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Fire strikes Midtown shopping area

February 2, 2023 12:20 am

By the Daily Post staff A fire broke out at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday in Palo Alto’s Midtown neighborhood shopping center that includes Bill’s Cafe, Philz Coffee and Palo Alto Fine […]

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Walt Hays, attorney, environmentalist, volunteer, dies at 87

January 30, 2023 2:55 pm

By the Daily Post staff Walt Hays, a pillar in Palo Alto who pushed the city to make sustainability a priority, has died. He was 87. Hays was a civil […]

Palo Alto

2 robberies in downtown Palo Alto

January 23, 2023 6:24 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Police are investigating two strong-arm robberies in downtown Palo Alto. The first was at the train station on Saturday around 3:30 p.m. A […]

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Replacement of Newell, Chaucer-Pope bridges delayed another year

January 23, 2023 2:14 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer City officials say that the replacement of Palo Alto’s Newell Road Bridge is being delayed by a year from its previously announced date, […]

Palo Alto City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.
Palo Alto

City reaches labor deals with SEIU, firefighters

January 21, 2023 12:17 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has agreed on new labor contracts with its firefighters and SEIU Local 521 that gives them 8% raises […]

Palo Alto

Car accident claims local student

January 16, 2023 12:55 am

Correction: This story has been revised to say that Scheetz’s car was T-boned by another driver, according to the victim’s father. By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto teenager […]

Palo Alto

New mayor has a long “to do” list — helping La Comida, boosting small shopping areas, increasing code enforcement

January 14, 2023 11:15 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer New Palo Alto Mayor Lydia Kou is taking center stage in the council chambers with a list of priorities, and not all of […]

Palo Alto

Ex-candidate loses suit against local newspaper

January 11, 2023 1:06 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A candidate in the 2018 race for Palo Alto Unified school board has lost his appeal in a case in which he accused a […]

Palo Alto

A call for more city government PR after flood

January 11, 2023 12:35 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT  Daily Post Staff Writer  In an update to City Council about recent storms, City Manager Ed Shikada touted the city’s online presence, and one council member said […]

Palo Alto

Kou picked as mayor; Greer as vice mayor

January 9, 2023 8:15 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (Jan. 9) picked Lydia Kou as mayor and Greer Stone as vice mayor for 2023. Kou’s appointment was […]

Palo Alto

Mayors and former mayors of Palo Alto

January 9, 2023 7:10 pm

Mayor is shown first, followed by vice mayor. An asterisk (*) denotes a year in which the previous year’s vice mayor became mayor. Before 1982, mayoral terms ran from July […]

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Another power outage, this time in north Palo Alto

January 8, 2023 10:00 am

Sunday, 10 a.m. — Power has been partially restored to some residents in Palo Alto this morning, with more expected to be restored by noon. Power was restored to some […]

Palo Alto

Robber takes woman’s purse from her car while she’s in the driver’s seat

January 7, 2023 11:22 am

By the Daily Post staff A man opened the door of a woman’s car and grabbed her purse from the passenger’s seat of her car parked near Greer Park while […]

Palo Alto

Thousands lose power in Palo Alto

January 4, 2023 9:57 pm

By the Daily Post staff 11:05 p.m. Power is out to about 2,000 Palo Alto residents at this hour. High winds have downed trees that have brought power lines along […]

Palo Alto

Another storm coming, creek monitors repaired, El Camino closed at University

January 2, 2023 7:03 pm

By the Daily Post staff The National Weather Service says Palo Alto will be under a flood watch on Wednesday (Jan. 4) and Thursday, when there’s a 100% chance of […]

Palo Alto

Pope-Chaucer bridge clogged, resulting in flooding

December 31, 2022 5:15 pm

By the Daily Post staff • Creek flood monitors fail; • Palo Alto runs out of sandbags; • Water flow on San Francisquito Creek exceeds 1998 flood UPDATE, 5:47 p.m. […]

Palo Alto

City surplus hits $40 million

December 29, 2022 12:03 am

The following story first appeared in the Daily Post print edition on Nov. 28. To catch all of the important local news first, get in the habit of picking up […]

