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Two Palo Alto police officers were "incompetent" and "despicable" for beating and pepper-spraying an "old man" who refused to cooperate and exit his parked car on a July night in 2003, a prosecutor told jurors ...

Derek Fisher at Macy's. Meet Warriors guard Derek Fisher 4 p.m. Saturday at Macy's Men's/Home Store at Westfield Shoppingtown Valley Fair.

Two East Palo Alto police officers facing felony charges for allegedly beating a 42-year-old East Palo Alto man in August entered not guilty pleas in San Mateo County Superior Court on Friday.

EARTH DAY GARDEN . . . Jody Main, who has managed organic gardens for schools, Flea Street Cafe and Rosalind Creasy, will talk about "How to Start an Earth Day Summer Garden" tomorrow from 10:30 a.m. to noon at ...

When Gil Draper closed the doors to his music store at the beginning of March, nearly a dozen music teachers were left without a venue for teaching local students.

Home sales are provided by California REsource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from the County Recorder's Office.

Stepping into the United Nations store on Emerson Street, Zorina Wolf spots an exotic-looking stringed instrument on the shelf and immediately starts playing it.

Psychologist Robert Reiser recalled the story of a suicidal 21-year- old patient who visited Reiser's low-cost therapy clinic in Los Altos several months ago after the man had had several doors shut in his ...

Comment: What I'm concerned about is why we didn't hear about what happened from the administration.

Diamonds and other gems were stolen from Consignment Showcase at Town & County Villa, 855 El Camino Real in Palo Alto, by someone who broke a window to enter the store.

In 1972, Nonette Hanko, founder of the Mid-Peninsula Regional Open Space District, envisioned a 15-mile-long trail extending from the San Francisco Bay to the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains.

After more than a year without debates over decorum on the Palo Alto City Council, the topic is heating up again.

THEATER Crowns "Crowns" will preview tonight at 8 p.m. at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

With laser-precise x-ray vision, the Linac Coherent Light Source will be an unprecedented tool to see how ultra-fast, ultra-small things work The way that a horse trots intrigued Leland Stanford.

REDWOOD CITY , Local drivers tired of circling the blocks of Peninsula downtown areas will soon have a chance to vent their frustrations.

ABC7) , A Peninsula landlady is waking up in a new apartment after she was ordered to move in after a dispute over maintenance at the building.

State Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto, has announced this year's winners of his "There Oughta Be A Law'' contest, the yearly competition that asks Californians to submit ideas for new state legislation.

The palatial home of a former newspaper magnate, which hosted parties for more than 1,000 guests and features a cage elevator connecting the kitchen to the master bedroom, is back on the market.

On her travels to Europe and Asia as a forensic document examiner, Nancy H. Cole uses her trained eye to detect evidence from what she sees.

"Is anyone paying attention?" That's what we muttered repeatedly as our food came out of the kitchen at the Palo Alto branch of Cafe Niebaum- Coppola.

Do you keep your co-workers in smiles? Think you're the life of the party? Have you ever thought of trying your hand at stand-up comedy? "That Seinfeld making people laugh seems so easy.

Wandering around downtown Palo Alto on a recent Wednesday evening, I make my way to the Rose & Crown, a quaint little pub nestled into a nook off Emerson Street.

Recently, on an unseasonably warm March morning, members of the Peninsula Raging Grannies stood outside the shopping center across the street from Palo Alto High School.

Stan Sussman used to go there to rent videos. Now, he goes there to pray. The building could, in fact, be called Emek Blockbuster, out of respect to its former incarnation.

"Pear Slices II" will open tonight at the Pear Avenue Theatre, 1220 Pear Ave. Unit K in Mountain View.

Stanford University's Jewish community proved recently that finishing last isn't necessarily a bad thing.

More than a half-dozen Peninsula cities have come together to make a pitch for the new Stem Cell Research Center.

Arnold Schwarzenegger still shows a lot of support in public opinion polls, but from Sacramento to Palo Alto to Irvine, Governor Schwarzenegger has faced hundreds of angry demonstrators complaining about ...

We frequently feel as if we catch glimpses of magic in art, but we seldom get to stare at it the way we do in the work of Bostonian John O'Reilly at Hosfelt.

California isn't the only place where you can ski and swim in the same day. A destination that offers the same rare perk is Iran, with its sandy beaches and snow-capped mountains.

A crash between two cars led to the collision of a train and car Wednesday morning in Palo Alto, according to a Palo Alto police spokesman.

There are numerous publications in the world, and there are only so many issues about which to write.

Anne Perlman is in the vanguard of patients using computers to manage their medical care.

A poll of Californians conducted for the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health in Palo Alto shows that "the well-being of children" is their chief concern, scoring ahead of the cost of living, taxes, ...

PALO ALTO , Marc Prioleau had finally eased himself into bed after a long Saturday of family activities when his wife leaned over and asked whether he had managed to fit in his daily run.