2+ hour, 8+ min ago  (310+ words) Bay Area airports and roadways are expected to be full of travelers visiting friends and family starting Tuesday while inclement weather continues to batter the region. The nonprofit travel assistance organization AAA's annual forecast predicts the number of year-end trips…...

11+ hour, 44+ min ago  (548+ words) Santa Clara County leaders promised full transparency when they approved the deployment of Tasers in the jails. Now sheriff's deputies are using them " and county leaders don't want the public to see the videos. The sheriff's independent oversight office has…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (471+ words) Citing concerns about increasing airplane noise and pollution, Palo Alto is formally challenging a new plan to enhance San Francisco International Airport by expanding a hangar, adding a terminal and making other modifications to the bustling hub. City officials have…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (351+ words) Years after former Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian began spearheading the project, Palo Alto's first teacher housing complex opened this summer at 231 Grant Ave. and is still accepting applications from teachers who work across the south Bay Area." The…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (259+ words) Santa Clara County voters can walk into 19 different vote centers and select their next chief property taxer starting Saturday, Dec. 20. "We strive to make voting as easy and convenient as possible," Matt Moreles, the county-appointed Registrar of Voters, said in…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (436+ words) An affordable housing project on Charleston Road in Palo Alto that is meant to support adults with developmental disabilities is finally welcoming tenants to the building, and expects to fill all of the apartments later this month. The 50 apartments that…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago  (689+ words) When Juana Briones built her home in 1844 in the rolling hills above what was to become Palo Alto, she might have known its construction could weather the years." The redwood planks were padded with rammed earth, acting like natural insulation…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago  (570+ words) The East Palo Alto City Council this week unanimously approved hiring an outside company to provide around-the-clock parking enforcement, in an effort to address overcrowded streets while reducing the burden on a low-staffed police department." The council voted at a…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1714+ words) Rob Cala cautiously sidestepped a tide pool where eddies swirled around anemones, spiky urchins and hermit crabs at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in Moss Beach. "What I love to share with people is we're standing on the bottom of the ocean…...

5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (921+ words) Editor's note: Resources for any person who is feeling depressed, troubled or suicidal are listed at the bottom of this article. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors expressed dedication on Tuesday, Dec. 16, to partially funding allcove Palo Alto, a…...