Caltrain
Council reduces rail crossing options, tunnel still alive
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The idea of putting Caltrain in a tunnel in Palo Alto is still alive. City Council on Tuesday (Jan. 22) rejected Ed Shikada’s […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto
City employee’s race bias suit yields $55,000
This story was originally printed Wednesday, Jan. 23, in the Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The managing artistic director of the Palo Alto Children’s Theater has […]
Palo Alto
Midpen open space board worried about public’s reaction to $50 million office plan
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In the wake of a Daily Post report that the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is quietly planning to spend $50 million on […]
Palo Alto
City may buy community access TV station’s building
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto city leaders on Monday will consider buying the 9,700-square-foot building where the Midpeninsula Media Center is located at 900 San Antonio […]
Palo Alto
Police looking for man who attempted to rob pedestrian
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police today are looking for the man who tried to rob a pedestrian in the 200 block of Leland Avenue. Police call it […]
Palo Alto
Police arrest suspected Barron Park prowler on several charges
By the Daily Post staff An alert resident in the 3000 block of La Calle Court in Palo Alto’s Barron Park neighborhood saw a man prowling in her yard and […]
Palo Alto
Same burglars hit home twice — one armed with a rifle
Police are searching for armed burglary suspects who may have attempted to steal items from the same Palo Alto home twice in the last two months. The most recent burglary […]
Palo Alto
More information about the $190,000 the school district paid to settle claim over sex assault
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district has settled with a former Palo Alto High School student for allegedly mishandling her complaint that a classmate […]
Belmont
Rangoon Ruby and Burma Ruby settle labor complaint by paying workers $4 million
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Rangoon Ruby and Burma Ruby — a restaurant chain with locations in Palo Alto, Stanford, San Carlos, Belmont and Burlingame — will have […]
Palo Alto
Deputy Palo Alto city manager leaves for job in another city
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Deputy City Manager Rob de Geus is leaving next month after 19 years to become the city manager of Westlake Village, […]
Palo Alto
Residents criticize proposed hotel to replace Su Hong
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Residents complained yesterday (Jan. 17) that a proposed 100-room hotel in south Palo Alto was too dense for its half-acre lot, but the […]
Palo Alto
Some residents urged city to stop road diet, but council decided to keep it
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council made its year-long road diet on Middlefield Road permanent without any public discussion — but residents told council in […]
Palo Alto
Recognize this guy?
Palo Alto police are searching for this robber who, along with two other teenagers, stole a man’s cellphone and tried to kick him near the Downtown Palo Alto Caltrain Station […]
Palo Alto
Neighbors concerned about hotel that would replace Su Hong
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Neighbors and nearby hoteliers are rallying against a 100-room hotel proposed to replace Su Hong Chinese restaurant in south Palo Alto, claiming the […]
Caltrain
Three teens attack man near University Ave. train station
By the Daily Post staff Three teens are at large after they robbed a man of his phone and kicked him near the University Avenue Caltrain station last night (Jan. […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto council unanimously approves affordable housing project
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After ending 2018 with even less rental housing than in 2017, Palo Alto City Council turned the tables last night (Jan. 14) and […]
Palo Alto
Theft at Macy’s ends with foot chase in Menlo Park
By the Daily Post staff A grab-and-run theft at Macy’s at the Stanford Shopping Center this afternoon (Jan. 14) ended in Menlo Park where two people were arrested, one of […]
Palo Alto
Music teacher arrested on suspicion of sex crimes
By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto man who teaches piano to children out of his home has been arrested on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a […]
Palo Alto
Middlefield Road lane reduction may become permanent
By the Daily Post staff The year-long temporary “road diet” on Middlefield Road in north Palo Alto — which reduced a four-lane route to two lanes in some places — […]
Palo Alto
SliderBar says city construction project cut sales
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The owner of SliderBar, a burgers-and-beer restaurant at 324 University Ave. in Palo Alto, is demanding $84,548 in lost revenue from the city […]
Palo Alto
Affordable housing project up for a vote in a city that hasn’t approved many of them
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After last year’s nine-member Palo Alto City Council failed to approve more housing than was taken off the market in 2018, the new […]
Palo Alto
Police get report of a shooting only to find out it was a prank
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9 — The Palo Alto police briefly detained a Facebook cyber-security executive Tuesday night (Jan. 8) after a prankster […]
Palo Alto
Filseth picked as Palo Alto mayor, Fine as vice as council shrinks from 9 to 7 members
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council paid its respects to three departing members last night (Jan. 7) as it shrunk down in size for the […]
Palo Alto
Gunmen wearing ski masks try to rob man in Palo Alto, police say
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are looking for robbers in ski masks who held up a man at gunpoint in the 2300 block of Birch Street, not […]
Palo Alto
Woman sexually assaulted in Palo Alto today; suspect at large
By the Daily Post staff A woman walking on Everett Avenue early this morning (Jan. 7) was sexually assaulted by a man who asked her for money, police said tonight […]
Palo Alto
City Council will select mayor, vice mayor tonight
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council is set to elect a new mayor and vice mayor for 2019 tonight (Jan. 7), and at least two […]
Palo Alto
UPDATE: “Crime fighter” fights charges over shooting at Midtown Safeway
This story was originally printed in the Daily Post on Thursday, Jan. 3. An update to this story, printed Saturday, Jan. 5, is at the end. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily […]
Palo Alto
Emails contradict former city IT chief’s claim about his involvement in small cell antenna deployment
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Emails involving the city of Palo Alto’s then-chief information officer, who is under investigation by the state over his frequent foreign trips, contradict […]
Palo Alto
City spends $5,000 on party for retiring city manager
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto city leaders spent $5,000 in taxpayer funds to throw a retirement party for former City Manager Jim Keene, according to documents […]
Palo Alto
Man arrested in El Camino Real sexual assault
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police today (Jan. 2) arrested the man they believe sexually assaulted a woman who was walking on El Camino Real early Saturday morning. […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto City Council approves $2 million for chambers improvements
This story was originally printed Dec. 19 in the Daily Post. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto City Council has approved a nearly $2 million upgrade […]
Palo Alto
Woman sexually assaulted on El Camino
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto Pokice are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman who was walking on El Camino Real at 3:30 this morning (Dec. […]
Caltrain
Four tracks possible for a large portion of Palo Alto
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Caltrain is studying the idea of adding two more tracks from Palo Alto’s California Avenue station to Mountain View, bringing the number of […]
Palo Alto
Brother, sister arrested on sex trafficking charges
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A brother and sister from Mountain View have been arrested for smuggling Guatemalan citizens to the city in order to exploit them in […]
Palo Alto
Transient arrested for attempting to sexually assault a woman on Castilleja Avenue
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a 28-year-old transient in connection with the attempted sex assault of a woman walking on Castilleja Avenue, who was saved […]