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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
Borders files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
Borders Group, Inc., filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, the company announced in a press release. Borders is the nation's second largest bookstore chain with approximately 19,500 employees throughout the United States.[Wednesday, February 16, 2011]
County domestic-violence deaths drop by half
Despite an increase in deaths nationwide due to domestic violence in 2010, the trend in Santa Clara County reversed -- with only five deaths in 2010 as compared to 11 deaths in 2009, the District Attorney's office announced Monday.[Tuesday, February 15, 2011]
What's happened since the accident
A year after the Feb. 17, 2010, plane crash in East Palo Alto that took three lives, much has been repaired, but much still remains unresolved, including the cause of the crash. Here is an update on the people and places impacted by the accident.[Friday, February 11, 2011]
East Palo Alto plane crash: one year later
This Thursday (Feb. 17) will be the first anniversary of the twin-engine Cessna 310R plane crash that knocked out power to Palo Alto and killed three Tesla employees on board: pilot Douglas Bourn, 56, and passengers Brian Finn, 42, and Andrew Ingram, 31. ==B Related stories:== ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=20047 What's happened since the accident] ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/toc.php?i=356 Powerless in Palo Alto (Feb. 19, 2010)][Saturday, February 12, 2011]
'Saving' Caltrain
Numerous ideas for funding Caltrain in the near and long terms were proposed at recent events sponsored separately by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Friends of Caltrain.[Friday, February 11, 2011]
Is this any way to run a railroad?
Tom Means, Mountain View City Councilman and San Jose State University economics professor, has harsh words for Caltrain proponents who are trying to stave off the decline of the commuter-rail service.[Friday, February 11, 2011]
On the verge of collapse?
Despite Caltrain's dire predicament, the passenger rail service is actually one of the best performing of the Bay Area's transit options. According to a May 2010 Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) report, 47.4 percent of Caltrain's 2009 fiscal-year revenue came from ticket sales.[Friday, February 11, 2011]
End of the line for Caltrain?
Draconian cuts are planned for the 147-year-old Caltrain passenger-rail line, which is facing a $30 million deficit on a $100 million operating budget due to multi-million-dollar subsidy cuts from San Mateo's, Santa Clara's and San Francisco's transit agencies, which supplied 43 percent of Caltrain's revenues in the 2009 and 2010 fiscal years. [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_photo.php?main_id=20038&type=v&media_id=§ion_id=1 ==B Watch video==] ==B Related stories:== ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=20039 Lack of dedicated funding source big factor in Caltrain's woes] ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=20040 Is this any way to run a railroad?] ■ [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=20041 'Saving' Caltrain][Friday, February 11, 2011]
East Palo Alto youth to get sports field
The "field of dreams" the family of slain East Palo Alto police Officer Richard May has hoped to build in the city since his death on Jan. 7, 2006, can at last move forward.[Friday, February 11, 2011]
Teen injured in fight at Cal Ave train station
An after-school fight Thursday between two boys from Palo Alto High School ended with one being taken to the hospital and the other being sought by police.[Thursday, February 10, 2011]
