Olympic table tennis player Lily Zhang, who hails from Palo Alto, has been hard at work for the past few months as she prepares for this year’s Games in Paris. It will be her fourth appearance at the Games, where she hopes to take home the United States’ first medal in the sport.

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Willie Mays, arguably the greatest baseball player of all time, died on Tuesday at the age of 93. Mays had called Atherton home for the last four decades of his life.

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Mountain View High School graduating senior Wesley Harwell reflects on his high school experience in a Q&A style interview.

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The Burlingame-based roller derby team embraces diversity, fun and full-contact hits. Our visual journalists captured the scene at recent practices.

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A judo school that burned down in a massive Los Altos fire on Christmas Day in 2023 is hoping to get a new lease on life on California Avenue in Palo Alto.

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Stanford officially named Kate Paye as the Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women’s Basketball, or coach, on April 17. Paye, a former Stanford women’s basketball player and former assistant coach, succeeds Tara VanDerveer who has coached the team since 1985 and set an NCAA record for wins. 

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Tara VanDerveer, who over the course of her storied coaching career led Stanford University's women's basketball team to three national championships and became the winningest coach in college basketball history, announced on April 9 that she is retiring.

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This week in Community Briefs, local elementary schools held St. Patrick's Day festivities, the city is accepting neighborhood grants applications and a community input meeting on potential new pickleball courts is coming up.

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This week in Community Briefs: The playground area at Mariposa Park was recently resurfaced, the city is seeking public feedback on locations for new pickleball courts and the city's recreation division is hosting a summer camp fair.

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It took the Mountain View City Council roughly 10 minutes to consider and approve a deal to jointly use and maintain school fields, a subdued resolution to an issue that has caused substantial discord and drama in recent months.

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