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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Tabloid |
| Owner | Embarcadero Media Foundation |
| Publisher | Adam Dawes |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | 2345 Yale St., FL. 1.,Palo Alto, California |
| Website | www |
ThePalo Alto Weekly is a weekly communitynewspaper inPalo Alto in the U.S. state ofCalifornia. Owned by Embarcadero Media Foundation, formerlyEmbarcadero Media, it serves Palo Alto,Menlo Park,Atherton,Portola Valley,Stanford,East Palo Alto andLos Altos Hills.
It was established in 1979 as an alternative to the town's daily newspaper, thePeninsula Times Tribune, which ceased publishing in 1993. At that time, theWeekly expanded to twice-a-week. In 1995, a new daily, thePalo Alto Daily News, began publishing. In 2008, a second daily,The Daily Post, began in Palo Alto. In September 2009, theWeekly reverted to publishing just one day a week, on Fridays.
TheWeekly is published by Embarcadero Media Foundation. Sarah Wright becameeditor in 2024 succeeding Jocelyn Dong, who became editor in 2011. In January 1994, the newspaper began to publish all its content on its website called Palo Alto Online under the technical direction ofFrank Bravo.[1] The website includes a classified advertising section shared among Embarcadero's other publications, and the newspaper is distributed free by mail to many households in its market area, with a circulation of approximately 37,000.[citation needed] It is a member of theAssociation of Alternative Newsweeklies.[2]
The paper has won several awards from theCalifornia Newspaper Publishers Association.[citation needed]
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