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BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Ethnic Studies is back on the table in Palo Alto after school board members asked to vote on making the controversial class a graduation […]

A head-on crash on Skyline Boulevard near the Thomas Fogarty Winery killed one man, the CHP said. The crash happened on Skyline (SR 35) on Monday at about 5:30 p.m. […]

This story was first printed in the Jan. 15 print edition of the Daily Post. To get all of the important local news stories first, pick up the Post in […]

A San Jose news website claims that Valley Water CEO Rick Callender is on “voluntary leave” after one of his employees filed a misconduct complaint against him. The website, San […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Unified School District is backing off its proposal to require students to take Ethnic Studies — a course that’s become a […]

This story originally appeared in the print edition of the Daily Post on Dec. 30. If you want the latest in local news, pick up the Post in the mornings […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council has reined in outdoor dining setups around University Avenue, preventing them from expanding in front of a restaurant without their […]

This story was originally published in the Daily Post’s Jan. 8 print edition. Sometimes our competitors lift our stories without attribution. But this is the original. To get all of […]

This story was first published in the Monday, Jan. 6 edition of the Daily Post. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto is backing off its […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (Jan. 6) picked Ed Lauing as mayor and Vicki Veenker as vice mayor, putting her in line for the […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Police officers are following “promising leads” in response to a series of overnight restaurant burglaries that have left owners and employees on edge, Capt. […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Perry the donkey, who had a long and loving connection with Palo Alto residents and other members of his herd in the Barron […]

This story was first printed in the Thursday, Jan. 2, Daily Post. To read all of the important local stories first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto city planners are threatening to shut down a cat lounge and adoption center at the Stanford Shopping Center because the business isn’t […]

June H. Fleming, who rose from librarian to become the city manager of Palo Alto, has died at age 93 in Franklin, Va., where she moved upon her retirement. Fleming […]

This story first appeared in the Monday, Dec. 23, print edition of the Daily Post. To get all of the important news first, pick up the Post in the mornings […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council has voted to give each of its members $2,000 to spend a year on tech-related expenses, like a new cellphone […]

This story was first printed in this morning’s (Dec. 20) Daily Post. If you want to read important local stories first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto resident Jay Chesavage says he parked at Town and Country Village the other day to bring tools to his wife across the […]

This story was first printed Thursday, Dec. 13, in the Daily Post. To get important local news stories first, pick up the print edition of the Post in the mornings […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Members of Palo Alto City Council are worried about the $40 million price tag for widening the sidewalks on University Avenue but voted to […]

Palo Alto Chief Transportation Official Philip Kamhi is stepping down from the city of Palo Alto to take a position with the Golden Gate Bridge District. Kamhi is the fourth […]

Christmas Tree Lane, the traditional decoration of the street and homes along the 1700 and 1800 blocks of Fulton Street in Palo Alto, will begin its 84th year this Saturday […]

The Kiwanis Club of Palo Alto will present the Kiwanis Angel of Service award to legendary Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer at a dinner on Dec. 11 at the […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer An initial vote count, announced tonight, shows that Keith Reckdahl was elected to Palo Alto City Council by 10 votes over Doria Summa amid […]

“The Last Day of Retrograde,” a dark indie comedy that has a heavy helping of local scenes, has been released on Apple TV and Amazon Prime. Set in Palo Alto […]

It appears likely that first-term Redwood City council member Lissette Espinoza-Garnica won’t be re-elected, though it will be by the slimmest of margins. She appears to be losing to a […]

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Six families of children at Woodside and Menlo-Atherton high schools have filed a federal lawsuit that claims teachers and administrators failed to address a rise […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office and the Stanford Department of Public Safety are working on a new agreement that governs how police […]

Caltrain is selling its old diesel trains to the city of Lima, Peru, for $6 million, a Caltrain spokesman said. Lima will use 90 gallery cars and 19 diesel locomotives […]

A woman waiting for a bus at the University Avenue transit station told Palo Alto police that she was sexually assaulted by a man with a knife, who is still […]