Obituaries
William (Bill) Firestone
William (Bill) Firestone , a long- time resident of Santa Cruz, California, passed away peacefully on January 17, 2026 at Palo Alto Commons Retirement Center. Bill was born in Chicago, […]
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Mountain View
Mountain View Council votes to get rid of license plate cameras
Mountain View City Council voted unanimously tonight (Feb. 24) to cancel its contract with Flock Safety, an automated license plate reader company, after data from city cameras was accessed by […]
San Mateo County
AG Bonta’s office refuses to help ex-sheriff Corpus
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer California Attorney General Rob Bonta says in a scathing letter that he won’t help fired San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus in her attempt […]
Palo Alto
Ex-superintendent to get over $500K from district
Read the agreement here. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Unified School District will pay former Superintendent Don Austin $596,802 in exchange for his resignation, according to […]
Spotlight
How To Prep A House for 419% ROI
The Young Platinum Group The Young Platinum Group (aka Gloria and John) specializes in Palo Alto, Atherton, and surrounding areas. We work with buyers, sellers, and builders to enhance exceptional […]
Palo Alto
Council eyes RV permit program
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council has endorsed a permit program for RV dwellers as a way to cap their numbers and manage their bad behavior. […]
Stanford
Three Stanford protesters take plea deal, avoid jail for vandalizing president’s office
Three of the Stanford pro-Palestinian protesters took a plea deal today (Feb. 23) that will keep them out of jail for vandalizing the office of the university’s president. Kaiden Wang, […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto school board picks acting superintendent
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board today (Feb. 23) picked Deputy Superintendent Trent Bahadursingh to replace Superintendent Don Austin while the district searches for a […]
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 […]
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 […]