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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Since the start of the current federal administration, there has been much discussion on potential changes to the tax code ...