In response to six Palo Alto teen suicides during the 2008-09 school year, the City developed a Suicide Prevention Policy, providing a framework for youth mental health services. Now, almost 15 years ...

Alula Alderson is a first-year undergraduate student at Stanford considering a double major in Political Science and Communication. During middle school and high school, she wrote for Scholastic, the ...

Rising veterinary bills and new pet health technologies are reshaping the economics of pet ownership, with Gen Z leading the ...

Leah, 15, left, and her sister Allie, 10, shop for skin care products at a Sephora store in Santa Clarita, Calif., on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (Chikodi Ohaya/Peninsula Press) For some children, Black ...

After years of drought, the rainy winter has been a welcome change. But it brought its own set of problems, including damage to parks throughout San Mateo County.

An elementary school student at North Star Academy in Redwood City, California watches students play basketball on the blacktop at the end of the school day. (Hannah Woodworth/Peninsula Press) On Oct.

Dustin Stetter is a cowboy from Dubois, Wyoming, who balances his work as an outfitter to guide people into the Wind River range. Every year, he sets up a camp in the prairie close to the trail to go ...

Santa Clara County’s first charter middle school for students will open in fall 2017 if the county’s board of education approves a petition.

PALO ALTO – After more than two years of complaints about airplane noise generated by new flight paths, Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties are working to establish a new forum to address their ...

Carson Trail, ‘24, is a prospective economics major and data science minor. He broadcasts baseball and basketball for KZSU 90.1 FM, and he covered Stanford Baseball’s playoff run in the College World ...

Maya Humes received her bachelor of arts in American Studies with a focus in Ethics and Politics from Stanford University ('14). Currently, she is pursuing her master's degree in Media Studies and is ...