Palo Alto

This story originally appeared in the Thursday, May 7, Daily Post print edition. If you want to get important local news stories first, pick up the Post in the mornings. […]

The city of Palo Alto today (May 7) announced a deal with a developer who wanted to build towers reaching 17 stories on top of Mollie Stone’s Market on California […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A rare battle has begun over the Palo Alto Unified School District’s proposal to renew its parcel tax. Measure B is opposed by two […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Unified School District hasn’t paid a law firm that successfully challenged the district’s policies for placing students in ninth grade math, […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Bay Area Air District heard hundreds of public comments yesterday (May 6) for and against its proposed ban on buying natural gas water […]

A jury today (May 6) convicted a man in the non-fatal shooting of a Mountain View police officer after a traffic stop, according to prosecutors. Following a trial, Jeffrey Choy […]

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BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Two parents are suing the Palo Alto Unified School District over its handling of two former superintendents who were paid nearly $1 million to resign. […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A realtor who has struck fear throughout a Palo Alto neighborhood has avoided jail for violating restraining orders and allegedly attacking Google co-founder Larry […]

Measure B on the June 2 ballot asks voters in the Palo Alto Unified School District to authorize an $800-per-parcel tax that would last four years and commence on June […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Text messages between Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims and her school district friends show that Lythcott-Haims voted against a volunteer for a city commission because of […]

Palo Altans have been generous with the school district over the years, approving the last four parcel taxes by wide margins. This time, with just days before ballots hit the […]

BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent Palo Alto police are seeing an uptick in student e-bike riders violating traffic laws, and not stopping when officers approach them, according to police Lt. […]

The Post first published this story about the proposed Palo Alto city budget in this morning’s print edition. To read important local stories first, pick up the Post in the […]

An alleged Israel Defense Forces soldier who was accompanying Miss Israel at Stanford got into a physical altercation with a student who took their table sign, according to university officials […]

Law enforcement agencies from across the country — including federal agencies — could search a database of license plates recorded by 20 cameras in Palo Alto for about a two-year […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Foothill College will offer an advanced math class that parents and students have been fighting for at the Palo Alto Unified School District, Principal […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (April 20) ordered the owner of the old Stanford Terrace Inn to demolish her buildings on El Camino Real […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (April 20) grappled with the transitions between taller downtown buildings and neighborhoods with single-family homes. Developer Prabhas Kejriwal wants […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer  A painter pulled a woman out of her burning house in Midtown Palo Alto today (April 20). Salvador Bolanos, of San Jose, said he […]