To mark the national holiday celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth, the Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute at Stanford University is hosting an online documentary film festival and webinar.

Granted only 30 seconds to speak on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Anna Eshoo did not mince words regarding President Donald Trump during Wednesday's impeachment hearing.

Menlo Park Fire Protection District plans to demolish its 72-year-old fire station on Alameda de las Pulgas on Jan. 21, making way for a new structure the district says will offer improved services.

The Menlo Park City Council gave the green light for Facebook to move forward with its plans to rebuild the complex at 100 Terminal Avenue into a multi-generational community center.

The past 12 months have been unlike any other. As the Almanac’s visual journalist captured this historic year, their images reflect a range of unfamiliar and sometimes surreal moments that shaped 2020.

Local nonprofits like East Palo Alto's Ecumenical Hunger Program have been scrambling to meet the needs of clients, as the pandemic forced a hard pivot from its broader menu of aid to simply providing food. It's one of 10 organizations helped by The Almanac Holiday Fund.

Check out our photo essay showing how Midpeninsula residents and workers are coping with the COVID-19 threat that has disrupted our lives.