Palo Alto News

Gynecologist Dr. Leah Millheiser talks with a new patient at Stanford in Palo Alto, California, on Wednesday, November 13, 2013.

SEOUL, South Korea Six decades before he went to North Korea as a curious tourist, Merrill Newman supervised a group of South Korean guerrillas during the Korean War who were perhaps the most hated and feared fighters in the North, former members of the group say.

The term PC zoning is city jargon for allowing the higher density that is dramatically contributing to the building growth we are experiencing in Palo Alto.

The Palo Alto City Council showed little interest Monday night in suspending a controversial type of zoning known as planned community, despite calls from the public to do so.

Few would say that traffic in Palo Alto has been getting better in recent years, yet that was what graphs in a city staff report appeared to depict, which raised red flags and frustrations for some City Council members Monday night.

Katherine colors in her pencil drawings during Comic Book & Illustration class at the Community School of Music and Arts in Mountain View.

Standard Statham action gets a solid acting boost courtesy of James Franco in the Louisiana-based "Homefront."

Guitarist and Windham Hill Records founder Will Ackerman returns to his Palo Alto roots next month with a local concert.

The city's Finance Committee tonight will discuss a plan to modify Palo Alto's street-sweeping program in order to cut costs.

Those of you who read our weekly Ask D'Mine column know what a skeptic Wil Dubois is.

Sitting in front of my computer in my office on the East Coast, I am controlling a robot in Palo Alto, California.

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.

Menlo Park-based Lane closed on the properties, which it acquired from Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, last week.

Fremont, San Jose and San Fransisco top a new list of the best markets for home sellers in large U.S. cities.

Draft policies for handling bullying complaints, in development for almost a year following a federal investigation , will be discussed for the first time in public tomorrow by a committee of the Palo Alto school board.

The tour bus bounces along one of North Korea's potholed roads, pop music blasting out over the speakers.

Palo Alto, CA December 02, 2013 A new study published in Clinical Neurophysiology suggests it doesn't take years or even months of exposure for cell phone radiation to negatively alter our brains-it only takes minutes.

Menlo-Atherton High School student Jasmine Ibarra, center, directs cameraman Alex Gonzalez, far right, on how to set-up a shot she wants as fellow classmate Michelle Tu, far left, and New Voices for Youth facilitator Tanuj Chopra, center, look on while the trio of students shoot a music video on November 26, 2013.

The festive table settings include napkins wrapped with cinnamon and twine, centerpieces made of wood, burlap, and gold-painted branches, and colorful red and green foliage.

After suffering a stinging defeat on Election Day at the hands of residents frustrated about recent development trends, Palo Alto officials will on Monday unveil a process for engaging their critics and reforming the zoning process.