Cars drive on U.S. Highway 101 near San Antonio Road in Palo Alto on April 15, 2026. Photo by Seeger Gray. Editor’s note: This version adds more information about the life of Irma Elizabeth ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Legislation that would improve public access to information about violence, medical emergencies, and other serious ...

Mahmoud Khalil addresses a crowd of graduates at “The People’s Commencement” ceremony in Stanford University on June 14, 2026. Photo by Gennady Sheyner In a sweeping ruling with national implications, ...

Redwood City voters will weigh in on one state office and two House seats in the upcoming November election. Following the ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This article is also available in English. Read it here. Grace Coleman piensa mucho en su crimen, prácticamente todo e ...

Coming from a family of social workers, I’ve always assumed that charity should be distributed based on need, with those ...

Amid a wave of scrutiny over automated license plate readers across the Bay Area, the Menlo Park Police Department is tightening controls on its camera data after finding that outside agencies ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. When Californians voted to reduce drug penalties in 2014, it likely had the unintended consequence of also increasing ...

Numerous community groups and agencies involved in San Mateo County's juvenile offender programs and services spoke at the ...

More details have surfaced about last year’s fire at Avenue Liquor and the deaths of its two shopkeepers, one of whom was found with chains around his wrists. The 25-page fire investigation report ...

Blake Nichols Sandy, 65, of Portola Valley, who was born at Stanford Hospital and grew up in Ladera, who attended Woodside High School, who hiked the Camino de Santiago, and who was a devoted Led ...

I’ve been doing different things in artificial intelligence for about 13 years. In general, I see AI as a tool and not a solution. The number of tools in this category called AI is ever-expanding ...