Read about Palo Alto's adoption of new city values and the Planning and Transportation Commission's frustration over a recent staffing policy change.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Since California made it easier for sexual abuse survivors to sue government agencies, victims have brought forth more ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. With the first anniversary of the devastating Southern California wildfires approaching, CalMatters asked candidates ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. There were once so many children at Frisha Moore’s Elk Grove preschool that families filled up the waitlist. Now, one ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Commentary written by Castle Redmond Castle Redmond is senior advisor at the California Youth Wellbeing Fund ...

A Palo Alto resident interrupted a burglary at her home Friday night, but police could not find the suspect.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. More than 31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers remained on strike Monday as the open-ended walkout entered its ...

A Santa Clara County judge declared a mistrial Friday in the felony vandalism case of five Stanford University students who ...

A laboratory in Palo Alto where Tesla Motors was testing lithium-ion batteries was shut down for about three weeks in January ...

Santa Clara County leaders are looking at a $470 million deficit in the upcoming fiscal year — forcing the largest midyear ...

In response to a teenager’s death at the Churchill Avenue Caltrain crossing on Feb. 3, Palo Alto leaders are accelerating ...

A pair of bills spearheaded by U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo that aim to speed up the approval process for new residential projects ...