Palo Alto News

The Rotary Club of Los Gatos presents its 37th Annual Great Race , a 4-mile scenic footrace/walk down Highway 9 from Saratoga to Los Gatos, on Sunday, April 27. If you are looking for a great course for your best time, or a fun individual or family run, this four-mile run takes you from downtown Saratoga, down Highway 9 and finishes on beautiful N.

Former Paly principal Phil Winston was under investigation for misconduct during the time of his decision to step down from his principal position at Palo Alto High School.

Police arrested Edward Vincent McDuffie, 46, on April 14 for a host of charges included alleged burglary and drug possession.

We don't usually cover much of the action on the Peninsula , but hey, we figured it was time to toss you 650 folks a marrow bone.

The kitchen/great room sits in the middle of the first floor, with a long island housing stove, microwave and dishwasher, as well as seating.

Reuters' PE Hub recently ran an article titled " Hot or not? Why good-looking men get all the funding ."

Abilities United's main facilities at 3864 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto on April 15, 2014.

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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.

Schoolkids from Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos Hills and Los Altos walked away as winners at the 2014 Tech Challenge , an annual team design, science and engineering challenge for students in grades 5-12, that ended Sunday.

This branch of Annie and Craig Stoll 's pizza hotspot, their fourth overall, is located in the 50-seat restaurant space that formerly housed the Empire Tap Room and its picturesque 70-seat patio, which Palo Alto people will be delighted to know is still largely intact, outfitted in umbrellas and heat lamps, and canopied with wisteria.

On Friday afternoon, a Menlo Park resident noticed that the house seemed a bit emptier than it had that morning, what with computers, electronics and jewelry missing, and called police to report a burglary.

Pace Gallery presents James Franco: New Film Stills from April 11 through May 3, 2014 at 508 West 25th Street, New York.

On Saturday Abad, 56, joined two dozen other trauma survivors at a gathering with paramedics and Stanford University Hospital doctors, nurses and other staff members who saved their lives.

Use of narcotics - like those allegedly ingested by the Palo Alto 18-year-old who was arrested after trespassing and fighting residents on Colorado Avenue Friday, April 4 - has declined among local youth, according to survey data.

Kaepernick: Thanks for Support, But I Didn't Do It! Palo Alto Woman Dies After Plunging 75 Feet in National Park.

Officers responded to a report of a burglary in the 700 block of Nash Avenue at about 1:10 p.m., police said.

President Obama returns to the Bay Area next month for two high-end fundraisers, including a stop at the Palo Alto home of Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer , The Chronicle has learned.

The road from simple nanomaterials and nanodevices to atomically precise manufacturing will involve integrating these simple components into ever more complex and capable systems.

Redwood City's Annual "Preschool Preview Night": A Preschool/Child Care & Parent Resource Fair Annual fair highlighting various early care and education programs from Belmont to Palo Alto has become key annual resource for parents making important child care decisions Redwood City, Calif.