— TONE.3.28.22: Mourning Ernesto Cruz, Career Speaker Series
Jason Lin and Jeffrey Tu | March 28, 2022
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Transcript:
Tu: Welcome back Paly, and also new listeners for morning announcements. I’m Jeffrey Tu.
Lin: And I’m Jason Lin, and we’ll be recapping the week’s events in this episode of The Paly Voice TONE.
Tu: The Paly Voice published an obituary this week of the sudden loss of Ernesto Cruz, who was a popular campus supervisor and soccer coach. He passed away on Saturday at the age of 55.
Lin: Following a student-run petition for more plant-based school lunch options, Paly food service staff have discussed making some changes to their program. You can read more about it at the Paly Voice.
Tu: The Paly Voice reported this week on the career Speaker Series during Prime. The event featured speakers including the two-time Grammy Award-winning composer Christopher Tin. Three-time Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist Janelle Wang, and Stanford Neurodiversity Project Director Lawrence Feng.
Lin: The Campanile reported on how the North Ventura coordinated area plan that was slated to be completed by the summer of 2020 has dragged on with debates over the future housing density, zoning, and funding.
Tu: Verde Magazine reported that senior Neil Rathi finished eighth the Regeneron Science Talent Search 2022 that was held last week winning $60,000. His project analyze the similarities between languages using AI. Santa Clara County COVID cases are still at 380,000, an increase of only 140 from last week. At Paly, the cases have reached 171, an increase of just two from last week despite the lift mask mandates.
Lin: And for this week’s fact, the world’s loudest bird is the White Bellbird. Found in Venezuela, its voice can reach levels of up to 125 decibels, enough to cause immediate damage to the human ear.
Tu: This has been the Voice TONE. Thanks for listening, and see more news at palyvoice.com
![Charen Yu (left), the Palo Alto Unified School District chief business officer, presents the updated 2026-2027 budget during Tuesday's board meeting. According to Yu, expenditure changes are the primary reason for the deficit. “[Compared to the adopted budget], certificated salaries are up $18.8 million (which translates to 13.4%), classified salaries are up $11 million (or 17%), benefits are up $5.6 million and all other objects are down $2.9 million,” Yu said. “These are settled agreements with our bargaining partners. They are contractual obligations and they are the primary driver of the change.”](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/budget-presentation-300x225.jpeg)
