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About Linda
Linda Taaffe is associate editor for the Palo Alto Weekly/PaloAltoOnline.com. She oversees special print projects, including the Home & Real Estate, Neighborhoods and award-winning Info magazines. She coordinates special digital projects such as Searching for their Father's Killer and Palo Alto's Journey into the 21st Century.During the past two decades, Linda has worked as a Bay Area journalist covering education, government, business and neighborhoods. She launched her career as a writer at her hometown paper in Los Altos and was an editor at Bay Area News Group and Silicon Valley Business Journal before joining the Palo Alto Weekly in 2016.
Stories by Linda
Paly teacher whose instructional manual changed classroom culture, releases a new 'how to' book for parents
Esther Wojcicki, whose instructional manual changed classroom culture worldwide, has released a new book that shares the principles she used to raise two Silicon Valley tech CEOs and a pediatrics professor.[Friday, May 17, 2019]
What $9 million won't get you in Old Palo Alto: A house on a lot
A quarter-acre property for sale in Palo Alto is turning heads for what's not included in its $9-million price tag: a house.[Friday, May 10, 2019]
Book Talk
Alabama author Josephine Bolling McCall will be at the Woman's Club of Palo Alto Authors Program from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Tuesday, April 9, to talk about her book, "The Penalty of Success," which recounts her father's lynching in the rural south during Jim Crow when she was just a young girl.[Thursday, March 28, 2019]
Bay Area's largest real-estate firm? It's a New York startup
Compass, the venture-funded real-estate startup that launched its first office in the local market just over two years ago, became the Bay Area's largest residential brokerage firm this month after acquiring Peninsula powerhouse Alain Pinel Realtors for an undisclosed amount on March 9.[Thursday, March 21, 2019]
Festival showcases Hitchcock's thrillers
Catch your favorite films by the "Master of Suspense" at Stanford Theatre's Alfred Hitchcock Film Festival, which runs through Sunday, April 14.[Monday, March 11, 2019]
Tesla pulls the plug on showrooms
Palo Alto-based electric automaker Tesla announced on Thursday that it plans to shut down its showrooms and shift sales to online only.[Saturday, March 2, 2019]
Book sheds light on Santa Clara County's black pioneers
Author Jan Batiste Adkins' newly released book traces the history of local people of African heritage and their roles in everything from agriculture and technology to politics and education.[Friday, February 22, 2019]
Tesla's Model 3 debuts in Palo Alto
A handful of (almost) Tesla car owners gathered outside Tesla's showroom at Stanford Shopping Center just before 10 a.m. Friday anxiously waiting to get their first up-close and hands-on look at the new Model 3 sedan.[Saturday, January 13, 2018]
Health inspectors shut down popular restaurant
Santa Clara County health officials temporarily shut down Calafia Café & Market A Go-Go on Thursday after inspectors discovered insects and rodents, according to a suspension notice posted outside the restaurant.[Tuesday, November 7, 2017]
Top 12 holiday book picks
As the hunt for the perfect gift gets underway this holiday season, we've decided to keep our focus local.[Wednesday, November 23, 2016]