Palo Alto
TheatreWorks hires new artistic director
By the Daily Post staff TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has chosen Tim Bond to be its new artistic director, the Palo Alto-based company announced Tuesday (Nov. 12). Bond, known for staging […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto
‘Silicon Valley,’ Season 6, Episode 3 — An industry of backstabbers and cutthroats
BY JAMIE MORROW Daily Post Associate Editor The writers of HBO’s “Silicon Valley” love nothing more than to skewer the idea that companies here want to make the world a […]
Menlo Park
Resident sues over Pope-Chaucer Bridge plan, saying it was a done deal before public saw it
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park man is suing the government agency tasked with reducing the possibility of flooding along the San Francisquito Creek, saying that […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto council members want to pass emergency ordinance to deal with unintended consequences of state rent cap law
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council members are trying to pass an emergency ordinance to deal with the unintended consequences of a new state law […]
Palo Alto
City wants to stop rent increases before rent cap bill goes into effect on Jan. 1
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council intends to pass an ordinance next week that corrects an unintended consequence of the state’s new rent cap law […]
Palo Alto
Police step up patrols around Apple Store
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have begun parking a patrol car outside Apple’s University Avenue store in response to a rash of smash-and-grab robberies. Apple stores around […]
Palo Alto
School board flip-flops on teacher housing
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school trustees have done a U-turn on teacher housing. In February, the school board voted unanimously to make sure the 35-acre […]
Palo Alto
School board gets an earful over firing of water polo coach
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A dozen Paly parents and students told the school board last night (Nov. 5) that they are horrified and angry that the district […]
Palo Alto
Two teens mug woman at Stanford Shopping Center — she chases them
By the Daily Post staff Two teens robbed a woman while she was talking on her phone on the east side of Stanford Shopping Center, police said today. Police said […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto intends to ban natural gas appliances in new construction
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council said last night (Nov. 4) that it wants to ban the installation of natural gas appliances in new homes […]
Palo Alto
Suspected bank robber leads police on chase through Palo Alto High School
By the Daily Post staff A suspected bank robber was caught by police after a foot chase through Palo Alto High School yesterday (Nov. 4). A masked man used a […]
Palo Alto
Council tonight considerers move toward natural gas ban
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto is eyeing a ban on natural gas in new buildings starting in 2022. But in an intermediate step that […]
Palo Alto
‘Silicon Valley,’ Season 6, Episode 2 — a billion dollars to violate your principles
BY JAMIE MORROW Daily Post Associate Editor “$50 million sounds great, but it’s an awfully low price to pay for your integrity,” Pied Piper founder Richard is told in last […]
Palo Alto
Christine Blasey Ford breaks silence, says she was inspired by Anita Hill
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Christine Blasey Ford has broken her silence to accept an award from the YWCA of Silicon Valley at a luncheon in Santa Clara. […]
Palo Alto
Man in police standoff to get psych exam
By the Daily Post staff A man who instigated a 29-hour armed standoff with Palo Alto police will be examined by a doctor today (Oct. 31) to see if he […]
Palo Alto
After evictions, President Hotel owners claim support from local nonprofits
This story appeared originally in the Thursday, Oct. 24, print edition of the Daily Post. Most of the local stories printed in the Post do not appear on this website. […]
Palo Alto
Man, 66, accused of hitting drivers with cane during road rage incidents
Palo Alto police said today (Oct. 29) they’ve arrested a 66-year-old man who was using his cane to attack drivers in two separate instances of road rage. At 5:10 p.m. […]
Palo Alto
Home burglarized while couple sleeps
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are looking for three men who burglarized a home in the Barron Park neighborhood while the homeowners were sleeping. On Saturday night […]
Palo Alto
‘Silicon Valley,’ Season 6, Episode 1 — ‘Don’t be evil’ 2.0
BY JAMIE MORROW Daily Post Associate Editor I guess you know you’ve made it in tech when you find yourself testifying before Congress. When we last left HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” […]
Palo Alto
Pressure from parents led to firing of girls water polo coach, lawyer says
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Doug Stotland was fired as girls water polo coach at Palo Alto High School because a player’s parents pressured school administrators after he […]