Police say school officials reported 'KKK' scrawled three times into two different bathrooms at Fletcher Elementary School.
A Palo Alto man was startled by the sound of breaking glass when a suspect attempted to break into his home early Friday, police said.
A Palo Alto woman was arrested after a man asleep at home with his family awoke to the sound of a door pane shattering amid a break-in.
The men drove themselves to Stanford Hospital for treatment, claiming they were victims of an armed robbery.
Police were tipped off to the incident last week when an alarm tripped, noticing dispatchers.
The noose was discovered outside Branner Hall and was removed by the Stanford Department of Public Safety, according to the Stanford Daily.
The suspect was accused of masturbating while standing very close to a woman at the self-checkout line, according to police.
Negotiations occurred at the Mountain View Community Services Agency at 204 Stierlin Road.
The victim, who knew the suspect, said the female suspect grabbed the victim’s bag — consisting of about $2,500 worth of items.
Two women and a man entered the store, grabbed nearly $6,000 worth of items and fled to a getaway car, police said.
Patricia and Eric Castaneda were sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay millions in restitution for stealing and reselling MacBooks.
The resident, who lives on the 4000 block of Park Boulevard, saw a man in his backyard around 6:19 p.m., peering into a window.
The word “Black” in the sign was covered and replaced with the word “Asian," according to police.
The flag was damaged in someone's front yard, police said. The incident is being investigated as a hate crime.
The victim told police he invited a woman to his home on the 700 block of Sutter Avenue around 1 a.m. Thursday after meeting her online.
Palo Alto police arrested three women who allegedly used pepper spray on a security officer during a theft Tuesday night.
Police said four suspects, three of them juveniles, were responsible for the January incident where shots were fired during an auto theft.
John Giacomini, 73, was a former chief of cardiology at the Palo Alto VA Hospital.
Tatiana Perebeinis, the chief accountant of SE Ranking, and her two children were hit by Russian artillery, according to the company.
Katie Meyer was a senior who was described as a "larger-than-life team player in all her pursuits."
She was seen shoplifting more than $1,600 worth of clothing on Saturday at the Stanford Shopping Center, according to Palo Alto police
Flyers targeting the Jewish community peppered the Bay Area in recent months. Over the weekend, hateful messaging arrived in Palo Alto.
Power was restored around 2:55 p.m. The affected residents were mainly in the southeast part of Palo Alto.
The man was suspected of 20 commercial burglaries in Santa Clara County, and one of them took place in Palo Alto.
Two people were arrested in connection with organized retail thefts and have seized more than $18,000 in stolen property.
According to a witness, the suspect got out of the back seat of a white BMW and shot at the victim twice.
The victim was shot in the foot and hand and the suspect fled in a vehicle, according to police.
Police in Palo Alto on Thursday arrested a suspect in connection with an indecent exposure incident that occurred at a coffee shop.
Two teenage girls noticed the suspect masturbating while they were inside a Starbucks on Thursday, according to the Palo Alto police.
Details shown about each call in Palo Alto — in addition to location — include the time of the call, type of call and a subtype.
A dispute over an interrupted car burglary led to the shooting, police said.
The suspect is wanted in connection with a Monday afternoon incident at at Verve Coffee Roasters at 162 University Avenue, police said.
A 37-year-old Palo Alto man was charged with felony vandalism after several downtown Palo Alto businesses had their windows broken Monday.
Police said a South Court resident who confronted a man who broke into his car was shot at on Saturday night but not injured.
A racial epithet directed at Black people was written on a sign on campus at El Carmelo Elementary School on Monday afternoon, police said.
Police said the caregiver told them a man in his 20s or 30s stepped out in front of her vehicle as she began to pull away from the curb.
Eight cars were burglarized between 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. last Thursday in local parking lots.
Michael Odell left in the middle of a shift Tuesday. No details were provided about cause or manner of death.
Palo Alto police said the suspect fled in a blue bicycle and reports of a gunshot fired have not been confirmed.
The man was chased out of a home in the Southgate neighborhood around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday morning, according to police.