University Avenue

Police on Saturday released a sketch of a man suspected of grabbing a woman’s purse and dragging her several feet last month on University Avenue in Palo Alto. The woman was looking down at her phone while walking in the 100 block of University about 9 p.m. Dec. 11, when the suspect rode up from behind and grabbed her purse,…

East Palo Alto is considering a toll on University Avenue, a popular route that connects US 101 to the Dumbarton Bridge.

Palo Alto is considering a toll on University Avenue, a popular route that connects US 101 to the Dumbarton Bridge. The idea to introduce “surge pricing” is intended to thin out traffic congestion in the area, which becomes gridlocked during the morning and evening commutes. Sergio Quintana reports.

Two homeless men who were struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Berkeley on Thursday night were identified by the Alameda County coroner on Monday as Jason Clary, 37, and Jupiter Ganymede Marley, 31.

An empty lot will be the focus of a lot of discussion at a Berkeley City Council meeting Tuesday. The city owns a small plot of land on the 1200 block of University Avenue.

An empty lot will be the focus of a lot of discussion at a Berkeley City Council meeting Tuesday. The city owns a small plot of land on the 1200 block of University Avenue. Melissa Colorado reports.

An Alameda County prosecutor told jurors on Wednesday that a five-time felon should be found guilty of multiple felony charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl and kidnapping an 18-year-old college freshman in separate incidents in Berkeley last year.

Police arrested a 38-year-old man for allegedly assaulting another man and hitting him in the abdomen with a skateboard in Downtown Palo Alto on Wednesday.

Police released brief video footage Wednesday of a suspect who jumped out of his car in Palo Alto and aggressively groped a woman last week.

Police released video footage Wednesday of a suspect who jumped out of his car in Palo Alto and aggressively groped a woman in the 1200 block of University Avenue on June 24.

Four of five lanes of eastbound Interstate Highway 80 in Berkeley were blocked due to a multiple-vehicle, major-injury collision early Sunday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A 36-year-old Berkeley man was arrested early Sunday morning after allegedly being in possession of a homemade handgun and part of an assault rifle during a traffic stop, according to police.

Traffic was snarled Thursday afternoon after a small plane landed in lanes of the 215 Freeway in San Bernardino, officials said.

Thieves busted into an Apple Store in Palo Alto early Wednesday morning and escaped with seven laptops valued at nearly $12,000, according to police.

Thieves busted into an Apple Store in Palo Alto early Wednesday morning and escaped with seven laptops valued at nearly $12,000, according to police.

Berkeley police are asking for the public’s help in identifying and locating a suspect in the sexual battery of a woman last month.

Police in Berkeley are searching for three suspects who stole a cash machine from a gas station Tuesday morning, according to the police department.

Tenants at a Palo Alto apartment building are up in arms after they were told to move out.

Just a week into the new year, some Palo Alto residents are scrambling to find a new place to live as the owner of the President Hotel Apartments on University Avenue plans to build a luxury hotel on the property.

Just a week into the new year, some Palo Alto residents are scrambling to find a new place to live as the owner of the President Hotel Apartments on University Avenue plans to build a luxury hotel on the property. Kris Sanchez reports.