Caltrain
Guards may watch tracks to prevent deaths
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council on Monday (Feb. 23) will consider hiring security guards to watch the Caltrain tracks 24/7 in an effort to prevent […]
Year: 2026
Santa Clara County
Valley Water CEO Callender out after investigation
Valley Water CEO Rick Callender is stepping down after being on paid leave for the past 14 months, the agency announced yesterday. Callender, who makes a $512,886 salary, will retire […]
Palo Alto
Don Austin out as Palo Alto schools superintendent
Read the statement here. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Don Austin is stepping down as superintendent of the Palo Alto Unified School District in what is described as a […]
Woodside
Woodside town manager allegedly demanded $400,000 to keep report secret
(Read Ledbetter’s report.) (Read the town’s statement.) Woodside’s town manager has been put on paid administrative leave after he demanded $400,000 to keep a secret a report on the alleged […]
Los Altos
Los Altos’ Councilman to challenge Eisenberg for water board seat
Los Altos Councilman Pete Dailey said yesterday (Feb. 18) that he will be giving up his seat to challenge Rebecca Eisenberg, who has had a tumultuous tenure representing Palo Alto, […]
San Mateo County
Woodside wants to know about federal agencies tapping into its surveillance cameras
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer Are federal law enforcement agencies such as ICE downloading data collected by license-plate reading cameras set up by local governments? That’s the question Woodside […]
Belmont
Bus-only lanes likely won’t work on El Camino, councilman says
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer Bus-only lanes may work well in London, but they likely won’t work for Belmont, a councilman said. SamTrans is shopping around options to various […]
Palo Alto
Man accused of trying to take teen’s cellphone
A man has been arrested for trying to take a high school student’s cellphone at the downtown Palo Alto bus station, police said. Roderick Henry Perkins, 60, of East Palo […]
San Mateo County
Two prosecutors running for judge seat
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer Two prosecutors are vying for a seat as judge in San Mateo County, with one taking his home ties and military experience as […]
Obituaries
Arthur H. Hausman
November 24, 1923 – January 18, 2026 Arthur Herbert Hausman passed peacefully at Stanford on Sunday, January 18, 2026, at the age of 102, surrounded by his family and loved […]
Palo Alto
Zuckerberg is moving to Florida
Billionaire Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg — whose compound of homes in Palo Alto has become a lightning rod for critics — is in the process of moving to south Florida, […]
Palo Alto
UPDATED: School district agrees to pay $3.25 million to teacher accused of unsubstantiated rape allegations
Original story posted at 7:12 a.m. Friday; Updated at 12:12 p.m. Saturday. BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor The Palo Alto school board has agreed to pay $3.25 million to Fletcher […]
Stanford
Mistrial declared in trial of Stanford protesters
Judge Hanley Chew declared a mistrial today (Feb. 13) in the trial of five pro-Palestinian demonstrators, who were charged with conspiring to break into the Stanford President’s office on June […]
Obituaries
Richard (Dick) Henning
April 6 1935 – February 4, 2026 Richard (Dick) Henning passed away on February 4, 2026; he was 90 years old. Wow! Did he ever have a wonderful life! […]
Palo Alto
School board puts reduced parcel tax on June ballot
BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent The Palo Alto school board yesterday unanimously voted to put a parcel tax renewal on the June ballot. The tax will be at a lower […]
Opinion
Opinion: State trying to tax residents who moved; Cubberley tax is dead; school unions demand far more than inflation rate
BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Even if you think you’ve moved out of California, you really haven’t escaped. People who have fled the state are getting letters from the California […]
Caltrain
Community urges council to close train crossing after deaths
BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent Palo Alto community members are urging City Council to close the intersection where Churchill Avenue intersects with the railroad tracks after a Caltrain hit and […]
North Fair Oaks
Fire destroys RV at mobile home park
A fire destroyed an RV at a mobile home park on E. Bayshore Road, leaving two people homeless, a fire marshal said. Neighbors called at 2:44 p.m. today to report […]
Palo Alto
Suicide victim’s family posts remembrance of daughter who wanted to bring people together
BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent Palo Alto High School junior Summer Devi Mehta had a seemingly endless list of activities she loved to do: from listening to hip hop music, […]
Menlo Park
Developer reveals proposal for former USGS campus
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer The new owner of the former USGS campus in Menlo Park is proposing to build 670 apartments and office space for about 3,000 employees […]