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MARK KITAOKA/CARLA BEFERA PUBLIC RELATIONS From left, Arielle Fishman, Emily Koch, Sharon Rietkerk and Julia Belanoff star as the March sisters in TheatreWorks' adapotation of "Little Women."

Friends of the Palo Alto Library is holding their next monthly sale of reasonably-priced gently used books, CDs, DVDs, software, games and puzzles, artwork, collectibles, and much more on Saturday, September 13 and Sunday, September 14, 2013 at Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.

Stanford's football team may be grabbing all the headlines these days, but culture lovers have something to cheer about as well.

Image Caption: The fine detail in images of prominences in the sun's atmosphere from NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrometer - such as the red swirls shown here - are challenging the way scientists understand such events.

In a written statement issued Monday, Merrill Newman, of Palo Alto, Calif., said he tried to show that the words he read on the recording were not his own by emphasizing the apology's awkward phrasing and poor English grammar.

SAN FRANCISCO - The 85-year-old U.S. veteran who was detained for weeks by North Korea said Monday that the videotaped confession in which he apologized for killing North Koreans during the war was given involuntarily and under duress.

DoorDash , a meal-delivery start-up earning raves in Palo Alto and Mountain View , is hiring engineers, sales and customer service staff, plus delivery drivers, with a giant perk -- lunch, dinner, snacks and drinks are free! Launched in early 2013 by four tech-savvy Stanford University students, DoorDash is a logistics-focused outfit that delivers ... (more)

U.S. tourist and Korean War veteran Merrill Newman arrives at the Beijing airport Saturday, December 7, after being released by North Korea.

Surgeons use a grid of electrodes laid on a patient's brain. They record electrical activity and can deliver a tiny jolt.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society has announced that the 2014 Lifetime Achievement Awards will honor four long-time bluegrass music teachers - Bill Evans, Steve Palazzo, Jack Tuttle, and Lee Anne Welch.

Residents have noticed an increase in noise over areas of Atherton, Redwood City, Menlo Park and Palo Alto.

World-Renowned Soul Healer Master Zhi Gang Sha Brings 9 Sacred Chinese Calligraphy Art Scrolls Featured in Bestselling Book to San Francisco, CA December 9 - 11, 2013 New York Times bestselling author and founder of Soul Mind Body Medicine and Divine Channel, Master Zhi Gang Sha brings his acclaimed nine sacred Chinese calligraphy scrolls back to ... (more)

Third grader Bryce Ammons braces himself for a lick from the Palo Alto Humane Society's dog Rookie during a visit at Beechwood School in Menlo Park on August 2, 2013.

Sen. Hill Announces 2014 'Oughta Be a Law' Contest . Your ideas for reforms and improvements could become reality! Submissions due Jan. 15. Palo Alto Weekender: Paly Fiery Arts; 300+ Creche Display; 'Caring Santa ' -Fun options for your weekend plans.

An 85-year-old U.S. tourist and war veteran flew to freedom Saturday aboard a San Francisco-bound flight after being deported by North Korea.

PALO ALTO The USC men's water polo team will contend for a sixth consecutive national championship today after Saturday's 10-3 win over St. Francis Brooklyn in the semifinals of the NCAA Championships at Stanford.

Come December, music director Nicholas McGegan often leads the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in one of Handel's large-scale works; the early-music ensemble will present the composer's evergreen "Messiah" next weekend at various locations, beginning Dec. 14 with Cal Performances on the UC Berkeley campus.

Elisabeth Seaman looks through photos from Bergen-Belsen in her Palo Alto home on November 22, 2013.

Dozens of doctors, nurses and medical staff from Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Stanford Hospital and Clinics are making their way to Palo Alto's Philippine sister city, Palo, on Leyte Island, and other areas in an ongoing campaign to provide medical aid amid the devastation from Hurricane Haiyan.

Emotions were high during three hours of discussion in Sunnyvale Council Chambers Dec. 3 regarding shared use of Raynor Park with new activity center tenants, Stratford School.