Palo Alto News

Palo Alto Online News A body found decomposing in a covered public swimming pool in Redwood City Thursday has been identified as 21-year-old Gabriel Contreras of Palo Alto, the San Mateo County coroner's office announced Saturday.

Flyers that Palo Alto, Calif. residents have to pass out as they keep watch near the intersection of Meadow Dr.

Japanese and Palo Alto officials celebrated Palo Alto's newest Sister City, Tsuchiura, with an international toast Monday afternoon in a ceremony at the Lucie Stern Community Center.

A plan to redevelop the Palo Alto neighborhood grocery JJ&F Food Store won backing from the city's architectural review board on Thursday.

Thousands more votes were counted Wednesday in Santa Clara County, solidifying local election results reported late Tuesday.

An attorney prosecuting the 26-year-old man accused of killing East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May scored a significant victory Tuesday when a judge granted his request to present evidence that suggests a motive for the crime.

Larry Klein, Gail Price, Karen Holman, Nancy Shepherd and Greg Scharff emerged from the pack of 14 candidates Tuesday night to win the race for five seats on the Palo Alto City Council.

State narcotics agents and local authorities raided two houses containing dozens of people in East Palo Alto this morning, arresting one person and seizing drugs and a gun.

"Average" students in Palo Alto may be smarter than they think. They are competing in a "rarefied" atmosphere laden with high achievers, school board members said Tuesday night.

A 15-story, 43-year-old high-rise building in downtown Palo Alto has received one of the highest federal-standard green-building certifications in the country.

Grim news hit this university town in late October just two days before a PTA forum on teenage stress: A fourth Palo Alto teen had died after stepping in front of a commuter train in less than six months.

Palo Alto residents will vote Tuesday on whether to establish a business license tax to support basic city services.

A 16-year-old boy committed suicide when he stood in front of a speeding train in Palo Alto, Calif., two weeks ago.

Police in East Palo Alto are investigating an early morning shooting that hospitalized one man.

Plans for new grocery stores at Alma Plaza and College Terrace Centre have been slogging for years through the Palo Alto approval process.

The annual egg fight between juniors and seniors is usually messy at worst, but this year resulted in minor injuries because some of the ovoid weapons apparently were frozen, officials said.

A weekly farmers market on the steps of Palo Alto City Hall will end after the city council on Monday night voted to pull its funding.

Palo Alto Online News A young couple charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old man on Christmas Day 2007 in East Palo Alto struck plea deals in San Mateo County Superior Court on Tuesday, an assistant district attorney said.

Palo Alto's unionized city workers will stay on the job despite a vote Tuesday rejecting wage cuts imposed by the city council the night before.

The lead investigator in East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May's 2006 shooting death testified Monday that a teenage witness probably gave police differing accounts of the killing because he was trying "to fill in the gaps." East Palo Alto police Sgt.