Palo Alto
Attempt fails to keep school district settlement secret
By the Daily Post staff An attempt to keep the public from knowing how much the Palo Alto school district is spending to settle a lawsuit has failed. The district […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto
President Hotel tenants hire attorney, but city tries to lower expectations
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Attorney Molly Stump urged the residents of the President Hotel apartments at City Council last night (Aug. 20) to manage […]
East Palo Alto
Police ask for help locating missing woman
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 66-year-old woman who has been missing since Friday (Aug. 17). Wamaitha Kaboga Miller […]
Palo Alto
City to pay Stanford $5.5 million in dispute over fees for fire-paramedic services
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After a five-year dispute and more than two years of negotiations, the city of Palo Alto has agreed to pay Stanford $5.5 million […]
Palo Alto
Youth symphony conductor arrested on suspicion of seeking explicit images from teen
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A wind symphony conductor at the California Youth Symphony in Palo Alto has been arrested for allegedly sexting a 16-year-old Harker School student, […]
Palo Alto
Scharff and Holman to run for Hanko’s seat on open space board; new candidate enters Palo Alto school board race
By the Daily Post staff Another Palo Alto council member, Greg Scharff, is running for the seat Nonette Hanko is vacating on the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space Board. He will […]
Palo Alto
City may charge solo-drivers
Editor’s note: This story was originally printed Monday, Aug. 13, and has been updated to include actions at that the council meeting that evening. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent […]
Palo Alto
Hotel President tenants could get some help from the city
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer With three months left until the residents of the 75-unit Hotel President apartments are evicted to make way for a boutique hotel, Palo […]
Palo Alto
Mayor apologizes for traffic remark
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In what she acknowledged was an unusual move for a City Council member, Palo Alto Mayor Liz Kniss offered a public apology last […]
Palo Alto
Peace may be at hand in dispute over how much Stanford pays Palo Alto for fire-paramedic services
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto appears to have made peace with Stanford in a years-long dispute over the cost of its firefighting and […]
Palo Alto
New city manager will get a year’s pay as severance if he’s fired
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Ed Shikada, who is set to take over for Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene later this year, would get a full year’s […]
Palo Alto
Leak is wasting tens of thousands of gallons of water
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Tens of thousands of gallons of water have gushed out of a city water pipe on Arastradero Road over the last month, but […]
Palo Alto
Nevada man arrested in connection with Midtown Safeway shooting
A 37-year-old Nevada man has been arrested for allegedly shooting into a vehicle at Palo Alto’s Midtown Safeway last Friday. The shooting happened at about 9:15 p.m. Friday in the […]
Palo Alto
Appellate court denies Brock Turner’s appeal
A state appellate court today (Aug. 8) denied an appeal from Brock Turner, the former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault, upholding the jury’s verdict from 2016. The three-judge panel […]
Palo Alto
Gym to replace Anthropologie after neighbors drop protests
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A new gym is set to open next month at the former Anthropologie building in downtown Palo Alto, thanks to the withdrawal of […]
Palo Alto
School board impressed by student representative from Gunn
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A teen who wowed Palo Alto school board members with articulate comments on tough issues is getting ready to leave for Washington D.C., […]
Palo Alto
Police looking for both the suspect and victim in shooting at Midtown Safeway
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police today (Aug. 4) released two photos in connection with a shooting last night in the Midtown Safeway parking. Police chased a vehicle […]
Palo Alto
Gunshots at Midtown Safeway, then a 100 mph chase
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Gunshots in the parking lot of the Safeway store in Palo Alto’s Midtown neighborhood last night (Aug. 30 led to a 100 mph […]
Palo Alto
Car burglar still at large, but cops arrest alleged getaway driver
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police haven’t found the car burglar for whom they called in police dogs and a CHP plane to scour San Francisquito […]
Palo Alto
Police searching for suspected car burglar in north Palo Alto
By the Daily Post staff UPDATE, 10:44 p.m. — Police called off their search for a car burglar tonight following a foot chase and an extensive search in the North […]