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
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 […]
Palo Alto
Affordable housing project up for a vote in a city that hasn’t approved many of them
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After last year’s nine-member Palo Alto City Council failed to approve more housing than was taken off the market in 2018, the new […]
Palo Alto
Police get report of a shooting only to find out it was a prank
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer 12:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 9 — The Palo Alto police briefly detained a Facebook cyber-security executive Tuesday night (Jan. 8) after a prankster […]
Palo Alto
Filseth picked as Palo Alto mayor, Fine as vice as council shrinks from 9 to 7 members
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council paid its respects to three departing members last night (Jan. 7) as it shrunk down in size for the […]
Palo Alto
Gunmen wearing ski masks try to rob man in Palo Alto, police say
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are looking for robbers in ski masks who held up a man at gunpoint in the 2300 block of Birch Street, not […]
Palo Alto
Woman sexually assaulted in Palo Alto today; suspect at large
By the Daily Post staff A woman walking on Everett Avenue early this morning (Jan. 7) was sexually assaulted by a man who asked her for money, police said tonight […]
Palo Alto
City Council will select mayor, vice mayor tonight
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council is set to elect a new mayor and vice mayor for 2019 tonight (Jan. 7), and at least two […]
Palo Alto
UPDATE: “Crime fighter” fights charges over shooting at Midtown Safeway
This story was originally printed in the Daily Post on Thursday, Jan. 3. An update to this story, printed Saturday, Jan. 5, is at the end. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily […]
Palo Alto
Emails contradict former city IT chief’s claim about his involvement in small cell antenna deployment
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Emails involving the city of Palo Alto’s then-chief information officer, who is under investigation by the state over his frequent foreign trips, contradict […]
Palo Alto
City spends $5,000 on party for retiring city manager
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto city leaders spent $5,000 in taxpayer funds to throw a retirement party for former City Manager Jim Keene, according to documents […]
Palo Alto
Man arrested in El Camino Real sexual assault
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police today (Jan. 2) arrested the man they believe sexually assaulted a woman who was walking on El Camino Real early Saturday morning. […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto City Council approves $2 million for chambers improvements
This story was originally printed Dec. 19 in the Daily Post. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto City Council has approved a nearly $2 million upgrade […]
Palo Alto
Woman sexually assaulted on El Camino
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto Pokice are searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman who was walking on El Camino Real at 3:30 this morning (Dec. […]
Caltrain
Four tracks possible for a large portion of Palo Alto
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Caltrain is studying the idea of adding two more tracks from Palo Alto’s California Avenue station to Mountain View, bringing the number of […]
Palo Alto
Brother, sister arrested on sex trafficking charges
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A brother and sister from Mountain View have been arrested for smuggling Guatemalan citizens to the city in order to exploit them in […]
Palo Alto
Transient arrested for attempting to sexually assault a woman on Castilleja Avenue
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a 28-year-old transient in connection with the attempted sex assault of a woman walking on Castilleja Avenue, who was saved […]
Palo Alto
Former teacher, convicted of molestation, denied a new trial
By the Daily Post staff A former Palo Alto elementary school teacher convicted of sexually abusing his ex-girlfriend’s daughter was denied a new trial yesterday, according to the Santa Clara […]
East Palo Alto
Progress made on preventing floods
GUEST OPINION BY GARY KREMEN As many of you remember, the 1998 San Francisquito Creek record flood ravaged parts of Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park. Floodwaters from […]
Palo Alto
Schools may be part of development agreement county will negotiate with Stanford
By the Daily Post staff Talks have stopped between Stanford and the Palo Alto school district over whether the university should build a new school if it’s allowed to expand, […]