Donkey handler Mike Holland holds on to Perry while a family pets him in Barron Park in Palo Alto on Nov. 5, 2023. Photo by Magali Gauthier. He was, by all accounts, a small figure with a giant ...

Like any college town, Palo Alto is a mecca for restaurants of every stripe. The dining scene is nothing here if not elastic, ...

Shanti, declined to give last name, a student with Ballet Afsaneh, performs during “Celebrating 13 Days of Nowruz” at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Sunday, March 30, 2025.

He is best known for being the model for Donkey in Shrek. But to Palo Alto residents, more than 150 of whom attended his memorial on Sunday, he was just Perry, playful and sprightly, an iconic ...