Palo Alto
Owl gets a new ‘do
A Palo Alto animal control officer used a blow-dryer yesterday (March 28) to warm up a nestling screech owl who was found cold and wet in a backyard in Palo […]
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Feds to investigate Stanford and other schools involved in college admissions scandal
By the Daily Post staff The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Stanford and the seven other colleges that were part of a admissions scandal that resulted […]
Palo Alto
Accused boy allowed to participate on Gunn robotics team for 12 hours a week — read the judge’s ruling
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A judge ruled today (March 26) that a Gunn High School junior who sexually harassed a teammate on the school’s robotics team can […]
Palo Alto
Ruling due on Monday in robotics team sex harassment case
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A judge is set to decide Monday (March 25) whether to continue a temporary ban that’s keeping a Gunn High School student from […]
Palo Alto
Mugger on El Camino gets $200 and cigarettes
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Police spent about 45 minutes searching the Barron Park neighborhood in south Palo Alto yesterday (March 22) after a man in a yellow […]
Palo Alto
Intruder enters bedroom, starts asking questions
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are looking for a man who man who appeared in a woman’s Ventura Avenue apartment, sat down on the bed and began […]
Palo Alto
DA says fatal police shooting of Palo Alto teacher was justified — updated
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The District Attorney decided yesterday (March 20) that two Redwood City police officers will not face criminal charges for shooting Palo Alto teacher […]
Palo Alto
Two community meetings planned on housing bill SB 50
By the Daily Post staff The controversy over building more housing will result in two town hall-style meetings in the next few days sponsored by local groups with different perspectives. […]
Palo Alto
Ventura neighborhood may get more housing; Council to review progress of planning effort tonight
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto’s Ventura neighborhood could eventually have a greater variety of housing, taller buildings and more parks under an $888,000 plan that’s being developed […]
Palo Alto
San Mateo County supervisors may come out in support of SB 50, a controversial housing bill
BY EMILY MIBACH AND ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writers Two San Mateo County supervisors are proposing that the board approve a resolution that supports the divisive Senate Bill 50, […]
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Palo Alto mayor blasts Senate Bill 50, which would allow high-density housing
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Mayor Eric Filseth, in his State of the City address last night (March 5), came out with guns blazing against Senate […]
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Assemblyman names Christine Blasey Ford ‘Woman of the Year’
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Christine Blasey Ford, the Palo Alto psychologist who accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of trying to rape her when they were in […]
Opinion
Congresswoman spoofed on SNL; Social media buzzing about ‘alien’ in downtown Palo Alto
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor If you’re a politician in Washington, you know you’ve made the big time when you’re impersonated on “Saturday Night Live.” But what if […]
Palo Alto
Cousins arrested in burglary of SAP offices
By the Daily Post staff A pair of cousins were grabbed by police as they attempted to escape with stolen property from the Palo Alto campus of the German software […]
Palo Alto
Solar company ready to sue city; council to hold closed meeting on threat tonight
This story originally appeared in this morning’s Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The clean-energy company hired to install and operate solar panels and electric vehicle charging […]
In the news
Menlo Park, Palo Alto mayors have lunch and talk about issues
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The mayors of Palo Alto and Menlo Park — two city governments that haven’t always been in lockstep — met for the first […]
Palo Alto
School board makes its wishes known about Cubberley
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district says its current enrollment doesn’t call for a new middle school or high school anytime soon — but […]
Palo Alto
Boy on Gunn robotics team says he was bullied by female teammate
This story first appeared in the Post on Tuesday, Feb. 26. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A 16-year-old boy accused of sexually assaulting, then repeatedly harassing his teammate […]
Palo Alto
Phone snatched from teen at Taco Bell
By the Daily Post staff A teenage Taco Bell customer had his phone taken by a guy in a car who had just gone through the drive-thru at the restaurant […]
Palo Alto
Woman arrested after allegedly performing sex acts on man at Stanford Hospital
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto police arrested a Central Valley woman who was allegedly caught performing sex acts on her boyfriend in a patient room […]