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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
A 'Little Women' weekend
Two of Hollywood's most iconic adaptations of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" will be back on the big screen at Stanford Theatre this weekend.[Thursday, January 16, 2020]
After decades downtown, Tallman's House of Foam calls it quits
Tallman's House of Foam has ended its reign as downtown Palo Alto's go-to place for foam, upholstery work and mattresses.[Wednesday, January 15, 2020]
A year in Shop Talk: The openings and closings of 2019
View our interactive map that illustrates some of the major changes in Palo Alto's retail and dining scene, including the opening of notable restaurants and international brands that made a local presence.[Friday, December 27, 2019]
Fall reading: Five books by local authors to give you a new perspective of Palo Alto
With cooler weather and shorter days ahead, the start of fall is a good time to update your reading list. This month we're looking at five newly released books by local authors.[Thursday, September 19, 2019]
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.[Thursday, May 16, 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.[Thursday, May 16, 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.[Thursday, May 9, 2019]
After IPO, Pinterest looks to return to Palo Alto
Former Palo Alto startup Pinterest plans to open an engineering office in a portion of the three-story building at 395 Page Mill Road.[Friday, May 3, 2019]
Ginny Lear: Fundraiser, event planner, program founder
When Ginny Lear decided to volunteer at her children's schools as a young mother in 1960s Los Altos, she never imagined that it would lead to decades of volunteer work that would play a direct role in creating many city programs and community traditions still recognized today.[Friday, May 3, 2019]
Police arrest protester at Lockheed Martin
Palo Alto police arrested a 34-year-old man after he notified local media that he had just spray painted the word "Yemen" in bright red letters across the sign at Lockheed Martin's Palo Alto headquarters on Saturday afternoon in protest of the aerospace company's sale of weapons to Saudi Arabia.[Saturday, April 27, 2019]