Palo Alto

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Sept. 2, 2022 City Manager Ed Shikada says that a proposed business tax in Palo Alto is just the beginning. “The measure approved […]

Update, 1:35 a.m. Tuesday: The power outage that hit southwest Palo Alto on Monday night appears to be ending. The city Utilities Department just posted an update saying the number […]

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By the Daily Post staff A failed underground cable that was 44 years old is to blame for a power outage that hit thousands of homes and businesses in northeast […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer An appeals court judge has ruled in favor of a project to replace a bridge over the San Francisquito Creek, paving the way for […]

By the Daily Post staff Following a call from an alert witness, police swarmed a downtown parking lot and arrested a pair of armed auto burglary suspects after their vehicle […]

By the Daily Post staff A construction worker died this morning after falling down a shaft inside the tallest building in downtown Palo Alto, the 15-story office plaza at 525 […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (Aug. 22) approved a permit allowing four people to sleep in their cars at the First Congregational Church […]

Aug. 15, 2022 BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto wants homeowners to convert their natural gas stoves and water heaters to electric appliances, so […]

Aug. 8, 2022 By BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Building a network of high-speed fiber internet throughout Palo Alto would cost over $100 million, and the project wouldn’t break […]

By the Daily Post staff Federal prosecutors are asking for the victims of Elizabeth Holmes and her Palo Alto-based blood testing company Theranos to come forward and talk about how […]

By the Daily Post staff Police officers have shut down an illegal marijuana grow in the Crescent Park neighborhood of Palo Alto after a neighbor complained about noise, police said […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Police closed down a block South Court in Old Palo Alto this afternoon (Aug. 18) after a man said he found an old […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council welcomed a 60-foot housing proposal for the southern part of the city tonight (Aug. 15), but a couple of […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A planning commissioner that has fought for slow growth in Palo Alto has entered the race for City Council. Doria Summa, 63, of […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council agreed last night (Aug. 10) to reduce the amount of a business tax it will put on the ballot […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A judge today (Aug. 9) decided three Pets In Need employees won’t have to face criminal charges for taking a van full of […]