Few people would be against high school students learning about different religions. Visiting a mosque on a high school field trip isn’t a problem, if teachers also take students to a Jewish temple, a ...

Palo Alto’s new school superintendent wants to get rid of administrative positions and bring back an in-house attorney to the Palo Alto Unified School District. At his first board meeting on Tuesday, ...

A former San Mateo County Woman of the Year, who stole $700,000 from the nonprofit where she worked, was sentenced yesterday to six months in jail, a prosecutor said yesterday. Clarise Ann Blanchard, ...

Palo Alto council members yesterday proposed their twofold solution to RV dwellers crowding city streets — giving them permits and only allowing them on one side of the street. The city would offer ...

The longtime head of Palo Alto’s Junior Museum & Zoo was paid to resign without suing the city, according to a settlement agreement obtained by the Post. The city gave Executive Director John Aikin ...

The manager of a Redwood City liquor store chained himself to a chair after intentionally setting the fire that burned down the store in Roosevelt Plaza, killing himself and a co-worker, police said ...

A group of Jewish parents and students are suing the Palo Alto Unified School District for taking a class on a field trip to a mosque. Palo Alto High School students were allegedly encouraged to wear ...

Los Altos’ city manager has accused supporters of a potential council candidate of screaming and getting in the city clerk’s face during a dispute over paperwork at city hall. City Manager Gabriel ...