Palo Alto
Train hits car on tracks
A Caltrain hit a car at the Alma Street and Churchill Avenue crossing in Palo Alto yesterday. Nobody was in the car at the time of the crash around 6:40 […]
Year: 2026
In the news
Air district’s board wasn’t given the option to repeal ban on gas water heaters — Mueller walks out
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller said he walked out of the Bay Area Air District’s meeting after 20 minutes Wednesday (Nov. 4) because […]
Mountain View
Mountain View plans to hire new city attorney
Mountain View officials are planning to hire Justin Mates, the assistant San Mateo County executive, as the city attorney. City Council is scheduled to appoint Mates on Tuesday (Nov. 10). […]
Palo Alto
City manager says he asked for Yes-on-J banner to be pulled down from overpass
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer City Manager Ed Shikada says he asked the campaign supporting Measure J, the half-cent sales tax, to remove their banner from a city overpass. […]
In the news
Billionaire tax appears to have failed; a look at all 14 state ballot propositions
BY ADAM ECHELMANCalMatters Voters have decided 14 ballot propositions including the billionaire tax, which appears to have failed. Now the lengthy vote-counting phase of California elections is taking place. The […]
Obituaries
Anthony Edward Wynne
Anthony Edward “Tony” Wynne passed away peacefully in his Atherton home on October 23, 2026. Born in 1948, he was the third child of Joseph Aloysius Wynne and Barbara Whalen […]
Palo Alto
Measure P in Menlo Park, Measure D in Los Altos appear to have failed
Voters in Los Altos and Menlo Park rejected attempts to take away their city government’s ability to redevelop downtown parking lots, according to early returns. Measure P in Menlo Park, […]
Redwood City
Rent control Measure E is losing
An attempt to impose strict rent control on any apartment built before 1995 in Redwood City appears to have failed in Tuesday’s election. Returns Wednesday show 8,164 “no” votes compared […]
Palo Alto
Money can’t buy you love or a seat on city council
Palo Alto voters elected Bryna Chang, a planning commission member and strong advocate for better traffic management in neighborhoods, to City Council. She was in first in early results yesterday, […]
Palo Alto
Henigin overcomes controversy to lead in school board race; Wang second
Linda Henigin was able to overcome a court controversy about calling herself a “math teacher” on the ballot to win the most votes in the race for Palo Alto school […]
Palo Alto
Half-cent RTM transit bailout tax passing
A new sales tax that would support money-losing mass transit districts such as BART, Muni and Caltrain appeared to be headed for approval with 61.5% of the vote. The tax […]
Palo Alto
Early election results in local races
The following are all early results. Outcomes are expected to change as more votes arrive and are counted. Palo Alto City Council, top three to be elected. They were Bryna […]
Menlo Park
Original Joe’s interested in vacant Left Bank space in Menlo Park
It looks like Menlo Park Mayor Betsy Nash jumped the gun in announcing that Original Joe’s would be taking over the vacant Left Bank Brasserie restaurant at 635 Santa Cruz […]
Palo Alto
Robbers attack man in downtown garage
Palo Alto police are searching for two robbers who attacked a man with a metal object and stole $400 from his bag in a downtown parking garage. The man, who […]
Palo Alto
Did the Yes-on-J campaign’s banner violate the city’s rules on political signs?
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The Yes on Measure J campaign received permission from the city of Palo Alto to hang a banner over Embarcadero Road for three weeks, […]
San Carlos
Campaigning gets heated at farmers market; pushing incident alleged
BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor The battle over a half-cent sales tax in San Carlos heated up Sunday when a supporter of the tax, Laura Teutschel, accused a tax opponent, […]
Opinion
Opinion: Teachers shouldn’t be asking kids sexual questions
BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Many people missed the point about why the Department of Education is investigating the Palo Alto Unified School District. The feds want to know why […]
In the news
Your guide to the election
Here are some news stories and editorials about the candidates and measures that will appear on Tuesday’s general election ballot. Our coverage is available without pay walls. And we don’t […]
Opinion
Daily Post Opinion Page recommendations
These are the recommendations the Daily Post’s Opinion Page is making in this election. An endorsement is the opinion of the management of the newspaper and has no bearing on […]
Mountain View
Students say administrators are trying to undermine school paper
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Students have accused Mountain View High School administrators of undermining their journalism program amid an ongoing lawsuit. The advisor is only interested in keeping […]