For her debut novel 'The Ashtrays Are Full and the Glasses Are Empty,' Kirsten Mickelwait took inspiration from a little-known real-life duo who mingled with 1920s luminaries like F. Scott Fitzgerald ...

Palo Alto moved one step closer to approving over $6 million in budget reductions Tuesday after the Finance Committee signed off on the proposal to cut about a dozen vacant positions and make other ...

Silicon Valley’s transportation agency wants to increase revenues from its highway express lanes, but advocates say they could save more money by strengthening public transit.

The Palo Alto Unified School District moved forward with its plan to adopt an advanced diploma program, which would recognize students who excel academically, at a school board meeting Tuesday evening ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As Republicans lambasted California lawmakers for rushing through their effort to gerrymander the state’s ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Election workers process ballots at the Shasta County Clerk Registrar of Voters office in Redding on Oct. 30, 2024.

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to work as an intern on CalMatters’ audience engagement team. As my time ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As the Inland Empire braces for an extreme heat warning this week, a community group is helping residents in the ...

Menlo Park police let out-of-state agencies access its automated license plate reader data, a breach of California law that ...

Palo Alto’s plan to build affordable housing on a Lytton Avenue parking lot is in danger of collapsing because of the delays ...

Hoping to secure City Hall approval after more than three years of delays and refinements, a developer who is pursuing a ...

The developer behind a 382-unit project near the California Avenue Caltrain stop is asking Palo Alto for an environmental ...