Palo Alto
Library won’t pull disputed Dr. Seuss books
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Word Count: 394 Palo Alto and other Santa Clara County libraries will keep six Dr. Seuss books in circulation after the late author’s […]
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Public sharply critical of police dog attack and police radio encryption
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Altans expressed outrage over the attack of a sleeping man by a Palo Alto police dog and they called upon City Council […]
Palo Alto
Residents outraged over police dog attack and they want encryption to end
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Altans expressed outrage over the attack of a sleeping man by a Palo Alto police dog and they called upon City Council […]
Palo Alto
Police release additional video of police dog attack on victim of mistaken identity
By the Daily Post staff The city of Palo Alto tonight (April 5) released additional video of the June 25 police dog attack of a man who was mistaken for […]
Palo Alto
May Fete will be a ‘reverse parade’ this year
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto’s May Fete Parade, when the town’s children walk with their pets in a parade downtown, will be different this year because of the […]
Palo Alto
Police ask state if they can temporarily drop encryption
This story was printed in Saturday’s Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 mid-Peninsula locations. BY KYLE MARTIN […]
Palo Alto
From the archives: Palo Alto to spend $4 million on new radio system; Redwood City’s experience was a fiasco
The following story appeared in the June 16, 2017, edition of the Daily Post. We’re posting the story today because it provides some background for tonight’s Palo Alto City Council […]
Palo Alto
Blown transformer causes power outage
By the Daily Post staff Monday — The Palo Alto Utilities Department says a blown transformer caused last night’s power outage in the Crescent Park neighborhood. The department said the […]
Palo Alto
Carjacking foiled, would-be victim holds suspect for cops
By the Daily Post staff A driver in the North Fair Oaks neighborhood this morning stopped a carjacker from taking his car, and held him until deputies could arrive and […]
Palo Alto
A city policy kept police dog attack secret
To view the dog attack, here’s the video Palo Alto police released. And here’s a link to the eight videos Mountain View police released. BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff […]
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Castilleja development moves a step closer to approval
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s Castilleja all-girls school last night moved a step closer to getting city approval of its redevelopment plans that have been fought […]
Palo Alto
Taco truck robbed
By the Daily Post staff Two men tried to rob a North Fair Oaks taco truck, the Sheriff’s Department said today (March 29). The men went up to the truck […]
Palo Alto
Police chief willing to explore alternatives to full encryption of radios, but doesn’t have any examples
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Police Chief Robert Jonsen, who decided to encrypt Palo Alto’s police radios in January without any advance notice, said in a memo to […]
Palo Alto
Five people bitten by Palo Alto police dogs in two years
To view the dog attack, here’s the video Palo Alto police released. And here’s a link to the eight videos Mountain View police released. BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff […]
Palo Alto
City flip-flops, won’t allow public comment on Castilleja tonight
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Council will take up Castilleja school’s expansion project again tonight (March 29), but the public won’t be allowed to comment before the […]
Mountain View
Attorney has questions about cop’s decision to let dog repeatedly bite man
To view the dog attack, here’s the video Palo Alto police released. And here’s a link to the eight videos Mountain View police released. Correction: A previous version of this […]
Palo Alto
NAACP calls for firing of cop who ordered dog to bite sleeping man
To view the dog attack, here’s the video Palo Alto police released. And here’s a link to the eight videos Mountain View police released. BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff […]
Palo Alto
Power outage strikes Palo Alto
By the Daily Post staff 7:31 p.m. — Palo Alto Utilities says power was restored at 7:31 p.m. 6:20 p.m. — A problem at Palo Alto’s Park Avenue substation has […]
Palo Alto
As city plans future of rail crossings, a big question remains unanswered
Published March 22. City Council’s meeting with XCAP was held March 23. BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer There’s a wild card when it comes to Palo Alto officials […]
Palo Alto
Arrest made in Midtown Baskin Robbins robbery
By the Daily Post staff UPDATE, 4:10 P.M. FRIDAY — A man wanted for other robberies in the Bay Area has been arrested in Monday night’s holdup at the Midtown […]
Palo Alto
City wins appeal over two-story house
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent A California appeals court shot down a lawsuit from a Palo Alto couple who argued negligence on the part of the city for allowing […]
Palo Alto
Vector district to spray for mosquitoes at Baylands
By the Daily Post staff The Vector Control District says it will use a helicopter to spray for mosquitoes in the Baylands on Wednesday (March 24) starting at 7:30 a.m. […]
Palo Alto
Council holds off on zoning change to help Town & Country
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council hesitated tonight (March 22) to make a final decision on changing the zoning of Town & Country Village to […]
Palo Alto
Residents call for cop’s firing in dog attack
To view the dog attack, here’s the video Palo Alto police released. And here’s a link to the eight videos Mountain View police released. BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff […]
Palo Alto
Former business school lecturer Bryna Chang named to planning commission
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Council in a 4-2-1 split appointed Bryna Chang, a former lecturer at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business, to the Planning and Transportation […]
Palo Alto
Update on class action suits facing city — lawyers want $4 million in fees in one case
An update on the cases of • Miriam Green v. city of Palo Alto, concerning overcharges for natural gas, Santa Clara County Superior Court case No. 16CV300760 • Eileen Staats […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto officer whose dog attacked man was named in earlier lawsuit over a police K9 attack
To view the dog attack, here’s the video Palo Alto police released. And here’s a link to the eight videos Mountain View police released. Here is Joel Alejo’s initial claim […]
Palo Alto
Teen with loaded gun arrested in robbery at Cubberley
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a 16-year-old with a loaded 9mm handgun and drugs who is accused of pulling a robbery on the path between […]
Palo Alto
Police release video of dog attack
To view the dog attack, here’s the video Palo Alto police released. And here’s a link to the eight videos Mountain View police released. BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff […]
Palo Alto
Council decides it can’t decide on Castilleja project right now; another hearing set
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council early this morning punted the Castilleja School expansion project and its contentious underground parking garage to its March 29 […]
Palo Alto
City council to discuss police dog attack behind closed doors
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department is withholding body camera footage of a police dog attack of an innocent Mountain View man at his […]
Palo Alto
City suffers setback in attempt to deal with mental crises
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council members want to send mental health workers to incidents that police would have responded to, similar to a program […]
Palo Alto
Opponents and supporters of Castilleja expansion sound off
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer In the first of two hearings on a proposal to expand Castilleja School, neighbors last night argued that a proposed 78-car garage would […]
Palo Alto
Council takes aim at retail vacancies
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The slow-growth majority of Palo Alto City Council last night (March 8) passed an ordinance minutely expanding some retail business zoning, but they […]
Palo Alto
City Clerk Beth Minor plans to retire in July
This story was originally printed in Saturday’s Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY KYLE […]