Palo Alto

Backyard prowler in ‘monster teeth’ mask pulls knife on resident

A prowler wearing all black clothes and a "monster teeth" mask allegedly pulled a knife on a resident who confronted…

2 years ago

Repeated BLM sign vandalism highlights tension between communities of color

Police are investigating vandalism of a Palo Alto Black Lives Matter yard sign as a hate crime. The is the…

2 years ago

Potential hate crime investigated after Ukrainian flag torn down from yard, defiled

Palo Alto police investigated a potential hate crime earlier this week in a neighborhood after a Ukranian flag was torn…

2 years ago

Four teens arrested in connection with robbery, attempted carjacking

Four Oakland teenagers, ages 14 to 16, were arrested Monday in connection with a Palo Alto robbery and attempted carjacking.

2 years ago

Anti-Semitic flyers show up on hundreds of Berkeley doorsteps

The Berkeley Police Department and City Council released a joint statement on Monday afternoon condemning hateful messages left on the…

2 years ago

Fleeing sideshow suspects suffer major injuries in crash, dog dies

Two people were seriously injured and a dog died as a result of crash while fleeing police from a Palo…

2 years ago

Police use ‘less-lethal projectiles’ on suspect who allegedly threatened to shoot officers

Police arrested a man in connection with acts of felony vandalism Friday at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto…

2 years ago

Security guard detains suspect in robbery, brazen assault near Union Square

Police in San Francisco are investigating after an assault and robbery on Saturday near Union Square left a 65-year-old man…

3 years ago

Police say Palo Alto man assaulted two people in hate crime, injured police dog

Palo Alto police arrested a 26-year-old man following an assault on two people on a downtown street early Sunday. Alexander…

3 years ago

Racist graffiti shows up in same garage for second time this month

Racial epithets directed at Black people and an anti-Semitic symbol were discovered in a Palo Alto parking garage Friday after…

3 years ago

Police investigate three graffiti incidents as hate crime

Police in Palo Alto are investigating vandalism in a park restroom found Wednesday as a hate crime.

3 years ago

Caltrans to shut down portion of Highway 101 over weekend

Caltrans will be implementing a full closure of U.S. Highway 101 this weekend in Palo Alto for construction related to…

3 years ago

Palo Alto launches free pop-up Covid-19 test site next week

Free pop-up Covid-19 testing will be available each Tuesday starting this week, Palo Alto officials announced. Testing will be offered…

3 years ago

Police arrest 74-year-old math tutor suspected of molesting several teens

Police in Palo Alto on Tuesday arrested a math tutor in connection with the molestation of several teenagers. Mark Allan…

4 years ago

Police arrest 18-year-old on suspicion of violent assault on elderly man

An 18-year old man was arrested as the suspect in a violent assault on a pedestrian last week in Palo…

4 years ago

Federal grand jury indicts former VA cardiology chief for alleged abusive sexual conduct with subordinate

The former chief of cardiology of a Veterans Affairs Department hospital in Palo Alto has been indicted by a federal…

4 years ago

SFBay morning Covid-19 update: Marijuana dispensaries reopen, SJSU student tests positive

San Francisco officials announced Tuesday that dispensaries could reopen.

4 years ago

Bay Area coronavirus update: rising numbers, campus closures, cruise ship evacuation

San Francisco’s total number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases, or COVID-19, jumped to 13 since the announcement of the first…

4 years ago

Driver of flatbed truck collides with, kills boy on bicycle

A Palo Alto boy riding a bicycle was killed Friday night after the driver of a flatbed truck collided with…

4 years ago

Music teacher arrested on suspicion of child pornography possession

Police in San Jose have arrested a man in connection with a child pornography case. Matthew Joseph Goulart, 29, was…

4 years ago

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