Palo Alto

By the Daily Post staff The man and woman in this picture are suspected of trying to steal the wallet of a woman who was walking down El Camino Real […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The Cities Association of Santa Clara County has reached a separation agreement with its former executive director, who is the wife of former […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Another candidate has filed paperwork to explore a bid for Palo Alto City Council. Hope Lancero, 56, a medical researcher at Stanford, filed […]

By BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department is seeing an exodus of police officers leaving for higher pay, more opportunity and a shorter commute to […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A PE teacher who allegedly raped an 11-year-old girl in a locker room at Greene Middle School — before she was old enough […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer After negotiations with business leaders went nowhere, the Palo Alto City Council has put off a decision until August on whether to put a […]

This story first appeared in Monday morning’s Daily Post. If you want to get local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY BRADEN […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A homeless man attacked a woman in her 70s in downtown Palo Alto, sending her to the hospital with injuries to her head, […]

By the Daily Post staff Justin Murphy, currently Menlo Park’s interim city manager, will become the city’s next permanent manager, City Council decided today in a closed session, according to […]

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police arrested a physical education teacher this afternoon (June 15) on an arrest warrant charging him with sexually assaulting a sixth-grade female student […]

By the Daily Post staff Two men who were allegedly part of a group of smash-and-grab robbers that hit stores throughout the Bay Area have been charged in the robbery […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Two crews of retail thieves — one saying they are Romanian and the other carrying Chilean IDs — have been arrested after stealing […]

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police today (June 9) said they were looking for additional victims of a local doctor who was arrested in December on suspicion of […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted tonight (June 6) to nearly triple the number of trees that can’t be removed by property owners. The city […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (June 6) approved Castilleja School’s permit to renovate its campus, build an underground garage and enroll more students. It […]

This story was first printed in Thursday’s Daily Post. If you don’t want to miss any local news, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY […]

Computer chip and software maker Broadcom will spend about $61 billion to acquire the Palo Alto cloud technology company VMware, one of the biggest deals of the year. Broadcom wants […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council indicated last night (May 24) that they’ll approve Castilleja School’s permit to renovate its campus and expand enrollment, as […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County voters are deciding on a measure that will allow longtime Valley Water board members to stay on beyond term limits that […]

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent  After years of debate and more than 20 public meetings, the Palo Alto City Council on Monday (May 23) could approve Castilleja School’s plans to […]

Correction: A statement attributed to Palo Alto Police Chief Robert Jonsen about the Wayne Benitez case in an earlier version of this story was incorrect. It has been removed. BY […]

By the Daily Post staff Two people in a car tried to remove a ring of an elderly woman who was walking along Middlefield Road near Channing Avenue using her […]

By the Daily Post staff A woman has been arrested after she broke a glass panel on the front door of a home and a homeowner watched as her bloody […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Councilwoman Alison Cormack announced today (May 13) that she will not seek re-election after one term on Palo Alto City Council, paving the […]

Palo Alto school board member Jennifer DiBrienza has paid $30,000 to buy a medal honoring Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. DiBrienza said she hopes having Ginsburg’s medal will be a “a […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A car chase ended last night after a fleeing driver crashed his Ford Mustang onto a front lawn in Palo Alto and running […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Unified School District has agreed to give classrooms back to Palo Alto Community Child Care’s after-school kids’ club — reversing […]

By the Daily Post staff A 55-year-old man from Washington state has been arrested for burglary after he was found inside the Goodwill store at 4085 El Camino Way in […]

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police say they caught one of the two men who burglarized a bicycle shop on El Camino Real on Thursday (April 28) morning, […]

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto’s police chief, fire chief and emergency services chief will take questions from the public during a meeting on May 10 at Mitchell Park […]

By the Daily Post staff Four people have been arrested after stealing from Lululemon in downtown Palo Alto and hitting a truck as they fled, police said. Their BMW was […]