Ed Lauing and Vicki Veenker will lead the Palo Alto City Council this year after their colleagues unanimously elected them to ...

The Midpeninsula real estate market defied expectations in 2024, with home prices surging despite high mortgage rates. Driven ...

Six years into his governorship and with two years to go, Gavin Newsom is at a political inflection point, choosing whether to finish his stint and resume his wine and restaurant business, or mount a ...

The Pear Theatre has a new artistic director; Coast Live Music will soon launch its second season; Filoli will hold a winter ballroom concert series and the Computer History Museum temporarily closes ...

Authorities made an arrest after a break-in at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory campus on the evening of Sunday, Jan. 5, according to a press release from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office ...

Local Rotary Clubs are community service organizations a part of Rotary International, which began in 1905 as a space for young professionals to exchange ideas. Over time, the group turned to a ...

In summary A supermajority of Democrats and emboldened Republicans return to the Capitol today — at odds over how to lower the cost of living, how much to resist a second Trump presidency, where to ...

Assemblymembers during a floor session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Aug. 5, 2024. Photo by Fred Greaves for After a restful holiday break I’m returning to your inboxes — and state lawmakers ...

In summary Homelessness grew just 3% in California last year, compared to 18% nationwide. California’s homeless population remains the biggest in the nation, but the crisis is growing more slowly here ...

Facing criticism from downtown merchants, Palo Alto is preparing to drop a policy that allows restaurants to extend their ...

Perry, a beloved miniature donkey who has been a fixture of Bol Park for nearly three decades and who famously served as the model for the Donkey character in "Shrek," was euthanized on Thursday after ...

This January we are Food Partying! damp, plus crystal-free-ish (I can’t go cold turkey with sugar). I had to wean off in the ...