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Suspect in downtown throat-slitting was convicted of stabbing her baby daughter in 2012

August 21, 2021 6:00 am

The following story was originally published in Saturday’s print edition of the Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at […]

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Crescent Park home burglarized while residents were asleep

October 23, 2020 1:43 pm

By the Daily Post staff A couple who lives in the 1100 block of Hamilton Avenue in Palo Alto’s Crescent Park neighborhood discovered a burglar — possibly using a hidden […]

Opinion

Opinion: Police take a step in the right direction; Los Altos should obey the law; payouts to former employees shouldn’t be secret

September 14, 2020 11:53 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I’ve devoted a number of columns to wrongdoing by police, so I was happy the other day to learn about something the Palo […]

Opinion

Opinion: Many bicyclists are putting their lives at risk

December 10, 2019 8:15 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor One of the scariest things drivers face are bicyclists who don’t stop at stop signs or stop lights. Nobody wants to hit a […]

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Woman slapped on the buttocks while running

May 30, 2019 8:00 pm

By the Daily Post staff A runner on the trail behind Terman Park in Palo Alto reports she was slapped on the buttocks by a man who was also running […]

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Palo Alto police won’t release misconduct files despite new law

February 15, 2019 12:05 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto police are refusing to release five years of public records related to police use of force, including the fatal police […]

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Transient arrested for attempting to sexually assault a woman on Castilleja Avenue

December 23, 2018 2:47 pm

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a 28-year-old transient in connection with the attempted sex assault of a woman walking on Castilleja Avenue, who was saved […]

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Missing Palo Alto woman found deceased in car

September 24, 2018 1:02 pm

By the Daily Post staff The California Highway Patrol reports that 66-year-old Wamaitha Kaboga-Miller of Palo Alto, was found deceased in her car, which was located in Newark near the […]

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Thieves hit Apple Store twice in a matter of hours

September 23, 2018 6:40 pm

By the Daily Post staff The downtown Palo Alto Apple Store has been hit twice by thieves in the past 24 hours. Yesterday (Sept. 22) at 7:05 p.m., eight men […]

Belmont

Woman falls prey to Chinese consulate scam

September 18, 2018 1:27 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A person claiming they were from the Chinese consulate has pulled a phone scam on a Palo Alto woman, police said, in a […]

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Brazen heist at Palo Alto Apple Store

September 5, 2018 8:12 am

By the Daily Post staff A four-member crew of thieves has struck Palo Alto’s downtown Apple Store, grabbing $40,000 in merchandise while bystanders watched or shot video of the scene […]

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Nevada man arrested in connection with Midtown Safeway shooting

August 9, 2018 3:35 pm

A 37-year-old Nevada man has been arrested for allegedly shooting into a vehicle at Palo Alto’s Midtown Safeway last Friday. The shooting happened at about 9:15 p.m. Friday in the […]

Nakiyah Shereese Polk, 20, of Vallejo, was arrested by Palo Alto police.
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Car burglar still at large, but cops arrest alleged getaway driver

August 3, 2018 8:08 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police haven’t found the car burglar for whom they called in police dogs and a CHP plane to scour San Francisquito […]

Palo Alto police today released this man who was photographed by a home surveillance system while he was peeping into a bedroom window of a home in the 100 block of Waverley Street.
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Police trying to identify peeper

July 18, 2018 2:20 pm

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are looking for this man who was caught on home surveillance video peeping into a bedroom window of a home in the […]

Palo Alto

Sketch of surprised home burglar released

July 6, 2018 2:28 pm

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police today released the sketch above in the hopes of finding the man who burglarized an apartment in the 300 block of Curtner […]

This man held up the Comerica Bank branch at 250 Lytton Ave. today (April 13). Surveillance video screen grab from Palo Alto Police.
Palo Alto

Man dressed like construction worker robs downtown Palo Alto bank

April 13, 2018 11:15 pm

By the Daily Post staff A gunman dressed like a construction worker robbed the Comerica Bank at 250 Lytton Ave. in downtown Palo Alto today (April 13), police said. The […]

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Suspects in Victoria’s Secret heist crash while fleeing the store

March 14, 2018 8:52 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man and woman suspected of stealing about $7,500 worth of clothes from Victoria’s Secret were arrested after they flipped their car over […]

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Victim of fatal car accident in Palo Alto identified

February 23, 2018 10:15 am

The woman who died after a head-on collision on Oregon Expressway in Palo Alto on Thursday morning was identified today as a 65-year-old Merced County resident, according to the Santa […]

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Injury accident closes Embarcadero Road

February 13, 2018 5:21 pm

By the Daily Post staff 10 p.m. update — A car hit a pedestrian on a scooter and a bicyclist today (Feb. 13) on Embarcadero Road in Palo Alto, sending […]

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Car flips over on Middlefield Road

February 12, 2018 9:24 pm
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Parking enforcement to increase in California Avenue area

February 10, 2018 4:40 am

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Council has approved a plan to pull police off of parking enforcement at five Stanford off-campus lots associated with Stanford Hospital. The […]

Palo Alto

Suspected prowler, a wanted felon, arrested after a police search

January 31, 2018 7:50 pm

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police said today (Jan. 31) they arrested a wanted felon after he was spotted prowling on the rooftop of a residential garage. Arrested […]

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Shoplifters get into a tug-of-war with A&F store employees

January 26, 2018 4:12 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Two thieves armed with pepper spray played a brazen game of hide-and-seek, tag and tug-of-war with employees before running off with 11 winter […]

Stanford

Stanford medical school administrator arrested on embezzlement charge

November 19, 2017 1:43 pm

By the Daily Post staff A Stanford School of Medicine administrator has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling about $15,000, Palo Alto police said Friday (Nov. 17). Anna Maria Martinez, […]

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Woman robbed of cellphone at gunpoint in downtown Palo Alto

November 14, 2017 7:55 pm

Correction: Because of a typo in a Police Department news release, this story gave the wrong location for the robbery. The version below gives the correct address. By the Daily […]

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Police say man threw hot coffee at officer

October 6, 2017 12:05 am

A Menlo Park biotech executive was cited for allegedly throwing a cup of hot coffee at a Palo Alto parking enforcement officer who had just written him a ticket, police […]

Palo Alto

Two fights reported at Gunn High School in four days

October 4, 2017 12:09 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In the first of two on-campus fights reported to Palo Alto police in four days, a 13-year-old Gunn High School student was arrested […]

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Man guilty of torching his boss’ house

September 27, 2017 2:34 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto man has been found guilty of arson after he set his ex-boss’s house on fire in the Palo Verde neighborhood […]

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Wrong place to end a bender — in front of the police station

September 20, 2017 11:40 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Probably the last place where you want to pass out after getting schnockered is in front of the police station. But Palo Alto […]

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Police offer signing bonuses of up to $25,000 to attract new officers

September 13, 2017 12:11 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police are 12 officers short of the 92 they’re budgeted for, so the department is offering up to $25,000 bonuses for […]

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Woman attacked in Homer Avenue tunnel, assailant at large

September 7, 2017 10:28 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The 77-year-old owner of a downtown Palo Alto store, who was on her way to work, was attacked by a man in the […]

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Men cause car crash, rob driver of bank deposit

September 4, 2017 12:13 am

Police believe this man, who was photographed on a surveillance camera at the 7-Eleven on Newell Road, was one of the two men who robbed an employee following a staged […]

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