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Old tree that sparked controversy comes crashing down

May 24, 2021 7:51 pm

BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer A 300-year-old tree, which sparked a controversy last year about whether a property owner could build a new two-story home on Webster Street […]

Palo Alto

State agency fines Kniss, DuBois; Kou under investigation; Complaint names Greer

February 12, 2021 9:39 am

BY EMILY MIBACH AND KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writers The state Fair Political Practices Commission has fined former Palo Alto Mayor Liz Kniss and current Mayor Tom DuBois for […]

Palo Alto

Slow-growth faction will get to pick new members of the Planning and Transportation Commission

December 14, 2020 9:59 pm

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 […]

Palo Alto

Lame-duck pro-growth majority on council will pick new planning commissioners

November 30, 2020 11:13 pm

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 […]

Palo Alto

Council to take another vote on opening Foothills Park following ACLU lawsuit

October 23, 2020 9:44 am

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

Council looks for money for firefighters, libraries

October 19, 2020 11:36 pm

BY KYLE MARTIN AND SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Members of Palo Alto City Council said they want to prioritize city services such as firefighters and libraries over capital […]

Palo Alto

Foothills Park to open to non-residents on trial basis; residents to vote in 2022

August 4, 2020 12:48 am

HOW THEY VOTED On a substitute motion by Liz Kniss to open Foothills Park to non-residents on a trial basis and then have a ballot measure on whether to open […]

Palo Alto

Council flip-flops and approves conversion of President to a hotel

June 23, 2020 10:49 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council made a U-turn tonight and voted 6-1 to approve the conversion of the President Hotel from housing to a […]

Palo Alto

Free COVID-19 testing available in Palo Alto from Tuesday through Friday

June 14, 2020 1:55 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Free testing for COVID-19 will be available to Palo Alto residents at City Hall this week, officials announced Friday. Previously, the county was […]

Palo Alto

UPDATED: City is considering closing parts of University and California avenues to allow for outdoor restaurant seating

May 31, 2020 2:44 pm

UPDATE, SUNDAY, 4:30 p.m.: The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce today (May 31) released a survey of businesses on University and California avenues showing strong support for creating pedestrian malls […]

Palo Alto

Councilman’s proposal to cut salaries to balance the budget goes nowhere

May 13, 2020 12:48 am

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

Supporters defend College Terrace library; proposal to cut city’s PR budget goes nowhere

May 12, 2020 12:49 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto residents who live in the College Terrace neighborhood begged the city not to shut down their library for two years at […]

Palo Alto

Council talks about budget cuts, but doesn’t discuss layoffs

April 21, 2020 12:22 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Mayor Adrian Fine said last night that the economic downturn will force the city will have to make “massive changes,” but […]

Palo Alto Councilman Greg Tanaka. File photo.
Palo Alto

Eviction, rent cap ordinance advances after power play by councilman

December 3, 2019 8:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer An ordinance to stop unjust evictions and rent hikes in Palo Alto will go into effect a week later than planned because Councilman […]

Joe Biden speaks to donors at Evvia on Emerson St. in Palo Alto yesterday. Photo by Post reader Stu Soffer.
Palo Alto

Biden visits Palo Alto for lunchtime fundraiser

October 4, 2019 6:00 am

By the Daily Post staff Joe Biden visited Palo Alto’s Evvia restaurant yesterday (Oct. 3) for a private fundraising luncheon where donors paid $1,500 to $10,000 to hear the former […]

Palo Alto

102 homes proposed on San Antonio Road

August 12, 2019 6:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The developers behind the embattled Maybell housing project are proposing 102 apartments at 788 San Antonio Road, near Palo Alto’s border with Mountain […]

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Atherton

Billionaires buying up several homes on a block to create ‘compounds’

July 1, 2019 8:00 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The co-founders of WhatsApp have reportedly bought up a combined $143.3 million in houses in Palo Alto and Atherton, using their billions to […]

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Palo Alto

New car dealership on the way to Palo Alto

June 26, 2019 6:00 am

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Council voted Monday (June 24) to usher ahead a 106,000-square-foot Audi and Mercedes-Benz dealership at 1700-1730 Embarcadero Road, where Ming’s Chinese Restaurant […]

