The 21-year-old was wanted in connection with a February attack after his DNA matched evidence found on the victim, police said.
The 27-year-old suspect, who was picked up by the cab driver in San Jose and driven to Palo Alto, was arrested Thursday.
The haul had an estimated street value of more than $12,000, police said, and posed a tremendous fire hazard for the community.
A former anesthesia technician at Stanford Hospital was sentenced to a year in jail Wednesday after pleading no contest to sexual battery.
A Palo Alto man was last seen on Sunday at the Clearlake State Park Marina when he allegedly fell into the water while tying up his boat.
Major League Soccer returns to Stanford Stadium on Saturday night, and police are warning about anticipated heavy traffic.
An East Palo Alto man was arrested Thursday in connection with a residential burglary in Menlo Park.
A former hospital housekeeping employee is arrested for sexual battery
Stanley Wilson II was shot while naked and trying to break into a home in Portland, Oregon. Wilson played Cardinal football until 2005.
Police ask for help in solving a 2015 case where a team of burglars drove a stolen SUV through the front glass doors of Bloomingdale’s.
Video showing a long-line rescue of two teens clinging to rocks just feet above the ocean last Friday is released.
Palo Alto police are looking for one of three mail theft suspects who fled from an officer and crashed a car in Mountain View.
A man wielding an alleged semi-automatic handgun robbed the 7-Eleven store in the Midtown neighborhood overnight, according to police.
A 21-year-old man suspected of DUI crashed into a light pole and a Santa Clara home Thursday night, injuring a resident.
Police say they arrested a Palo Alto High School teacher Wednesday night for committing alleged sex crimes against one of his students.
The California Highway Patrol is investigating the death of a victim found along U.S. Highway 101 in Sunnyvale Friday evening.
Before being convicted of rape, Brock Turner was a collegiate swimmer at Stanford. He will never be a member of USA Swimming again.
A Palo Alto man has been arrested on suspicion of committing hate crimes after an altercation in late May between the man and a taxi driver.
Brock Allen Turner was sentenced to six months in jail and will likely serve half that.
A sketch of a suspect in two prowling incidents Friday morning on the campus of Stanford University was released Wednesday.
Stanford University public safety officials said that a man entered the rooms of two female students Friday morning and lifted bed covers.
In a powerful letter, a woman addressed the man convicted of sexually assaulting her at Stanford. He received a light six-month sentence.
Despite facing a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison, a former Stanford University swimming star was sentenced to 6 months in county jail
A hazardous materials incident in Palo Alto Tuesday morning sent one person to a hospital, fire officials said.
A solo-vehicle crash on Interstate Highway 280 turned deadly Friday evening in Menlo Park, according to the California Highway Patrol.
No charges for two Palo Alto police officers who shot and killed a man who charged at them with a kitchen knife on Christmas Day last year.
Police have released a sketch of a suspect who they say broke into a Palo Alto home Thursday afternoon but fled when confronted by a woman.
A San Jose man who allegedly killed a Burlingame man while driving drunk on U.S. Highway 101 last month has been charged with murder.
Police arrested a 24-year-old suspect on Thursday for armed robbery after he allegedly stole a large bag of recyclables from a man.
Firefighters rescued twelve people from an elevator at a Facebook campus building in Menlo Park Friday afternoon.
A former anesthesia technician at Stanford Hospital accused of groping surgery patients pleaded no contest to two counts of sexual battery.
Police are looking for a man who allegedly grabbed the buttocks of a 15-year-old girl in the Homer Avenue tunnel in Palo Alto on Monday.
Police arrested a 31-year-old East Palo Alto woman on suspicion of arson after a witness reported seeing her try to set an RV on fire.
The Palo Alto Transit Center was closed because of an unknown substance found on a bus Thursday morning. Authorities now know what it was.
A woman struck by a Caltrain in Palo Alto late last week later died at a hospital, a transit agency spokeswoman said Tuesday.
CHP officials report a speeding vehicle crashed head-on into the center divider on Highway 280, south of Page Mill Road.
A 73-year-old Portola Valley man missing since Monday morning has been found safe, San Mateo County sheriff's officials said this morning.
Investigators have released a sketch of a man who allegedly exposed himself to a 7-year-old girl while she was playing at a Palo Alto school
A 7-year-old playing on her elementary school campus was the victim of an indecent exposure Monday during lunch recess, according to police.
A Palo Alto organization that helps people with disabilities discovered that $1600 worth of equipment was stolen in a burglary last week.