Palo Alto

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 […]

BY AMELIA BISCARDIDaily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus refused yesterday (Dec. 10) to give her side of the abuse-of-power scandal gripping her office, and the county […]

Here’s a look back at the various controversies involving the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office, as reported by the Daily Post: May, 3, 2018 — Bolanos talks about Vegas incident […]

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 […]

This story was first printed in Friday’s Daily Post. To get important local stories first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post […]

“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 […]

San Carlos has become the first city in San Mateo County to call for embattled Sheriff Christina Corpus to step down after the City Council unanimously took a position of […]

Another group of officers — sergeants — have voted unanimously to call for the resignation of San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus and the two remaining members of her executive […]

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 […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer An 80-foot apartment building proposed at the Fish Market in Palo Alto is on a fast track to approval and won’t face another public […]

BY AMELIA BISCARDIDaily Post Staff Writer A man who stole an airplane from the Palo Alto Airport and landed it on Half Moon Bay beach pleaded no contest to a […]

Palo Alto residents voting in person at the polls today might not have noticed, but the name of city council candidate Doria Summa was omitted from the screen showing the […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council has voted to extend the city’s Uber-like rideshare service for another six months after getting dozens of emails from residents […]

Voters working through their ballots are faced with 10 propositions. Here’s a quick look at them: Prop 2 — School bonds Borrow $10 billion bond to build, repair and upgrade […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto apologized Friday for waiting to tell residents about Tesla spilling chemicals that ended up in Matadero Creek. Residents were […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Phil Lesh, a classically trained violinist and jazz trumpeter who found his true calling reinventing the role of rock bass guitar as a founding […]

This story was originally posted Wednesday (Oct. 23) at 2:53 p.m. and the Post printed it in Thursday morning’s edition. To get all of the local news first, pick up […]

BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Councilwoman Lydia Kou and Vice Mayor Ed Lauing are proposing new rules for cell nodes installed in Palo Alto by companies like Verizon and […]

The difference between a hate crime and a hate incident is one of the topics that will be discussed Tuesday (Oct. 15) in a discussion sponsored by Palo Alto’s Human […]