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Mountain View school board scraps middle school schedule proposal, but denounces community ‘vitriol’
The Mountain View Whisman school board scrapped a plan to change the middle school bell schedule in the face of vocal opposition from some parents and students, but board members expressed concerns about the tenor that the public debate on the topic had taken.
Spotted a swarm? Meet the Mountain View beekeeper whose new platform gets honey bees rehomed
How’s your relationship with honey bees? You may be aware of their role as pollinators in agriculture. But what do you do when a writhing, buzzing clump of thousands of the insects suddenly turns up in your yard? One Peninsula beekeeper has set up a new platform to expedite that process.
Inside the fast-paced world of Peninsula Roller Derby
The Burlingame-based roller derby team embraces diversity, fun and full-contact hits. Our visual journalists captured the scene at recent practices.
Silicon Valley Open Studios returns for its 37th year
Silicon Valley Open Studios returns for its 37th year with 375 artists welcoming visitors over three weekends to a variety of spaces where they create or display their work. The event opens May 4-5 by featuring artists in the Coastside and northern Peninsula region.
California Republicans want to take financial aid from protesters if they were violent
As campus tensions escalate over student encampments to protest the war in Gaza — with canceled classes, violent clashes and mass arrests in recent days — Republican leaders in the California Legislature are calling for the state to use its upcoming budget process to punish demonstrators who they say have gone too far.
Review: Palo Alto Players stage ‘The Music Man’ with all the bells and whistles
“The Music Man” boasts inventive songs and a host of tunes that have become Broadway standards for a reason and its central theme still rings true in many ways. Palo Alto Players is staging the classic musical through May 12.
Arts briefs: treya lam, ‘Patchwork’ makers’ market, DJ Sep and more
This week, folk-inspired musician treya lam performs at Community School of Music and Arts; Western Ballet stages ‘Red Riding Hood’; a makers’ market offers Mother’s Day gifts; DJ Sep comes to Palo Alto; a documentary about a “terrible” chamber orchestra premieres and Les Violons du Roy play baroque chamber music at Stanford Live.
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TODAY
Performance: Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes
Canadian puppeteer Ronnie Burkett returns with a new Stanford Live-commissioned work examining the feelings of isolation and loneliness. Wonderful Joe and his dog Mister go on a fantastic journey into the world in search of home. Go to live.stanford.edu.
Concert: Grahame Lesh & Friends
Grahame Lesh & Friends play their spin on Grateful Dead tunes, originals and more at The Guild Theatre. Go to guildtheatre.com.
TOMORROW
Music: Alex Stanley & Daniel Silviera
Alex Stanley & Daniel Silviera, an acoustic duo from San Luis Obispo, share their honest, energetic sound at Red Rock Coffee’s 2nd Story music series. Go to redrockcoffee.com/2nd-story
Crafts: Star Wars string art
The Mountain View Library celebrates May the 4th with a Star Wars-themed string art craft for adults and teens. Go to mountainview.libcal.com.
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