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Hannah Bensen

Reporter · US

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Sep 23, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Hannah Bensen

    Fewer computer science students graduate from Stanford. What comes next? (opens the original)

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    The number of undergraduate computer science bachelor degrees conferred by Stanford University in 2026 decreased by 70 people – almost 14 percent – compared to the year before. A one-year drop at a single university is not a trend. There has always been “natural variation” in the number of degrees conferred in the program, said Stanford computer science chair Mehran Sahami. “We’ve seen these kinds of cycles before,” Sahami said. “In the long term, though, I do think that people with computing sk

  2. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Hannah Bensen

    Ownership of Menlo Park’s 80 Willow Road development raises questions for some (opens the original)

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    Why did a Russian businessman with reported ties to the former Russian president buy the 80 Willow Road property that once housed Sunset Magazine headquarters? It’s a question that has puzzled some Menlo Park residents after the property’s developer proposed constructing a 39-story tower on the property. “Just say nyet to the towers,” said a protester’s sign at a Sept. 10 demonstration that opposed the development, using the Russian word for “no.” “Too much traffic, Willow Park, we don’t need an

  3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Hannah Bensen

    Gone to the dogs? Las Lomitas school board could tighten campus pet rules (opens the original)

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    The Las Lomitas Elementary School District is considering changes to its policies about dogs on school campuses and district property at its Wednesday, Sept. 16, school board meeting. In recent years there have been reports of dog bites and aggressive incidents involving dogs at several of the district’s fields, according to Alex Driskill-Smith, a local resident who requested that the school board review its policies. Driskill-Smith prepared a report for the school board that tallied 12 such inc

  4. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Hannah Bensen

    East Palo Alto plants seeds for a future urban forest (opens the original)

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    The fruits of East Palo Alto’s decades-long effort to grow its urban forest are beginning to show. Starting in 2007, about 1,200 trees were planted along a two-mile section bordering Highway 101 and in streets around the city, where the trees muffle traffic noise and filter pollution from cars. There’s a grove of mature silver lindens in Jack Farrell Park, planted in 2017. And at Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy, an elementary school in the city, students can play and learn in a 100-tree arboret

  5. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Hannah Bensen

    East Palo Alto plants seeds for a future urban forest (opens the original)

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    The fruits of East Palo Alto’s decades-long effort to grow its urban forest are beginning to show. Starting in 2007, about 1,200 trees were planted along a two-mile section bordering Highway 101 and in streets around the city, where the trees muffle traffic noise and filter pollution from cars. There’s a grove of mature silver lindens in Jack Farrell Park, planted in 2017. And at Los Robles-Ronald McNair Academy, an elementary school in the city, students can play and learn in a 100-tree arboret

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