Santa Clara County officials are standing back while the presence of federal agents escalates around county jails, even after the county declared its properties off limits to immigration officers.

How long does it take Palo Alto to build a “quick-build” bikeway? Eleven years, two federal grants, and more than 30 bicycle collisions later, we're still waiting.

Cook’s Seafood in Menlo Park has closed after 98 years in business. Courtesy Linda Hubbard/InMenlo.com. It was Nov. 1, 1972 when veteran Dan Dowler applied to owner Roy Crumrine for a job at Cook’s ...

Californians are already voting on whether to implement a one-time 5% tax on billionaires that could generate as much as $100 billion toward healthcare and other social services over the next five ...

From a 41-acre Portola Valley vineyard with an Italian villa to two historic Palo Alto homes sold as a family compound, see ...

Stanford Research Park, which sits on land owned by Stanford University, celebrated its 75-year anniversary in a two-day celebration on Oct. 21 and 22. The festivities commemorated the park’s unique ...

A midsize Peninsula city that just celebrated its centennial, Belmont offers a rich history and more to discover than meets the eye.

Gennady Sheyner, who has served readers of Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online for nearly two decades, has announced that he is leaving the Peninsula to become the managing editor of The Ark, a ...

Pastane simit, a Turkish sesame ring, at Leyla Bakery ($6 for two). Courtesy Leyla Bakery. The team behind upscale Turkish restaurant Meyhouse is continuing to bring Turkish flavors to Silicon Valley, ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Yes, the much talked-about billionaire tax is on the ballot this November, but it’s just one of 14 statewide ...

Although Caltrain is looking down the barrel of fiscal disaster, agency representatives who spoke to the Palo Alto City Council on Monday night highlighted their recent efforts to raise revenues and ...