Palo Alto
Police investigate stabbing at tech company, man arrested
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police yesterday (Dec. 11) arrested a man who is suspected of stabbing a co-worker at a tech company off Page Mill […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto
City considering rules for small antennas
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent As wireless companies look to install more small cell antennas or “nodes” to improve wireless service, the Palo Alto City Council next week will […]
Palo Alto
High school journalists held back from covering story by teacher, assistant principal
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The editors of a Palo Alto High School student publication say a teacher and assistant principal tried to block reporters from covering a […]
Opinion
Opinion: Council not using tool to rein in police
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Altans have reason to be concerned about a series of cases accusing the city’s police officers. • On Nov. 18, City Council […]
Palo Alto
City puts off withdrawal from convention and visitors bureau
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council is holding off on a request from local hotels to withdraw from the San Mateo County/Silicon Valley Convention and […]
Palo Alto
Sex assault center to open at Stanford Hospital
A 24-hour center for victims of rape and sexual assault, which will include rape crisis advocates and a Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Team, is scheduled to open in February at […]
Palo Alto
City preparing to ban e-cigarettes
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Palo Alto
Eviction, rent cap ordinance advances after power play by councilman
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer An ordinance to stop unjust evictions and rent hikes in Palo Alto will go into effect a week later than planned because Councilman […]
Palo Alto
City paid $250,000 to settle 2013 brutality suit against cop who has now been accused again
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department’s Tom DeStefano, who was just named in a $3.8 million police brutality claim, was one of the officers […]
Palo Alto
Police hit with new brutality claim
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto just settled a $572,500 police brutality claim, and now it is facing another one. Julio Arevalo has filed a claim for […]
Palo Alto
Man who got $572,500 settlement over police beating has been arrested for burglary
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Palo Alto
Man arrested on suspicion of burglarizing home and robbing the homeowner
This story first appeared in Tuesday morning’s Daily Post. Here’s an updated version of the story with information about the man who was arrested. To get all of the local […]
Palo Alto
Hotels want to leave visitors bureau
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Palo Alto
Couple arrested for auto burglaries while kids, ages 2 and 3, sat in the back of their car with a loaded gun, police say
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a couple who allegedly drove around downtown looking for cars to break into while two children, ages 2 and 3, […]
Palo Alto
Former police sergeant must apologize to beating victim
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Former Palo Alto police Sgt. Wayne Benitez, who slammed a Buena Vista Mobile Home Park resident on the hood of a car and […]
Palo Alto
Utilities truck sidelined after lineman’s electrocution
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Palo Alto
City to pay $572,500 to settle suit over police beating caught on video
By the Daily Post staff The city of Palo Alto has agreed to pay $572,500 to a Buena Vista Mobile Home Park resident who was beaten by a Palo Alto […]
Palo Alto
Community opens wallets for family of lineman who was electrocuted
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer More than 550 people have donated $64,000 to the family of a Palo Alto Utilities lineman who was electrocuted. Donatus Okhomina, 42, an […]
Palo Alto
Locally-owned neighborhood pharmacy is closing
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Maximart Pharmacy at 240 Cambridge Ave. is shutting its doors tomorrow after four decades of filling the prescriptions of Palo Altans. Jack Morton, […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto’s HP Inc. rejects takeover offer from Xerox
HP Inc. said today (Nov. 17) its board rejected a $33.5 billion takeover offer from Xerox. The Palo Alto-based company said that the cash and stock deal undervalues its business […]
Palo Alto
Lineman who was electrocuted is identified, was a father of 4
The Palo Alto Utilities employee who was electrocuted yesterday has been identified as Donatus Okhomina, a father of four, Air Force veteran and seasoned electrical lineman. Okhomina, 42, of Dixon, […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto Utilities worker electrocuted
By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto Utilities Department lineman was killed this morning (Nov. 16) while working on an electrical transformer at 670 E. Meadow Drive near Middlefield […]
Palo Alto
Parks and Rec commission recommends pilot program to open Foothills Park to non-Palo Altans
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Parks and Recreation Commission last night (Nov. 12) recommended that City Council should ease up on the rule that only […]
Palo Alto
Plan to chop down trees behind Fletcher Middle School is put on hold
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto’s Public Works Department has paused a plan to remove 16 trees and prune 100 more on a half-mile bike path behind Fletcher Middle […]
Palo Alto
TheatreWorks hires new artistic director
By the Daily Post staff TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has chosen Tim Bond to be its new artistic director, the Palo Alto-based company announced Tuesday (Nov. 12). Bond, known for staging […]
Menlo Park
Resident sues over Pope-Chaucer Bridge plan, saying it was a done deal before public saw it
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park man is suing the government agency tasked with reducing the possibility of flooding along the San Francisquito Creek, saying that […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto council members want to pass emergency ordinance to deal with unintended consequences of state rent cap law
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council members are trying to pass an emergency ordinance to deal with the unintended consequences of a new state law […]
Palo Alto
City wants to stop rent increases before rent cap bill goes into effect on Jan. 1
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council intends to pass an ordinance next week that corrects an unintended consequence of the state’s new rent cap law […]
Palo Alto
Police step up patrols around Apple Store
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have begun parking a patrol car outside Apple’s University Avenue store in response to a rash of smash-and-grab robberies. Apple stores around […]
Palo Alto
School board flip-flops on teacher housing
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school trustees have done a U-turn on teacher housing. In February, the school board voted unanimously to make sure the 35-acre […]
Palo Alto
School board gets an earful over firing of water polo coach
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A dozen Paly parents and students told the school board last night (Nov. 5) that they are horrified and angry that the district […]
Palo Alto
Two teens mug woman at Stanford Shopping Center — she chases them
By the Daily Post staff Two teens robbed a woman while she was talking on her phone on the east side of Stanford Shopping Center, police said today. Police said […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto intends to ban natural gas appliances in new construction
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council said last night (Nov. 4) that it wants to ban the installation of natural gas appliances in new homes […]
Palo Alto
Suspected bank robber leads police on chase through Palo Alto High School
By the Daily Post staff A suspected bank robber was caught by police after a foot chase through Palo Alto High School yesterday (Nov. 4). A masked man used a […]
Palo Alto
Council tonight considerers move toward natural gas ban
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto is eyeing a ban on natural gas in new buildings starting in 2022. But in an intermediate step that […]