Palo Alto
Man threatens local video game company with violence
By the Daily Post staff A man in Washington state went online to threaten violence if a Palo Alto-based video game company doesn’t refund him the $12,000 he spent while […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto
City battles FAA over flight path change
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Changes to a flight path into San Francisco International Airport are adding to concerns about airplane noise in Palo Alto, and the City Council […]
Palo Alto
Stanford disputes Simitian claim, says it’s not walking away from school offer
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford officials say they still want to give the Palo Alto school district $138.4 million in per-student funding over 40 years and construction […]
Palo Alto
School principals get ‘me too’ raises after they threaten to unionize
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board voted Tuesday (May 14) to give principals and managers the same raises that teachers negotiate — which was […]
Palo Alto
Man attacked at Midtown 7-Eleven
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man attacked someone he knew at the 7-Eleven in Midtown Palo Alto, knocking over packaged food and cosmetics, police and a store […]
Palo Alto
Dauber lashes out at Simitian, says supervisor killed deal between district and Stanford
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board member Ken Dauber slammed Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President Joe Simitian Tuesday (May 15) for “killing” Stanford’s […]
Menlo Park
Construction of new Pope-Chaucer bridge could start next year or in 2021
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Replacing the Pope-Chaucer bridge as part of a flood control project for San Francisquito Creek would result in an approximately nine-month closure of the […]
Palo Alto
Paly teacher’s run on ‘Jeopardy!’ ends
By ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto High School teacher Trevor Crowell came in third place on last night’s (May 13) semifinal round of the Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament, […]
Palo Alto
Motorcyclist killed on Skyline Blvd. is identified
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A motorcyclist who died after she crashed next to Skyline Boulevard in Palo Alto has been identified by the Santa Clara County medical […]
Palo Alto
Local teacher returns to ‘Jeopardy!’ tonight (May 13)
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After emerging victorious from last week’s episode, Palo Alto High School teacher Trevor Crowell will compete in the semifinals of the Jeopardy! Teachers […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto city spokeswoman resigns
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto’s chief communications officer is quitting to move back to Southern California after six years with the city, the […]
Palo Alto
Police confiscate city employee’s gun
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police have confiscated a utilities employee’s revolver after she sent an email to HR referencing the 1988 workplace shooting of two […]
Palo Alto
Thieves in Palo Alto steal gear of University of Hawaii water polo team
Twenty members of the University of Hawaii women’s water polo team had nearly $16,000 of equipment stolen in a Palo Alto burglary, according to police. The smash-and-grab theft was reported […]
Palo Alto
Fire strikes Cafe Brioche on California Avenue
By the Daily Post staff A fire damaged Cafe Brioche at 445 California Ave. in Palo Alto tonight (May 8). The cafe’s owner, Mete Akbaba, told the Post that he […]
Palo Alto
Female motorcyclist killed on Skyline Boulevard
By the Daily Post staff A female motorcyclist was killed this afternoon (May 8) in a crash on Skyline Boulevard (Highway 35) in Palo Alto, according to the California Highway […]
Facebook
Man extorted after sending sexually explicit video to stranger
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto man was almost extorted out of $300 after he sent a racy video to a stranger he met on Facebook, […]
Palo Alto
Local teacher wins on “Jeopardy!” — moves on to semifinals
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto High School Spanish teacher Trevor Crowell only bet $100 in Final Jeopardy, but still won last night’s (Tuesday, May 7) game and will […]
Palo Alto
Local teacher to compete on ‘Jeopardy!’ tonight
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto High School teacher will be showing his smarts on national television tonight (May 7) as he competes for $100,000 in […]
Palo Alto
MAGA hat critic quietly left city committee; no announcement from city
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Rebecca Parker Mankey, the Palo Alto activist who lost her job after confronting a man in a Make America Great Again hat at […]
East Palo Alto
Menlo Park, EPA and Palo Alto councils meet tonight (May 6) to talk about housing
By the Daily Post staff For the first time in recent memory, the city councils of Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park will get together to hold a […]