Palo Alto

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer When Palo Alto City Council approved a program to make it easier for residents to switch from natural gas to electric water heaters, […]

By the Daily Post staff Firefighters knocked down a fire in the garage of an Eichler home in south Palo Alto this morning (June 21). Multiple people called 911 to […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Councilman Pat Burt said yesterday (June 20) that California’s high-speed rail may never come to the Peninsula, which would affect the […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The Fair Political Practices Commission was sympathetic yesterday (June 15) toward Palo Alto Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims, who is trying to exempt herself from […]

By the Daily Post staff A bald eagle crashed into a window of a Palo Alto home and stunned himself, likely while hunting a smaller bird, according to animal control […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Two men passed out at the same time at Lytton Plaza after taking opioids, and police officers and firefighters managed to revive them […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A man who had suffered a drug overdose was dropped off by his friends in a parking lot at Stanford Hospital, police said.  […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Mia Rose Tuifua, who graduated from Palo Alto High School yesterday and will become the first in her family to go to college, […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Four student speakers gave a window into life at Gunn High School during yesterday’s graduation ceremonies, and their experiences ranged from one filled […]

This story was first published in Friday’s Daily Post. To get the important local stories first, pick up the Post in the morning at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Residents are petitioning the city of Palo Alto to do something about a man who is lighting fires, cutting down trees, screaming swear words […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer UPDATE, MAY 27 — The Palo Alto Unified School District will hire a team of “behavioral intervention coaches” following a fight with a student […]

The following story was first printed in the Daily Post on May 12. If you want to stay up-to-date on local news, pick up the Post in the mornings. Our […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto is settling a dispute with the Stanford Shopping Center for trying to stop the installation of a natural gas […]

A vandal ripped down a Pride flag at a Palo Alto church, and police say they’re investigating it as a possible hate crime. An employee at First Lutheran Church, 600 […]

UPDATE, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 — The Fair Political Practices Commission meeting that was scheduled for Thursday (May 18), during which the panel would discuss whether a Palo Alto councilwoman can […]

Palo Alto Mayor Lydia Kou, a critic of state legislation to increase housing density in neighborhoods, announced today that she is running for the state Assembly seat now held by […]

May 5, 2023 By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer Caltrans is proposing to replace parking spaces with bike lanes along El Camino Real in Palo Alto. Caltrans officials met […]