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About 1,300 lose power

December 27, 2022 2:20 pm

By the Daily Post staff 9 p.m. — The number of Palo Alto electric customers without power continued to dwindle into the night. Crews restored power to most customers in […]

Palo Alto

Man arrested on suspicion of stealing a car with two kids inside

December 26, 2022 7:45 pm

A 28-year-old man was arrested on Christmas night after he stole a car in downtown Mountain View that had two children inside, police said. A woman called Mountain View police […]

Palo Alto

City to build fiber network, here’s where it will start

December 19, 2022 10:51 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted tonight to build a fiber internet network that would compete with Comcast and AT&T. The city will do the […]

Palo Alto

City extends deal with contractor who underpaid janitors

December 19, 2022 10:06 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council agreed tonight (Dec. 19) to extend a contract with a company that has been underpaying janitors for more than four […]

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Council wants to step up enforcement of Airbnb law in order to make more rental properties available

December 12, 2022 9:43 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council welcomed a suggestion tonight (Dec. 12) to update and enforce the city’s ban on short-term rentals. A ban against […]

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Palo Alto’s Sam Bankman-Fried arrested after collapse of crypto-currency firm

December 12, 2022 4:55 pm

The former CEO of failed cryptocurrency firm FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was arrested today (Dec. 12) in the Bahamas at the request of the U.S. government, U.S. and Bahamian authorities said. […]

Palo Alto City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.
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City Hall complex seismically safe for some city workers, not others

December 9, 2022 5:36 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto is planning how to use space at City Hall that will open up once police and fire administration […]

Palo Alto

$35,000 heist at Apple Store goes viral, employees tell customers not to interfere

December 2, 2022 12:37 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A customer at the Apple Store in downtown Palo Alto recorded a Black Friday heist by two men, and the video shows the […]

Palo Alto

Soccer star Katie Meyer’s family sues Stanford over suicide

November 27, 2022 2:36 pm

This story was originally published in Friday’s Daily Post. To stay up with the news, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. Before standout goalie Katie […]

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City could face a tall penalty if it doesn’t meet state housing requirements

November 27, 2022 5:58 am

This story was originally printed on Nov. 21 in the Post. If you want to get the scoop on local news, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 […]

Palo Alto

Former employee arrested in Fleming’s shooting

November 22, 2022 4:53 pm

By the Daily Post staff Police arrested a suspect today (Nov. 22) in a drive-by shooting of Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse at the Stanford Shopping Center. Zachary Michael Ginsberg, 32, of […]

Palo Alto

Gunfire at Fleming’s Steakhouse

November 21, 2022 4:31 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A man fired a gun into the front window of Fleming’s Steakhouse at the Stanford Shopping Center this afternoon (Nov. 21), and about 20 […]

Palo Alto

Holmes gets 11 years for defrauding investors in blood-testing company

November 18, 2022 3:41 pm

A federal judge today (Nov. 18) sentenced Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes to 11 years and three months in prison, citing the need for investors in Silicon Valley startups […]

Palo Alto

Center of crypto scandal grew up here, his parents are Stanford professors

November 18, 2022 12:24 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer An entrepreneur who built one of the world’s top cryptocurrency companies and then saw it all come crashing down almost overnight was raised […]

Mountain View

5 Hells Angels arrested in murder at Shoreline

November 15, 2022 3:22 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Five men in the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club were arrested today (Nov. 15) in connection with the murder of one man and the […]

The PERT team in Palo Alto consisted of Officer Danny Cuevas and therapist Holly Merrill. File photo.
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Police mental health specialist leaves, sidelining new Psychiatric Emergency Response Team

November 15, 2022 4:30 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department’s officer-therapist team is no longer operating because the therapist left the job, Chief Andrew Binder said tonight (Nov. […]

Palo Alto

Police begin to take seriously when officers use profanity

November 14, 2022 9:54 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department is finally taking it seriously when officers use profanity, independent police auditor Mike Gennaco told council tonight (Nov. […]

Palo Alto

Suspected burglar arrested after he’s spotted by police two hours later

November 14, 2022 1:59 pm

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police say they have arrested a man who allegedly broke into a home and then took off running when he discovered somebody inside, […]

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