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Scott Elbring, Martine Sinkondo, Marijke Vallaeys and Patrick Vallaeys, sit down for lunch at TerAon restaurant on California Avenue on December 4, 2013.

The Palo Alto City Council will decide Monday whether to demand back $5.82 million it loaned the Palo Alto Housing Corp. to develop senior housing on Maybell Avenue -- a proposal that was defeated by referendum last month -- or wait for the organization to pay back the loan after finding its own buyer.

Kelly S. Q. He joins the InterContinental Hotels of San Francisco as a rising star of the hospitality industry.

At a meeting that pitted the latest concepts in land-use against the grim reality of an already congested area of Palo Alto, residents and representatives of the Jay Paul Co.

Pictured is an artist's rendering of the arcade view from the Santa Clara Technology Campus, being constructed near U.S. 101 and Bowers Avenue The huge new project is getting underway that could reshape the north side of the city.

In City Lights Theater's production of Donald Margulies' "Coney Island Christmas," 28-year-old Roneet Aliza Rahamim plays Shirley, a 12-year-old Brooklyn girl, circa 1935.

As temptations of pie and eggnog abound, a new Palo Alto juice store is offering a break from the usual high-fat and sugary holiday menu.

"Smiling at Strangers" author Rebecca Wallace grew up in Menlo Park and is now the Weekly's arts editor.

It was one of the most notorious murder cases in Palo Alto history. A man clobbered his wife seven times on the head, strangled her, and tried to disguise the crime by making it appear she fell down the stairs.

Q There seems to be a lot of work remaining on Highway 101 in Mountain View. Is the timetable still to open the new lanes by the end of this year? I'm getting worried the answer is no.

The Palo Alto, Calif.-based technology giant was planning to cut 1,100 jobs in the U.K., according to BBC News.

We received this email from InMenlo reader Kristy Holch, who is a member of First Church Christ, Scientis t on Ravenswood and Middlefield in Menlo Park: "I thought it might be interesting news how local churches are supporting the situation surrounding Merrill Newman, the Palo Alto man being held in North Korea.

Mohamed Benyouref of Berkeley was arrested for stealing a wallet on Black Friday in Palo Alto.

The Palo Alto Art Center has two events this week: The Gallery Shop sale all day Thursday; and a free Family Day Saturday.

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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.