In summary Some Northern California cities have been soaked with almost twice their average rainfall, while southern cities are bone-dry. This season’s huge — possibly unprecedented — disparity works ...

In summary The legislative analyst has a plan to fix the “structural insolvency” of the unemployment benefits fund — but businesses aren’t happy and it’s unclear if lawmakers will get on board.

A lone beachgoer walks along the coast as a large dark plume of smoke passes over the beach in Santa Monica from a wildfire in Pacific Palisades on Jan. 7, 2025. Photo by Richard Vogel, AP Photo Tens ...

It's been a turbulent month for the Bui sisters, whose kitten adoption nonprofit, Mini Cat Town, has attracted both legions ...

A prevalent Northeast coffee chain that “sees coffee differently” is opening its first Bay Area location in Palo Alto on Jan.

The Midpeninsula real estate market defied expectations in 2024, with home prices surging despite high mortgage rates. Driven ...

Jolted by a recent string of overnight burglaries, more than two dozen Palo Alto restaurant owners met with Police Department ...

Ed Lauing and Vicki Veenker will lead the Palo Alto City Council this year after their colleagues unanimously elected them to ...

While post-election autopsies vary on why Democrats fared so poorly in November, there is general consensus that a major factor was voter resentment of high inflation in their costs of living.

The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for much of the Bay Area, from Monday night through Wednesday morning.

Silicon Valley companies are adjusting their needs for in-person work spaces as employees refuse to go back to the office.

In Marty Supple’s automotive courses, students are elbow deep in car engines, sliding under half-open chassis and plugging away at what looks like tangles of wires in dashboards. These teens are ...