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The Stanford Theatre on University Ave in Palo Alto remains closed due to the coronavirus shelter in place order people are adhering too on March 18, 2020. Photo by Sammy Dallal

About the above photo: On March 2, Stanford Theatre in downtown Palo Alto announced a temporary closure until further notice as the total of local coronavirus cases rises. Photo by Sammy Dallal. 

For more than a week, Palo Alto Weekly visual journalists Magali Gauthier and Sammy Dallal have been chronicling the sudden changes in life on the Midpeninsula, from emptied out streets to people finding solace in a stroll. Here are just a few of their photographs.

The normally bustling Apple store in Palo Alto has closed until March 27. Photo by Sammy Dallal.
The normally bustling Apple store in Palo Alto has closed until March 27. Photo by Sammy Dallal.
The line of hundreds of customers starts to move as Costco opens in Mountain View on the morning of March 15. The line snaked through much of the parking lot. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
The line of hundreds of customers starts to move as Costco opens in Mountain View on the morning of March 15. The line snaked through much of the parking lot. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Rush hour at the intersection of El Camino Real and Page Mill Road in Palo Alto is normally packed with traffic. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Rush hour at the intersection of El Camino Real and Page Mill Road in Palo Alto is normally packed with traffic. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
A VTA worker cleans the driver’s seat on a bus at the Mountain View train station on March 18. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
A VTA worker cleans the driver’s seat on a bus at the Mountain View train station on March 18. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Sutter Health employees direct traffic at their facility in Palo Alto on March 19. Photo by Sammy Dallal.
Sutter Health employees direct traffic at their facility in Palo Alto on March 19. Photo by Sammy Dallal.
People walk and run on a trail leading to the Stanford Dish in Palo Alto on March 19. Photo by Sammy Dallal.
People walk and run on a trail leading to the Stanford Dish in Palo Alto on March 19. Photo by Sammy Dallal.
Lene Lauese, a staff member at the nonprofit Ecumenical Hunger Program, puts a bag of produce in a client’s car at a drive-through station set up in East Palo Alto on March 19. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Lene Lauese, a staff member at the nonprofit Ecumenical Hunger Program, puts a bag of produce in a client’s car at a drive-through station set up in East Palo Alto on March 19. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
A woman walks past a marquee outside Greene Middle School that reads “Spread kindness not germs :)“ in Palo Alto on March 18. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
A woman walks past a marquee outside Greene Middle School that reads “Spread kindness not germs :)“ in Palo Alto on March 18. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Kenneth Looney plays pickleball by himself at the Mitchell Park outdoor squash courts in Palo Alto on March 19. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Kenneth Looney plays pickleball by himself at the Mitchell Park outdoor squash courts in Palo Alto on March 19. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
Pedestrians, one wearing a mask as protection from the coronavirus, walk down an unusually quiet University Avenue in Palo Alto after a shutdown order took effect on March 17. Photo by Sammy Dallal.
Pedestrians, one wearing a mask as protection from the coronavirus, walk down an unusually quiet University Avenue in Palo Alto after a shutdown order took effect on March 17. Photo by Sammy Dallal.
A pedestrian and dog walk in front of house with the message “HOWDY NEIGHBORS! WE MISS U STAY SAFE” in downtown Palo Alto on March 19. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
A pedestrian and dog walk in front of house with the message “HOWDY NEIGHBORS! WE MISS U STAY SAFE” in downtown Palo Alto on March 19. Photo by Magali Gauthier.

View more of their photos here.

Find comprehensive coverage on the Midpeninsula’s response to the new coronavirus by Palo Alto Online, the Mountain View Voice and Almanac here.

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