Caltrain
Council reduces rail crossing options, tunnel still alive
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The idea of putting Caltrain in a tunnel in Palo Alto is still alive. City Council on Tuesday (Jan. 22) rejected Ed Shikada’s […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto
City employee’s race bias suit yields $55,000
This story was originally printed Wednesday, Jan. 23, in the Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The managing artistic director of the Palo Alto Children’s Theater has […]
Palo Alto
Midpen open space board worried about public’s reaction to $50 million office plan
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In the wake of a Daily Post report that the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is quietly planning to spend $50 million on […]
Palo Alto
City may buy community access TV station’s building
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto city leaders on Monday will consider buying the 9,700-square-foot building where the Midpeninsula Media Center is located at 900 San Antonio […]
Palo Alto
Police looking for man who attempted to rob pedestrian
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police today are looking for the man who tried to rob a pedestrian in the 200 block of Leland Avenue. Police call it […]
Palo Alto
Police arrest suspected Barron Park prowler on several charges
By the Daily Post staff An alert resident in the 3000 block of La Calle Court in Palo Alto’s Barron Park neighborhood saw a man prowling in her yard and […]
Palo Alto
Same burglars hit home twice — one armed with a rifle
Police are searching for armed burglary suspects who may have attempted to steal items from the same Palo Alto home twice in the last two months. The most recent burglary […]
Palo Alto
More information about the $190,000 the school district paid to settle claim over sex assault
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district has settled with a former Palo Alto High School student for allegedly mishandling her complaint that a classmate […]
Belmont
Rangoon Ruby and Burma Ruby settle labor complaint by paying workers $4 million
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Rangoon Ruby and Burma Ruby — a restaurant chain with locations in Palo Alto, Stanford, San Carlos, Belmont and Burlingame — will have […]
Palo Alto
Deputy Palo Alto city manager leaves for job in another city
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Deputy City Manager Rob de Geus is leaving next month after 19 years to become the city manager of Westlake Village, […]
Palo Alto
Residents criticize proposed hotel to replace Su Hong
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Residents complained yesterday (Jan. 17) that a proposed 100-room hotel in south Palo Alto was too dense for its half-acre lot, but the […]
Palo Alto
Some residents urged city to stop road diet, but council decided to keep it
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council made its year-long road diet on Middlefield Road permanent without any public discussion — but residents told council in […]
Palo Alto
Recognize this guy?
Palo Alto police are searching for this robber who, along with two other teenagers, stole a man’s cellphone and tried to kick him near the Downtown Palo Alto Caltrain Station […]
Palo Alto
Neighbors concerned about hotel that would replace Su Hong
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Neighbors and nearby hoteliers are rallying against a 100-room hotel proposed to replace Su Hong Chinese restaurant in south Palo Alto, claiming the […]
Caltrain
Three teens attack man near University Ave. train station
By the Daily Post staff Three teens are at large after they robbed a man of his phone and kicked him near the University Avenue Caltrain station last night (Jan. […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto council unanimously approves affordable housing project
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After ending 2018 with even less rental housing than in 2017, Palo Alto City Council turned the tables last night (Jan. 14) and […]
Palo Alto
Theft at Macy’s ends with foot chase in Menlo Park
By the Daily Post staff A grab-and-run theft at Macy’s at the Stanford Shopping Center this afternoon (Jan. 14) ended in Menlo Park where two people were arrested, one of […]
Palo Alto
Music teacher arrested on suspicion of sex crimes
By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto man who teaches piano to children out of his home has been arrested on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a […]
Palo Alto
Middlefield Road lane reduction may become permanent
By the Daily Post staff The year-long temporary “road diet” on Middlefield Road in north Palo Alto — which reduced a four-lane route to two lanes in some places — […]
Palo Alto
SliderBar says city construction project cut sales
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The owner of SliderBar, a burgers-and-beer restaurant at 324 University Ave. in Palo Alto, is demanding $84,548 in lost revenue from the city […]