Palo Alto

A man has been arrested for a hate crime after he allegedly punched two people in the face while yelling derogatory things about Mexicans at the downtown Palo Alto train station, […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A board of architects in Palo Alto today (Sept. 5) recommended that council deny a developer’s application to convert a movie theater into […]

The unions representing deputies and sergeants in the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department are planning a press conference to talk about a no-confidence vote they plan to hold regarding Sheriff […]

A judge has ruled in favor of the Santa Clara Valley Water District in its lawsuit against one of its directors, Rebecca Eisenberg of Palo Alto, who took thousands of […]

More than 80 firearms were allegedly seized by San Mateo County Sheriff’s Deputies on Friday, after they successfully de-escalated a possible suicide attempt, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Support for a vacancy tax is gaining traction in Palo Alto as a potential way to clean up University Avenue and encourage property […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer State housing officials have approved the city of Palo Alto’s housing plan for the next seven years, closing the door for developers to turn […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Emails and text messages between Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims and her colleagues at the city of Palo Alto show the damage control that went […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Councilman Greg Tanaka’s seven years of frustration with the city’s lack of competitive bids boiled over at a committee meeting as he sparred […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A regional agency today (Aug. 14) removed a $20 billion housing bond measure from the November ballot after a group of taxpayer advocates […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (Aug. 12) advanced the redevelopment of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park after young, elderly and disabled residents […]

This story was originally printed on June 24, 2024 in the Daily Post. Menlo Park city planners say the application for what would be the Mid-Peninsula’s tallest building at 50 […]

A power outage is affecting 3,349 customers in Palo Alto, the city’s utilities department said. The utilities department reported today at 12:20 a.m. that the affected neighborhoods are Palo Verde, […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Resident Jeanne Fleming says she toured Palo Alto City Hall and saw very few employees in the areas she was allowed into, confirming […]

This story originally appeared in the July 1 edition of the Daily Post. To get the news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (Aug. 5) delayed an application to rebuild the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park after some residents complained about the […]

This article ran in the Aug. 3 edition of the Daily Post. Be sure to pick up a paper every day to keep up to date on what our local […]

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor A possible Russian mob hit. The robbery of an innocent man out for a walk. A family fight over money. A dispute with a […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s youngest council candidates raised the most money in the first half of the year, boosted by donations from the pro-housing and pro-development […]

Palo Alto police say they have arrested a 34-year-old homeless man on suspicion of murdering another homeless man, whose body was found in the city parking garage at 445 Bryant […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The face of the Mountain View Police Department, who worked President Biden’s inauguration and was celebrated as one of the best police representatives […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto will spend $320,000 defending itself against a lawsuit from six police officers who sued over a Black Lives […]

Mon. July 29 – The man found dead on the first floor of the Bryant Street garage on Thursday was murdered, Palo Alto Police confirmed today. James Allen Rudoph, 60, […]

Police are asking the public for help identifying a man who entered an apartment early Saturday morning in Palo Alto while the resident was asleep. On Saturday (July 27) at […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Anne Cribbs, an Olympic swimmer and parks commissioner who is behind the push for a city-owned gym, has filed papers to run for Palo […]

Palo Alto police say they have arrested two people who are accused of breaking into a home’s garage on Newell Road and driving off with two vehicles. The theft happened […]

A Palo Alto woman in her 80s was the victim of a jewelry swap theft, police said. The woman was approached by two men in a car on Saturday asking […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims had an affair with a female undergrad half her age while she was a dean at Stanford, leading […]

Julie Lythcott-Haims issued a statement yesterday in response to an essay by her former lover. See related story. “Recently, Olivia Haas published a piece describing her relationship with her college […]

The Mid-Peninsula’s two members of the House and both candidates for Anna Eshoo’s congressional seat won’t say if they think President Biden should stay in the race for president. Assemblyman […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Manager Ed Shikada was the sixth-highest paid city manager in California last year, according to a report by California State Controller […]

This story was first printed in Thursday morning’s Daily Post. Other media have since plagiarized it. If you want important local news first, and you want the original story, pick […]

Henry Etzkowitz, who said he led a successful pushback against an expected rent increase at the Stanford Oak Creek Apartments in 2022, has jumped into the Palo Alto City Council […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims is getting behind the newest candidate for council. Planning Commissioner George Lu announced his candidacy yesterday (May 28), […]