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Citing a track record of stable rates and flexible services, Palo Alto is preparing to renew its contract with GreenWaste Palo Alto, the trash hauler that has been handling the city’s garbage, compost and recyclable goods since 2009.

Eager to add affordable housing in a transit-friendly area close to the city’s center, Palo Alto is about to invite developers to submit proposals for constructing more than 100 apartments near the former site of Fry’s Electronics.

Palo Alto marked a new era in public safety on Sunday as officials gathered to formally celebrate the completion of a $123.5-million building that will house the city’s emergency departments.

*|DATE:F j, Y|* Top Stories High-rises? Bike lanes? Snacks? Panel reimagines downtown Palo Alto’s transit center Sometime in the not-too-distant future, downtown Palo Alto’s bustling transit station could be a place of tall housing complexes, colorful murals, spacious bike lanes and snack spots dishing out coffee and sandwiches to awaiting commuters. That, at least, is […]

A HISTORIC ADDITION … The Palo Alto Museum, which is scheduled to open at the historic Roth Building next spring, this week welcomed a new member to its team of civic leaders who are charged with championing the long-awaited project. And he comes with plenty of local history of his own. Joe Simitian, who over […]

After getting a reprieve earlier this year, Palo Alto’s city-run rideshare program is once again fighting for its life, with funding set to run out next summer and planning commissioners publicly questioning its value at a public hearing Wednesday night.

Read about former Palo Alto Fire Chief Geo Blackshire's departing words and the Palo Alto Unified School District's new cell phone policy.

Lifted by a favorable ruling from a federal judge, California has been able to access and distribute food benefits that the Trump administration was holding back over the course of the shutdown, according to state and county officials.

Six years after its ambitious growth plan fizzled in the face of community concerns and county demands, Stanford University is preparing to try again.

A Palo Alto High School assistant football coach has been placed on administrative leave after he grabbed a Sacred Heart Preparatory player during a Saturday game in Atherton, according to school officials.