WITH HONORS … Weeks after he officially concluded his tenure as Palo Alto fire chief, Geo Blackshire returned to City Hall for a special recognition of his 28 years of service. Blackshire joined the ...

Amid the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, Palo Alto will defer late fees and other collection actions for ...

With the ongoing government shutdown stretching to be the longest in history, 130,000 residents of Santa Clara County could ...

Hoping to turn down the lights at night to protect wildlife and reduce glare from neighboring properties, Palo Alto officials ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Despite facing a $12 billion deficit this year, California’s Legislature still managed to spend at least $415 million ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. When Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill last month that would have supported sober homeless housing, his reason left many ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California has long cast itself as the nation’s climate conscience — and its policy lab. Now, as the Environmental ...

Each week, Embarcadero Media takes a look at home sales activity along the Midpeninsula in the communities of Atherton, East ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. First, they lost their speaker. Then, they lost a key special election.  Now, with the passage of Proposition 50, ...

Neysa Fligor, a former Los Altos mayor who currently serves as Santa Clara County assistant assessor, enjoyed a strong lead ...

Palo Alto police are investigating a Thursday night burglary in which two men entered a home on Corina Way by breaking a ...

Students in the area have been overly competitive in academics and doing a bunch of cookie-cutter extracurriculars, like ...