Palo Alto

By the Daily Post staff A man in his 80s has died after a truck hit him in a crosswalk in Palo Alto, police said. Officers are looking for witnesses […]

By the Daily Post staff The Palo Alto Utilities Department says that of 12:30 today (March 22) there are still 116 customers without electrical power, but that’s a far cry […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A Court of Appeal today (March 20) ordered the city of Palo Alto to give a developer his money back that was supposed […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The cost of building a new homeless shelter in Palo Alto has gone up again. An 88-unit shelter at the end of San […]

This story was first published in Friday morning’s Daily Post. If you want all of the important local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT […]

By the Daily Post staff The federal government has agreed to refund the city of Palo Alto $24 million for overcharging on electricity, at the same time the city is […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto woman who helped female candidates run for local office has died in a car crash in Joshua Tree, according to […]

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a 49-year-old man who is accused of violently assaulting a woman, leaving with her with injuries that required hospitalization. Damian […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A mistake made by city planners long ago came back to haunt Palo Alto City Council tonight (March 13) as they grappled with whether […]

By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer The Federal Aviation Administration won’t allow Palo Alto City Council to crack down on lead fuel and noise pollution at the Palo Alto […]

This story originally appeared in the Thursday morning, March 9, edition of the Daily Post. If you want to read local news stories first, pick up the Post in the […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted tonight (March 6) to ban guns at schools, polling places and government buildings in the wake of a […]

Palo Alto police have arrested a man suspected of threatening two people and telling one of them to “go back to your country” last week in Palo Alto is in […]

By the Daily Post staff A motorcyclist on San Antonio Road in Palo Alto struck a pole and died last night, police said. The female motorcyclist was identified by the […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted tonight (Feb. 27) to ban e-bikes on unpaved trails in the Baylands, siding with environmentalists who said that e-bikes […]

This story was originally printed on Nov. 21 in the Post. If you want to get the scoop on local news, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 […]

Feb. 6, 2023 BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Pro-housing groups have filed a lawsuit against the city of Palo Alto for missing the state’s deadline to plan for […]

Feb. 15, 2023 By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer When Councilman Greg Tanaka asked why the city of Palo Alto didn’t know about a $40 million budget surplus before […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted last night (Feb. 13) to give rebates to residents who have been shocked to open their utility bills. […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council acknowledged tonight (Feb. 13) that residents of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park will deal with stress and anxiety […]

By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto takes pride in charging less for power than PG&E, but that won’t be the case for bills that […]

This story was first printed in the Saturday Daily Post. To stay up-to-date on local news, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. By Braden Cartwright […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted tonight (Feb. 6) to increase the fines, ticket homeowners and no longer issue warnings for using gas-powered leaf […]

By the Daily Post staff Melissa Caswell, a former Palo Alto school board member and mother of two, died today (Feb. 6) of pancreatic cancer at age 58, according to […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Opponents of Palo Alto’s new business tax say that the public should’ve known that the city had a $40 million surplus before voting. […]

By the Daily Post staff A fire broke out at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday in Palo Alto’s Midtown neighborhood shopping center that includes Bill’s Cafe, Philz Coffee and Palo Alto Fine […]

By the Daily Post staff Walt Hays, a pillar in Palo Alto who pushed the city to make sustainability a priority, has died. He was 87. Hays was a civil […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Police are investigating two strong-arm robberies in downtown Palo Alto. The first was at the train station on Saturday around 3:30 p.m. A […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has agreed on new labor contracts with its firefighters and SEIU Local 521 that gives them 8% raises […]

Correction: This story has been revised to say that Scheetz’s car was T-boned by another driver, according to the victim’s father. By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto teenager […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer New Palo Alto Mayor Lydia Kou is taking center stage in the council chambers with a list of priorities, and not all of […]

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A candidate in the 2018 race for Palo Alto Unified school board has lost his appeal in a case in which he accused a […]