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Month: August 2026

Palo Alto

License plate that fell off car leads CHP to suspect in fatal hit-and-run

August 21, 2026 7:57 pm

The CHP was able to solve a hit-and-run fatal accident on Highway 101 in East Palo Alto because the driver’s license plate fell off during the crash. Irma Elizabeth Oxlaj […]

The east side of Stanford Shopping Center. Simon Properties photo.
Palo Alto

Motorcyclist dies after crash near Stanford Shopping Center

August 20, 2026 12:13 pm

A motorcyclist has succumbed to his injuries following a crash at the Stanford Shopping Center yesterday, police said. Police were called to the 100 block of El Camino Real at […]

Palo Alto

School board faces deep budget cuts

August 20, 2026 9:26 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Layoffs are on the table as the Palo Alto Unified School District faces $33 million in budget cuts for the next school year. “We’re […]

Santa Clara County

Lawsuit: Valley Water employee says she was blacklisted by ex-CEO after reporting him for harassment

August 19, 2026 9:14 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Valley Water has been sued by an employee who said she was blacklisted for reporting the agency’s former CEO for sexually harassing her. The […]

Palo Alto

A look at who is running for local offices this fall

August 19, 2026 11:51 am

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 today, […]

Palo Alto

Fire shuts down Palo Alto Trader Joe’s

August 19, 2026 11:28 am

Trader Joe’s at the Town and Country Village in Palo Alto is closed today after a late-night fire. A police officer reported the fire at 2:53 a.m. today (Aug. 19), […]

Palo Alto

Feds to scrutinize foreign funding Stanford receives

August 18, 2026 12:19 pm

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon says the U.S. Justice Department is preparing to investigate Stanford over the funding it gets from China and other foreign countries, and […]

East Palo Alto

Valley Water wants to take over flood control efforts on San Francisquito Creek

August 18, 2026 9:14 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County’s flood control agency, Valley Water, wants to take the lead on addressing floods from the San Francisquito Creek, assuming responsibility from […]

Palo Alto

Council OKs 8-story apartment building

August 18, 2026 1:23 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (Aug. 17) unanimously approved an eight-story, 228-apartment building on San Antonio Road, despite concerns about traffic safety. “This seems […]

Palo Alto

Council split over letting homeowners sell backyard cottages

August 17, 2026 10:11 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council was split tonight (Aug. 17) over allowing homeowners to build and sell larger backyard cottages. Backyard cottages — also known […]

Redwood City

Man arrested after trying to meet cop posing as a boy on Grindr

August 17, 2026 8:04 pm

A man who tried to meet up with a 13-year-old boy he met online has been arrested by Redwood City police in a sting, a prosecutor said.  Edgar Razona, 39, […]

Palo Alto

Driver dies after he hits concrete wall of overpass

August 17, 2026 3:12 pm

Palo Alto police are investigating a fatal one-car collision on the Oregon Expressway.    On Sunday (Aug. 16) at 11:49 p.m., police dispatchers received a call about a major collision […]

Opinion

Opinion: In school, treat all faiths equally

August 17, 2026 11:15 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Few people would be against high school students learning about different religions. Visiting a mosque on a high school field trip isn’t a problem, if […]

Palo Alto

Justice Clarence Thomas says Stanford Law School is off limits to conservatives like him

August 17, 2026 11:00 am

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says elite institutions like Stanford Law School are “presumptively off limits” to conservative figures like him.  Speaking at a Hoover Institution forum on Aug. 11, […]

Palo Alto

City may put the homeless in city buildings during inclement weather

August 17, 2026 10:52 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Manager Ed Shikada wants to expand a program that allows the homeless to sleep in the downtown library during storms.   […]

Palo Alto

New school superintendent wants to cut administrative jobs

August 16, 2026 10:44 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s new school superintendent wants to get rid of administrative positions and bring back an in-house attorney to the Palo Alto Unified School […]

San Mateo County

‘Woman of the Year’ will be out of jail in 3 months after $700,000 theft conviction

August 15, 2026 11:01 am

BY EMILY MIBACHDaily Post Managing Editor A former San Mateo County Woman of the Year, who stole $700,000 from the nonprofit where she worked, was sentenced yesterday to six months […]

Palo Alto

Council members unveil RV plans, including permits, parking bans

August 14, 2026 11:18 am

This article first appeared in this morning’s (Aug. 14) Daily Post. Want to read all of the new when it’s fresh? Pick up a copy at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY […]

Palo Alto

City pays Jr. Museum and Zoo director to resign

August 14, 2026 11:13 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The longtime head of Palo Alto’s Junior Museum & Zoo was paid to resign without suing the city, according to a settlement agreement obtained […]

Redwood City

Man found chained to chair after setting liquor store fire that killed him, police say

August 13, 2026 11:02 am

The manager of a Redwood City liquor store chained himself to a chair after intentionally setting the fire that burned down the store in Roosevelt Plaza, killing himself and a […]

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