Palo Alto

One of Palo Alto’s billionaires, Google co-founder Larry Page, is talking about leaving California over a ballot measure that would impose a one-time 5% fee on assets of people worth […]

A woman has been arrested for allegedly purposefully hitting another car and pepper spraying the occupants of the car she struck, Palo Alto police said yesterday. Police responded to the […]

Palo Alto, like most Mid-Peninsula cities, changes mayors at the start of the year. On Monday, Jan. 5, council members will vote on a mayor and vice mayor for 2026. […]

BY ELAINE GOODMANDaily Post Correspondent As the city of Palo Alto starts drawing up designs for railroad bridges at three Caltrain crossings in town, council members admit they don’t know […]

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer We now know why hackers were able to take over the talking crosswalks on El Camino and have them air AI messages impersonating Elon […]

The previous year the Daily Post a plate full of stories, ranging from the removal of a county sheriff to a controversy over wokeness in the schools, from proposals for […]

BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent Santa Clara County voters have until Tuesday, Dec. 30, to cast their ballots to determine the next county assessor, the result of a $13 […]

Palo Alto Councilmen Greer Stone and Keith Rechdahl told the New York Times about a proposal that attempts to stop the wealthy from assembling homes to create a compound. The […]

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer A nonprofit is looking to revamp Lytton Plaza, where Palo Altans have expressed concerns about drug dealing. The Friends of Palo Alto Parks plans […]

(Read the audited financial report, known as the AFCR.) BY ELAINE GOODMANDaily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto’s citywide revenues exceeded expenses by $112 million last fiscal year, and […]

Construction is complete on the first experimental levee along the San Francisco Bay shoreline that will clean treated wastewater and discharge it into the Bay. Now, all that’s needed is […]

Friends of the Palo Alto Parks announced today (Dec. 10) it has received a $50,000 donation from Dr. Priscilla Chan and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who are Palo Alto residents. […]

Palo Alto City Council voted 6-1 tonight (Dec. 8) to ban detached trailers and the renting of RVs by so-called “vanlords.” With little discussion council approved a pair of ordinances […]

The city of Palo Alto has rolled out an AI chatbot on the city’s website, furthering the city’s use of AI.  The program, called CityAssist, is powered by Citibot, a […]

A Palo Alto man has been arrested in connection with a road rage incident where he allegedly shot out a car window on Highway 101, police said today (Dec. 8).  […]

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East Palo Alto will reconsider its contract with a controversial surveillance company whose license plate data has reportedly been accessed by ICE. City council will vote tomorrow on a five-year, […]

Correction: A previous version of this story said that the Palo Alto City Council had approved a $7 million plan for dealing with the growing number of RVs and other […]