Palo Alto Weekly

Overview

Palo Alto Weekly is a community newspaper serving Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, Stanford, East Palo Alto and Los Altos Hills, California. It is the founding publication of the nonprofit Embarcadero Media Foundation.

History

Established in 1979 by Bill Johnson as an alternative to the daily Peninsula Times Tribune, which ceased publishing in 1993. The Weekly briefly published twice a week following the Times Tribune's closure before reverting to a single Friday edition in September 2009. In January 1994, it became one of the first newspapers to publish its full content online, as Palo Alto Online. Embarcadero Media transitioned to nonprofit status as the Embarcadero Media Foundation on Jan. 1, 2024.

Notable works

Embarcadero Media Foundation's three newspapers and affiliated sites won 57 California Journalism Awards in 2024.

Key personnel

Editor: Sarah Wright (since 2024, succeeding Jocelyn Dong, who had served since 2011)
Executive Chairman, Embarcadero Media Foundation: Bill Johnson
CEO, Embarcadero Media Foundation: Adam Dawes

Audience

Residents of Palo Alto and the surrounding Midpeninsula, California.

Location and contact info

Address
450 Cambridge Ave.
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Website
https://www.paloaltoonline.com