Palo Alto

BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto City Council unanimously chose Vicki Veenker as mayor and narrowly voted in Greer Stone as vice mayor during their meeting tonight. While […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The only lifeguard on duty at Palo Alto’s Eichler Swim and Tennis Club was wearing jeans, had no breaks during a six-hour shift and […]

One of Palo Alto’s billionaires, Google co-founder Larry Page, is talking about leaving California over a ballot measure that would impose a one-time 5% fee on assets of people worth […]

A woman has been arrested for allegedly purposefully hitting another car and pepper spraying the occupants of the car she struck, Palo Alto police said yesterday. Police responded to the […]

Palo Alto, like most Mid-Peninsula cities, changes mayors at the start of the year. On Monday, Jan. 5, council members will vote on a mayor and vice mayor for 2026. […]

BY ELAINE GOODMANDaily Post Correspondent As the city of Palo Alto starts drawing up designs for railroad bridges at three Caltrain crossings in town, council members admit they don’t know […]

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer We now know why hackers were able to take over the talking crosswalks on El Camino and have them air AI messages impersonating Elon […]

The previous year the Daily Post a plate full of stories, ranging from the removal of a county sheriff to a controversy over wokeness in the schools, from proposals for […]

BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent Santa Clara County voters have until Tuesday, Dec. 30, to cast their ballots to determine the next county assessor, the result of a $13 […]

Palo Alto Councilmen Greer Stone and Keith Rechdahl told the New York Times about a proposal that attempts to stop the wealthy from assembling homes to create a compound. The […]

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer A nonprofit is looking to revamp Lytton Plaza, where Palo Altans have expressed concerns about drug dealing. The Friends of Palo Alto Parks plans […]

(Read the audited financial report, known as the AFCR.) BY ELAINE GOODMANDaily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto’s citywide revenues exceeded expenses by $112 million last fiscal year, and […]

Construction is complete on the first experimental levee along the San Francisco Bay shoreline that will clean treated wastewater and discharge it into the Bay. Now, all that’s needed is […]

Friends of the Palo Alto Parks announced today (Dec. 10) it has received a $50,000 donation from Dr. Priscilla Chan and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who are Palo Alto residents. […]

Palo Alto City Council voted 6-1 tonight (Dec. 8) to ban detached trailers and the renting of RVs by so-called “vanlords.” With little discussion council approved a pair of ordinances […]

The city of Palo Alto has rolled out an AI chatbot on the city’s website, furthering the city’s use of AI.  The program, called CityAssist, is powered by Citibot, a […]

A Palo Alto man has been arrested in connection with a road rage incident where he allegedly shot out a car window on Highway 101, police said today (Dec. 8).  […]

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