Palo Alto News

"Creating a Havdallah Garden." Parents and children can learn about traditional Jewish culinary and medicinal herbs and create and plant their own self-watering container garden to take home.

Police are looking for a suspect in the unprovoked assault of a man who was walking in a crosswalk in downtown Palo Alto last week, according to a police spokesman.

Palo Alto Mayor Nancy Shepherd , plus mayors in San Francisco, Napa, Culver City, Beverly Hills, Manhattan Beach, Sacramento, Stockton, Anaheim and Irvine, Alto have signed onto a new partnership with The US Conference of Mayors and The BULLY Project as part of a major national initiative to develop local solutions-based responses to combat the ... (more)

Palo Alto, the city reputed for wealth and education, took first place among "The 10 Snobbiest Small Cities In America."

The court battle between the City of Palo Alto and the contractor it has accused of badly botching the long-delayed construction of the Mitchell Park Library and Community Center has taken on elements of subterfuge over the past month, with each side accusing the other of illegally hiding crucial documents.

Temple Har Shalom has hired a rabbi, the president of the synagogue's board of directors said on Wednesday, describing the Chicagoan as having the experience and the demeanor to be the religious leader of the congregation.

Members of the Page Mill YMCA in Palo Alto are asking the YMCA of Silicon Valley's Board of Directors to hold a special meeting to discuss the planned closure of the beloved facility.

Merk Gold Trust, a bullion-backed exchange-traded fund which allows its shares to be redeemed for physical gold, said on Wednesday it has made its first delivery in dozens of U.S. gold coins to an investor.

President Barack Obama left the Bay Area this afternoon after a quick visit that included fundraising events in San Francisco and the South Bay earlier today.

This July 23, 2013, file photo provided by the office of Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., shows Herrera Beutler, left, is with her husband, Dan Beutler, and their baby, Abigail Rose Beutler, at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif.

This July 23, 2013, file photo provided by the office of Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash., shows Herrera Beutler, left, is with her husband, Dan Beutler, and their baby, Abigail Rose Beutler, at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif.

Menlo School grad Maddy Price advanced to the semifinals of the women's 400 meters at the IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships after clocking the fourth-fastest prelim time on Wednesday.

With demand for emergency medical services on the rise, the Palo Alto Fire Department is preparing to add a fourth ambulance to its fleet and rebrand itself to reflect its changing role.

Anthony Barnosky first thought the e-mail was a joke. As an expert in species extinctions who had just sounded the alarm over looming environmental crises, he had grown used to bizarre messages filling his inbox.

Around 6:47 p.m. Sunday, July 13, a man armed with a semi-automatic pistol confronted two teenagers at gunpoint near Gilbert Avenue and Pope Street in Menlo Park, then fled with their wallets and cellphones.

Federal authorities have struggled to find places other than cement jail cells at the border to house the thousands of refugee children, some of them toddlers, pouring in from Central America.

Last week, roughly 2,000 people joined me for the annual FreedomFest conference in Las Vegas, and it offered an opportunity to poke fun at the TSA, a federal agency that seems to probe and prod a bit too aggressively even when encountering innocent and harmless passengers.

The California State Resources Control Board has initiated a water conservation plan to fine California residents up to $500 a day for wasting water outdoors.

Tad Toulis headed a 24-person panel of design experts from consultancies, corporations and universities in judging nearly 2,000 entries and naming 27 gold, 58 silver and 91 bronze IDEA winners from among the 514 finalists.

SANTA CRUZ >> Locally owned Lighthouse Bank posted a profit of $448,000 for the quarter ending June 30, down 22 percent from the prior quarter and down 17 percent from a year ago, after lending jumped 10 percent and $282,000 was stashed in loan loss reserves.