Palo Alto

Here’s the latest look at who has signed up to run for various city and school district seats in the Daily Post’s circulation area. The deadline to file is today, […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council was caught tonight (Aug. 10) between residents trying to slow down traffic and a man who says a curb extension […]

Palo Alto planning commissioner Forest Olaf Peterson has resigned just before City Council was scheduled to discuss whether to remove him from the commission after it became public that he […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department is adding two more Rivians to its fleet, including the first electric vehicle that will be used for patrols. […]

As the clock ticks down for candidates to appear on the November ballot, new candidates have tossed their hats in the ring in two Palo Alto races.  For the Palo […]

At a glance Where Council stands on the Peterson case April 13Four of the seven council members vote to reappoint Peterson to the planning commission, even though they had received […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Neighbors are trying to stop two developments in Palo Alto that are using a new state law that allow taller apartment buildings near Caltrain […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Two Palo Alto councilmen are pushing their colleagues to release a report on a planning commissioner who was accused of trying to get special […]

The Post first published this story back on July 31. We’re publishing it again because one of our competitors has re-written it and is serving it up as if it […]

The Post first published this story back on July 22. We’re publishing it again because one of our competitors has re-written it and is serving it up as if it […]

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor You know those new bike lanes on El Camino Real that nobody uses? They were forced on Palo Alto and other cities by Caltrans. Now […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Unified School District doesn’t have a plan for spending $65.5 million from selling seven acres at the Cubberley Community Center to […]

The Post first published this story back on July 22. We’re publishing it again because one of our competitors has re-written it and is serving it up as if it […]

BY EMILY MIBACHDaily Post Managing Editor Palo Alto’s city manager isn’t going to ask the City Council whether he should release the city’s appraisal of Cubberley Community Center that voters […]

UPDATE, Tuesday, 1:40 p.m.: Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan told the press today (July 28) that he momentarily took his eyes off the road when his cellphone fell between the […]

BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent A parent and long-time school volunteer who wants to push for increasing pay for teachers and bring back a failed parcel tax is running for […]

Police in Palo Alto are investigating a report of an assault and robbery at Baylands Nature Preserve as a possible hate crime.  The attack occurred Thursday afternoon, when a man […]

BY ELAINE GOODMANDaily Post Correspondent After splitting the city into seven voting districts to avoid getting sued, Redwood City council is now considering opposing a bill in the state legislature […]

A man in his 70s was hit in the head from behind on El Camino Real in Palo Alto in a possible case of elder abuse, police said. The assault […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer When Forest Peterson applied to Palo Alto City Council to reappoint him to the planning commission earlier this year, he had one of his […]