Local Blogs


By Sherry Listgarten
E-mail Sherry Listgarten | Follow this Blog
Sort by: Most Recent | Most Popular
Sep 13, 2020 5:32 am
Comments: 9 | Views: 8,520
Dogs are the best. They provide comfort, entertainment, exercise, and pure unadulterated love. Half... More
Sep 6, 2020 5:33 am
Comments: 18 | Views: 9,557
Around 4am on Friday someone hung a swastika in our front yard. They biked down our street in the wee hours with a sheaf of carefully stapled papers, stopping to... More
Aug 30, 2020 6:03 am
Comments: 16 | Views: 6,861
I believed in the Loch Ness monster for an inordinately long time. I remember learning about it as a kid and thinking it was the coolest thing that there was still... More
Aug 23, 2020 5:48 am
Comments: 16 | Views: 7,258
Every now and then I mention the influence of the oil and gas lobbies in California, most recently on ... More
Aug 20, 2020 4:51 pm
Comments: 3 | Views: 3,475
==I This follows two other ... More
ARCHIVES

Get the most important local news stories sent straight to your inbox daily.
All-day Indian cafe opens in Redwood City with a focus on takeout
By Elena Kadvany | 0 comments | 12,327 views
Polar vortexes and clean energy in the Upper Midwest
By Sherry Listgarten | 4 comments | 3,526 views
Premarital and Couples: What Happens in Vegas Doesn't Stay in Vegas
By Chandrama Anderson | 0 comments | 2,532 views
Union demands too many:
Open up the schools now!
By Diana Diamond | 12 comments | 2,531 views
Submit your story today
The 35th Annual Palo Alto Weekly Short Story Contest is now accepting entries for Adult, Young Adult and Teen categories. Submit your short story here by April 2 (online submissions only). Stories must be 2,500 words or less. First, Second and Third Place prizes awarded in each category.
Sponsored by Kepler's Books, Linden Tree Books and Bell's Books.