Palo Alto

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Police Chief James Reifschneider has officially taken the reins of the Palo Alto Police Department — the culmination of 21 years as an officer […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The majority of Palo Alto City Council wants to allow eight-story buildings on the southern end of the city — taller than the city’s […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Caltrain will close 10 stations, end weekend service, stop trains at 9 p.m. and eventually wind down operations if a Bay Area sales tax […]

A group of Los Altos residents and downtown businesses have launched a ballot initiative that would stop City Council from selling, repurposing or altering eight downtown parking plazas without a […]

BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent An attorney representing six Palo Alto police officers claims the city disregarded racist themes against the white and non-African-American officers when it allowed an artist […]

Palo Alto Police Chief Andrew Binder is stepping down as Palo Alto police chief and will be replaced by Assistant Chief James Reifschneider, City Manager Ed Shikada announced today (March […]

The Trump administration’s Department of Justice has opened investigations into how race is considered in admissions at three medical schools, including at Stanford. The investigations began March 25 into possible […]

BY ELAINE GOODMANDaily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto is inviting residents to weigh in on a plan to add thousands of homes to the San Antonio Road area, […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board yesterday promoted an HR director to acting superintendent who signed a letter last year calling for the resignation of […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Unified School District is in the middle of at least 11 different lawsuits, including cases that allege unchecked bullying, racist attacks, […]

This story was originally published by the Daily Post on March 9. We’re repeating it here because one of our competitors has re-written this story and posted it on their […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer On a 3-2 vote, the Palo Alto school board tonight (March 17) declined to tell high schools to offer Multivariable Calculus — an advanced […]

Read the separation agreement between the district and Bahadursingh. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board voted last night to part ways with its acting superintendent, […]

The Palo Alto City Council unanimously approved plans tonight (March 16) for the city’s first housing development east of Highway 101, over some concerns over how children at the 145 […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Unified School District investigated board member Rowena Chiu for racism against an employee throughout most of last year, according to Chiu. […]

Police are looking for a mountain lion that’s on the loose in Palo Alto. The big cat was first spotted in the 700 block of North Hampton Drive in north […]

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer A longtime Palo Alto environmental activist and volunteer has been sentenced to 364 days in jail for trying to meet up with a minor […]

The Palo Alto Unified School District on Thursday (March 12) released the settlement agreement in which it agreed to pay $3.25 million to middle school PE teacher Peter Colombo after […]

Castilleja School in Palo Alto has agreed to pay three former students $2.25 million who accused the school of ignoring complaints about a tutor who allegedly molested them. The complaints […]