Whether your ideal New Year’s Eve celebration is a family-friendly affair at an earlier house, a multicourse meal with bubbly ...

Portola Valley resident Dan Quinn captured a full Frog Pond in the town on Dec. 15, after rain returned to the area.

With breaking waves reaching up to 60 feet, coastal conditions “are extremely dangerous Tuesday,” according to a San Mateo County news release. The National Weather Service reports very high surf, rip ...

In summary A new California law will prohibit state-chartered banks from charging fees for withdrawals that are instantaneously declined. Californians who try to withdraw money but don’t have enough ...

In summary Striking Amazon and Starbucks workers in California and elsewhere have long pushed for union contracts. The Trump administration is unlikely to be on their side. Striking Amazon and ...

After a groundswell of public support leading up to the decision, the Portola Valley Town Council voted 5-0 to approve its third draft of its state-mandated housing plan on Wednesday night, May 10.

Nearly three decades after Peninsula cities began implementing bans on gas-powered leaf blowers, the effort has found a foothold at the state level, with Gov. Gavin Newsom signing a bill on Oct. 9 ...

Willie Mays, arguably the greatest baseball player of all time, died Tuesday at the age of 93. Mays had called Atherton home for the last four decades of his life. Nicknamed the “Say Hey Kid,” Mays ...

A Spare the Air alert has been issued for Friday, banning wood burning in the Bay Area because of a forecast for unhealthy ...

A rare native plant found only in the Bay Area has popped up in a surprising place on Stanford University land months after a ...

Longtime Bay Area pianist Larry Vuckovich, the only student of Vince Guaraldi, pays tribute to the piano great in two Dec. 21 ...

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued warnings as a winter storm brings heavy rain, strong winds, and hazardous surf to the Bay Area and Central Coast on Monday and Tuesday. A high surf ...