Palo Alto officials will try to thread the needle between resistance and reassurance when they consider next week a ...

In summary President Trump — once again — will rein in the nation’s 53-year-old law protecting waterways. At stake are seasonal streams, pools and ponds. The move is welcomed by farmers and builders.

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara said today he will grant State Farm’s request to raise home insurance premiums by 22% on average if the company agrees to certain conditions — and wins ...

In summary California is spending more than it expected on Medi-Cal and Republican lawmakers are pointing to coverage expansions that benefited immigrant households. The California health care program ...

State Sen. Roger Niello holds a news conference in the rotunda of the state Capitol in Sacramento on March 13, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters To cover a budget gap in Medi-Cal — which ...

In summary After a man threatened an elementary school in her district, Assemblymember Darshana Patel wants to close a loophole in the law that makes it harder to prosecute threats against places than ...

After months of controversy following the contentious ethnic studies meeting, staff maintain that board member Rowena Chiu ...

Jay Thorwaldson, a journalist who covered Palo Alto and the greater Peninsula area for nearly half a century and whose work ...

Palo Alto’s latest housing proposal on San Antonio Road is an eight-story, 168-apartment complex targeting an area that city ...

The California Legislature is often the arena for games of political Whac-A-Mole. A piece of controversial legislation fails to clear all of the Capitol’s procedural hurdles and appears to die, but ...

Composer and performer Cheryl E. Leonard discovers the music hidden within rocks, ice, shells and even seaweed, amplifying or ...

In summary Under Trump’s directive the Department of Education laid off half its staff. The lawsuit argues Trump has no authority to make such drastic changes. California and 19 other states plus ...