Sue Dremann is a veteran journalist who joined the Palo Alto Weekly in 2001. She is an award-winning breaking news and general assignment reporter who also covers the regional environmental, health and crime beats.
She has covered plane crashes, murders, police shootings and other breaking news stories. Sue has written about the Bay Area's dwindling water supply,drought,wildfires and COVID-19.
A man who stabbed a Buena Vista Mobile Home Park resident to death in 2019 has pleaded no contest to multiple violent felonies, including second-degree murder, a Santa Clara County prosecutor said last week.
[Monday, December 4, 2023]
A beaver that is recolonizing the Matadero Creek in Palo Alto was taken to the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley on Wednesday after being spotted immobile in a pile of leaves, officials said.
[Friday, December 1, 2023]
As the holiday season gets into full swing, public health officials are advising the public to stay up-to-date on their vaccinations for COVID-19, flu and RSV and to stay home if unwell, among other recommendations.
[Friday, December 1, 2023]
The Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education declined to decide on a flexible student mathematics-acceleration program for its middle schools on Tuesday night, Nov. 14, instead leaving the decision to school administrators.
[Thursday, November 16, 2023]
East Palo Alto's first and only school of dance combines music and dance in a way that not only exposes children and families to Western culture's "high art," but also melds more traditional ethnic and cultural traditions.
[Friday, November 17, 2023]
The new University Avenue pedestrian and bike overcrossing will link the east and west sides of East Palo Alto, which the highway has split for decades.
[Wednesday, November 15, 2023]
Two symbols that appeared to be swastikas were found on the Woodside High School campus on Wednesday, Nov. 1, prompting an investigation with the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.
[Monday, November 6, 2023]
A U.S. District Court decision on Thursday, Oct. 19, overturning California’s assault weapons ban is igniting outrage among top state and local officials.
[Sunday, October 22, 2023]
The Stanford in Redwood City project, which will take roughly 30 years to complete, involves a phased redevelopment of its Mid-Point Technology campus.
[Wednesday, October 18, 2023]
The Bay Area will need to mount a concerted effort to combat devastating sea-level rise in the coming decades. How and whether cities and counties will be able to get the funding is the $110 billion question.
[Friday, October 20, 2023]