East Palo Alto News

The Ravenswood school board has unanimously approved an annual $170,000 contract for the district's new superintendent, who is to start on July 1. Gloria Hernandez will replace Maria De La Vega, who announced her resignation in December.

Middle school -- where the minds of newly minted teenagers are suddenly hijacked by hormones and stop-and-start growth -- is a challenging level to teach.

A parking enforcement officer responded and verified the legitimacy of the signs.

Two suspects have been arrested for an alleged burglary that occurred 8 a.m. Wednesday at a Redwood City residence.

A man with a history of mental illness was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for starting a four-alarm fire that tore through a commercial building in downtown Palo Alto in 2007.

A man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in federal prison for lighting a dramatic four-alarm fire that gutted a Walgreens store and other businesses in downtown Palo Alto nearly six years ago.

A committee charged with reviewing the boundaries of San Mateo County's supervisorial districts and possibly making changes will hold five public meetings in June and July.

East Palo Alto police Chief Ron Davis is preparing to call in gang members who may have been involved in a deadly shooting last weekend , which claimed the life of a 16-year-old. Davis is organizing a face-to-face meeting with some of the Norteno gang members believed to be responsible for opening fire on a car full of teenagers on Sunday night, ... (more)

Geoff Aus, longtime Menlo Park Fire Protection District fire marshal, is changing employers, but not job titles.

A state proposal to turn the homeless into a "protected class" allowed to urinate in public, sleep in vehicles and have access to attorneys for even minor infractions would be a financial burden on San Mateo County and limit the ability to enforce its own laws, according to concerned officials.

With his family, he immigrated to the United States as a toddler. His mother left her career as a doctor and his father became a janitor at Stanford University to support a dream of educational opportunity for their children.

A teenager who was shot and killed in East Palo Alto on Sunday night has been identified by the San Mateo County Coroner's Office as 15-year-old Jose Quinonez.

The APOA claims the commonly held notion that Atherton officers have less dangerous jobs than other cops in the bay area is a myth.

A committee that will review the boundaries of San Mateo County's supervisorial districts and possibly recommend changes will hold its first meeting June 6 in San Mateo.

Luis Quinones, a 16-year-old boy's father, speaks out to NBC Bay Area about his son, Jose Luis Quinones, who was shot and killed late Sunday night in East Palo Alto.

Police in East Palo Alto are investigating a shooting that killed one teen and injured two others Sunday night.

Police said the 17-year-old boy was talking with friends and standing in a driveway on the 2500 block of Farrington Avenue at 9:28 p.m. when a car approached and the people inside started shooting.

The early afternoon of May 5 started out as a special grandmother-and-granddaughter day for 6-year-old "Ashley" and her grandmother, "Susana." The elder woman and her grandchild had planned an outing to Menlo Park for Chinese food and playing at Burgess Park.

The first in a series of such actions nationwide, advocates for immigrant rights in Mountain View made their point this month by going without food and speaking to church congregations up and down the Peninsula.

To an already impressive list of honors, Gabriel Garcia can now add one more: He is the 2013 recipient of the Dr.