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by Alexei Koseff
On suspense file day, legislators killed about 220 California bills on issues including education, health care, housing and workers.
by Palo Alto Weekly staff
In the latest column, news about a celebration for the Junior Museum and Zoo and renovated Rinconada Park, a Paly teacher's appearance on Jeopardy! and a recent abortion rights protest by a group of Palo Alto moms.
by Sue Dremann
When volleys of gunfire erupted Tuesday at Jack Farrell Park in East Palo Alto, screaming children ran from the playground -- and one mother desperately searched for her son, who'd just left her side to go and play.
by Gennady Sheyner
State Sen. Josh Becker's proposal to require police departments to find alternatives to radio encryption took another major step forward Thursday when the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to advance the bill.
by Sue Dremann
In the face of life-changing events that have weighed down the world, Palo Alto's Eid Festival this Sunday seeks to show that happiness can be attainable if people make the effort to join together.
by Sue Dremann
The family of a Palo Alto man who died by suicide in October 2021 has made a $1 million donation to create a scholarship fund at Santa Clara University with a special purpose.
by Zoe Morgan
Local schools are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases, mirroring trends seen across Santa Clara County and in many parts of the U.S.
by Palo Alto Weekly staff
A preview of Palo Alto government meetings for the week of May 23.
by Zoe Morgan
A 66-year-old man died in a car crash on Interstate Highway 280 in Los Altos Hills near the Palo Alto city border on Wednesday afternoon, according to the California Highway Patrol.
by Gennady Sheyner
Everyone agrees that there's too much money in Palo Alto politics, even those who benefit the most from this trend. As advocates push to limit campaign spending, they face resistance from city leaders.
by Gennady Sheyner
Palo Alto reached a settlement on Wednesday with Julio Arevalo, who suffered a facial bone fracture at the hands of a city police officer during an arrest outside Happy Donuts in July 2019.
by Sue Dremann
East Palo Alto police, city officials and faith leaders vowed on Wednesday, in the aftermath of a deadly shooting the night before, that they will not allow the city to slip back into the violence of the early 1990s.
by Gennady Sheyner
After two years of attrition, the Palo Alto City Council is preparing to boost spending in the city's police and fire departments and restore positions that were cut over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic.
by Sue Dremann
A shooting at the popular Jack Farrell Park in East Palo Alto that injured four people sent three of them to the hospital on Tuesday evening. One died while he was being transported by ambulance.
by Kevin Forestieri
Google's eye-catching, 1.1 million-square-foot campus on the edge of the bay is complete and open to employees, marking a major expansion of the tech giant's Peninsula office footprint.
by Gennady Sheyner
??As the City Council prepares to rule on the school's contentious proposal to rebuild its campus and raise student enrollment, both sides are raising fresh concerns about the prolonged approval process.
by Gennady Sheyner
While California Avenue will remain a pedestrian promenade for the foreseeable future, city officials narrowly rejected on Monday a proposal to create a dedicated bike lane in the middle of the commercial street.
by Palo Alto Weekly editorial board
The Palo Alto Weekly editorial board offers its recommendations in the races for Congressional District 16 and Santa Clara County sheriff, district attorney and assessor, plus Measure A.
by Palo Alto Weekly staff
Under Santa Clara County's Voter's Choice Act, all registered voters will be sent mail-in ballots for the June 7 primary election starting this Monday.
by Sue Dremann
A woman who was shopping at Nordstrom at Stanford Shopping Center was robbed of $2,500 in purchases while inside the store on Tuesday, April 26, Palo Alto police said in a press release.
by Bay City News Service
Palo Alto police arrested four people who fled in a SUV with Lululemon items valued at $5,800 and were found in Hayward on Friday. One of the thieves was arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run.
by Gennady Sheyner
If Palo Alto voters approve a new business tax in November, affordable housing and transportation improvements will likely absorb a large share of the revenues that the city collects, the City Council agreed on Monday.
by Bay City News Service
A man was fatally hit by a car while he was pushing a shopping cart early Monday morning in East Palo Alto, police said.
by Sue Dremann
Thousands of nurses from Stanford and Lucile Packard Children's hospitals staged a raucous protest on the hospital campus on Monday during the opening salvo of their strike.
by Palo Alto Weekly staff
In the latest column, news about a local woman's recent 105th birthday, a retired judge in the running for a book award, a local school district's Take Home Tech Program and the citywide yard sale.
