Police locate missing 85-year-old woman
Palo Alto police said they have located an 85-year-old woman with Alzheimer's disease and dementia who had been missing since Saturday morning. (Saturday, 6:14 PM)

Kniss speaks out on battle with breast cancer
For a year Palo Alto City Councilwoman Liz Kniss held a closely guarded secret shared only with her husband and with four friends. She had been diagnosed with cancer in both breasts just before her 2012 election kickoff campaign.
(Saturday, 10:51 AM)

Fugitive escapes police manhunt in Palo Alto
A man who is wanted by police for burglary escaped a manhunt in Palo Alto on Friday afternoon, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said. (Friday, 8:52 PM)

Tennis and tutoring, anyone?
Hidden from view beneath the bleachers of Stanford University's Taube Tennis Center is a cavernous, oddly shaped space, which, on any given day, is a beehive of activity. (Saturday, 10:52 AM)

Ravenswood hires new superintendent
An administrator from a Sacramento-area school district will become the new superintendent of East Palo Alto's Ravenswood City School District on July 1. Gloria Hernandez, assistant superintendent in the Twin Rivers Unified School district, replaces retiring Ravenswood Superintendent Maria De La Vega. (Saturday, 11:32 AM)

City hopes to bring back second school-resource officer
With its financial picture brightening, Palo Alto is looking to bring back a school-resource officer position that was slashed several years ago as part of the City Council's broad budget-balancing effort.
(Friday, 3:44 PM)

Stanford unveils plans for perimeter trail
Stanford University officials won praise for plans to build a biking and pedestrian trail leading from El Camino Real to the Dish on Thursday night. But enthusiasm for the Stanford Perimeter Trail was tempered by a parking proposal residents and cyclists said will only increase a traffic nightmare along Stanford Avenue. (Friday, 11:25 AM)

Editorial: Enact vehicle-dwelling ban
Compassion and support for the downtrodden has always been an important part of the Palo Alto culture, but city leaders have done the community a disservice by allowing the problem of vehicle dwelling to languish for more than five years. (Friday, 8:52 AM)

Jury finds Woodside man guilty of murdering his wife
The jury in the murder trial of former Woodside resident Pooroushasb "Peter" Parineh reached a verdict this afternoon, declaring him guilty of first degree murder in the 2010 shooting death of his wife, Parima Parineh, 56, at their Woodside home. (Thursday, 5:39 PM)

Walgreens arsonist gets 20-year sentence
A man who was convicted of setting a fire in 2007 that destroyed a Palo Alto Walgreens store was sentenced 20 years in prison by a federal judge on Wednesday, May 22. (Thursday, 6:52 PM)

Palo Alto suspect in Czech Republic murder arrested in U.S.
The Palo Alto man accused of murdering a family of four in the Czech Republic was arrested at a U.S. airport today, according to the associated press. (Thursday, 12:22 PM)

East Palo Alto man pulls own gun on robbers
A robbery victim in East Palo Alto took matters into his own hands on Wednesday afternoon, scaring away two robbers with a gun. (Thursday, 4:41 PM)

Congdon and Crome to close after 109 years
Downtown office-supply store Congdon and Crome will close, nearly 110 years after its opening in Palo Alto in 1904. (Thursday, 9:58 AM)

Divisive Maybell Avenue proposal scores zoning victory
A controversial senior-housing development proposed for Maybell Avenue scored a victory during an emotional meeting Wednesday night when Palo Alto's planning commissioners recommended a zone change that would make the project possible. (Wednesday, 10:57 PM)

Tesla repays federal loan nine years early
Tesla Motors today wired the U.S. Department of Energy nearly a half a billion dollars, paying off the entire loan it was awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy in 2010 with interest and nine years ahead of schedule. (Wednesday, 4:40 PM)

Menlo Park: Housing update in final stretch
The fact that the housing element staff report came with 26 attachments, lettered from A to Z, predicted it would be a very long night on May 21 as the Menlo Park City Council entered the final round of fine-tuning the city's housing plan update. (Thursday, 9:24 AM)

Professor charged with felony child abduction
Annelise Barron, an associate professor at Stanford University, has been charged with felony child abduction after she left for the island of Kauai in December with her three children, allegedly without informing the children's fathers. (Wednesday, 4:27 PM)

Palo Alto tries to make 'hackathons' a family affair
Hackers, designers and Silicon Valley technophiles will flood downtown Palo Alto's most prominent gathering spot with food, music, TED-style talks and gizmos galore on June 1 as part of the city's -- and the nation's -- inaugural festival to celebrate "civic hacking." (Wednesday, 9:07 AM)

Suicide or murder? Attorneys duel in closing arguments
Did Parima Parineh commit suicide in her Woodside home on April 13, 2010, or was she shot and killed by her husband, Pooroushasb "Peter" Parineh, who is charged with premeditated murder for financial gain? A prosecutor and a defense attorney who argued the case over some 15 days gave their closing arguments to the jury in a San Mateo County Superior Court on Friday. (Wednesday, 9:35 AM)

Stanford women win NCAA tennis title
For junior Kristie Ahn, the long road back to health just reached its conclusion. Not able to participate in the NCAA tournament the past two years and playing just three matches last year, Ahn achieved the pinnacle of college tennis on Tuesday night. Read more at PASportsOnline (Wednesday, 3:28 PM)

• School for dyslexic children to hold information night (Wednesday, 9:44 AM)
• Palo Alto hits the brakes on new housing vision (Monday, 10:03 PM)
• Hearing officer hired for Buena Vista's proposed closure (Tuesday, 9:54 AM)
• Four injured, one dead in East Palo Alto shootings (Monday, 9:35 AM)
• East Palo Alto police chief declares 'crime emergency' (Monday, 3:08 PM)
• PUBLIC AGENDA: Greer Road traffic, smoking in public parks, academic calendar (Friday, 1:03 PM)
• VIDEO/MULTIMEDIA (Monday, February 4, 2013, 4:58 PM)

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