Fire and Ice — Stanford students celebrate Chanukah with 8-foot ice menorah (PHOTOS)
The Rohr Chabad House, the Jewish Student Center at Stanford, hosted holiday festivities with live music, tasty treats and a ceremonial lighting Tuesday night.
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Voters express mixed views on matters of life and death, Prop 34 and 36
Proposition 36, the Three Strikes Reform Act, passed with 68.6 percent of popular support. The death penalty repeal, Proposition 34, lost narrowly.
California’s statewide ballot results a mystery
Voters waiting for the results of California’s 11 statewide propositions are up for a long night. As of 9:56 p.m., two hours after polls closed, only 17 percent of California’s ballots had been counted.
Palo Alto Art Center celebrates reopening (PHOTOS)
The Palo Alto Art Center reopened Saturday following a $7.9-million renovation. View photos of the musicians, children’s dance groups and other local artists who joined the celebration.
Palo Alto plans pilot residential composting programs to reduce landfill waste
Residents of single-family homes in Palo Alto will soon be able to compost food scraps in a bid to divert thousands of tons of waste from the landfill.