“Financing is by far the No. 1 blocker for more ADUs,” Sean Roberts, chief executive of California-based home builder Villa ...

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved a camping ban on January 23, 2024, allowing authorities to issue a ...

One of the rules in any courtroom is that you never use the door behind the judge’s bench. It’s meant only for the judge, court employees and sometimes prisoners from the jail. Occassionally, a judge ...

Three home burglaries in two days in Emerald Hills and Portola Valley have prompted the Sheriff’s Office to ask for the public’s help.

On March 18, 2025, Leoncontreras appeared in court and was arrested but released on his own recognizance, Wagstaffe said. He ...

The event was to protest the “extreme crackdown on our civil rights by the Trump administration,” “attacks on black and brown Americans, immigrants, trans people,” and “slashing of programs that ...

On June 29, Sunnyvale cops responded to a report of a robbery in progress at a jewelry store, also located in the 1000 block of East El Camino Real. The robbers used a vehicle to break into the store, ...

Portola Valley’s town council has decided to hire Darcy Smith, previously assistant city manager in San Bruno, as its next town manager. Smith in her 22 years of experience in city government has also ...

San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus appears to be judge shopping, filing her fifth lawsuit against the county in an ...

(Read the First Amendment Coalition’s letter to the county.) The First Amendment Coalition is threatening to sue the San ...

Pro-Palestinian Stanford students and their allies packed the Palo Alto Courthouse on Thursday to support 12 protesters who ...

“Joe,” as it turned out, was none other than Santa Clara County Supervisor and Palo Alto resident Joe Simitian. Simitian had ...