Palo Alto
Palo Alto may ‘brown out’ fire station
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer One of Palo Alto’s fire stations could be “browned out,” or left empty, after 8 p.m. on weekdays and on weekends due to […]
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City quarantined first responders who were thought to have been exposed to COVID-19
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has had to pay for lodging to quarantine employees who may have been exposed to COVID-19 while on […]
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Transformer explosion triggers five small fires
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Five small fires in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto broke out after an electrical transformer by the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course […]
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Fire strikes Cafe Brioche on California Avenue
By the Daily Post staff A fire damaged Cafe Brioche at 445 California Ave. in Palo Alto tonight (May 8). The cafe’s owner, Mete Akbaba, told the Post that he […]
Palo Alto
Two elevator workers injured in small fire
Two workers suffered burns in a small fire at a building in Palo Alto this morning (April 23), fire officials said. Firefighters first responded to the mixed-use building at Park […]
Palo Alto
Police arrest man in connection with Compadres fire and a second vehicle fire
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police said today (Nov. 11) that they have arrested a man accused of torching the abandoned Compadres Mexican Bar & Grill on El […]
Palo Alto
Fire breaks out in attic of Palo Alto home
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto firefighters extinguished an attic fire at 4190 Willmar Drive a few minutes after midnight this morning (Nov. 9). Nobody was home when the […]
Palo Alto
Hydrogen fueling station opens
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer People who want to drive non-polluting cars, rejoice: the Barron Park Shell station in Palo Alto is poised to open the first hydrogen […]
Palo Alto
Council approves police, fire raises — most get 5.5%
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto firefighters, battalion chiefs and police lieutenants and captains are getting a raise as a result of an 8-1 vote of City Council last […]
Palo Alto
Girl, 13, hit by car on El Camino
By the Daily Post staff A 13-year-old girl was rushed to Stanford Hospital after a car hit her on her bike on El Camino Real, a Palo Alto firefighter said. […]
Palo Alto
1 dead, 2 injured in Baylands plane crash, pilot was taking women to hospital
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A single-engine plane crashed into the Palo Alto Duck Pond around 11:10 a.m. yesterday, leaving a pilot who takes patients to hospitals as […]
Palo Alto
City to pay Stanford $5.5 million in dispute over fees for fire-paramedic services
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After a five-year dispute and more than two years of negotiations, the city of Palo Alto has agreed to pay Stanford $5.5 million […]
Palo Alto
Peace may be at hand in dispute over how much Stanford pays Palo Alto for fire-paramedic services
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto appears to have made peace with Stanford in a years-long dispute over the cost of its firefighting and […]
Palo Alto
Work begins on a new fire station in Palo Alto
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto officials today (Jan. 30) broke ground on a $5.9 million, two-story fire station at Embarcadero and Newell roads, replacing a 70-year-old station that […]
Palo Alto
Council votes to cut 11 fire positions, chief says Wine Country fires involve ‘unique weather pattern’
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 […]
Palo Alto
Deputy fire chief sues city in dispute over use of fire engine
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer One of the Palo Alto Fire Department’s deputy fire chiefs has taken legal action against the city after she was suspended without pay […]
Palo Alto
City may eliminate 11 fire positions, union says cuts are ‘dangerous’
Above, Palo Alto firefighters a hiker who fell down a ravine off Los Trancos Trail in Palo Alto’s Foothills Park on Aug 11, 2016. Photo from Palo Alto Fire Department. […]