Palo Alto
Gunfire at Fleming’s Steakhouse
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A man fired a gun into the front window of Fleming’s Steakhouse at the Stanford Shopping Center this afternoon (Nov. 21), and about 20 […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto
Holmes gets 11 years for defrauding investors in blood-testing company
A federal judge today (Nov. 18) sentenced Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes to 11 years and three months in prison, citing the need for investors in Silicon Valley startups […]
Palo Alto
Center of crypto scandal grew up here, his parents are Stanford professors
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer An entrepreneur who built one of the world’s top cryptocurrency companies and then saw it all come crashing down almost overnight was raised […]
Mountain View
5 Hells Angels arrested in murder at Shoreline
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Five men in the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club were arrested today (Nov. 15) in connection with the murder of one man and the […]
Palo Alto
Police mental health specialist leaves, sidelining new Psychiatric Emergency Response Team
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department’s officer-therapist team is no longer operating because the therapist left the job, Chief Andrew Binder said tonight (Nov. […]
Palo Alto
Police begin to take seriously when officers use profanity
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department is finally taking it seriously when officers use profanity, independent police auditor Mike Gennaco told council tonight (Nov. […]
Palo Alto
Suspected burglar arrested after he’s spotted by police two hours later
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police say they have arrested a man who allegedly broke into a home and then took off running when he discovered somebody inside, […]
Palo Alto
Sam Bankman-Fried’s downfall sends shockwaves through crypto world
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer Sam Bankman-Fried received numerous plaudits as he rapidly achieved superstar status as the head of cryptocurrency exchange FTX: the savior of crypto, the newest […]
Palo Alto
Lawyer: Hate case arrest was chaotic
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer While Alexander Furrier sat at the top of a stairwell after a fight in downtown Palo Alto, six officers and a police dog stood […]
Palo Alto
Who is supporting whom on council
This story originally published in the Oct. 20 print edition of the Daily Post. By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer The balance on Palo Alto City Council could shift […]
Palo Alto
Two school board candidates neck-and-neck in terms of campaign fundraising
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board candidate Shana Segal had a strong last month of fundraising that was boosted by local support, putting her neck […]
Palo Alto
Mayor Burt pulls endorsement of council candidate
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Mayor Pat Burt has revoked his endorsement of Palo Alto City Council candidate Lisa Forssell because he said her approach to housing is […]
Palo Alto
Stanford defends using race in admissions — submits brief to Supreme Court on behalf of Harvard
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Stanford University is siding with Harvard in a Supreme Court case challenging the Ivy League school’s use of race as a factor in admissions […]
Menlo Park
City says closed meeting on Measure V was legal — read the Post’s letter to the city and the city’s response
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park’s city attorney has declined to disclose information that supports her decision to hold a closed council meeting to discuss Measure V. […]
Palo Alto
Police to get a new dog
By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer A police dog and an officer are getting ready to take to the streets of Palo Alto, restarting a program that has been […]
Palo Alto
Council favors license plate-reading cameras to stop crime
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council gave a thumbs up tonight (Oct. 24) to installing license plate reading cameras around the city that would automatically […]
Palo Alto
Candidates denounce school board hopeful over LGBTQ remarks
October 19, 2022 By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer Candidates for Palo Alto’s school board and city council held a rally in front of City Hall on Oct. 16 […]
Palo Alto
Final Palo Alto candidate forum video has been salvaged — YouTube posted, cable air dates scheduled
At first it appeared that a video recording of the Oct. 13 Daily Post Palo Alto City Council candidate forum made by the Mid-Peninsula Media Center had been corrupted and […]
Palo Alto
Diesel spill near Matadero Creek
By the Daily Post staff Between 50 and 100 gallons of diesel fuel have spilled at the VA by the same location of a spill last year that contaminated Matadero […]
Palo Alto
Council pans 382-unit Creekside apartments proposal that’s called ‘grotesque’ and ‘outrageous’
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council said tonight (Oct. 17) that a proposal to build 382 apartments next to the Barron Park neighborhood isn’t anywhere […]