Obituaries
Elizabeth Pape Lucchesi
September 4, 1947 – December 4, 2023 Elizabeth Pape Lucchesi of Palo Alto California, born on September 4, 1947, passed away peacefully on December 4, 2023. She was 76 years […]
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Palo Alto
Citizen watchdogs praised for years of volunteering
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (Dec. 18) recognized two government watchdogs, Bob Moss and Herb Borock, for their decades of involvement with the […]
Palo Alto
Paly grad at center of Capitol sex scandal
A U.S. senate aide who graduated from Palo Alto High School is out of a job after a video surfaced allegedly showing him having sex with another man in a […]
Palo Alto
Power outage hit part of Palo Alto
Monday, 4 p.m. — The Utilities Department has restored power to the 4,500 customers who lost their electricity this morning. The department says the outage may be storm related. Most customers […]
San Mateo County
Investigators trying to find out what happened to nonprofit’s $700,000; 1 arrest
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Investigators are trying to find out what a former administrator of a counseling nonprofit in San Mateo County did with the estimated $700,000 […]
Palo Alto
Rape suspect may need antipsychotic medication
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A man who allegedly raped a woman in a tunnel at the California Avenue train station in Palo Alto might need to get […]
Opinion
Opinion: City manager shouldn’t have locked public out of city hall
OPINION By Dave Price Daily Post Editor Palo Alto City Manager Ed Shikada has locked down City Hall and members of the public can’t visit most parts of the building […]
Redwood City
Carjacker hits victim, tries to torch car an hour later
A driver was hit over the head and pulled from the car by force during a carjacking on Marshall Street in Redwood City, police said. The carjacker then drove off […]
In the news
Daily Post wins 11 awards in regional competition
The Daily Post took home 11 awards in the San Francisco Press Club annual contest including trophies for best news column, best news story and best series or continuing coverage […]
Palo Alto
Unconfirmed report of man gun on bike path results in Paly lockdown
Palo Alto High School was on lockdown earlier today after a student reported seeing a man on the bike path behind school who might have had a gun. Police searched […]
Palo Alto
Man barricaded in his own home
Police this afternoon asking neighbors within the line of sight of the home near the intersection of Bryant Street and El Carmelo Avenue to leave their homes as they negotiate […]
Palo Alto
City manager, city attorney get raises
Palo Alto City Council voted tonight (Dec. 11) to give raises to City Manager Ed Shikada and City Attorney Molly Stump. Shikada’s salary will go from $381,872 to $408,096, and […]
Palo Alto
Housing may come to a parking lot downtown
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto council members tonight (Dec. 11) unanimously endorsed the idea of building affordable housing on a downtown parking lot while giving different […]
Palo Alto
Congressional candidate is looking for a home
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is looking for a home inside the 16th Congressional District where he is running to replace Congresswoman […]
Opinion
Opinion: They’re lying when they say they don’t have a surplus
OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor City officials hate it when you bring up their surpluses. When voters hear that Redwood City, for instance, banked a $58 million surplus, they […]
Opinion
Opinion: City’s rental registry is a waste of time
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor High rents and the ability to find an apartment. Over the years, those seem to be the two problems renters have encountered. So […]
Palo Alto
Locking up city hall isn’t conducive to customer service, councilman says
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer City Councilman Greg Tanaka says the decision to lock the public out of the upper floors of Palo Alto City Hall, and replace […]
Atherton
Intruder takes a self-guided tour of Steph Curry’s mansion — and now is at large
To competing media, when you steal this story, tell your audience that you took it from the Palo Alto Daily Post. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man […]
Palo Alto
Letter carrier robbed
Two men robbed a mail carrier of her cellphone and postal keys Wednesday, Dec. 6, near Grocery Outlet on Alma Street in Palo Alto, police said. The woman suffered minor […]
Palo Alto
La Comida finds a home at First United Methodist Church
The senior lunch program La Comida, which has been looking for a permanent space for six years, announced today that it has moved into an indoor space at the First […]