The appointment of Ryan Fletcher, currently vice principal of J.L. Stanford Middle School in Palo Alto, was announced at Wednesday night's meeting of the PUSD Board of Education.
In a few days, Piedmont Patch will have a brand new look and a whole new way to connect.
The fire was reported about 2;45 a.m. this morning.
A quiet few days, although police made a number of traffic stops and responded to several false alarms from home security systems.
A generally quiet few days in Piedmont last week, although Piedmont police issued several traffic citations and animal control officers picked up a number of deceased animals. Drive carefully, folks!
The Piedmont City Council will hold a public hearing May 6 on the four proposals – one from the city and three from community members – for the vacant wing of 801 Magnolia Ave., where the Piedmont Center for the Arts is located.
Arisa White will be reading from her second volume of poetry, "A Penny Saved," at Pegasus Books in Berkeley on June 9.
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The Grand Avenue business district is holding its first-ever "First Thursday" event tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. with four art exhibits and discounts at other participating businesses.
The Piedmont police blotter from April 26 through noon April 29 includes a Rose Avenue resident reporting a burglar trying to get in the rear door, kids drinking on the field house at Piedmont High and a theft at the Recreation Center.
Accused serial killer Joseph Naso, 89, lived in Piedmont in the 1970s and 1980s, and his sons attended Piedmont schools.
The committee normally meets on the first Thursday of each month.
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The Piedmont police blotter from noon of April 22 through April 25 includes three more residential burglaries and an attempted break-in, the arrest of a man seeking entry to a home for sale and a wine that disappeared while unloading groceries.
Con artists are using social media to make their scams more believable.
The group of co-ed high school students begin one of two work days this Saturday at an Oakland home in need to repair. The work is part of their biggest annual project in association with the nonprofit Rebuilding Together Oakland.
Mia Thomas, a Piedmont resident and a graduate of Piedmont High School, has developed a product that can help "toe-walkers" to walk normally.
Joseph Naso, who lived in Piedmont with his family in the 1970s and '80s, is charged with the murders of four women.
The county hopes to create an app that makes government more transparent and accessible at an event this Saturday. The winner will receive $3,000.
Illicit drugs and violence account for the majority of the offenses leading to out-of-school suspensions in PUSD.
