12+ hour, 1+ min ago   (932+ words) Susan Bustamante isn’t giving up. The formerly incarcerated 71-year-old woman has repeatedly made the long trip from Orange County to Sacramento to urge lawmakers to pass legislation she believes would help her fellow domestic abuse victims facing criminal charges. Each…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (229+ words) A man in his seventies was struck in the head while walking to his car in a parking lot on El Camino Real north of Leland Avenue in Palo Alto around 6:17 p.m. on July 24. The victim suffered a bleeding head wound…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (279+ words) A man was attacked and robbed in the Baylands Nature Preserve on Thursday afternoon by three men who reportedly yelled racial epithets and took his wallet, according to Palo Alto police. The robbery took place at about noon on the…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (386+ words) Three years ago a federal jury threw the book at a man who allegedly carried out a $1 million COVID fraud scheme while running a rehab home for parolees under a state program. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison. Attila…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1431+ words) In April, city inspectors reported mold and water intrusion issues in more than a dozen units at the Opportunity Center, an apartment building in downtown Palo Alto that offers affordable housing to people experiencing homelessness. That was the beginning of…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (673+ words) A Palo Alto developer is suing Menlo Park after the city required a $127,400 in-lieu fee for a single-family home to be subdivided into two parcels. The lawsuit argues that the fee violates state law and the developer’s Constitutional rights. Developer…...

1+ week, 4+ hour ago   (291+ words) Palo Alto police forced their way into the bathroom of a home on the 3500 block of Julie Court early Sunday morning after residents reported a stranger gained entry to the house and locked himself inside. The man and woman who…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (490+ words) A federal judge on Thursday ordered major changes to reported conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in San Bernardino County, granting a preliminary injunction that requires federal immigration officials provide people with clean drinking water and adequate medical care....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (769+ words) On the outside, the boarded up bank building on California Avenue is not much to look at. But the inside, reportedly equipped with a couch, 60-inch television and a fridge full of food and beer, sounds like an ideal place…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (369+ words) Last fall, CalMatters criminal justice reporter Cayla Mihalovich received a tip about a case pending before the California Supreme Court. It involved a man named David Allen, who was arrested on suspicion of murder in 2016 in Los Angeles County when…...