Palo Alto
A look at who is running for local offices this fall
Here’s the latest look at who has signed up to run for various city and school district seats in the Daily Post’s circulation area. The deadline to file is Aug. […]
Year: 2026
Palo Alto
Out-of-town money floods council race
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A city parks commission member has raised $82,307 to run for Palo Alto City Council — a record total at this point in the […]
Menlo Park
Developer threatens city over Sunset project
The developer who wants to build a skyscraper at the former Sunset Headquarters is threatening to sue the city if it doesn’t approve the project in the next three months, […]
Los Altos
School board bans smart glasses
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Board members for the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District endorsed a ban tonight (Aug. 3) on glasses that can take videos and use […]
Palo Alto
Opinion: Bill would prevent cities from removing bike lanes
BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor You know those new bike lanes on El Camino Real that nobody uses? They were forced on Palo Alto and other cities by Caltrans. Now […]
Palo Alto
PAUSD has no plan for how it would spend the $65 million it would get from the city for Cubberley
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Unified School District doesn’t have a plan for spending $65.5 million from selling seven acres at the Cubberley Community Center to […]
Los Altos
Mountain View councilwoman to run for school board
A Mountain View councilwoman who was accused of having a tow truck driver arrested for towing her car has filed papers to run for school board. Councilwoman Ellen Kamei is […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park council candidates reveal donors
BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent Vamsi Velagapudi, a Menlo Park finance and audit commissioner, is leading incumbent Drew Combs in fundraising for Menlo Park City Council. Velagapudi raised $9,550 from […]
Los Altos
School board to decide tonight whether to ban smart glasses
BY ELAINE GOODMANDaily Post Correspondent The Mountain View-Los Altos High School District is eyeing a ban on glasses equipped with cameras and artificial intelligence, as concerns increase nationally that the […]
Opinion
Opinion: If only the College of San Mateo had a student paper
BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor I wonder if students could have uncovered the bribery scandal at the San Mateo County Community College District. Could a student newspaper, with a bunch […]
Palo Alto
Lawsuit claims the city wanted Stanford Terrace Inn, and demolition order is retaliation
The Post first published this story back on July 22. We’re publishing it again because one of our competitors has re-written it and is serving it up as if it […]
San Mateo County
Ex-chancellor Ron Galatolo gets 8 months jail
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Ron Galatolo, the former chancellor of the San Mateo County Community College District who was convicted of lying about lavish gifts from contractors, was […]
Palo Alto
City won’t release the appraisal of the Cubberley property before the election
BY EMILY MIBACHDaily Post Managing Editor Palo Alto’s city manager isn’t going to ask the City Council whether he should release the city’s appraisal of Cubberley Community Center that voters […]
East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto Councilwoman won’t seek reelection
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer East Palo Alto Councilwoman Martha Barragan announced today (July 30) that she won’t be seeking re-election because of health issues. Barragan, 48, has often […]
Redwood City
City Council urged to shut down Flock cameras
BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent Redwood City residents are urging the city to remove controversial automatic license plate readers that they say violate the privacy of citizens. During public comments […]
East Palo Alto
Former city aide takes plea bargain in youth sex case
A former on-call support aide for the city of East Palo Alto accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy took a plea bargain and faces up to three years and […]
Palo Alto
UPDATE: 49ers coach Shanahan said accident was his fault, and the other driver shouldn’t take the blame
UPDATE, Tuesday, 1:40 p.m.: Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan told the press today (July 28) that he momentarily took his eyes off the road when his cellphone fell between the […]
Los Altos
Former mayor with troubled tenure seeks council comeback
BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent A former Los Altos mayor who once accused a Black Lives Matter activist of threatening her and tried to get the city to fund $8,700 […]
Palo Alto
School board candidate wants to pay teachers more, hopes to bring back parcel tax
BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent A parent and long-time school volunteer who wants to push for increasing pay for teachers and bring back a failed parcel tax is running for […]
Palo Alto
Man says he was attacked and robbed at the Baylands; it may be a hate crime
Police in Palo Alto are investigating a report of an assault and robbery at Baylands Nature Preserve as a possible hate crime. The attack occurred Thursday afternoon, when a man […]