Palo Alto
Burt, Kou elected to top council posts following diversity dispute
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Council tonight (Jan. 3) elected councilman and former mayor Pat Burt to become mayor for 2022 in a 6-1 vote, with Greg […]
Alison Cormack
Palo Alto
Councilwoman says colleagues blew it when they passed fee schedule for Foothills Park
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Councilwoman Alison Cormack said tonight that City Council “overreacted and over-corrected” while rushing to pass an emergency ordinance that implemented $6 […]
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Who will be Palo Alto’s vice mayor? Cormack or a slow-growther?
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Who will become Palo Alto’s next vice mayor may be a topic of tonight’s City Council’s meeting. Although the new council will be […]
Palo Alto
Slow-growth faction will get to pick new members of the Planning and Transportation Commission
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s slow growth proponents won a fight against the city’s pro-growth leaders tonight and as a result, council won’t make any appointments […]
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Lame-duck pro-growth majority on council will pick new planning commissioners
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The lame-duck pro-housing majority on Palo Alto City Council will appoint new members to the Historic Resources Board and Planning and Transportation Commission […]
Opinion
Opinion: Highlights, surprises from local elections
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor On Election Night everyone was riveted on the presidential race, which is understandable, but several interesting local contests were decided too. The big […]
Palo Alto
Council to take another vote on opening Foothills Park following ACLU lawsuit
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Foothills Park could be opening to non-Palo Alto residents sooner than expected. The city released a statement last night (Oct. 22) saying City […]
Palo Alto
Gag order proposed for city board and commission members
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto officials are considering whether to issue a new handbook to members of city boards and commissions that includes instructions telling them […]
Palo Alto
Mac’s and other tobacco shops sue city, saying ban will destroy their businesses
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The owners of five Palo Alto retailers including Mac’s Smoke Shop today filed a lawsuit against the city, saying City Council’s flavored tobacco […]
In the news
Officials look for ways to stop illegal fireworks
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Starting a fireworks buyback program, creating safe zone for people to set off fireworks and having residents talk to each other about the […]
Palo Alto
Councilman’s proposal to cut salaries to balance the budget goes nowhere
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Councilman Greg Tanaka said at Palo Alto’s council meeting yesterday (May 12) that the city would solve a lot of its budget problems […]
Palo Alto
City Council begins budget hearings — will anybody mention the union pay raises?
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Council tonight will hold the first of three evening hearings on cutting as much as $39 million from the city budget, but […]
Palo Alto
Police to step up speed enforcement, city may close some streets to cars
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto is stepping up its speed-limit enforcement and the city may follow Oakland’s lead by prohibiting cars on certain streets to give […]
Palo Alto
City preparing to ban e-cigarettes
This story originally appeared in Saturday’s print edition of the Daily Post. Only a fraction of the stories the Post prints appear on this website, padailypost.com. To get all of […]
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Plan to chop down trees behind Fletcher Middle School is put on hold
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto’s Public Works Department has paused a plan to remove 16 trees and prune 100 more on a half-mile bike path behind Fletcher Middle […]
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Palo Alto intends to ban natural gas appliances in new construction
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council said last night (Nov. 4) that it wants to ban the installation of natural gas appliances in new homes […]
Palo Alto
Vaping ban suggested at City Council meeting
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A citywide ban on the sale of all vaping equipment was proposed during an emotional Palo Alto City Council study session last night […]
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Council member questions city artwork of fish painted in crosswalk
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent A Palo Alto intersection featuring “attractive” fish painted in the crosswalks may be stopping children in their tracks in the middle of the road, […]
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City to study the idea of adding housing to Cubberley
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted Monday (June 3) to rule out the possibility of building as many as 164 homes at Cubberley Community […]
Palo Alto
Council gets to grill former colleague who is seeking seat on utilities panel
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council got to grill a former colleague, former Mayor Greg Scharff, last night (Monday, April 29) when he interviewed for […]
In the news
Guardino forum emphasizes denser housing, less local control
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer With state Sen. Scott Wiener front and center, tech lobbyist Carl Guardino’s event on the Bay Area housing crisis yesterday (Jan. 25) championed […]
Palo Alto
Attempt by Residentialists to delay vote on housing ordinance fails
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Hoping to wait for a new Palo Alto City Council in January, three Residentialist council members tried to thwart a controversial discussion on […]
Palo Alto
Council candidate Cormack gets a big boost from Guardino PAC and a landlords group
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Alison Cormack’s campaign for Palo Alto City Council has gotten a $46,836 boost with campaign mailers paid for by the California Apartment Association […]
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5 Palo Alto City Council candidates raise a combined $253,186
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The five candidates for Palo Alto City Council have raised a total of $253,186.70 in campaign contributions — an impressive amount historically, but […]
Opinion
Opinion: Cormack, Filseth, DuBois best choices for City Council
DAILY POST EDITORIAL It’s not often that a great city council candidate comes along like Alison Cormack. She’s the Palo Alto woman who led the campaign a decade ago to […]
Palo Alto
A look at where candidates stand in the Palo Alto City Council race
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Until a couple of months ago, the hot issue in the Palo Alto City Council race was whether to cut the city’s cap […]
Palo Alto
Wolbach, Cormack lead in fundraising for council race
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council candidates Alison Cormack and Cory Wolbach are leading the pack in campaign contributions with more than $50,000 each — […]
Palo Alto
Candidates’ donors revealed
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY AND EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writers With 97 days to go until the Nov. 6 election, candidates in races on the mid-Peninsula have begun disclosing information […]
Palo Alto
Tom DuBois running for re-election to City Council
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Councilman Tom DuBois announced today (May 30) that he will be running for re-election, becoming the third candidate for the three seats […]
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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). […]