Palo Alto’s Caltrain is ‘a gun running through the city’

Palo Alto’s Caltrain is ‘a gun running through the city’

On March 4, I left for work 10 minutes later than usual. As I neared the Churchill crossing in Palo Alto, I heard the long horn of an approaching Caltrain. I saw the usual cluster of high school students on bikes waiting to cross over to Palo Alto High School. But this time was different. An ambulance blocked the road, and the students stood still. Paramedics loaded a small body bag into the vehicle. I was shocked when the first coworker I menti…