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Linda Taaffe

Associate Editor, Palo Alto Weekly / PaloAltoOnline.com

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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
At $20M, Atherton has highest Peninsula home sale for the week of May 15
Want to know what's happening in the local real estate market? Take a look at our interactive charts showing home sales activity in communities along the Midpeninsula for the week of May 15.
[Friday, May 26, 2023]

See which homes sold for $22.2M, $16M and $11.5M along the Peninsula for the week of May 22
Want to know what's happening in the local real estate market? Take a look at our interactive charts showing home sales activity in communities along the Midpeninsula for the week of May 22.
[Friday, May 26, 2023]

At $20M, Atherton sees highest Peninsula home sale for the week of May 15
Want to know what's happening in the local real estate market? Take a look at our interactive charts showing home sales activity in communities along the Midpeninsula for the week of May 15.
[Sunday, May 21, 2023]

Where are houses selling the fastest along the Peninsula?
Want to know what's happening in the local real estate market? Take a look at our interactive charts showing home sales activity in communities along the Midpeninsula for the week of May 8.
[Friday, May 19, 2023]

Where are houses selling the fastest along the Peninsula?
Want to know what's happening in the local real estate market? Take a look at our interactive charts showing home sales activity in communities along the Midpeninsula for the week of May 1.
[Friday, May 5, 2023]

Looking to add some Zen to your landscape? Visit these Japanese gardens for inspiration
Whether you want to create a rock garden, incorporate a few elements of Japanese design to your existing landscape or just add a bonsai to your home, there are plenty of gardens in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties to inspire you.
[Tuesday, May 24, 2022]

Taking stock of real estate, post-COVID
As hope of at last exiting the pandemic appears to be on the horizon, real estate and home industry experts weigh in on what might change in the home sector and what lingering impacts of the past two years might be here to stay.
[Tuesday, April 19, 2022]

Peninsula Open Space Trust keeps 80,000+ acres of local landscape green
Even those who haven't heard about the Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) have certainly seen its footprint on the greater Peninsula. The organization is responsible for preserving more than 80,000 acres of baylands, skyline and coast.
[Wednesday, April 20, 2022]

Tech economy, rather than virus, remains biggest uncertainty in real estate market
After shutting down for nearly two months in early spring 2020 during the initial COVID-19 lockdowns, the local real estate market has come roaring back with surprising resiliency.
[Friday, March 18, 2022]

With most activities on hold in 2020, running experiences a resurgence
Running has experienced a resurgence during the COVID-19 pandemic, with an estimated 50 million Americans participating in some form of running. The Moonlight Run is expected to draw hundreds of local runners to Palo Alto on Sept. 17.
[Friday, September 10, 2021]