The prank call designed to launch a massive law enforcement response was a hoax played on the social media company staffer and police.
Palo Alto officers are searching for a man accused of sexual assault and robbery of a woman Monday morning, the third claim in three weeks.
The prank call designed to get a massive enforcement response made an inaccurate claim that someone was injured on Emerson Street.
The driver told police he swerved to miss stopped traffic and hit a sound wall on Guadalupe Freeway in San Jose.
Two suspects allegedly approached the victim at his parked car on Birch Street demanding money -- with one pointing a gun at the victim.
Officers do not believe the unusual trio of sexual assaults are related. This one was reported to have occurred on Everett Avenue.
With the help of Menlo Park police, Palo Alto officers found and took an East Palo Alto man into custody for the alleged attack on Saturday.
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The incident from the 3:30 a.m. call indicated the victim's boyfriend interrupted the assault on El Camino Real, but the suspect ran away.
A transient was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault two days after he allegedly pulled a woman off the sidewalk next to Castilleja Ave.
The Thursday evening incident injured a woman walking on the sidewalk alongside Miramonte Avenue.
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The woman in her 20s was riding her bicycle heading northbound on Pasteur Drive when the motorist pulled up next to her on Nov. 30.
The sketch represents one in three suspects accused of robbing a man in downtown Palo Alto.
The suspect is accused of exposing himself to a teenage girl out walking her dog.
The three suspects are being accused of punching the victim and stealing his iPhone. He was treated and released for cuts at a hospital.
The holiday season is prime time for home and auto burglaries -- crimes Palo Alto Police would like its citizens to avoid.
A Hayward man was arrested in the 1973 murder of Leslie Perlov of Palo Alto. Santa Clara Co. investigators submitted many items to probe.
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The incident occurred on East Meadow Drive at midday Monday. The suspect remains at large.
San Jose police were notified around 2:52 p.m. of a possible dead body in the water near the Alviso Marina.
The suspect wearing a Phantom of the Opera mask hit four commercial establishments Wednesday, smashing windows and stealing cash registers.
The first fire was reported about 4:18 p.m. Saturday.
The call of the North Palo Alto fire came in at 1:33 p.m. No injuries were reported.
The woman hid under the covers of her bed, texting 911 as she was being burglarized. The suspects' search led to four arrests.
Police are searching for two male suspects who allegedly took a woman's purse after dragging her with it last Sunday.
Diana Moreira, 33, could be headed to Colorado Springs in a gray 2012 Mini Cooper.
Palo Alto police warn a suspect is making calls impersonating an officer working in immigration and asking for sensitive identification.
The adult male, who was riding his bicycle on the Central Expressway near Pajaro Avenue was transported to Stanford where he died.
Police said the collision took place near Willow Glen around 6:53 p.m.
The university will conduct a test of its campus AlertSU system, which will be heard for about 30 seconds on Thursday at noon.
Police are searching for a suspect who shoved a woman to the ground trying to rob her Wednesday. He fled on foot from Eleanor Pardee Park.
The Angel Flight West pilot died in the crash last month since he was unable to see the airport despite control tower guidance, per NTSB.
The Palo Alto woman, identified as Wamaitha Kaboga-Miller, was found in her car over an embankment. She had been missing since Aug. 17.
Police hope this sketch described by a mother-daughter duo pushed to the ground and robbed in Palo Alto will help locate the two suspects.
Two women were pushed to the ground and robbed Saturday on Kingsley Avenue by two men who jumped in a vehicle traveling on Waverley Street.
Local woman went out for a walk in Palo Alto Thursday afternoon, was reported missing. She returned almost seven hours later.
The suspect took off in a red Jeep Cherokee he had parked in the school lot, police said.
Wamaitha Kaboga-Miller was reported missing nearly a month ago, last seen leaving a market in East Palo Alto, police said.
W. John Spencer, of nonprofit Angel Flight West, was taking woman and her mother to healthcare service when aircraft went down in Palo Alto.