Palo Alto

Car flips over on Middlefield Road

February 12, 2018 9:24 pm

Train hits a car, and once again GPS navigation is blamed

February 12, 2018 8:31 pm

By the Daily Post staff For the second time in three days, a Caltrain has hit a car on the tracks. And, once again, a driver is blaming a GPS […]

Boy’s parents sue school district over potato gun mishap

February 12, 2018 8:00 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The family of a Palo Alto middle-schooler has sued the school district after the boy accidentally shot himself in the eye with a […]

First Baptist Church, 305 N. California Ave., Palo Alto

Church loses tenants following zoning dispute with city

February 10, 2018 1:10 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Several community groups that rented space at the First Baptist Church of Palo Alto have moved out since neighbors’ noise, traffic and parking […]

Parking enforcement to increase in California Avenue area

February 10, 2018 4:40 am

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Council has approved a plan to pull police off of parking enforcement at five Stanford off-campus lots associated with Stanford Hospital. The […]

Michael Airo, left, a former Ohlone Elementary School teacher accused of molesting his ex-girlfriend’s daughter for three years, leaves the Palo Alto courthouse yesterday with his defense attorney, Michael Armstrong. Post photo by Allison Levitsky.

Ex-Palo Alto teacher denies sex charges during trial

February 8, 2018 5:24 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A former Palo Alto elementary school teacher denied in court yesterday (Feb. 6) that he had ever acted inappropriately with his ex-girlfriend’s daughter, […]

The Digital DNA sculpture in Lytton Plaza

Digital DNA egg artist threatens to sue city if it removes statue

February 8, 2018 4:14 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The New York City artist behind “Digital DNA,” the 7-foot-tall, egg-shaped circuit board sculpture at Lytton Plaza, has threatened to sue the city […]

Palo Alto’s Rotary Clubs hold speech contest for high school students

February 4, 2018 10:04 pm

By the Daily Post staff Two girls from Gunn High School are the winners of the Palo Alto Rotary Clubs student speech contest. The two Rotary Clubs in Palo Alto […]

‘Bachelor’ hopeful reported missing, turns up on TV

February 4, 2018 6:43 pm

A Humboldt County woman who was reported as missing by her mother was actually competing on “The Bachelor.” Rebekah Martinez’s mother could not reach her 22-year-old daughter for six days, […]

Palo Alto police get two reports of mountain lions in different neighborhoods

February 4, 2018 4:10 pm

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police received two reports of dog-size mountain lions last night (Feb. 3) — one in the Midtown neighborhood and another not far from […]

School board wants new school site included in Stanford growth plan

February 2, 2018 4:36 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board decided Tuesday (Jan. 30) to urge Santa Clara County to require Stanford to set aside land for a […]

Remaining art from Franco on Paly campus to be removed

February 1, 2018 6:40 pm

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto schools interim Superintendent Karen Hendricks said today (Feb. 1) that the decision to remove actor James Franco’s mural at Palo Alto High School […]

Adult film actress coy about alleged Trump affair

February 1, 2018 12:30 am

A signed statement attributed to adult film star Stormy Daniels denied she ever had an affair with President Trump, but she said she didn’t know where it came from while […]

Palo Alto High School paints over James Franco mural

February 1, 2018 12:02 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto High School administrators have suddenly painted over a mural by one of the school’s most famous alumni, actor and filmmaker James […]

Man accused of wild spree — groping, head-butting a nurse, spitting in a paramedic’s face, various assaults and robbing P.F. Chang’s

January 31, 2018 9:18 pm

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a man accused of groping a Macy’s employee in the butt, robbing P.F. Chang’s at the Stanford Shopping Center, spitting […]