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Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Housing project near Mountain View border faces pushback (mv-voice.com) — A 273-unit, seven-story housing project at 3997 Fabian Way in south Palo Alto is drawing strong opposition from the Oshman Family JCC and Moldaw Residences seniors over privacy, safety and traffic concerns. While the Architectural Review Board has limited power because of state housing laws and a backup builder's remedy application, the project now heads to the city's planning director and could still face appeals.
2. Lawsuit claims school board candidate is lying on ballot (padailypost.com) — A Palo Alto school board candidate is facing a lawsuit alleging she misrepresented herself as a math teacher on the ballot, with a parent seeking court intervention before election deadlines. The dispute highlights ongoing tensions over math instruction and broader debates about academic rigor and Ethnic Studies in Palo Alto schools.
3. Menlo Park overhauls license plate reader sharing after discovering more improper searches (paloaltoonline.com) — Menlo Park police have revoked all prior data-sharing agreements for their Flock license plate readers and are forcing outside agencies, including East Palo Alto police, to sign stricter audit and compliance rules. The shake-up follows improper searches by a regional intelligence center and comes as Palo Alto separately investigates massive out-of-state access to its own Flock network, fueling regional privacy and civil liberties concerns.
4. Humans in the age of AI (paloaltoonline.com) — Local residents, from Stanford physicians to rabbis and teens, share sharply different but nuanced views on how AI is reshaping work, health care, creativity and daily life in the heart of Silicon Valley. The project, produced with a Menlo Park photojournalist, highlights both optimism and deep concern, and invites Palo Alto–area readers to join a community conversation about using AI responsibly.
5. Calif.: Parents sue school district over field trip to mosque, allegedly encouraging hijabs (oann.com) — Parents are suing Palo Alto Unified and Palo Alto High's principal in federal court over a Social Justice Pathway field trip where students visited a mosque and allegedly participated in religious activities. The families, from several faiths, argue the trip promoted Islam and violated constitutional and state protections, and they're seeking court orders to change district policies rather than financial damages.
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