Palo Alto
City reveals first seven winners of business grants
By the Daily Post staff A Japanese restaurant, a women’s boutique and a hair salon are among the first Palo Alto businesses to receive grants from the city to help […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto
City might bring back developer-friendly parking program
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto might start allowing developers of commercial buildings to write a check to the city if they don’t provide […]
Opinion
Opinion: Want to ban something? Ask the people first
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I’m disappointed that four city councils in our area have decided to place restrictions on natural gas rather than allowing consumers to decide […]
Google
Opinion: Google’s $1 billion housing offer not what it seems
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor “Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.” That observation penned by Plato applies to Google’s announcement that it […]
Palo Alto
City backs plan to help Midpeninsula Media Center
The following story was printed in Tuesday’s (Jan. 29) Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A proposal that should help fund the Midpeninsula Media Center with fees […]
Caltrain
Council may kill the idea of a citywide Caltrain tunnel
By the Daily Post staff The idea of putting Caltrain in a tunnel from one end of Palo Alto to the other could come to a screeching halt on Monday […]
Palo Alto
Residents vent about traffic to City Council
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 […]
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 […]
In the news
Mid-Peninsula residents’ top concerns: Housing, traffic, regulating commercial development
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Creating affordable housing, reducing traffic congestion and regulating commercial development are the three top issues for residents across the mid-Peninsula, according to a series […]
In the news
Marijuana’s legal tomorrow but good luck finding a place to light up
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Residents will be able to buy recreational marijuana under a new state law that takes effect tomorrow (Jan. 1) but if they light […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto man pleads guilty to shipping hazardous materials
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto man pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday (Dec. 20) to illegally transporting hazardous chemicals and failing to declare imports of […]
In the news
Wildfires destroy much of Hewlett Packard’s early archives
Above, David Packard, left, Bill Hewlett in a 1964 photograph from HP’s archives. By The Associated Press Wine Country’s deadly wildfires destroyed much of an archive from tech pioneers William […]
Palo Alto
Judge hears dispute over grocery store vacancy at Edgwood Plaza
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Lawyers for the city of Palo Alto and the real estate developer that redeveloped Edgewood Plaza went head-to-head yesterday (Oct. 17) in a […]
Palo Alto
Trial over Edgewood Plaza fines to begin; new grocery opens in early November
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A trial is scheduled for Tuesday to decide if the owner of the Edgewood Shopping Center in Palo Alto should pay the city […]
Mountain View
Shopping center at El Camino and San Antonio for sale for $42.5 million
Google image of the World Savings Plaza bordered in red. The shopping center at the corner of El Camino Real and San Antonio Road that includes Wells Fargo, CVS and […]
Palo Alto
Planning Commission recommends 101 bike-ped overpass
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer If the city of Palo Alto builds a bridge over Highway 101 that could get tech commuters out of their cars, should Google […]
Palo Alto
Police offer signing bonuses of up to $25,000 to attract new officers
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 […]
Opinion
Big changes coming to El Camino Real
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor In Palo Alto, 2018 will be the year of El Camino Real. City Councilwoman Lydia Kou recently rattled off a list of 11 […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto may hire $400,000 consultant to come up with Cubberley plan
This map, from the Cubberley Community Advisory Committee report, shows the community center site on Middlefield Road. The city owns 8 acres and the Palo Alto Unified School District owns […]
Palo Alto
Debate on office cap shows division on Palo Alto City Council
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 […]
Palo Alto
Woman attacked in Homer Avenue tunnel, assailant at large
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 […]
Palo Alto
Men cause car crash, rob driver of bank deposit
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 […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto Planning Commission opposes pot stores
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Recreational marijuana was legalized in November with the passage of California Proposition 64, but if Palo Alto’s Planning and Transportation Commission has its […]
Palo Alto
La Comida leaves downtown after split with Avenidas
In the photo above, Betty Schneider, 95, enjoys a laugh at the last lunch La Comida will serve at Avenidas senior center at 450 Bryant St. in Palo Alto. Post […]
In the news
Local rat population surging
By Matthew Niksa Daily Post Correspondent A rapidly-increasing rodent population has created constant demand for exterminators, to the point where some rodent specialists aren’t accepting any new customers, according to […]
Palo Alto
Castilleja has new expansion plan
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Staff Writer As Castilleja School in Palo Alto submits its most updated plans today to expand its campus, a look back shows years of contention […]