A man who approached a 15-year-old girl outside a Redwood City courtroom and told her he would take her to Mexico was found guilty by a jury today (Feb. 3), a prosecutor said. Fidelino Jesus Ruiz, 30, ...

A jury has convicted a supervising janitor at the Palo Alto VA Hospital of sexually abusing his coworker, federal prosecutors ...

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The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is considering a ban on artificial turf on county fields. Health advocates are in favor of the ban because chemicals in turf may cause health problems like ...

Another city council has declared that it has no confidence in San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus and a judge has agreed to hear the sheriff’s arguments for canceling an election that could ...

Wildlife workers have rescued three lion cubs whose mother was killed by a car on Portola Valley Road. The cubs, who are about 3 months old, are now at the Oakland Zoo.

UPDATE, 2:47 p.m. — The Palo Alto Schools Management Association, a union that represents principals and other administrators in the district, is calling for Chiu to resign for criticizing one of its ...

A lawsuit filed Tuesday (Jan. 28) claims that three young girls were sexually abused by a school tutor at Palo Alto’s Castilleja all-girls school. Read a copy of the lawsuit here.

I’d like to respond today to the arguments I think San Mateo County Christina Corpus will make in an attempt to convince voters to reject Measure A. Measure A is a county charter amendment which would ...