Palo Alto

The revolving door has swung and after Palo Alto school superintendent Don Austin found a new job heading the Laguna Beach school system, that district’s superintendent has been hired here. […]

A citizen was wondering what former Palo Alto School District Superintendent Don Austin has been up to as the district’s “superintendent emeritus,” so she filed a request under the California […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Two former Palo Alto school board members are warning of “immediate and traumatic” layoffs because of a new contract that gives teachers a 10.4% […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (June 8) placed a half-cent sales tax on the Nov. 3 ballot to buy land and renovate buildings at […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Unified School District should learn from its defeated parcel tax by having a more active campaign and concrete responses to opposition, […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County has agreed to pay $192,783 to three employees who lost their jobs because they refused to take the Covid vaccine, court […]

Santa Clara County property owners have approved a $15.75 annual fee to fund a special district that controls mosquitoes and other disease-causing pests. The ballots were mailed to voters in […]

The Palo Alto school district’s $800 parcel tax has failed, the first time the district’s voters have rejected a school tax in 22 years. A parcel tax needs two-thirds of […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board has picked its next superintendent with hopes of bringing stability and a cultural reset to the district that is […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council has been divided on the topic of allowing seven-story buildings on California Avenue. Mayor Vicki Veenker and Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council is on the fence about the city’s license plate-reading cameras, which have helped solve crimes but are sold by a […]

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BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Parks and Recreation Commission wants pickleball players to quiet the high-pitched popping sounds of their sport, which is stressing out disabled […]

This story first appeared in the print edition Friday’s Daily Post. One of our competitors has copied the story, but we decided to print the original below in case you […]

A bill that critics say will stop journalists from reporting on government fraud passed the California Assembly today with votes in favor from Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, and Diane Papan, […]

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BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A senior engineer at Broadcom said she was stereotyped as a “difficult” woman and then fired, despite her 26 years working to grow the […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has been sued six times this year for alleged injuries on sidewalks, at bus stops and in parking lots […]