It’s an idea whose time had seemingly come and gone: a large new parking structure on the a downtown Palo Alto site a few blocks east of City Hall. But after scrapping the project in 2019, the City ...

Kelsi Thorud reports on a proposed ordinance in Palo Alto to limit light pollution. Website: YouTube: Facebook: Instagram: ...

A proposed ordinance in Palo Alto looks to lessen the amount of light pollution in the city at night by implementing new regulations on outdoor lighting.

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted an East Palo Alto man as the fifth poet laureate Tuesday, according to a news ...

Antonio De Jesús López is named San Mateo County's new Poet Laureate, reflecting the area's cultural richness.

About 100 community members from East Palo and neighboring communities marched from Bell Street Park to St. Francis of Assisi Church for the Cesar Chavez March on April 7, honoring the civil rights ...

Despite widespread concerns about the recent wave of zone-busting developments, Palo Alto's elected leaders clashed on Monday over a new proposal to reform the contentious provision known as ...

Are you aware that $30 million of utilities revenues -- the money collected from the utility bills we all pay -- go directly ...

Billy Jones Wildcat Railroad History Tour: Join museum staff for a tour of the Los Gatos History Hall with a special ... 625 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. 408-890-7964. $10-$25. https://pwchorus.org ...

Palo Alto City Council is interested in taxing vacant homes to raise money that the city could spend on affordable housing. Councilman Greer Stone brought up the idea on Monday, pointing to Berkeley ...

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