Palo Alto News

The Palo Alto Unified School District would spend an extra $740 on benefits for each of its employees under proposed contracts the school board is slated to review tonight.

The Sheraton and Westin hotels in downtown Palo Alto, sister properties that share an owner, could soon have a third sibling.

Menlo Park police arrested three men on Thursday, Nov. 5, in connection with a bottle-throwing incident at the British Bankers Club night club on El Camino Real, and a later robbery at the nearby 7-11 convenience store at Alma Street and Oak Grove Avenue.

A nonprofit's plan to build 50 low-income apartments in downtown Palo Alto won final approval from the city council on Monday after more than three hours of debate.

Bulos Paul Zumot, 36, owner of the downtown Palo Alto smoking lounge Da Hookah Spot, was arrested on suspicion of homicide and arson in the death of 29-year-old real estate agent Jennifer Schipsi.

Palo Alto Online News A body found decomposing in a covered public swimming pool in Redwood City Thursday has been identified as 21-year-old Gabriel Contreras of Palo Alto, the San Mateo County coroner's office announced Saturday.

Flyers that Palo Alto, Calif. residents have to pass out as they keep watch near the intersection of Meadow Dr.

Japanese and Palo Alto officials celebrated Palo Alto's newest Sister City, Tsuchiura, with an international toast Monday afternoon in a ceremony at the Lucie Stern Community Center.

A plan to redevelop the Palo Alto neighborhood grocery JJ&F Food Store won backing from the city's architectural review board on Thursday.

Thousands more votes were counted Wednesday in Santa Clara County, solidifying local election results reported late Tuesday.

An attorney prosecuting the 26-year-old man accused of killing East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May scored a significant victory Tuesday when a judge granted his request to present evidence that suggests a motive for the crime.

Larry Klein, Gail Price, Karen Holman, Nancy Shepherd and Greg Scharff emerged from the pack of 14 candidates Tuesday night to win the race for five seats on the Palo Alto City Council.

State narcotics agents and local authorities raided two houses containing dozens of people in East Palo Alto this morning, arresting one person and seizing drugs and a gun.

"Average" students in Palo Alto may be smarter than they think. They are competing in a "rarefied" atmosphere laden with high achievers, school board members said Tuesday night.

A 15-story, 43-year-old high-rise building in downtown Palo Alto has received one of the highest federal-standard green-building certifications in the country.

Grim news hit this university town in late October just two days before a PTA forum on teenage stress: A fourth Palo Alto teen had died after stepping in front of a commuter train in less than six months.

Palo Alto residents will vote Tuesday on whether to establish a business license tax to support basic city services.

A 16-year-old boy committed suicide when he stood in front of a speeding train in Palo Alto, Calif., two weeks ago.

Police in East Palo Alto are investigating an early morning shooting that hospitalized one man.

Plans for new grocery stores at Alma Plaza and College Terrace Centre have been slogging for years through the Palo Alto approval process.