Paul Ehrlich, Stanford Professor of Population Studies, Emeritus. Stanford photo. Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich, who died Sunday in Palo Alto at age 93, was a crusader whose dire predictions about ...

On a 3-2 vote, the Palo Alto school board tonight (March 17) declined to tell high schools to offer Multivariable Calculus — ...

The Palo Alto school board voted last night to part ways with its acting superintendent, less than a month after separating from its superintendent of eight years. The district will pay one year’s ...

San Mateo County Sheriff Ken Binder has promoted Capt. Mike Tabak to be San Carlos’s police chief, city officials said today. Tabak, who started yesterday, is filling the vacancy left by Mark Myers, ...

The Palo Alto Unified School District investigated board member Rowena Chiu for racism against an employee throughout most of ...

The Palo Alto City Council unanimously approved plans tonight (March 16) for the city’s first housing development east of Highway 101, over some concerns over how children at the 145 townhouses will ...

A Caltrain hit and killed a person on Saturday in San Mateo, authorities confirmed today (March 16). The person who died has not been publicly identified by the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office, ...

File photo of a mountain lion. Police are looking for a mountain lion that’s on the loose in Palo Alto. The big cat was first spotted in the 700 block of North Hampton Drive in north Palo Alto, not ...

The San Mateo County Community College District faculty union voted yesterday (March 13) to strike if the district does not ...

The San Mateo County District Attorney said yesterday (March 13) he won’t charge three Redwood City police officers involved in fatally shooting a man in a standoff. DA Steve Wagstaffe said the three ...

A longtime Palo Alto environmental activist and volunteer has been sentenced to 364 days in jail for trying to meet up with a minor for sex, according to court records. Robert “Bob” Wenzlau, 67, was ...