Palo Alto

This story was originally printed on Nov. 21 in the Post. If you want to get the scoop on local news, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 […]

Feb. 6, 2023 BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Pro-housing groups have filed a lawsuit against the city of Palo Alto for missing the state’s deadline to plan for […]

Feb. 15, 2023 By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer When Councilman Greg Tanaka asked why the city of Palo Alto didn’t know about a $40 million budget surplus before […]

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced today (Feb. 14) that she will not seek reelection in 2024, signaling the end of a groundbreaking political career spanning six decades in which she […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted last night (Feb. 13) to give rebates to residents who have been shocked to open their utility bills. […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council acknowledged tonight (Feb. 13) that residents of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park will deal with stress and anxiety […]

By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto takes pride in charging less for power than PG&E, but that won’t be the case for bills that […]

This story was first printed in the Saturday Daily Post. To stay up-to-date on local news, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. By Braden Cartwright […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted tonight (Feb. 6) to increase the fines, ticket homeowners and no longer issue warnings for using gas-powered leaf […]

By the Daily Post staff Melissa Caswell, a former Palo Alto school board member and mother of two, died today (Feb. 6) of pancreatic cancer at age 58, according to […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Opponents of Palo Alto’s new business tax say that the public should’ve known that the city had a $40 million surplus before voting. […]

Editor’s note: The following is adapted from the comments Virginia Chang Kiraly made to the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday in the aftermath of the mass shootings […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A man who allegedly yelled homophobic slurs while attacking another man dressed as a woman in downtown Palo Alto will have the criminal charges […]

By the Daily Post staff A fire broke out at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday in Palo Alto’s Midtown neighborhood shopping center that includes Bill’s Cafe, Philz Coffee and Palo Alto Fine […]

By the Daily Post staff Walt Hays, a pillar in Palo Alto who pushed the city to make sustainability a priority, has died. He was 87. Hays was a civil […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Police are investigating two strong-arm robberies in downtown Palo Alto. The first was at the train station on Saturday around 3:30 p.m. A […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has agreed on new labor contracts with its firefighters and SEIU Local 521 that gives them 8% raises […]