Los Altos
Outspoken city critic dies
Roberta Phillips, a regular fixture at Los Altos City Council meetings and advocate for freedom of speech, has died at 79. Phillips was known for speaking her mind at city […]
Month: August 2026
Palo Alto
Council debates keeping curb extension some dub ‘overkill’
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council was caught tonight (Aug. 10) between residents trying to slow down traffic and a man who says a curb extension […]
Santa Clara County
Grand jury is concerned that county supervisors are handing out money to nonprofits with little oversight (list of recipients at the end)
BY ELAINE GOODMANDaily Post Correspondent A Santa Clara County program in which individual supervisors choose nonprofits to receive county funds has again come under fire from a civil grand jury, […]
Palo Alto
Embattled planning commissioner Peterson resigns
Palo Alto planning commissioner Forest Olaf Peterson has resigned just before City Council was scheduled to discuss whether to remove him from the commission after it became public that he […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto police add more EVs to fleet
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department is adding two more Rivians to its fleet, including the first electric vehicle that will be used for patrols. […]
Mountain View
Two jail inmates convicted of murdering Mountain View man
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A jury Thursday convicted two jail inmates who were accused of beating a Mountain View man to death on behalf of their gang. Pedros […]
San Mateo County
County supervisor wants to regulate humanoid robots
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff WriterA San Mateo County supervisor wants to regulate humanoid robots that can do tasks typically carried out by human workers. Supervisor Ray Mueller said he […]
Palo Alto
New faces join Palo Alto council, school board races
As the clock ticks down for candidates to appear on the November ballot, new candidates have tossed their hats in the ring in two Palo Alto races. For the Palo […]
Palo Alto
Three council members call for hearing on whether to remove Peterson over towing incident
At a glance Where Council stands on the Peterson case April 13Four of the seven council members vote to reappoint Peterson to the planning commission, even though they had received […]
Palo Alto
‘Not Manhattan’: Palo Alto neighbors fight high-rise transit developments
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Neighbors are trying to stop two developments in Palo Alto that are using a new state law that allow taller apartment buildings near Caltrain […]
Palo Alto
2 councilmen ask colleagues to release report about incident involving planning commissioner Forest Peterson
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Two Palo Alto councilmen are pushing their colleagues to release a report on a planning commissioner who was accused of trying to get special […]
San Mateo County
Grand jury finds many police agencies aren’t following their own policies when it comes to license-plate reading cameras
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Police departments in San Mateo County have been lacking in their audits, data retention practices and data-sharing policies for their license plate-reading cameras, the […]
Stanford
Stanford dumps Flock but will keep using license-plate reading cameras
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Stanford has terminated its contract with Flock, a startup that’s faced growing criticism for sharing data from its license plate-reading cameras with federal and […]
Menlo Park
Updated: Menlo Park council candidates reveal donors
This version of this story corrects dollar totals for Vamsi Velagapudi. (Spreadsheet showing donations to each candidate, corrected Aug. 9) BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent Vamsi Velagapudi, a Menlo Park […]
Palo Alto
First-time school board candidate raises $17,000 for campaign, more than two competitors
The Post first published this story back on July 31. We’re publishing it again because one of our competitors has re-written it and is serving it up as if it […]
Palo Alto
Out-of-town money floods council race
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 […]
Menlo Park
Developer threatens city over Sunset project
BY EMILY MIBACHDaily Post Managing Editor The developer proposing a skyscraper at the former Sunset Magazine headquarters in Menlo Park says the city is required to approve his project by […]
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 […]