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Mylar balloon causes power outage in Palo Alto

July 2, 2018 7:10 pm

Update 7:45 p.m.: The utilities department just tweeted that the cause of tonight’s power outage was a Mylar balloon that became tangled in power lines. It’s the second time in a […]

Smoke from forest fire filters sunlight in the mid-Peninsula

July 2, 2018 12:11 pm

From staff and wire reports The smoke that’s filtering the sunlight today (July 2) is coming from a wildfire in Yolo County, about 75 miles north of the Bay Area, […]

A few of the signs at Jordan Middle School in Palo Alto have been repainted to reflect the school’s new name. The Palo Alto school board voted in March to rename Jordan after Frank Greene, a black Silicon Valley tech luminary, and Terman Middle School after Ellen Fletcher, the late Palo Alto councilwoman, bicycling advocate and Holocaust survivor, because David Starr Jordan and Lewis Terman were eugenics advocates. It looks like Greene will keep Jordan’s mascot, the Jaguars. Post photo.

School name changes begin — so long Terman and Jordan

July 1, 2018 2:07 pm

By the Daily Post staff The Palo Alto school district is changing the names of Jordan and Terman middle schools. The school board voted March 27 to rename Jordan after […]

Photo via inaturalist.org, not a photo of the actual bat found in Hoover Park.

Rabid bat found in Hoover Park

July 1, 2018 1:40 pm

By the Daily Post staff A bat found in the Hoover Park dog run tested positive for rabies Friday (June 29), according to Palo Alto Animal Services. “We are not […]

New state law bans local soda taxes

July 1, 2018 1:39 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday (June 29) signed a measure banning California cities and counties from passing taxes on sugary drinks through 2030, leading […]

New CEO named for Lucile Packard hospital’s foundation

June 29, 2018 9:07 am

By the Daily Post staff Cynthia Brandt Stover, who has been campaign director at the Smithsonian Institution since 2013, has been named president and CEO of the Lucile Packard Foundation […]

Woman accused of punching officer and police dog after chase

June 27, 2018 10:35 am

By the Daily Post staff A San Joaquin County woman punched a Palo Alto police officer and a police dog following a car chase early this morning that ended in […]

The Digital DNA sculpture in Lytton Plaza

Harvard feels ‘fortunate’ to get Digital DNA egg sculpture

June 26, 2018 8:37 pm

By the Daily Post staff A Harvard spokesman said the university is “fortunate” to inherit the Digital DNA egg that the city of Palo Alto removed from Lytton Plaza last […]

Councilman says Caltrain might have to close during construction

June 26, 2018 8:25 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent As Peninsula cities begin making decisions on how to separate the railroad tracks from car traffic ahead of Caltrain electrification and high-speed rail, one […]

City Hall insider promoted to city manager

June 25, 2018 2:35 pm

Palo Alto Mayor Liz Kniss announced today (June 25) that council, in a closed session, decided to promote Ed Shikada, currently the assistant city manager and utilities general manager, to […]

4 cities eye hotel tax increases

June 25, 2018 2:11 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Four mid-Peninsula cities — Palo Alto, San Carlos, Los Altos and Belmont — are planning to ask residents to raise hotel taxes in […]

Music teacher gets a year in jail for sexual relationship with 15-year-old student

June 24, 2018 5:21 pm

This story originally appeared in Saturday’s Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A former Palo Alto music teacher has been sentenced to a year in Santa Clara […]

Special education advocate Stacey Ashlund enters Palo Alto school board race

June 24, 2018 12:50 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A software consultant and special education advocate has set up a Facebook page saying she is running for Palo Alto school board. The […]

Proposed hotel tax increase negotiated during midnight bargaining session

June 24, 2018 12:35 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Those who stayed up until midnight to watch Palo Alto City Council got to see some real-time deal-making as council negotiated over a […]

City close to turning over animal shelter to nonprofit

June 22, 2018 5:16 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City-based nonprofit Pets in Need is chomping at the bit to take over the city of Palo Alto’s animal shelter, but […]

German president visits Palo Alto, accompanied by CHP officers in bow ties

June 21, 2018 5:05 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A CHP motorcade decked out in blue bow-ties accompanied German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to HanaHaus in downtown Palo Alto yesterday, where he met […]

‘Digital DNA’ egg sculpture finally removed

June 21, 2018 5:01 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A seven-month standoff between a New York artist and the city of Palo Alto came to an end this morning (June 21) when […]

Filseth will seek re-election to City Council

June 20, 2018 1:40 pm

By the Daily Post staff Eric Filseth, who was elected to Palo Alto City Council in the Residentialist wave four years ago, announced today (June 20) that he will be […]

The Hotel President at 488 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Post photo.

Hotel President tenants ask city for help

June 20, 2018 8:31 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer More than a dozen residents of the historic Hotel President apartments in downtown Palo Alto turned out to City Council on Monday (June […]