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Across the United States, many Americans are celebrating their country’s 250th birthday by closing their ears to all the partisan shouting. All the fingernails-on-chalkboard screeching out of Washington. All the clamor of social media agitprop. Instead, in varied ways, they are tuning into their own personal concepts of America the Beautiful. In Associated Press interviews with citizens in the days before the Fourth, auto technician Joe Fuqua-Bejarano, in Topeka, Kansas, sized up “what makes us awesome” as a people. It’s clearly not the politics, in his view, but rather resilience. “We’ve just all got to find unity somewhere, whether that’s in laughter or perseverance, and keep everybody cool,” he
The history of modern Palo Alto goes back 257 years, which is slightly longer than the age of the United States. Here’s a look back. 1769: SPANISH ARRIVAL. Spanish explorers set up camp by a giant redwood tree. They named this tree El Palo Alto, which means "the tall tree" in Spanish. 1863: RAILROAD ARRIVES. Railroad service reached the Palo Alto area on Oct. 17, 1863. The San Francisco and San Jose Railroad began its [See 250, page 26]
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Palo Alto Councilman Ed Lauing is running for re-election, joining a race for three seats with a parks commissioner and a planning commissioner. Lauing has already formed an alliance with candidate Bryna Chang, his former colleague on the Planning and Transportation Commission. Lauing endorsed Chang, and resident Andie Reed is treasurer for both campaigns. Lauing, 77, ran for council unsuccessfully in 2020, got elected in 2022 and became mayor in 2025. Home with Private Views and Elegant Finishes at The Dunes
So far, three candidates are running for three seats on Nov. 3. Mayor Vicki Veenker said she’s planning to make an announcement in the middle of July. Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims said she won’t seek re-election to focus on her career as an author. The other candidate is Yudy Deng, who was appointed to the Parks and Recreation Commission in 2024 after coming up short the year before. Deng is endorsed by Councilman George Lu, former Mayor Judy Kleinberg and Santa Clara County Supervisor Margaret Abe-Koga. Council[See COUNCIL, page 25]
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