Palo Alto

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor When Palo Alto Police Chief Bob Jonsen encrypted his department’s police radios in January, he said he was following a state Department of […]

Below is the story the Post published on Oct. 4 about a proposal before Palo Alto City Council that night to spend more than $18 million on so-called smart meters […]

The story first appeared in Saturday’s print edition of the Daily Post. If you don’t want to miss local news stories, get in the habit of picking up the Post […]

Word Count: 720 BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto police officer wrote a scathing retirement letter attacking the department’s leadership for being incompetent and out of […]

Word Count: 437 BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer “Do better,” Supervisor Joe Simitian told Santa Clara County Superior Court officials at a meeting yesterday (Oct. 5) about making […]

By the Daily Post staff CEO Elon Musk said this afternoon that he’s moving Tesla’s headquarters from the Stanford Research Park in Palo Alto to Austin, Texas, where the electric-car […]

By the Daily Post staff An employee of Palo Alto restaurants Rangoon Ruby and Burma Ruby has been charged with embezzling $200,000 and using some of the money to buy […]

By the Daily Post staff The city of Palo Alto has temporarily closed the Cowper/Webster parking structure at 520 Webster St. after an empty car erupted in flames on the […]

Word Count: 549 BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A developer is proposing a housing project that, if approved, would have implications for thousands of properties in Palo Alto […]

Word Count: 390 BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto police officer who slammed a man face first into the ground and broke a bone around his […]

By the Daily Post staff While many restaurants are celebrating new “stars” from the 2021 California Michelin Guide, a Palo Alto chef is pumped that his restaurant was removed from […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted tonight (Sept. 27) to pursue funding for a $37 million homeless shelter with 88 rooms. The shelter would […]

September 24, 2021 Word Count: 439 BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer An elementary school where a student was shot with a BB gun is seeking a restraining order […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto woman, who has been in jail for five years awaiting trial for stabbing her sister-in-law to death, has accepted a […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A 508-unit housing and office development got a thumbs-down from the Palo Alto City Council tonight (Sept. 20), with one councilman saying a […]

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are investigating an incident in which a man attempted to take a bicycle from an adult victim near the Stanford West apartments. […]

Word Count: 942 BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A judge has upheld a Superior Court ruling that orders the city of Palo Alto to refund $12.6 million of excessive […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After only an hour of deliberation, a jury yesterday found 77-year-old John Getreu guilty of the 1974 murder of Janet Ann Taylor along […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A small plane crashed after striking power lines in the marsh outside of the Palo Alto Airport today (Sept. 13). The pilot was […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto may keep University and California avenues closed for longer and allow restaurants to make their outdoor dining setups […]