Santa Clara County officials are quietly preparing to put on the November ballot a sales tax increase to bail out the county ...

Former Nike CEO John Donahoe has been hired as athletic director at Stanford. Donahoe will become the school’s eighth ...

Authorities have ruled out the possibility that the remains found in Twin Pines Park were those of Ylva Hagner, 42, of Palo Alto, who disappeared 29 years ago. But it appears likely they are those of ...

A new smoke shop in West Menlo Park has drawn mixed reactions from residents and a visit from San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller following its opening Friday. Mueller visited Blazin Gifts at 3536 ...

District Attorney Jeff Rosen has been sued for a third time by a prosecutor who is collecting a paycheck from Santa Clara County but not getting a job assignment from Rosen.

Family members of a man who killed himself while in custody at a San Mateo County jail have filed revised lawsuits against the county, after a judge dismissed their earlier complaints accusing jail ...

Bay Area politicians have decided they want to raise the sales tax by a half-cent to as much as 10% to bail out BART, Caltrain, SamTrans and other mass transit agencies, and they’ve come up with a ...

Parents with children at Sequoia High School in Redwood City have filed a claim after their child was allegedly sexually harassed by other students after a districtwide email of him in a swimsuit was ...

Laurene Powell Jobs and some anonymous donors want to pay for a nearly $200 million project in East Palo Alto — building a new city hall, police station, library and park. Powell Jobs’ company, ...