East Palo Alto records another murder-free year, signaling shift from violent past

East Palo Alto finished 2025 without a single homicide, marking the second murder-free year in three years and reinforcing signs of a lasting departure from the violence that once defined the city.

After a historic year logging zero murders for the first time in 2023, one in 2024 and none again in 2025, local police officials said the trend affirms that the city’s efforts to reduce violence are working. In a New Year’s Day social media post, the East Palo Alto Police Department called the...