by Joe Dworetzky / Bay City News Foundation
A federal judge has ordered three disabled plaintiffs and their lawyers to prove they are entitled to bring their lawsuits in federal court, including one plaintiff with a history of lawsuits against Peninsula businesses.
by Gennady Sheyner
With Castilleja School's plans for expanding student enrollment slapped down this week by the Planning and Transportation Commission, Head of School Nanci Kauffman on Thursday called the commission's action shocking and arbitrary.
by Victoria Franco
A task force that will help combat declining student enrollment rates throughout California was announced Thursday by Tony Thurmond, the state Superintendent of Public Instruction.
by Zoe Morgan
The former president urged tech leaders to use Silicon Valley's spirit of innovation to tackle the serious threats facing democracy.
by Sue Dremann
It's a well-known meteorological principle that when barometric pressure drops, rainstorms typically follow. But along the Peninsula in early April, nearly a week of low pressure failed to produce any precipitation.
by Ruth Ferguson
A woman filed a workplace discrimination complaint that alleged harassment while working for Assembly member Marc Berman's office.
by Palo Alto Weekly staff
A preview of Palo Alto government meetings for the week of April 25.
by Gennady Sheyner
Castilleja School suffered a blow to its ambitious plans for increasing enrollment Wednesday when a divided Planning and Transportation Commission voted to cap its student population and further restrict special events at the school.
by Gennady Sheyner
Assembly member Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, apologized Tuesday after cursing out loud at public speakers who were complaining about a proposed bill that governed "unprofessional conduct" among doctors.
by Gennady Sheyner
A bill by Sen. Josh Becker that would require law enforcement agencies throughout California to find alternatives to encrypting their radio communications was approved by the Senate Public Safety Committee.
by Bay City News Service
A Monday ruling by a federal judge in Florida overturning mask mandates on public transportation doesn't appear to be immediately changing local transit agency policies. <br />
by Gennady Sheyner
Despite general consensus that downtown Palo Alto is the perfect place to add residential development, the City Council clashed on Monday over whether to move ahead with a housing plan for the city's most transit-friendly area.
by Zoe Morgan
With the June primary election less than two months away, the League of Women Voters is planning to host a series of local virtual candidate forums in the coming weeks to help voters decide how to cast their ballots.
by Sue Dremann
Stanford Health Care and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital administrators have announced they will cut off health insurance benefits to striking nurses and their families as well as pay.
by Gennady Sheyner
Boosted by a strong quarter and a personal loan to his own campaign, Assembly member Kevin Mullin has taken a fundraising lead in the closely watched race to replace U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier in District 15, according to new reports.
by Palo Alto Weekly staff
In the latest column, news about the Junior Museum and Zoo's flamingo naming contest, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks' recent visit to Stanford and a Paly alum's San Francisco Giants debut.
by Bay City News staff
Palo Alto police have arrested a man they say sideswiped a police patrol car before crashing his vehicle into a tree while fleeing from an illegal sideshow in November.
by Palo Alto Weekly staff
Two armed men robbed a man at gunpoint Friday evening in the University South neighborhood while a young child sat in his car, according to a Palo Alto police press release.
by Elizabeth Aguilera
The state decided it won't require COVID-19 vaccines for children this fall, and a bill to mandate kids vaccines without personal belief exemptions stalled out.
by Angela Swartz
Ravenswood remains the only school district in the area that still requires students and staff to wear masks indoors. Its board of trustees, after a lively debate, decided to make outdoor masking optional starting April 18.
by Bay City News Service
Police are looking for two people who robbed a man in Palo Alto on Friday evening and later appeared to have committed auto burglaries at Stanford Shopping Center, according to police.
by Sue Dremann
A Palo Alto mother and father who paid $25,000 to facilitate cheating on their son's SAT exams were each sentenced to eight weeks in prison on Thursday, federal prosecutors said.
by Palo Alto Weekly staff
Whether it be expansive park space or cutting-edge health care, this year's 10 Tall Tree Award recipients have played a role in creating or sustaining many of the things that have come to define life in Palo Alto.
by Sue Dremann
Dr. Sara Cody faced the biggest challenge of her career in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic began to unfold. She was suddenly thrust into an unwelcome spotlight that made her a national leader for making bold decisions.
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