East Palo Alto
Progress made on preventing floods
GUEST OPINION BY GARY KREMEN As many of you remember, the 1998 San Francisquito Creek record flood ravaged parts of Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Floodwaters from […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto
Schools may be part of development agreement county will negotiate with Stanford
By the Daily Post staff Talks have stopped between Stanford and the Palo Alto school district over whether the university should build a new school if it’s allowed to expand, […]
Palo Alto
Elizabeth Wong’s project for 429 University finally gets a green light
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The last item of the last agenda of the last meeting of the year for Palo Alto City Council may have finally ended […]
East Palo Alto
Paly student shot to death
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A 19-year-old East Palo Alto resident who attended Palo Alto High School was identified Friday (Dec. 14) as the young man who had […]
Palo Alto
3 Palo Alto officials up for pay raises
By the Daily Post staff Three Palo Alto officials may receive a pay raise tonight (Dec. 17). City Attorney Molly Stump is slated to receive a 5% annual salary increase […]
Palo Alto
Community rallies to support family of teacher who died in police shooting
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district community is rushing to support the family of Kyle Hart, the teacher killed by a Redwood City police […]
Palo Alto
Police kill teacher who allegedly charged at them with a knife during suicide attempt
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A teacher at Greene Middle School in Palo Alto was killed today (Dec. 10) by a Redwood City Police Officer after he allegedly […]
Caltrain
Council may kill the idea of a citywide Caltrain tunnel
By the Daily Post staff The idea of putting Caltrain in a tunnel from one end of Palo Alto to the other could come to a screeching halt on Monday […]
Palo Alto
Stanford expansion’s impact on school district disputed
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board Vice President Todd Collins on Thursday (Dec. 13) chided Stanford officials for what he called a “very misleading” public […]
Palo Alto
Recalled judge asks for help paying court judgment
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Recalled Judge Aaron Persky is asking his supporters for help covering the $135,000 he owes to attorneys hired by Michele Dauber’s recall campaign. […]
Palo Alto
Council opposes conversion of Hotel President to a hotel; wants to save housing
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council, amid an extreme housing shortage, wants to keep a law that is standing in the way of the Hotel […]
Palo Alto
Rinconada Masters adult swim club wins battle over pool use
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After an outcry from swimmers, the Rinconada Masters adult swim club will get to keep training in the Palo Alto pool they’ve used […]
Opinion
Opinion: Hotel President buyers not that smart
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The people who bought the Hotel President in downtown Palo Alto have made a multimillion-dollar mistake. And now they’re asking City Council members […]
Palo Alto
City manager gets a farewell party — taxpayers pick up part of the tab
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After a decade as Palo Alto city manager, Jim Keene got a lively send-off into retirement at the Garden Court Hotel last night, […]
Palo Alto
Council to consider proposals that would help buyers of Hotel President
BY ALLISON LEVITSKYDaily Post Staff Writer Four Palo Alto city laws are standing in the way of the Hotel President apartments from being converted back into a hotel, and the […]
Palo Alto
Plan to revamp City Council chambers comes back to life after election
This story was originally published in Thursday (Dec. 6) morning’s edition of the Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A $1.96 million proposed reboot of the Palo […]
Palo Alto
City manager turns down pay raise
Update, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 5 p.m. — Jim Keene, who is retiring Dec. 20 after 10 years as Palo Alto’s city manager, is turning down a pay raise City Council […]
Palo Alto
Bill may force cities like Palo Alto to build more housing
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer For better or worse, Palo Alto City Hall was abuzz yesterday (Dec. 4) after state Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, announced the second […]
Palo Alto
School board hires general counsel and says she’s not to blame for unfulfilled record requests
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board last night (Dec. 4) promoted the district’s manager of policy and legal compliance to the new general counsel […]
Palo Alto
School district public record requests go unanswered; official in charge may get a promotion
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district has been ignoring state law when it comes to fulfilling California Public Records Act requests for months. But […]
Palo Alto
Council moves ahead with plan to allow more housing
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council made strides last night toward encouraging denser housing development in town, with fewer parking spaces and more roof decks […]
Palo Alto
Typo in city code is stopping the elimination of apartments at Hotel President
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A city employee made a copy-and-paste typographical error in Palo Alto’s zoning code in 2016 that is now blocking the Hotel President apartments […]
Palo Alto
Residents say what they want from Stanford in exchange for allowing more growth on campus
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Stanford graduate student Alexa Russo opposed the development agreement being negotiated by Stanford and Santa Clara County supervisors. In fact, […]
Palo Alto
Sex assault victim recorded alleged assailant, a Lyft driver
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto woman who was sexually assaulted by a Lyft driver on her way home from San Francisco afterward recorded the man […]
Palo Alto
School board gets fake emails over school name changes
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In the age of national election hacking fears, the divisive decision to rename two Palo Alto middle schools inspired hundreds of questionable emails […]
Palo Alto
Attempt by Residentialists to delay vote on housing ordinance fails
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Hoping to wait for a new Palo Alto City Council in January, three Residentialist council members tried to thwart a controversial discussion on […]
Palo Alto
Christmas Bureau brings joy to poor local families
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer For the 64th season, Palo Alto’s poorest families will get a little extra holiday cheer next month thanks to the Christmas Bureau of […]
Opinion
Opinion: Showdown over new housing expected tonight
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor A showdown could happen tonight (Nov. 26) over how much new housing Palo Alto will allow in the future. Palo Alto has arguably […]
Palo Alto
Police looking for indecent exposure suspect
By the Daily Post staff A 14-year-old girl who was walking her dog in the 300 block of East Meadow Drive in Palo Alto on Nov. 19 was approached by […]
Palo Alto
Three men rob man of his iPhone on bike path near Town & Country Village
By the Daily Post staff Three men are at large today (Nov. 24) after robbing a man who was walking along a bike path Friday night, police said. At 8:14 […]
Palo Alto
City may loosen parking requirements to encourage more housing
This story was originally published Nov. 19 in the print edition of the Daily Post. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto is looking at reducing parking requirements for […]
Palo Alto
City IT chief, under fire for foreign trips, resigns to take job at Oracle
By the Daily Post staff Jonathan Reichental is stepping down as Palo Alto’s chief information officer to take a position at Oracle days after his frequent foreign trips had come […]
Palo Alto
Sheriff arrests suspect in 1973 murder of Stanford grad
By the Daily Post staff Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith announced this morning (Nov. 21) that her deputies have arrested a 74-year-old man in connection with the 1973 murder […]
Palo Alto
Jane Fonda was a fan of the Rev. Jim Jones
By the Daily Post staff In all of the stories about the 40th anniversary of the Jim Jones-Peoples Temple massacre, one name hasn’t popped up often — Jane Fonda. Before […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto fire chief takes job in Santa Barbara
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto Fire Chief Eric Nickel is resigning and will take the job of fire chief in Santa Barbara, the city announced today (Nov. 20). […]