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Palo Alto’s Gamble Garden hosts Lunar New Year Celebrations

On Feb. 10, the Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden hosted a Lunar New Year celebration as part of their Second Saturday series. The monthly events include different activities catered to families and children. Every February, they choose to spotlight the New Year festivities, sharing Chinese culture with the Palo Alto community. This year’s event was free […]

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As South Peninsula downtowns feel labor shortage, businesses ponder solutions

MENLO PARK, Calif. — The Tuesday night dinner shift is marked by a lull in business, with the few customers who choose to dine spending less than they would on weekends. But for Menlo Park restaurants, finding the staff to operate their businesses on even the slowest days can be a challenge.  Of 16 downtown

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Stranded and Stripped of Independence: Chaos Ensues When Airlines Damage Wheelchairs

If Janelle Fiesta didn’t live with a physical disability, she is certain she would be a flight attendant. The 27-year-old from Honolulu is an avid traveler whose eyes twinkle as she reminisces about trips to Disney Parks with her boyfriend, Antoine, and opportunities she’s had to connect with the global community of individuals living with

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Bridging the (Nature) Gap

That journalist, James Edward Mills, and many others like him, know the opposite to be true. There is a gap in knowledge about stories of people of color in the outdoors that mirrors a discrepancy in presence. Racial disparity in the outdoors, also known as the nature gap, is a problem pressing into the public consciousness. But it illuminates a sister concern: representation.

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