In Palo Alto, where the median home price now exceeds $3 million, property taxes have become a major cost of homeownership.

The Palo Alto Board of Education unanimously voted Tuesday to renew its parcel tax on the June ballot, reducing the rate to ...

Two people were reportedly injured after a train hit a vehicle near the East Meadow Drive rail crossing in Palo Alto on Wednesday evening.

A laboratory in Palo Alto where Tesla Motors was testing lithium-ion batteries was shut down for about three weeks in January ...

Mountain View resident Daiji Uehara is no stranger to Japanese fine-dining. He’s the founder of Daiji Yacht Club and the chef ...

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In response to a teenager’s death at the Churchill Avenue Caltrain crossing on Feb. 3, Palo Alto leaders are accelerating their efforts reduce access to the train tracks, up to and including closing ...

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