BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council made strides last night toward encouraging denser housing development in town, with fewer parking spaces and more roof decks […]
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Stanford graduate student Alexa Russo opposed the development agreement being negotiated by Stanford and Santa Clara County supervisors. In fact, […]
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 […]
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 […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Two months after apologizing for a dismissive comment about Palo Alto’s traffic problem, Mayor Liz Kniss did her penance last night: by listening […]
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 […]
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 […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Former Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer got a mixed response at Palo Alto City Council last night (Oct. 1) when she pitched her proposal […]
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 — […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Renters who will be evicted from the Hotel President told the Palo Alto City Council last night (Sept. 10) that the housing crisis […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto is barring developer Elizabeth Wong from tearing down the University Avenue building that once housed the Shady Lane […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A citizens initiative to halve office development in Palo Alto was made law tonight (June 30) — a surprise win for the slow-growth […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A citizens initiative to halve office development in Palo Alto was made law tonight (July 30) — a surprise win for the slow-growth […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council is returning from summer vacation Monday (July 30) to consider a ban on vehicle idling and two items for […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto city leaders have killed the planned $1.7 million renovation of the City Council chambers, but not without some back-and-forth about council […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The U.S. Supreme Court decision that government workers can’t be forced to contribute to unions that represent them in collective bargaining will likely […]
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 […]
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 […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto voters may be asked to decide whether to boost the hotel tax to the highest rate in the state in November […]
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 […]
By the Daily Post staff The associate pastor of First Baptist Church in Palo Alto has resigned after his controversial and off-color tweets drew the spotlight during a City Council […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer An associate pastor at the First Baptist Church of Palo Alto called the city “disgusting” and an “elitist s*** den of hate” in […]
Update, Monday, May 9, 10 p.m. — Palo Alto City Council approved the transfer of part of the city’s unused allocation of water from the Hetch Hetchy system to East […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After the city of Palo Alto voted to move forward on a proposal to make union negotiations more transparent by posting offers and […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer As the city of Palo Alto continues to bargain quietly with union leaders on its most recent round of employee contract negotiations, four […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s mayoral and vice mayoral election — normally a straightforward coronation ceremony — was accented with controversy last night after Councilman Tom […]
This story was originally printed by the Daily Post on Dec. 30. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Vice Mayor Liz Kniss may soon be stepping up […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A few dozen Palo Altans turned out to City Hall last night (Oct. 19) to give Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian an […]
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Alto City Council members voted unanimously early yesterday morning (Oct. 17) to cut 11 Fire Department positions and they heard an explanation from […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post correspondent As the city of Palo Alto looks for ways to reduce its massive employee pension shortfall, residents might soon start feeling the impact, officials […]
Compadres Mexican Bar and Grill at 3877 El Camino Real in Palo Alto has been closed since 2008. Post file photo. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A plan […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council fractured into pro- and anti-development factions last night as members debated the 50,000-square-foot annual limit on new office space […]
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