Palo Alto

One of the most anticipated events in Palo Alto on Independence Day is the Chili Cook-Off in Mitchell Park. It features chili tastings, food trucks, live music and kids’ activities. […]

Editor’s Note: This story was first printed in the Daily Post on June 27. We’re posting it now because one of our competitors has posted a version of the story, […]

Redwood City Parade: A parade downtown starting at 10 a.m. Watch for the History Museum’s own entry in the parade featuring gleaming carriages and early automobiles as a preview of […]

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 […]

As we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States, it’s fun to think back to the history of Palo Alto. Our city dates back 257 years. A lot has […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A former Stanford student who had an affair with Palo Alto Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims is putting on a musical based on their experience. “Part […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Mountain View city officials say increased towing in Palo Alto is contributing to an influx of RV dwellers, leading to office vacancies, fear among […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Mountain View City Council has banned ICE from using city property as a staging area, processing location or operations base. ICE can still go […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A prosecutor has sent a letter to former Palo Alto Superintendent Don Austin’s new school district in Laguna Beach asking about allegations that board […]

The Ravenswood School Board has dropped Cesar Chavez’s name from a middle school in East Palo Alto and renamed it Ravenswood Middle School.  The board voted unanimously to change the […]

BY BRADEN CARRTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto officials say the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission is hoarding water based on unrealistic drought projections, driving up rates and killing salmon. […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board stumbled into a dilemma last night (June 16) before approving contracts with two unions that could result in the […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A shopping center in Midtown Palo Alto that was destroyed in a fire is up for sale, and council members are trying to make […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (June 15) backed off an emergency rule to block tall apartment buildings near Caltrain stations. Housing advocates warned council […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (June 15) approved an 8% increase on utility bills, costing the average resident $422 more per year. Similar rate […]

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, […]