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The Peninsula News provides local news, sports and entertainment coverage of Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Redwood City, Mountain View, San Carlos, East Palo Alto, Atherton, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Portola Valley and Woodside. In addition, the Palo Alto Daily News covers Stanford and offers comprehensive community news.

Age doesn’t quiet these voices: The Raging Grannies’ are growing louder
19/12/2025

Age doesn’t quiet these voices: The Raging Grannies’ are growing louder

Gaggles of senior activists are flocking to the streets to protest social justice issues.

Real estate players wheel and deal for Palo Alto office building
18/12/2025

Real estate players wheel and deal for Palo Alto office building

A high-profile real estate player has bought a Palo Alto office building from one of the industry’s titans.

Peninsula man arrested on suspicion of ramming police car
18/12/2025

Peninsula man arrested on suspicion of ramming police car

The incident happened Monday night outside an East Palo Alto apartment complex.

South Bay restaurants offer myriad holiday dining delights
17/12/2025

South Bay restaurants offer myriad holiday dining delights

Options abound for those who want to dine out or eat in.

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital recognized for maternity care
16/12/2025

Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital recognized for maternity care

U.S. News & World Report awards ‘high performing’ designation.

Letters: Personal history could lend understanding to students
16/12/2025

Letters: Personal history could lend understanding to students

Also: Stop monstrosities | California leads | Languishing schools | Broader purpose | Damaged goods. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for Dec. 16, 2025.

Holiday treats: Where to buy panettone in the Bay Area
15/12/2025

Holiday treats: Where to buy panettone in the Bay Area

Limoncello, pistachio, cherry, gluten-free cakes join the classic versions

Volunteers plant Bay Area’s first ‘living levee’ using treated wastewater
15/12/2025

Volunteers plant Bay Area’s first ‘living levee’ using treated wastewater

The nearly $7 million project uses treated wastewater to irrigate vegetation and flow directly into the Bay

She unknowingly became addicted to fentanyl as a teenager. A first-in-the-nation program for Santa Clara County youth he...
15/12/2025

She unknowingly became addicted to fentanyl as a teenager. A first-in-the-nation program for Santa Clara County youth helped her get sober.

Other hospitals across the country have modeled their own youth opioid treatment programs after the one at Valley Medical Center.

California among 19 states suing over Trump’s $100,000 H-1B application fee
14/12/2025

California among 19 states suing over Trump’s $100,000 H-1B application fee

The lawsuit, led by Attorney General Rob Bonta, argues that the fee creates a costly and illegal barrier for employers to use the popular visa program.

Review: TheatreWorks strikes gold in Jane Austen’s world with ‘Pemberley’
14/12/2025

Review: TheatreWorks strikes gold in Jane Austen’s world with ‘Pemberley’

Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon team up on a sharp romantic comedy in “Christmas at Pemberley”

New book highlights the particular joys of birdwatching in the Bay Area
13/12/2025

New book highlights the particular joys of birdwatching in the Bay Area

The seasonal sleigh bells are a’ jinglin’, and for some hawk-eyed observers around the Bay, that means it’s time to dust off the old binocs and get birdwatching.

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