Palo Alto
Ray Mueller running for San Mateo County supervisor
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Ray Mueller, an attorney who has served on the Menlo Park City Council since 2012, announced yesterday that he’s running in 2020 for […]
Palo Alto
Opinion
Editorial: Police decision to encrypt radio transmissions reduces transparency
Daily Post Editorial Palo Alto police have decided to encrypt their radio transmissions, a move that will severely limit the ability of journalists to do their jobs. Moreover, members of […]
Palo Alto
Owner of College Terrace building fined for not having a grocery store
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The former owner of the First Republic Bank building at 2100 El Camino Real in Palo Alto paid $226,803 in fines to the […]
Palo Alto
Councilman files to run for Congress
This story was first printed Dec. 21 in the Daily Post. To keep up with all of the local news, pick up the Post in the morning at 1,000 mid-Peninsula […]
Palo Alto
Police cut off their radio transmissions to the public
By the Daily Post staff The Palo Alto Police Department began encrypting its police radio transmissions yesterday (Jan. 5) to prevent the public from hearing what officers are doing. Since […]
Palo Alto
And the new vice mayor is … Pat Burt
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer It was no surprise that Palo Alto City Council tonight elected Councilman Tom DuBois as mayor for 2021, but when it came to […]
Palo Alto
Police seek man who exposed himself to 12-year-old girl
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police say the man pictured above exposed himself to a 12-year-old girl who was riding her bike on Drivewood Drive on Sunday (Jan. […]
Palo Alto
Sarcasm cut from police suit
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A $10 million lawsuit against Palo Alto police over a 2019 use-of-force incident outside of Happy Donuts has been revised, after attorneys for the […]
Palo Alto
Who will be Palo Alto’s vice mayor? Cormack or a slow-growther?
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Who will become Palo Alto’s next vice mayor may be a topic of tonight’s City Council’s meeting. Although the new council will be […]
Palo Alto
Court-ordered utility refunds won’t happen quickly
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer It’s possible that the city of Palo Alto Utilities Department will have to pay $12 million in refunds to natural gas customers, but […]
Palo Alto
Free Covid testing offered in Palo Alto
This story was originally published in the Daily Post on Monday morning. If you want to get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto may ‘brown out’ fire station
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer One of Palo Alto’s fire stations could be “browned out,” or left empty, after 8 p.m. on weekdays and on weekends due to […]
Palo Alto
Robbers ages 12, 12 and 14 violently steal woman’s purse at Stanford Shopping Center, police say
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police say they arrested three juveniles — ages 12, 12 and 14 — who violently attacked a woman in her 60s at Stanford […]
Palo Alto
Parent wins legal battle with PAUSD over son’s math class
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A parent who sued the Palo Alto Unified School District over its math placement policies said yesterday that he has succeeded in getting his […]
Palo Alto
Former sergeant pleads innocent in videotaped beating
By the Daily Post staff Former Palo Alto police Sgt. Wayne Benitez is headed for court in the new year after he pleaded innocent to assaulting a man at Buena […]
Apple
Apple to close stores during Christmas shopping peak
Apple has temporarily closed its stores in downtown Palo Alto, the Stanford Shopping Center and all other locations in California amid the Covid pandemic. According to the Apple website, the […]
Palo Alto
Stanford Hospital residents protest that they were left out of first round of Covid vaccinations
By the Daily Post staff Medical residents and fellows at Stanford Hospital protested a plan that excluded most of them from getting the first round of Covid vaccinations. Instead, more […]
Palo Alto
No referendum on Foothills Park access, city quickly finalizes settlement with ACLU, NAACP
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The petition drive to force a referendum challenging Palo Alto City Council’s decision to open Foothills Park to nonresidents is dead after the […]
Opinion
Guest opinion: Time to turn the page on Foothills Park
GUEST OPINION This guest opinion piece originally appeared in Friday’s Daily Post. To keep up on what’s happening locally, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 mid-Peninsula locations. […]
Palo Alto
Slow-growth faction will get to pick new members of the Planning and Transportation Commission
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s slow growth proponents won a fight against the city’s pro-growth leaders tonight and as a result, council won’t make any appointments […]