East Palo Alto News

A use-of-force expert testified Thursday that slain East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May was following proper protocol when he chased defendant Alberto Alvarez and struck him with a baton.

The arrests were made after a month-long undercover operation conducted by the San Mateo County Narcotics Task Force in cooperation with the East Palo Alto and Menlo Park police departments.

We receive a steady stream of DVDs with smaller films and local documentaries at the Chronicle, and many of them fall through the cracks.

Dennis Scherzer and Joan Sykes-Miessi were leading the race for two open seats on an East Palo Alto sewer board as of 8:30 p.m. today, edging out Edrick Haggans, according to unofficial results posted by San Mateo County Elections Office.

The physician who examined a 26-year-old man accused of gunning down East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May testified today that the defendant apparently sustained a single bullet wound to the back of his right thigh and no other major injuries.

A routine traffic stop abruptly turned into a car crash and a foot chase, Palo Alto police said Thursday.

The race for two open spots on an East Palo Alto sewer board has heated up, with two incumbents backing each other against a former general manager for the agency.

A Redwood City man has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and assault with a firearm in the 2007 Christmas Day shooting of two men in East Palo Alto, attorneys said Wednesday.

Juakila C. McConnell, center, from East Palo Alto, tries on her Brazilian dancer outfit that she is renting for her Halloween costume at Natasha's Attic in San Jose, Calif.

Alberto Alvarez moved aggressively forward while East Palo Alto Police Officer Richard May retreated in the seconds before Alvarez fatally shot May, a witness said Tuesday morning.

Six candidates are running for three seats on a board whose mission is probably a mystery to many Peninsula residents.

A resolution to be considered by the Menlo Park City Council condemning a proposal to develop Cargill's salt flats is "totally inappropriate" and "shows a lack of vision," Redwood City council members say.

Tyrell Riley sits in a booth at Soul Brother's in East Palo Alto, Calif., on Thursday, October 22 2009.

A 22-year-old man was critically injured Tuesday night when he was shot several times while sitting in a parked car in East Palo Alto, police said.

The teenager who was just feet away when East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May was gunned down in 2006 testified this morning at the trial of a 26-year-old man accused of pulling the trigger.

Jurors heard opening statements Monday in the San Mateo County Superior Court trial of a 26-year-old man accused of fatally shooting East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May in 2006.

The possibility of increasing tolls by $1 on all seven state-owned bridges in the Bay Area next July will be discussed at a transportation committee meeting on Wednesday.

The long-awaited death penalty trial of a 26-year-old man accused of gunning down East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May in 2006 begins Monday with attorneys scheduled to deliver opening arguments.

A San Mateo construction firm has sued East Palo Alto's biggest landlord, alleging it wasn't paid for more than $50,000 in seismic work done at the rental properties.

East Palo Alto police said Tuesday they were searching for suspects in the non-fatal shooting of a city resident.