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 woman who was under investigation for the disappearance and death of a Palo Alto family's beloved German shepherd in January has been arrested and charged in Massachusetts in connection with a dog-training scam.
[Thursday, September 28, 2023]
John Arthur Getreu, the serial killer who was sentenced to life in prison for the strangulation murders of two women in the 1970s on Stanford University land, has died in state prison, San Mateo County District Attorney confirmed.
[Wednesday, September 27, 2023]
Firefighters were responding to a large fire that burned shrubs and trees at University Avenue and the U.S. Highway 101 interchange on Tuesday night.
[Tuesday, September 26, 2023]
A California Highway Patrol officer struck and killed a man who was running across State Highway 92 on Wednesday night, Sept. 20, CHP Capt. Jason Cavett said during a press conference on Thursday.
[Friday, September 22, 2023]
Americans for Afghans, a humanitarian startup co-founded by Palo Alto human relations commissioner Michelle Kraus and San Francisco tech executive Joe Rodriguez, is helping rescue LGBTQ Afghans from the clutches of the Taliban.
[Wednesday, September 20, 2023]
A Redwood City man died, and another person was injured in a hit-and-run crash that involved four cars on Sunday, Sept. 17, the California Highway Patrol said in a collision report released on Tuesday, Sept. 19.
[Tuesday, September 19, 2023]
Firefighters battled a grass fire near Monte Bello Open Space Preserve in the Palo Alto foothills, according to an alert from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention (Cal Fire).
[Wednesday, September 13, 2023]
Retired 76-year-old Palo Alto dentist Steve Keller, who went missing 10 days ago in the Wyoming wilderness, has not been found and a search for him has ended.
[Wednesday, September 13, 2023]
Kaiser, California's largest healthcare provider, has agreed to a $49 million settlement for illegally dumping hazardous waste, medical waste, and the protected health information of more than 7,000 patients at Kaiser facilities.
[Friday, September 8, 2023]
Last week, Senator Josh Becker hosted an online town hall to discuss the ongoing opioid situation. He said an over-the-counter antidote to fentanyl will be available in a couple of weeks.
[Wednesday, September 6, 2023]