Palo Alto Weekly17h
2 small storm systems to roll through the Bay Area starting Monday
Light winds and a smattering of rainfall will accompany two small storm systems breezing through the Bay Area this week, with ...
Palo Alto Weekly21h
More secure EBT cards are coming to California. Here’s when they’ll go out
In summary The state is working on electronic benefit cards with security chips, but is behind schedule. Families are ...
Palo Alto Weekly13h
East Palo Alto festival celebrates 2023, a year of no homicides
Over a thousand people attended a free festival hosted by the East Palo Alto faith to promote togetherness and violence ...
Palo Alto Weekly13h
Gavin Newsom can’t prove price gouging at the pump but wants new refinery law
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Palo Alto Weekly15h
East Palo Alto police: Middle school employee engaged in lewd acts with minor
An employee at Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School in East Palo Alto has been arrested for three felony counts of lewd acts with a minor and one felony count of enticing a minor for lewd acts, ...
Palo Alto Weekly15h
‘Unlawful regulation’: State suffers big setback in water lawsuit filed by growers
In summary A judge slaps the state with an injunction, saying the water board overstepped its authority in Kings County: “There has been no review, analysis, or ability to challenge their conduct.” In ...
Palo Alto Weekly14h
Tesla plans a grizzly display on Page Mill Road
Tesla's latest invention looks like what would happen if the California flag could mate with a Cybertruck. It's a grizzly bear, made of metal polygons, illuminated by spotlights, and poised to occupy ...
Palo Alto Weekly1d
Will the same protest policies yield a different response from campus leaders at the University of California?
In summary The unfolding rules are a response to last spring’s series of campus protests that led to hundreds of arrests. State lawmakers withheld $25 million from the UC until the system updated its ...
Palo Alto Weekly1d
Thousands in California’s jails have the right to vote — but here’s why many won’t
In summary While incarcerated Californians who aren’t serving felony sentences are eligible to vote, most county jails don’t make it very easy. A bill on Gov. Newsom’s desk would test in-person voting ...
Palo Alto Weekly1d
UC tells campuses to control student protests
Pro-Palestinian student protesters gather at both sides of the entrance of a solidarity encampment at the UCLA campus in Los Angeles on May 1, 2024. Photo by Ted Soqui for I’m higher education ...
Palo Alto Weekly1d
California’s Constitution doesn’t recognize marriage equality. Prop. 3 would fix that
California has long been lauded — and criticized — for its progressivism, but when it comes to marriage equality, the state has a rather complicated history. If passed this November, Proposition 3 ...
Palo Alto Weekly1d
California’s maternity care crisis is worsening as Newsom decides on bills to slow closures
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