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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 $29M, Woodside estate with mini passenger train sees highest Peninsula sale for week of June 12
Woodside estate that sold for $29 million was home to early Facebook investor, bestselling author and rock musician with ties to U2's Bono.[Friday, June 16, 2023]
Woodside home designed by famed Bay Area modernist Gardner Dailey sells for whopping $29 million
Designed by noted architect Gardner Dailey, the sprawling 1928-era home on Woodside's Olive Hill Lane recently sold for $29 million, making it among the most-expensive recorded home sales in Woodside so far this year.[Tuesday, June 13, 2023]
Track the highest, lowest home prices on the Peninsula for the month of May
Want to know what's happening in the local real estate market? Check out our week-by-week comparison of home sales activity on the Peninsula for the Month of May.[Friday, June 9, 2023]
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]