Palo Alto

BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent Palo Alto community members are urging City Council to close the intersection where Churchill Avenue intersects with the railroad tracks after a Caltrain hit and […]

BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent Palo Alto High School junior Summer Devi Mehta had a seemingly endless list of activities she loved to do: from listening to hip hop music, […]

BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent Palo Alto City Council on Monday (Feb. 9) is scheduled to sign an agreement with TheaterWorks for a new theatre at Cubberley Community Center, but […]

Palo Alto police are looking for a group of burglars who broke into a home on Maple Street — while a resident was home. Maple is a one-block street between […]

BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent The Palo Alto Unified School District is pushing back on union proposals to increase salaries by 28% for teachers and 47% for non-teachers, according to […]

BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent Palo Alto Unified School District Superintendent Don Austin today (Feb. 5) sent a letter to the City Council asking to close off where Churchill Avenue […]

Palo Alto Police Chief Andrew Binder is out on medical leave, city officials confirmed to the Post tonight (Feb. 2).  During Binder’s absence, due to recurring back pain, Assistant Chief […]

BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto City Council is throwing its support behind an enormous housing proposal near Town and Country Village, but asking the applicants to tweak their […]

A woman has died from her injuries after being struck while jogging in a crosswalk, Palo Alto Police said today (Feb. 2).  The woman, who was in her 50s, was […]

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The city of Palo Alto, which intends to ask voters in November for money to acquire and rebuild Cubberley Community Center, will include an auditorium for TheatreWorks in the project. […]

BY ELAINE GOODMANDaily Post Correspondent In contrast to previous years, the Palo Alto City Council has set at least one very specific priority for 2026: find funding to acquire and […]

CHP is searching for a driver who was involved in a fatal hit-and-run of a pedestrian who was on the Embarcadero Road and Highway 101 on-ramp in Palo Alto. The […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council wants more types of businesses — such as bars, cat cafes, medical spas and larger gyms — to have […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The opening of the new Palo Alto History Museum has been delayed indefinitely because the city-owned building is leaking, museum CEO Marguerite Gong Hancock […]

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer A judge Wednesday (Jan. 21) declared a mistrial on the remaining 18 felonies against former San Mateo County Community College Chancellor Ron Galatolo after […]

This article has been updated to correct who heads up Sares Regis Group of Northern California. BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto’s Architectural Review Board has given a […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The family of a man who drowned in Palo Alto has privately settled their lawsuit that blamed the Eichler Swim and Tennis Club’s inadequate […]