The only lifeguard on duty at Palo Alto’s Eichler Swim and Tennis Club was wearing jeans, had no breaks during a six-hour shift and didn’t receive training before a man drowned there, according to a ...

One of Palo Alto’s billionaires, Google co-founder Larry Page, is talking about leaving California over a ballot measure that would impose a one-time 5% fee on assets of people worth more than $1 ...

Menlo Park fire officials are investigating what caused the house fire that displaced a family and killed their two dogs.

Andru Sheldon, 20, was arrested on Sunday after robbing a 15-year-old at Jack Farrell Park in East Palo Alto, and 30 minutes ...

Palo Alto, like most Mid-Peninsula cities, changes mayors at the start of the year. On Monday, Jan. 5, council members will ...

Crosswalk signals were hacked in Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Redwood City in April. When the prank was discovered, Caltrans disabled the audio feature of the crosswalk device, but has since restored it.

Allen, a captain in charge of law enforcement in Millbrae, filed a lawsuit on Monday (Dec. 22) against Corpus for allegedly ...

After a year of jail deaths and leadership turmoil, San Mateo County Sheriff Ken Binder says he is rebuilding the department ...

Neysa Fligor took a two-to-one lead after the first batch of ballots was counted tonight in the race for Santa Clara County Assessor against Rishi Kumar.

A woman has been arrested for allegedly purposefully hitting another car and pepper spraying the occupants of the car she struck, Palo Alto police said yesterday. Police responded to the 700 block of ...