Palo Alto

UPDATE, APRIL 11 — A man was arrested at UC-Berkeley Tuesday (April 11) after trying to rape a woman in the California Avenue pedestrian underpass in Palo Alto, police said. […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford has removed large bronze plaques that honored Civil War veterans and California pioneers at the base of a flagpole in downtown Palo […]

Palo Alto police said they are investigating an incident of vandalism as a possible hate crime against people from India. Police received a call on Thursday morning reporting the fresh […]

UPDATE SATURDAY MORNING — Albert Wang, the 81-year-old man who was reported missing from the Vi retirement community in Palo Alto, was found safe this morning inside the Vi, police […]

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The Sobrato Organization’s $84 million proposal for the old Fry’s Electronics site is heading to Palo Alto’s Architectural Review Board for a hearing on […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted tonight (April 3) to put up 20 cameras that would automatically read license plates and alert police officers […]

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Council appointed 10 new members to its boards and commissions tonight (April 3). Allen Akin and incumbent Cari Templeton will be on […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted tonight (April 3) to explore building a facility that could process solid human waste on a site by […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A developer is getting around the city of Palo Alto’s 50-foot height limit by invoking the “builder’s remedy” — a law that allows […]

By the Daily Post staff Four high-end stores and a craft ice cream shop are opening in the Town & Country Shopping Center in Palo Alto, a retail broker announced […]

By the Daily Post staff A man in his 80s has died after a truck hit him in a crosswalk in Palo Alto, police said. Officers are looking for witnesses […]

By the Daily Post staff The Palo Alto Utilities Department says that of 12:30 today (March 22) there are still 116 customers without electrical power, but that’s a far cry […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A Court of Appeal today (March 20) ordered the city of Palo Alto to give a developer his money back that was supposed […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The cost of building a new homeless shelter in Palo Alto has gone up again. An 88-unit shelter at the end of San […]

This story was first published in Friday morning’s Daily Post. If you want all of the important local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT […]

By the Daily Post staff The federal government has agreed to refund the city of Palo Alto $24 million for overcharging on electricity, at the same time the city is […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto woman who helped female candidates run for local office has died in a car crash in Joshua Tree, according to […]

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a 49-year-old man who is accused of violently assaulting a woman, leaving with her with injuries that required hospitalization. Damian […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A mistake made by city planners long ago came back to haunt Palo Alto City Council tonight (March 13) as they grappled with whether […]