Palo Alto City Council tonight (Sept. 14) approved plans for a six-story downtown parking garage that previously had been put on the shelf. The garage will go at the corner of Hamilton Avenue and ...

The San Mateo County Democrats have decided to take a neutral position on the Redwood City rent control measure . The party has announced the following candidate endorsements for races in the Post’s ...

A San Jose police officer has been fired for allegedly using Flock camera data to help a relative track down the location of a domestic violence victim, police officials said. The ...

A deputy with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office has been arrested on suspicion of being in possession of kiddie porn, the San Jose Police Department said. On Saturday just after 10 a.m., ...

Byron Sher, a Stanford law professor who served on the Palo Alto City Council and the state Assembly and Senate, has died at his ranch near Placerville, Calif. He was 98. He was k ...

All three Palo Alto school board candidates are willing to close schools if enrollment continues to drop, but only one of them said he’d be open to selling a campus. “If we’re not using it, why not?” ...

The Menlo Park Planning Commission is considering development of a six-story apartment complex behind the former Comerica building at the corner of Crane Street and Oak Grove Avenue. The commission ...

Two parents have sued the Palo Alto Unified School District alleging the board president left out details when describing the new superintendent’s contract. Parents Edith Cohen and Jane Hayes Aishin ...

Julie Lythcott-Haims has been married to their husband since 1992. A previous version had incorrect information. The Post asked the seven members of Palo Alto City Council to recall what happened to ...

The Palo Alto Unified School District, which is facing an estimated $33 million in budget cuts next year, bought two sushi ...