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 ...

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 ...

On a 3-2 vote, the Palo Alto school board tonight (March 17) declined to tell high schools to offer Multivariable Calculus — an advanced math class that was rejected by principals and teachers but ...

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

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 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, ...

A former Woodside High School student is suing the Sequoia Union High School District and a volleyball club, claiming they failed to protect her against a coach who has been charged with sexual ...

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 far from G ...

Homeowners are pushing back on a plea by parents and students to close a railroad crossing by Palo Alto High School as a way to prevent more suicides. Homeowners are worried about ambulances taking ...

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 ...

They then borrowed a police dog from Los Altos to track the scent of the boy, who was found at his home, police said. The 10-year-old doesn’t attend either the program or Bubb Elementary, according to ...