In a bid to combat retail thefts and brazen robberies, Palo Alto is preparing to turn to a tool that in the past has sparked concern from privacy advocates: automated license plate readers. | Continue reading
Evidence of the monkeypox virus has shown up in Bay Area wastewater since mid-June, indicating the presence of infection, according to data from Stanford University's Sewer Coronavirus Alert Network. | Continue reading
As the San Francisco International Airport explores new flights procedures for reducing airplane noise over Bay Area communities, Palo Alto is voicing frustrations that its concerns continue to fall under the radar. | Continue reading
Palo Alto and The Sobrato Organization have reached a deal that would pave the way for new townhomes, a park, affordable housing and retention of research space at 340 Portage Ave. | Continue reading
How long will it take the Palo Alto City Council to discuss the police encr... | Continue reading
Palo Alto elementary and middle schoolers are going to once again have to wear face coverings at recess and lunch, under a new outdoor mask mandate the Palo Alto Unified School District announced Friday. | Continue reading
The experiment with a car-free University Avenue may come to an abrupt end next month, with the city proposing to reopen the street to cars on July 6 and to follow suit on California Avenue on Sept. 7. | Continue reading
Faced with a mandate to plan for 10,000 new housing units, Palo Alto officials vowed early Tuesday morning to lodge a protest, even as they acknowledged that their resistance will likely prove futile. | Continue reading
Four people, including top brass in the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office, have been indicted in bribery schemes for donations to Sheriff Laurie Smith's reelection campaign in exchange for highly coveted gun permits. | Continue reading
Housing restrictions have existed in Palo Alto neighborhoods for decades until the U.S. Supreme Court voided racial restrictions in 1948. Despite the ruling, many restrictions stayed in deeds and bylaws. | Continue reading
Violating public health orders in Santa Clara County now carries a hefty fine of up to $500, giving teeth to mask requirements and social-distancing rules in Santa Clara County that have been in effect for months. | Continue reading
When Seiko Alba got an email from Mark Zuckerberg in late March, she was su... | Continue reading
What was supposed to be an adventure-filled trip to Egypt for Palo Alto resident Monica Yeung-Arima and her husband took a turn when they contracted the COVID-19 virus. | Continue reading
Power has gone out in the Barron Park area of Palo Alto, impacting about 2,500 customers, according to a tweet from City of Palo Alto Utilities. | Continue reading
Palo Alto's effort to develop a new vision for the Ventura area hit another unexpected obstacle on Monday night, when a routine vote to provide funding for planning exercise failed despite support from the City Council majority. | Continue reading
The classroom guards, symbolic armbands and secret salutes carried out by members of an elite student movement at Cubberley High School in Palo Alto may have ended decades ago, but that brief, ominous week in April 1967 when a history lesson took an unexpected turn continues to h … | Continue reading
With a new airplane route poised to increase traffic and noise over Palo Alto, the City Council agreed on Monday to consider suing the Federal Aviation Administration, which has a poor track record in responding to local concerns. | Continue reading
Leo Jergovic’s songwriting journey may have begun just one year ago, but his foundation as a musician has been years in the making. | Continue reading
They still have a long way to go before they can compete with R2-D2, much less RoboCop, but autonomous robots will be able to travel both faster and farther in Palo Alto in the new year. | Continue reading
Kyle Hart, a teacher at Frank S. Greene Middle School in Palo Alto, died Monday after he was shot by a police officer called to his Redwood City home in response to his attempted suicide. | Continue reading