Menlo Park
Menlo Park, CA · Education
redwoodbark.org
Varsity football extends winning streak with 35-7 homecoming win
On Saturday, Oct. 10, Redwood’s varsity football team defeated the Maria Carrillo Pumas 35-7 in its annual homecoming game, extending its winning streak to five games. Beyond the win, the afternoon brought together students, families and alumni to celebrate school spirit, featuring the varsity cheer team’s performance and the homecoming court recognition during halftime.
verdemagazine.com
Pressure by PAUSD: Alleged abuse of former Paly principal sheds light on systemic issues
Five years after Adam Paulson left Palo Alto High School, a memoir by his ex-wife is offering the Paly community a starkly different view of his two years as principal — that is, one told not from the administrator’s office, but from inside his own home. On Aug....
Daily Californian
Students left confused after UC Berkeley mistakenly reduces, corrects, Middle Class Scholarships
About 8,000 UC Berkeley students had their Middle Class Scholarship awards mistakenly reduced by the Financial Aid and Scholarships Office on Oct. 5. Students noticed charges of up to several hundred dollars on their CalCentral billing statements before awards were corrected on Oct. 7. Students were first notified of an...
verdemagazine.com
Students press admin to restore passing periods
Students at Palo Alto High School are calling for the restoration of 10-minute passing periods after a new bell schedule reduced passing periods from 10 minutes to seven minutes. Paly and Gunn High Schools’ administration made a joint decision to implement the schedule at both schools this year. In...
SFGate
redwoodbark.org
Board trustee Kevin Saavedra resigns after judge issues three-year restraining order
This story was updated Oct 13. at 11:01 a.m. Tamalpais Union High School District (TUHSD) Board Trustee Kevin Saavedra resigned from his position on Friday, Oct. 9, a day after a Marin Superior Court judge issued a three-year restraining order against him for multiple instances of harassment of district parent Ina Gotlieb.
KTVU FOX 2
Palo Alto Online
Stanford professor wins Nobel Prize for research on consumer behavior
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Robert E. Hall, a Menlo Park resident and professor emeritus at Stanford University, was awarded the 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences this week for developing macroeconomic models of consumer behavior. Hall, who serves as a senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution,...
The Voice of San Francisco
Pleasanton Weekly
‘It is kind of mind-blowing’: RB Harrington making impact on Amador varsity as freshman
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Last year at this time, Michael Harrington was my TA at Harvest Park Middle School in Pleasanton, living the life of every 13-year-old eighth grader. One year later as a 14-year-old freshman at Amador Valley High School, Harrington is giving lessons to opposing defenses...
USA TODAY Sports Media Group
SFist
Sonoma Valley High School Students Stage Walkout In Protest of Pride Flag Removal
After some manufactured controversy over a Pride flag that has been flown at Sonoma Valley High School since 2019, the school board voted to remove it last week, which has prompted a protest by students. As one annoying aspect of the polarized state of affairs around the country, school boards...
livermorevine.com
Livermore school board to consider raises for two employee groups, including leadership
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District board on Tuesday will consider raises for more than 30 positions for this school year and next. The employees up for salary increases are Livermore Management Association members, which includes principals, vice principals, directors and executive directors,...
SFGate
sonomasun.com
Students Plan Walk Out from SVHS on October 13 Over PRIDE Flag
Students at Sonoma Valley High School, are calling for a walkout of all Sonoma Valley High School students on Tuesday October 13th, to Protest the School Board decision to bring the pride flag down after a 3-2 vote to fly only the California, and the US Flag on the campus flagpoles. Also to further protest with a flag planting on Wednesday October 14 at 7:45 am on the front school lawn.
sonomastatestar.com
Sonoma State Addresses Campus Antisemitic Incidents in October 7th Email
As Jewish students and others at Sonoma State were commemorating the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel, the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust, an email went out from SSU President Michael Spagna that addressed several antisemitic incidents that occurred on campus over the last few months.
elestoque.org
Varsity Flag Football sweeps Fremont High School 34-0
Varsity Flag Football defeated Fremont High School 34-0 on Wednesday, Oct. 7, maintaining its undefeated league record. The Matadors built early momentum, scoring two touchdowns in the first quarter, each with a 1-point conversion, leading to a 14-0 score by the end of the first quarter. Although FHS made offensive attempts, the Matadors stayed strong on defense, forcing consistent turnovers. MVHS further expanded their lead in the second quarter with a buzzer-beating touchdown, entering halftime up 21-0.