5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (229+ words) Menlo Park resident Andres Alberto Henriquez Gomez, 52, has been identified as the man who died after he was assaulted in East Palo Alto on Sept. 3, according to East Palo Alto police. The suspect, who was quickly arrested and booked into…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (639+ words) The East Palo Alto City Council offered a boost to a 430-unit housing project for school staff and residents at 2120-2160 Euclid Ave. when it approved last week the affordability levels for units in the new development. Under the plans, which…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (486+ words) California lawmakers stared down Gov. Gavin Newsom and emerged with hundreds of millions of dollars in climate money for projects he didn’t necessarily want to fund. As a result, the state will funnel $450 million to transit, clean air and drinking…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1100+ words) Santa Clara County’s efforts to construct new jail facilities have repeatedly stalled due to rising costs and ongoing disagreements among officials and residents, but the deteriorating infrastructure is propelling the county to finally move forward. County officials said the plan…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (364+ words) Elinda Oxlaj remembers her sister Irma as kind and hardworking. “She was doing good. She was working so hard to try to send everything to her kids and her mom and support them as much as she can,” Elinda Oxlaj…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (416+ words) Michael Mashack, a planning commissioner who founded the Bay Area Urban Eagles, a nonprofit dedicated to youth workforce development in the aviation industry, is running for the East Palo Alto City Council. Mashack has lived in East Palo Alto for…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (361+ words) Ofelia Bello, a veteran planning commissioner and executive director of the Pahali Community Land Trust, is once again running for the East Palo Alto City Council. Born and raised in East Palo Alto, Bello said her campaign is rooted in…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (563+ words) Gennady Sheyner is the editor of Palo Alto Weekly and Palo Alto Online. As a former staff writer, he has won awards for his coverage of elections, land use, business, technology and breaking news. Gennady grew up in San Francisco…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (306+ words) The race for the East Palo Alto City Council will feature plenty of familiar faces – and a few new ones – as seven residents vie for two seats on the five-member council. The race features only one incumbent, Vice Mayor Ruben…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (112+ words) Palo Alto Online María Martínez is packing up her life into boxes — well, most of it. Not all of her plants will fit, and by her conservative count, she has more than 65 of them. She, her partner and her two…...