Palo Alto

A 46-year-old landlord has been ordered to stand trial for murdering a woman who was renting a room in his East Palo Alto home. John Caisiano Thompson is accused of […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Planning Commissioner George Lu, who is running for council, says he wants the city to set a specific date for turning off the […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Councilman Pat Burt wants to shelve plans to separate the Caltrain tracks from the road where they cross at Churchill Avenue. […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council candidate Cari Templeton says she’s gained some experience since the last time she ran for council. Templeton worked as […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Planning Commissioner Keith Reckdahl, who is running for Palo Alto City Council, says the city needs to keep cars in mind when making […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board candidate Alison Kamhi says she’s all about the safety of children. It’s what she does for her day job […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board candidate Josh Salcman says there’s a pattern in the district where parents don’t feel involved in decisions, and they […]

The city of Palo Alto announced this morning it has reached a tentative agreement with the Palo Alto Unified School District to expand the city’s holdings on the Cubberley campus […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, who is running to represent Palo Alto in Congress, says he wants to send more money to Ukraine, […]

Correction: Chiu-Wang’s age was misstated in a previous version. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A candidate for Palo Alto school board once appeared on “The Apprentice” — and […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board candidate Rowena Chiu says she’s become “rather infamous” for taking on Superintendent Don Austin. “It is no secret that […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board candidate Chris Colohan is a self-described nerd, and he says that will serve him well in managing and discussing […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Parks Commissioner Anne Cribbs, who is running for council, doesn’t like talking about an ethics investigation that found she misrepresented her status as […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council candidate Henry Etzkowitz says he wants to close the Palo Alto Airport, bore a tunnel for Caltrain, offer free […]

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 […]