A pastor committed to social justice and the leader of an effort to establish a history museum in downtown Palo Alto were ...

Three of VTA’s four unions ratified new contracts for the next four years, leaving the transit agency’s frontline workers hanging.

Living in California, the possibility of catastrophic fire is never too far from many residents' minds. But what if there was ...

Gennady Sheyner, an award-winning veteran of the Palo Alto Weekly newsroom, has been elevated to editor of the 46-year-old ...

Amid ongoing concerns about unaddressed dumping, illegal construction and other code violations, three East Palo Alto council ...

Humans and ghosts inhabit the pages of Palo Alto-based author J.E. Weiner's “The Wretched and Undone.” The novel tells the story of a Polish immigrant family in a Texan town known as the "cowboy ...

Federal programs offer financial aid and counseling to low-income and first-generation college students. California was allowed to include students without legal status, which the Trump administration ...

Leveraging AI, researchers have identified a naturally occurring molecule that can suppress appetite and facilitate weight loss in mice and pigs.

Seeking to place some limits on the city’s proud -- and loud -- tradition of firework displays, East Palo Alto leaders moved ...

Real estate seasonality refers to the predictable ebbs and flows of sales activity that occur throughout the year.

Crosswalk buttons along the mid-Peninsula appear to have been hacked, so that when pressed, voices professing to be Mark ...

It has only been a few months since Palo Alto's last election, but city officials are already gearing up for the next one, ...