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About Sue
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.
Her feature stories have included a series on families' struggles to help loved ones with severe mental illness, immigration and deportation, a man's search for his father's killer, a local Native American tribe's quest for recognition, a couple's tale of being lost in the wilderness, an investigation into the city of Palo Alto's flawed response to a 911 call and tracking a local serial killer's deadly trail.
When not working, she enjoys being with her husband, their pets. She can often be found seeking out interesting natural environments and wildflowers.
Stories by Sue
Open-space district surpasses 60,000 acres
A 270-acre farm near Half Moon Bay will bump the amount of preserved open space managed by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District to 60,000 acres, district officials announced Thursday.[Friday, November 18, 2011]
LEGO robotics tournament takes place Sunday
If you've never met the SwineBots, Whoseywhatsits or Squealers, Palo Alto's LEGO robotics tournament this Sunday will afford the opportunity for an introduction.[Tuesday, November 15, 2011]
Mysterious meat sales concern Palo Alto residents
Barron Park neighborhood residents have been puzzling over mysterious meat salesmen in blue trucks who have been knocking on their doors recently.[Tuesday, November 15, 2011]
Palo Alto residents honor veterans with gifts
Carrie Manley leaned toward U.S. Army veteran Doug Tharp's hospital bed at the VA Palo Alto Spinal Cord Injury Center, the light in her eyes twinkling.[Friday, November 11, 2011]
Gas pipe linked to Cupertino explosion being replaced in Palo Alto
A type of polyethylene pipe implicated in an Aug. 31 Cupertino condominium gas explosion also is used in south Palo Alto, city utilities spokeswoman Debra Katz confirmed.[Thursday, November 10, 2011]
Commercial burglaries hit downtown Palo Alto
A burglar or burglars who struck Palo Alto's downtown business district on Nov. 3 and 4 left behind fingerprints in at least two incidents after taking nearly $5,000 in cash, police said.[Wednesday, November 9, 2011]
PG&E crews repairing leak in Palo Alto pipeline
Workers examining a section of a PG&E gas main discovered a small leak near Palo Alto, a PG&E spokesman said Friday (Nov. 4). PG&E crews determined Tuesday (Nov. 8) that the leaking pipe was located under Page Mill Road's eastbound lane, between Hanover Street and Peter Coutts Road. ==B Related story:== • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=23134 Part of PG&E gas main in Palo Alto is salvaged pipe][Wednesday, November 9, 2011]
Part of PG&E gas main in Palo Alto is salvaged pipe
A gas-transmission line that runs through Palo Alto and Stanford University contains reused, salvaged pipe dating to 1947, according to PG&E documents.[Saturday, November 5, 2011]
PG&E gas-main leak detected near Palo Alto
Workers examining a section of a PG&E gas main discovered a small leak near Palo Alto, a Pacific Gas and Electric Company spokesman said Friday (Nov. 4). On Tuesday (Nov. 8), PG&E crews determined that the leaking pipe was located under Page Mill Road's eastbound lane, between Hanover Street and Peter Coutts Road. ==B Related story:== • [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=23134 Part of PG&E gas main in Palo Alto is salvaged pipe][Friday, November 4, 2011]
Three cars crash into Anthropologie in Palo Alto
Three vehicles swerved into the Anthropologie clothing store at 999 Alma St. in downtown Palo Alto Friday morning, startling two managers who were preparing to open the store, a manager said.[Friday, November 4, 2011]