Palo Alto

State Sen. Scott Wiener makes his case for SB50 in Palo Alto

June 8, 2019 6:30 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, on Friday (June 7) defended his controversial Senate Bill 50 in Palo Alto — a hotbed of […]

In the news

No resolution in Kniss or Gee ethics cases

June 5, 2019 8:30 am

By the Daily Post staff State ethics investigations into the 2016 campaigns of Palo Alto Councilwoman Liz Kniss and former Redwood City Councilman Jeff Gee still haven’t been resolved, according […]

Palo Alto

Housing proposal draws criticism, skepticism from City Council

May 21, 2019 7:00 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A 64-unit condominium development proposed at 788 San Antonio Road would include 10 below-market-rate homes, but still attracted criticism last night about traffic, […]

Palo Alto

City battles FAA over flight path change

May 20, 2019 6:55 am

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Changes to a flight path into San Francisco International Airport are adding to concerns about airplane noise in Palo Alto, and the City Council […]

In the news

Leaders of three cities meet but don’t agree about housing bill SB50

May 7, 2019 6:51 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer At Palo Alto City Hall Monday night, some visiting East Palo Alto City Council members did something unthinkable for many Palo Altans: voice […]

Palo Alto

San Mateo County supervisors may come out in support of SB 50, a controversial housing bill

March 11, 2019 1:16 am

BY EMILY MIBACH AND ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writers Two San Mateo County supervisors are proposing that the board approve a resolution that supports the divisive Senate Bill 50, […]

Palo Alto

Cloaking the wireless invasion — city, telecoms try to hide small cell antenna systems

February 19, 2019 4:32 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Small cell nodes, attachments to utility poles or light poles aimed at improving wireless service, are going to be popping up in more places […]

Then Gov. Jerry Brown and then-Menlo Park Councilwoman Kirsten Keith posed for this selfie at the groundbreaking of high-speed rail in Fresno in 2015. Keith later sent out the photo on Twitter.
Palo Alto

High-speed rail has had a tumultuous past — a timeline

February 13, 2019 6:02 pm

By the Daily Post staff Here’s a look at the history of high-speed rail in California and the Peninsula. 1996 — The state Legislature establishes the California High-Speed Rail Authority […]

Palo Alto

Filseth picked as Palo Alto mayor, Fine as vice as council shrinks from 9 to 7 members

January 8, 2019 4:08 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council paid its respects to three departing members last night (Jan. 7) as it shrunk down in size for the […]

Palo Alto

City Council will select mayor, vice mayor tonight

January 7, 2019 12:35 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council is set to elect a new mayor and vice mayor for 2019 tonight (Jan. 7), and at least two […]

Stanford

Cities want to know how big Stanford will become and whether the foothills will be protected

December 17, 2018 4:33 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent As Stanford awaits approval to expand by 3.5 million square foot through 2035, neighboring cities are asking what the university’s total future growth will […]

Palo Alto

City manager gets a farewell party — taxpayers pick up part of the tab

December 8, 2018 10:40 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After a decade as Palo Alto city manager, Jim Keene got a lively send-off into retirement at the Garden Court Hotel last night, […]

Palo Alto

Christine Blasey Ford will receive city proclamation privately

November 9, 2018 2:09 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council won’t be presenting a proclamation to Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford at a public meeting in the council […]

Palo Alto

City Council to honor Christine Blasey Ford

October 19, 2018 7:00 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Mayor Liz Kniss is planning to publicly honor local psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford for testifying against now-Supreme Court Justice Brett […]

Palo Alto

Ford supporters raise more than $700,000 on her behalf

October 3, 2018 1:09 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Two online fundraising campaigns have raised a total of $738,462 to cover the security and other personal expenses being incurred by Christine Blasey […]

Palo Alto Mayor Liz Kniss. Post file photo.
Palo Alto

Mayor Kniss reveals she was sexually assaulted twice, supports Christine Blasey Ford

September 23, 2018 4:00 pm

BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Alto Mayor Liz Kniss, upon hearing the story of local professor Christine Blasey Ford’s alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, […]

Mountain View

Cities wrestle over funds for rail crossings

September 23, 2018 2:35 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The cities of Palo Alto and Mountain View are at odds with the city of Sunnyvale over how to allocate funds for rail […]

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