Palo Alto

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The city of Palo Alto, which intends to ask voters in November for money to acquire and rebuild Cubberley Community Center, will include an auditorium for TheatreWorks in the project. […]

BY ELAINE GOODMANDaily Post Correspondent In contrast to previous years, the Palo Alto City Council has set at least one very specific priority for 2026: find funding to acquire and […]

CHP is searching for a driver who was involved in a fatal hit-and-run of a pedestrian who was on the Embarcadero Road and Highway 101 on-ramp in Palo Alto. The […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council wants more types of businesses — such as bars, cat cafes, medical spas and larger gyms — to have […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The opening of the new Palo Alto History Museum has been delayed indefinitely because the city-owned building is leaking, museum CEO Marguerite Gong Hancock […]

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer A judge Wednesday (Jan. 21) declared a mistrial on the remaining 18 felonies against former San Mateo County Community College Chancellor Ron Galatolo after […]

This article has been updated to correct who heads up Sares Regis Group of Northern California. BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto’s Architectural Review Board has given a […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The family of a man who drowned in Palo Alto has privately settled their lawsuit that blamed the Eichler Swim and Tennis Club’s inadequate […]

BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent A longtime environmental group volunteer in Palo Alto, who admitted to possessing child pornography and trying to meet up with a minor for sex, will […]

BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent El Camino Park will continue to house synthetic turf fields, the Palo Alto City Council decided tonight (Jan. 12), ending months of discussion and […]

BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent Former Palo Alto Fire Chief Geo Blackshire is suing the city for allegedly withholding wages from him for years, according to a lawsuit filed […]

This story has been updated to correct errors in a previously published version. BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent A highly anticipated decision on whether to continue installing artificial turf fields […]

BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto City Council unanimously chose Vicki Veenker as mayor and narrowly voted in Greer Stone as vice mayor during their meeting tonight. While […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The only lifeguard on duty at Palo Alto’s Eichler Swim and Tennis Club was wearing jeans, had no breaks during a six-hour shift and […]

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. […]