Palo Alto
Prop 6 would repeal gas tax hike
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press Writer California voters will soon decide whether to drive out a gasoline tax increase passed to fund transportation projects across the state. Proposition 6 seeks […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto
Prop 7 — Is the time right for permanent daylight saving in California?
By AMANDA LEE MYERS Associated Press Writer It’s clockwork: Every fall and spring, Californians and most of the rest of the nation switch to daylight saving or standard time, often […]
Palo Alto
Prop 10 rent control ballot measure prompts fierce fight
By SOPHIA BOLLAG Associated Press Writer Californians who rent apartments built after 1995, single-family homes or condominiums have limited protections from rising prices under a state law passed that year […]
Palo Alto
Dialysis clinics, union fight over Prop 8
By SOPHIA BOLLAG Associated Press Writer A ballot measure restricting profits at dialysis clinics has overtaken initiatives on the gas tax and rent control to become the most expensive California […]
Palo Alto
City to borrow $46 million — but incurring this debt won’t require voter approval
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The Palo Alto City Council tonight (Oct. 15) will consider a plan for financing construction of a $45.8 million parking garage in the California […]
Palo Alto
Robotics team head coach goes on leave after bullying complaints
By the Daily Post staff The new head coach of the Palo Alto High School robotics team — who was accused by parents and students at a school board meeting […]
Opinion
Editorial: No on Measure E
DAILY POST EDITORIAL Palo Alto’s Measure E seems like a tax inspired by a Monty Python skit. In one episode, a politician in a bowler hat says, “To improve the […]
Palo Alto
Council rivals go head-to-head for seat on Midpen open space board
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Councilman Greg Scharff is challenging his ideologically opposed colleague, Councilwoman Karen Holman, for a seat on the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space […]
Palo Alto
Paly robotics team members tell school board their coach is a bully
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The new head coach of the Palo Alto High School robotics team was publicly accused last night (Oct. 9) of intimidating, harassing and […]
Palo Alto
School names, sex ed among topics at Asian-American school board candidate forum
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer All six Palo Alto school board candidates invoked a spirit of inclusivity last night (Oct. 5) at a forum targeting a group of […]
Palo Alto
Medical providers fear layoffs if Measure F passes, but union says it will promote transparency
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford Health Care leaders say that if the union-backed Measure F passes on Nov. 6, it could mean a $1 billion hit to […]
Opinion
Opinion: Cormack, Filseth, DuBois best choices for City Council
DAILY POST EDITORIAL It’s not often that a great city council candidate comes along like Alison Cormack. She’s the Palo Alto woman who led the campaign a decade ago to […]
Palo Alto
A look at where candidates stand in the Palo Alto City Council race
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Until a couple of months ago, the hot issue in the Palo Alto City Council race was whether to cut the city’s cap […]
Palo Alto
School district hired lawyer to deal with candidate’s frequent emails to high school paper
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district hired a First Amendment lawyer to tell school board candidate Kathy Jordan to stop emailing student journalists at […]
Palo Alto
Ford supporters raise more than $700,000 on her behalf
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Two online fundraising campaigns have raised a total of $738,462 to cover the security and other personal expenses being incurred by Christine Blasey […]
Palo Alto
Marissa Mayer makes pitch to council for women’s club
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Former Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer got a mixed response at Palo Alto City Council last night (Oct. 1) when she pitched her proposal […]
Palo Alto
Council approves police, fire raises — most get 5.5%
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto firefighters, battalion chiefs and police lieutenants and captains are getting a raise as a result of an 8-1 vote of City Council last […]
Palo Alto
$1.8 million spent so far on local health care profits measure
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Measure F, the union-backed measure to limit the profits of Palo Alto health care providers, is turning out to be a big-money campaign, […]
Palo Alto
Pilot confused before Baylands crash, preliminary report says
This story was originally printed in the Friday, Sept. 28, edition of the Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A pilot who died when he crashed a […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto building permit backs up Ford’s testimony
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Despite an online rumor to the contrary, a building permit from the city of Palo Alto does not contradict Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony […]
Palo Alto
Wolbach, Cormack lead in fundraising for council race
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council candidates Alison Cormack and Cory Wolbach are leading the pack in campaign contributions with more than $50,000 each — […]
Palo Alto
Jordan leads in fundraising for Palo Alto school board race
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The race for two seats on the Palo Alto school board is raking in sizable contributions, with three candidates raising more than $10,000 […]
Palo Alto
Girl, 13, hit by car on El Camino
By the Daily Post staff A 13-year-old girl was rushed to Stanford Hospital after a car hit her on her bike on El Camino Real, a Palo Alto firefighter said. […]
Palo Alto
Local psychiatrist says delayed reports of sex assaults are common
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto trauma specialist says Christine Blasey Ford’s 30-year delay in telling anyone that she was sexually assaulted in high school is […]
Palo Alto
Christine Blasey Ford allegations bring attention to Palo Alto University
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A small psychology and counseling school has made national news after one of its professors, Christine Blasey Ford, accused Supreme Court nominee Brett […]
Palo Alto
Building permit shows Christine Blasey Ford really did put a backdoor on her bedroom
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A building permit from the city of Palo Alto shows that Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford did, in fact, install a backdoor […]
Palo Alto
School board considers dumping rule requiring two votes on issues
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board President Ken Dauber says he wants to speed up board meetings by voting on issues after one discussion, rather […]
Palo Alto
Missing Palo Alto woman found deceased in car
By the Daily Post staff The California Highway Patrol reports that 66-year-old Wamaitha Kaboga-Miller of Palo Alto, was found deceased in her car, which was located in Newark near the […]
Palo Alto
About 2,000 turn out for Christine Blasey Ford vigil in Palo Alto
An estimated 2,000 people stood at the corners of El Camino Real and Embarcadero Road tonight (Sept. 23) for a candlelight vigil to support Palo Alto University professor Christine Blasey […]
Palo Alto
Thieves hit Apple Store twice in a matter of hours
By the Daily Post staff The downtown Palo Alto Apple Store has been hit twice by thieves in the past 24 hours. Yesterday (Sept. 22) at 7:05 p.m., eight men […]
Palo Alto
Mayor Kniss reveals she was sexually assaulted twice, supports Christine Blasey Ford
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Alto Mayor Liz Kniss, upon hearing the story of local professor Christine Blasey Ford’s alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, […]
Mountain View
Cities wrestle over funds for rail crossings
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The cities of Palo Alto and Mountain View are at odds with the city of Sunnyvale over how to allocate funds for rail […]
Palo Alto
School board candidates debate — Jordan questioned about her criticism of student press
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer At a Palo Alto school board candidate debate tonight (Sept. 20), a high school journalist took the opportunity to confront a candidate about […]
Palo Alto
Eggleston promoted to public works director
By the Daily Post staff Brad Eggleston, Palo Alto’s assistant director of public works, today (Sept. 19) was named head of the department, pending approval by City Council. Eggleston has […]
Palo Alto
Neighbor rallies support for Palo Alto professor who is accusing Kavanaugh
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer When Kristen Podulka saw the news vans outside and read the vitriolic attacks online about her neighbor, she decided to help out. Podulka […]