Palo Alto

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Katie Causey, a member of the city’s Human Relations Commission who is running for Palo Alto City Council, says she wants to close […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Mayor Greer Stone wants another term on council so he can make sure the city hires consultants who are neutral, rather than […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s younger, pro-housing development candidates have taken a strong fundraising lead in the race for council, while a relative outsider is leading the […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council candidates are divided on how far the city should go to remove natural gas appliances from the home in an […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council candidates agree that City Hall should be opened up to the public, questioning City Manager Ed Shikada’s decision to lock […]

A bicyclist has died in Palo Alto after riding into a lane that was closed for construction, police said today (Sept. 19). Roderick McCalley, 81, of Palo Alto, was riding […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Unified School District is headed for a jury trial in the case of a former special education assistant who said […]

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent As the city of Palo Alto moves closer to deciding how to separate the Caltrain tracks from the street at three crossings, at least […]

A man has been arrested for a hate crime after he allegedly punched two people in the face while yelling derogatory things about Mexicans at the downtown Palo Alto train station, […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A board of architects in Palo Alto today (Sept. 5) recommended that council deny a developer’s application to convert a movie theater into […]

A judge has ruled in favor of the Santa Clara Valley Water District in its lawsuit against one of its directors, Rebecca Eisenberg of Palo Alto, who took thousands of […]

More than 80 firearms were allegedly seized by San Mateo County Sheriff’s Deputies on Friday, after they successfully de-escalated a possible suicide attempt, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Support for a vacancy tax is gaining traction in Palo Alto as a potential way to clean up University Avenue and encourage property […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer State housing officials have approved the city of Palo Alto’s housing plan for the next seven years, closing the door for developers to turn […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Emails and text messages between Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims and her colleagues at the city of Palo Alto show the damage control that went […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Councilman Greg Tanaka’s seven years of frustration with the city’s lack of competitive bids boiled over at a committee meeting as he sparred […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A regional agency today (Aug. 14) removed a $20 billion housing bond measure from the November ballot after a group of taxpayer advocates […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (Aug. 12) advanced the redevelopment of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park after young, elderly and disabled residents […]

A power outage is affecting 3,349 customers in Palo Alto, the city’s utilities department said. The utilities department reported today at 12:20 a.m. that the affected neighborhoods are Palo Verde, […]