San Mateo County Sheriff’s Capt. Eamonn Allen has been living in the Millbrae police station and commuting to his home in Boise, over 650 miles away, a London newspaper reports. The news comes as ...

A flasher exposed himself to a teenage girl near the 100 block of Embarcadero Road in Palo Alto, police said. The incident happened around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 21) when the victim, a high ...

Los Altos Vice Mayor Neysa Fligor is running to replace longtime Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone, who hand-picked her as his successor.

San Mateo County is the first in California to remove a sheriff chosen by voters. Without any precedent to act as a guide, ...

Opening statements are expected to begin today (Oct. 27) in the embezzlement trial of former San Mateo County Community College chancellor Ron Galatolo.

Former Saratoga City Councilman Rishi Kumar is running as the outsider candidate in the race to replace longtime Santa Clara ...

A Mountain View barber who allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted more than 60 men has been captured in Guatemala and extradited back to the United States, police said yesterday.

Palo Alto City Council favors a 72-apartment design for a subsidized housing development planned for the parking lot on the corner of Kipling Street and Lytton Avenue.

The new law, Senate Bill 79, allows for cities to create alternative plans that shift the height around. For example, four-story buildings could be allowed on some properties while ten-story buildings ...

The city of Palo Alto spent $27 million on consultants for 44 projects last year, but the city council is frustrated with the results. Much of council’s frustration with consultants comes from their ...

The second of four polls on Cubberley will go out to potential voters in mid-November, and council will review the results in December.

Palo Alto City Council unanimously approved the first phase of a four-part plan to get RVs off of city streets last night ...