Good Samaritans step up during Menlo Park house fire

Cell phone video captured the dramatic scene as the good Samaritans banged on the doors and windows of the burning home.

‘Looked like a lagoon’: Menlo Park residents wake up to flooded streets

Streets in Menlo Park were flooded early Wednesday morning, prompting police and fire crews to go door to door warning residents to shelter in place and prepare for possible evacuations in a neighborhood near the Meta campus.

Groundbreaking blood test can detect more than 50 cancers, Bay Area biotech says

A Bay Area biotech company is behind a potentially groundbreaking blood test that promises to be a game-changer in cancer detection, with the ability to discover more than 50 types of cancer even before symptoms appear.

Facebook settlement payments coming soon: Here’s what to know

Facebook users are starting to receive payouts from a $725M settlement over claims the platform misused personal data. Here’s how much you could get and when.

Menlo Park baseball team faces setback in bid for trip to Little League World Series

A tough loss Monday for the Alpine All-Stars, a team of 12-and-under baseball players from Menlo Park, in their quest for a spot in the Little League World Series. 

The world's largest camera built in Menlo Park

The first images taken by the world's largest camera are coming in from the National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park.

Menlo Park John Doe identified after 40 years

Authorities have identified the remains of a man found in Menlo Park in 1985 as 20-year-old Brian Edward Jones. 

These Bay Area restaurants are the newest addition to the Michelin Guide

The Michelin Guide, a culinary blueprint of must-try places, added 13 new restaurants to California for May, including three in the Bay Area—all with Asian influence, just in time for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Hacked crosswalk buttons play spoofed voices of tech billionaires

Crosswalk buttons in several Peninsula cities were hacked to play prank messages mimicking the voices of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. The spoofed audio, referencing AI and tech culture, caught pedestrians off guard and quickly went viral on social media.

Stanford scientists work to create a high-definition movie of the cosmos

Scientists at Stanford are working on a new under-construction observatory in Chile which, when complete, will be used to create what is being called "the greatest movie of the universe ever made."

Meta slashes 3,600 jobs worldwide, including in the Bay Area

Tech and social media giant Meta is laying off thousands of workers in an effort to push productivity upward.

Bay Area firefighters deployed to battle Palisades fire, others on standby

The Menlo Park Fire Protection District is among several across the Bay Area that are ready to mobilize and head south once they get the call. Crews can be ready in less than an hour.

Teachers in the Bay Area's most expensive city go on strike
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The Las Lomitas Education Association, which includes schools in Atherton and Menlo Park, is asking the Las Lomitas Elementary School District to increase pay to a "livable wage" and provide fully funded health benefits.

California search and rescue unit heads out to help with Hurricane Milton

As the southeast deals with the aftermath of Helene and braces for the wrath of Milton, a California-based urban search and rescue unit is heading to help.

Pro-Palestine advocates confronted while hanging banners on Peninsula overpass

While the region celebrated Cinco de Mayo just days ago, a profanity-laced tirade was recorded as it took place on the same day, thus becoming the latest instance of disunity in the community.

Sideshows sweep across Bay Area, land on Bay Bridge

One person was injured in a string of sideshows that took place in at least four cities across the Bay Area Saturday night into Sunday morning, the Mountain View Police Department confirmed to KTVU.