lunches and just as importantly, an opportunity to be able to socialize with one another is great,” Stone said.

Photo: Niaz Alasti

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12/04/2024

On the cover of Volume 26 Issue 5, Palo Alto High
School seniors Heiren Noone and Sophie Williams hug as they react to the outcome of the 2024 presidential election in a photo taken by features editor Kensie Pao.

The title — “What now?” — showcases the sense of
uncertainty that many people in the community face as
Donald Trump has been elected to serve another term as president.

What will the true impacts of this historic presidency be? Only time will tell.

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03/01/2024

On the cover of Volume 25 Issue 3, created by Art Director Jeslyn Chen, nine figures are depicted — five local or national political figures and three Palo Alto High School students. This cover was inspired by a cover from an October 2004 issue of Verde. Can you name them all?

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02/01/2024

Protesters went to the Congressional Debate at Palo Alto City Hall to express their feelings on the Israel-Hamas war, causing it to end early before candidates closing statements on Wednesday night.

The protest started about an hour and a half into the debate and lasted approximately 20 minutes unabated before the moderators of the debate tried to keep asking questions. This was interrupted by more heckling, before the debate was ended early.

After the debate Adam Dawes, CEO of Embarcadero Media, which sponsored the event, said that the democratic process was disrupted by the protestors. “Things broke down when the audience wanted to make demonstrations, and we had difficulty keeping order so that the candidates could speak their piece,” Dawes said.

The Palo Alto Police Department was present throughout the entire debate, though never got involved. They refused to make an official comment, but implied that if they interfered it would violate the First Amendment rights of free speech and the freedom to protest.

The meeting was meant to allow community members to meet Congressional candidates vying to replace Anna Eshoon as the representative of the 16th District. Nine of the eleven candidates attended including, Joby Bernstein, Peter Dixon, Julie Lthcott-Haims, Sam Liccardo, Evan Low, Ahmed Mostafa, Peter Ohtaki, Joe Simitian and Greg Tanaka. “It [the in-person debate] also allows the candidates to get greater exposure to the public and what the public is passionate about,” Dawes said. “So we feel it helps the dialogue and the democratic process to do these things in person.”

Protester and Stanford graduate student Nourhan Hesham, said the debate was a good place to express her views on the Middle East conflict and her support for candidate Ahmed Mostafa.

“I’m a big supporter of Ahmed Mostafa and his run for Congress.” Hesham said. “And then I’m also obviously very passionate about what’s happening in Palestine. I think it’s an issue directly related here to this district and our tax dollars and where our money’s going. It’s a concern to me as an American, as a citizen, and also just as a person with a conscience.”

Photos: Kensie Pao

01/20/2024

Threatening a lawsuit against her school district was not what Hanna Olson, Editor-in-Chief of Mountain View High School’s newspaper, The Oracle, had in mind for her senior year.

Olson and The Oracle’s former adviser Carla Gomez are threatening to sue the Mountain View Los Altos school district. They claim Principal Dr. Kip Glazer’s involvement with an article about digital sexual harassment before its publication violated their First Amendment rights and California Education Code 48907. Additionally, Olson and Gomez claim that the removal of Gomez and the Introduction to Journalism class constitutes illegal censorship and a violation of that same California law.

Photo: Cate Graney

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01/03/2024

On Nov. 11, the Palo Alto organization Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice held a vigil at King Plaza to mourn lives lost in the Israel-Hamas war and stand in solidarity with communities who have been impacted by those events.

For Farha Andrabi, the president and co-founder of the Mountain View-Palo Alto Musalla, the vigil felt hopeful.

“Ever since 9/11, programs like these have allowed Muslims to represent themselves, speak for themselves, that we are a community that believes in peace,” Andrabi said.

Photos: Kensie Pao

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01/02/2024

It was 1 A.M. on Oct. 8. Palo Alto High School sophomore Ella Segev had just come home from the homecoming dance when her dad pulled her aside and told her what had happened in Israel that day.

“I didn’t realize how bad it really was until the next day, where I woke up and the first thing my dad said was ‘Look, come right now,’” Segev said. “My whole family was sitting in the living room watching the news … It was just one of the most horrific things I’ve ever seen.”

What the family was watching was Hamas’s attack on Israel, wherein an estimated 1,200 Israelis were killed and 242 were taken hostage, according to the New York Times. Since Oct. 7, only four hostages have been released and one rescued, as of early November.

Photos: Kensie Pao, Asha Kulkarni, Arjun Jindal and Anonymous Sofia

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