Palo Alto
Voluntary Eichler guidelines approved
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A set of voluntary design guidelines for Palo Alto’s Eichler homes — the iconic post-World War II houses that make up about 17% […]
In the news
Woman wounds 3 at YouTube in San Bruno before killing herself
Correction: Police Chief Ed Barberini initially said there were four shooting victims but later clarified that a fourth person suffered an ankle injury. This story has been updated to reflect […]
Opinion
School board ignored diversity policy while renaming schools
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s bad that the school board removed the names Terman and Jordan from two middle schools in Palo Alto. It’s even worse that […]
East Palo Alto
Saudi crown prince books entire Four Seasons Hotel for 6-day visit
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Four Seasons Hotel in East Palo Alto is completely booked — including the lobby and restaurant — by the Crown Prince of […]
Redwood City
Minimum wage law includes a loophole for unions
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Labor Council, an umbrella group for unions, asked Redwood City officials to put in a loophole in the minimum […]
Palo Alto
Review of Season 5, Episode 2 of ‘Silicon Valley’ — Good coders aren’t necessarily great leaders
BY JAMIE MORROW Daily Post Contributing Editor The central problem that runs through HBO’s “Silicon Valley” has been the fact that Pied Piper founder Richard (Thomas Middleditch) is a brilliant […]
Palo Alto
City to rethink roundabouts, outside engineers asked to step in
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto transportation planners are beginning to backpedal on a controversial set of road changes, including 11 roundabouts, according to a statement yesterday […]
Palo Alto
Money for council chambers remodel will come out of city’s $17 million tech fund
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer When a $2 million design for a remodel of the Palo Alto City Council chambers was ushered ahead by a council vote Monday […]
East Palo Alto
City may put tax measure on ballot despite big surpluses
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer East Palo Alto officials are looking into putting a tax hike on the November ballot despite recording $33.6 million in budget surpluses the […]
Palo Alto
‘Digital DNA’ egg sculpture gets a reprieve
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The artist behind “Digital DNA,” the condemned 7-foot circuit board egg sculpture in downtown Palo Alto, has been granted another 30-day extension to […]
Stanford
Stanford’s admit rate falls to lowest percentage in university’s history
Stanford accepted 2,040 students to its incoming class for Fall 2018, the undergraduate admissions office announced. The admission rate of 4.29% is the lowest in Stanford’s history. The university said […]
Palo Alto
Students told to throw books, canned goods at school shooters
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Students who were locked down at Palo Alto High School after police received a shooting threat yesterday (March 29) were told to throw […]
Palo Alto
Hoax leads to lockdown at Paly, call made on phone that had been lost or stolen
By the Daily Post staff 8:21 p.m. — Police haven’t found the man who called in the Palo Alto High School shooting hoax today, but they say the call was […]
Palo Alto
Library champion Alison Cormack to run for City Council
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The former president of the Palo Alto Library Foundation is running for City Council this November, her campaign manager said today (March 27). […]
Palo Alto
Jogger sexually assaulted at gunpoint, assailant at large
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A teenage jogger was pulled off a Palo Alto bike trail and sexually assaulted at gunpoint this afternoon (March 28), according to police. […]
Palo Alto
Board renames 2 schools: Terman to become Fletcher, Jordan’s new name is Greene
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After more than two hours of debate and impassioned comments from more than 65 members of the public late last night (March 27), […]
Palo Alto
Music teacher may get a year in jail for sex misconduct
By the Daily Post staff A former Palo Alto music teacher who pleaded guilty yesterday (March 26) to two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a teenage student will […]
Palo Alto
Season 5 of “Silicon Valley” — A slice of life in the Valley
Editor’s note: HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” which expertly skewers our local tech culture, is back for another season. Each week, the Post’s Jamie Morrow will review and comment on this series […]
Palo Alto
Council moves forward on $2 million chambers remodel
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Despite four council members’ cost concerns, Palo Alto City Council approved a $2 million upgrade to the council chambers last night (March 26), […]
East Palo Alto
Man arrested on suspicion of shooting at two people, hitting one of them
By the Daily Post staff A man who fired shots at two people in East Palo Alto yesterday (March 26), hitting one of them in the elbow, was later arrested […]