Citing financial challenges and economic uncertainty, the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital is preparing to lay off 87 ...

San Jose and its greater metro region that includes Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills has taken the top ...

The fate of Bulos “Paul” Zumot, the Palo Alto man who was convicted in 2011 of murdering his girlfriend Jennifer Schipsi, is ...

From mountain ranges to intricate 3D floral patterns, imagination is the limit to what a cake can look like at Palo Alto’s ...

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors has unanimously voted to remove Sheriff Christina Corpus from office on Tuesday, effective immediately.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. For the first time in California history, a county sheriff has been removed from office.  The San Mateo County Board ...

This story was originally published . Sign up for their newsletters. Tears welling in her eyes, Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan paused mid-sentence to calm herself on the Assembly floor. Almost a ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A new California law aims to keep more short children in booster seats for longer, imposing fines if they can’t ...

This story was originally published . Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom during a press conference at the Capitol Annex Swing Space in Sacramento on Aug. 21, 2025. Photo by Miguel ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Republican Rep. Kevin Kiley’s newest Democratic challenger might be even more well known to Sacramento-area voters ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Guest Commentary written by Pedro Hernández Pedro Hernández is a historian and California program manager for ...

As recently as this year, a new  five- or six-story building in the heart of downtown Palo Alto would not only be difficult ...