Palo Alto News

Q I really appreciate the articles you publish that go into the history and technical reasoning behind why our roads were designed the way they are.

There is a huge country music show at The Rodeo Club in San Jose this Friday night.

Santa Clara County is evaluating long-term options to control traffic on Silicon Valley's busiest roads, such as new over- or underpasses and lane additions.

A pharmacy supervisor at the VA was placed on leave after complaining about errors and delays in delivering medications to patients at a hospital in Palo Alto, California.

The birth of a new baby, while joyful, can also bring a great deal of stress and anxiety - especially if the child arrived well before the due date.

Q I understood that gas prices were going to fall about 50 cents a gallon this summer.

Alex Guevara of Mountain View was arrested Saturday, July 19, for allegedly breaking into multiple cars in Palo Alto.

This newly remodeled 2-story home for sale in gorgeous Crescent Park offers 4 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, and patio decks on both floors.

The company has vowed to appeal a $23 billion judgement. Camel cigarettes, an R.J. Reynolds brand, are seen on display at JJ&F Market in in Palo Alto, Calif.

The kitchen and, in the background, bedroom in Airstream's Santa Rosa model is featured in the Santa Barbara Auto Camp.

Traffic at Page Mill Road and Foothill Expressway is often backed up during the morning and evening commutes.

Election season formally got under way this week in Palo Alto with seven people pulling nomination papers for City Council.

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Won't you consider contributing a few hours a week to help keep our five Palo Alto libraries up-to-date and thriving? Friends of the Palo Alto Library's monthly sales of donated books and media raise much-needed funds to purchase new books, furniture, technology, and special programs.

It's the year 2043 and this burgeoning city of 100,000 is a high-tech mecca. Using rare plants from the Amazon, university researchers have cured many diseases; factories churn out nano-sponges that soak up oil spills around the world; local software designers are the envy of Palo Alto.

Palo Alto police are searching for a man who allegedly photographed a woman while she was in a public restroom stall at Cubberley Community Center on Middlefield Road Thursday evening.

Gunn High senior Anna Zhou of Palo Alto captured her fifth title of her career on the American Junior Golf Association tour with a victory at the AJGA Junior at Serrano in El Dorado Hills.

ARB members from left, Clare Malone Prichard, Randy Popp, Alexander Lew and Robert Gooyer listen to Shani Kleinhaus of the Santa Clara Valley Audobon Society regarding bird-friendly building design during a study session of the ARB at City Hall on July 3, 2014.

I've enjoyed many shows at Palo Alto's Lucie Stern Theatre over the years, but "The Great Pretender," making its world premiere with TheatreWorks, took me by surprise and may just be my favorite yet.

With protests from residents mounting , the city's Architectural Review Board on Thursday deferred its expected approval of a proposed three-story building at 385 Sherman Ave., the latest in a string of commercial developments slated to go up in the business district around California Avenue.