Palo Alto
Neighbors criticize new solar panels at schools
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Neighbors of Escondido and Nixon elementary schools at Stanford gave the Palo Alto school board an earful last night (Aug. 21) over the […]
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Attempt fails to keep school district settlement secret
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer An attempt by the Palo Alto school district to keep a $150,000 legal settlement out of the public eye has failed. Details of […]
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Hotel President tenants hire attorney, but city tries to lower expectations
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Attorney Molly Stump urged the residents of the Hotel President apartments at City Council last night (Aug. 20) to manage […]
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Police ask for help locating missing woman
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 66-year-old woman who has been missing since Friday (Aug. 17). Wamaitha Kaboga Miller […]
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City to pay Stanford $5.5 million in dispute over fees for fire-paramedic services
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After a five-year dispute and more than two years of negotiations, the city of Palo Alto has agreed to pay Stanford $5.5 million […]
Palo Alto
Youth symphony conductor arrested on suspicion of seeking explicit images from teen
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A wind symphony conductor at the California Youth Symphony in Palo Alto has been arrested for allegedly sexting a 16-year-old Harker School student, […]
Palo Alto
Scharff and Holman to run for Hanko’s seat on open space board; new candidate enters Palo Alto school board race
By the Daily Post staff Another Palo Alto council member, Greg Scharff, is running for the seat Nonette Hanko is vacating on the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space Board. He will […]
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City may charge solo-drivers
Editor’s note: This story was originally printed Monday, Aug. 13, and has been updated to include actions at that the council meeting that evening. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent […]
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Hotel President tenants could get some help from the city
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer With three months left until the residents of the 75-unit Hotel President apartments are evicted to make way for a boutique hotel, Palo […]
Palo Alto
Mayor apologizes for traffic remark
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In what she acknowledged was an unusual move for a City Council member, Palo Alto Mayor Liz Kniss offered a public apology last […]
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Peace may be at hand in dispute over how much Stanford pays Palo Alto for fire-paramedic services
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto appears to have made peace with Stanford in a years-long dispute over the cost of its firefighting and […]
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More than 100 candidates will run this fall in local races – here’s a list
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY AND EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writers Yesterday (Aug. 10) was the deadline for candidates to file for the Nov. 6 election in most City Council, school […]
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Hanko leaving open space board after 46 years, Holman running to replace her
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New city manager will get a year’s pay as severance if he’s fired
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Ed Shikada, who is set to take over for Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene later this year, would get a full year’s […]
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Leak is wasting tens of thousands of gallons of water
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Tens of thousands of gallons of water have gushed out of a city water pipe on Arastradero Road over the last month, but […]
Palo Alto
Nevada man arrested in connection with Midtown Safeway shooting
A 37-year-old Nevada man has been arrested for allegedly shooting into a vehicle at Palo Alto’s Midtown Safeway last Friday. The shooting happened at about 9:15 p.m. Friday in the […]
Palo Alto
Appellate court denies Brock Turner’s appeal
A state appellate court today (Aug. 8) denied an appeal from Brock Turner, the former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault, upholding the jury’s verdict from 2016. The three-judge panel […]
Palo Alto
So you want to be a candidate? Here’s what you’ve got to do
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Friday (Aug. 10) is the deadline to file to run for city council, school board and seats on special district boards. For candidates, […]
Palo Alto
Gym to replace Anthropologie after neighbors drop protests
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A new gym is set to open next month at the former Anthropologie building in downtown Palo Alto, thanks to the withdrawal of […]
Palo Alto
School board impressed by student representative from Gunn
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A teen who wowed Palo Alto school board members with articulate comments on tough issues is getting ready to leave for Washington D.C., […]
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Police looking for both the suspect and victim in shooting at Midtown Safeway
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police today (Aug. 4) released two photos in connection with a shooting last night in the Midtown Safeway parking. Police chased a vehicle […]
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Gunshots at Midtown Safeway, then a 100 mph chase
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Gunshots in the parking lot of the Safeway store in Palo Alto’s Midtown neighborhood last night (Aug. 30 led to a 100 mph […]
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Car burglar still at large, but cops arrest alleged getaway driver
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police haven’t found the car burglar for whom they called in police dogs and a CHP plane to scour San Francisquito […]
Palo Alto
Police searching for suspected car burglar in north Palo Alto
By the Daily Post staff UPDATE, 10:44 p.m. — Police called off their search for a car burglar tonight following a foot chase and an extensive search in the North […]
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The latest trend: $35,000/month for a downtown Palo Alto townhouse
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer For Palo Altans with money to burn, three downtown penthouses are being rented at the jaw-dropping rate of $35,000 a month. Councilwoman Karen […]
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Candidates’ donors revealed
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY AND EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writers With 97 days to go until the Nov. 6 election, candidates in races on the mid-Peninsula have begun disclosing information […]
Palo Alto
The new roundabout isn’t going anywhere, get used to it
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent While the city of Palo Alto seems to be telling residents to live with a controversial set of street modifications on Ross Road including […]
Palo Alto
With Wolbach as the swing vote, council imposes office development cap
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A citizens initiative to halve office development in Palo Alto was made law tonight (June 30) — a surprise win for the slow-growth […]
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Wolbach switches sides, council decides to cap office growth
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A citizens initiative to halve office development in Palo Alto was made law tonight (July 30) — a surprise win for the slow-growth […]
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Council to tackle idling vehicles — growth cap, hotel tax also on Monday’s agenda
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council is returning from summer vacation Monday (July 30) to consider a ban on vehicle idling and two items for […]
Palo Alto
4 council members want more tenant protections, but they stop short of rent control
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Four Palo Alto City Council members are proposing to impose stronger penalties for landlords who don’t offer yearlong leases. They also want to […]
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Burglars throw hundreds of coins on Embarcadero Road after ransacking T&C store
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police interrupted a nighttime burglary at a coin store in the Town & Country Village Shopping Center, arresting two men but two others […]
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‘Active shooter’ alert at VA was a false alarm
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The VA hospital in Palo Alto was briefly locked down yesterday morning after federal police received a false report of an active shooter, […]
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Robbers hit both Lululemon stores in Palo Alto in 20 minute span
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Three women carrying large bags managed to rob both Lululemon Athletica stores in Palo Alto about 20 minutes apart, stealing a total of […]
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Palo Alto raises police pay but recruiting is rough — even with 25K signing bonus
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto city officials are hoping a series of pay raises for police officers over the next three years, starting with a nearly 5% […]