Palo Alto
Council negotiating tax with businesses
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Mayor Pat Burt said tonight (June 13) that he will appoint a committee of council members to negotiate with business leaders in Palo Alto […]
Pat Burt
Palo Alto
Burt, Kou elected to top council posts following diversity dispute
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Council tonight (Jan. 3) elected councilman and former mayor Pat Burt to become mayor for 2022 in a 6-1 vote, with Greg […]
Palo Alto
Customer erupts into an anti-Asian tirade at Fuki Sushi
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Lumi Gardner, the owner of Fuki Sushi, was the victim of a racist tirade from one of her customers, who screamed at her […]
Palo Alto
Public sharply critical of police dog attack and police radio encryption
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Altans expressed outrage over the attack of a sleeping man by a Palo Alto police dog and they called upon City Council […]
Palo Alto
Residents outraged over police dog attack and they want encryption to end
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Altans expressed outrage over the attack of a sleeping man by a Palo Alto police dog and they called upon City Council […]
Palo Alto
A city policy kept police dog attack secret
To view the dog attack, here’s the video Palo Alto police released. And here’s a link to the eight videos Mountain View police released. BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff […]
Palo Alto
Mayor says that encrypting police radio signals was a mistake
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Palo Alto
Slow-growth faction will get to pick new members of the Planning and Transportation Commission
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
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 […]
Opinion
Opinion: Highlights, surprises from local elections
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor On Election Night everyone was riveted on the presidential race, which is understandable, but several interesting local contests were decided too. The big […]
Palo Alto
City offers compromise in controversy over Castilleja expansion
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Two top Palo Alto city planners are offering a compromise regarding the controversy over Castilleja School’s expansion proposal that would limit enrollment, traffic […]
Election 2020
School board candidate Ladomirak takes lead in donations
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board candidate Jesse Ladomirak has raised $20,444, including money from incumbent Melissa Baten Caswell who decided not to run again […]
Election 2020
Profiles of the 10 Palo Alto City Council candidates
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Daily Post interviewed each of the 10 candidates for Palo Alto City Council. Here are the profiles of those candidates. Pat Burt […]
Palo Alto
Most council candidates come out in favor of business tax at election forum
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Most of the 10 candidates running for Palo Alto City Council said last night that they support some form of a new tax on […]
Palo Alto
Former mayor Pat Burt will run for council this November
By the Daily Post staff Pat Burt, who served on council from 2008 to 2016 and was mayor twice, announced today (June 11) that he will be running for a […]
Palo Alto
City manager defends purpose of curfew
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto canceled its nighttime curfew after getting a letter from the ACLU saying it exceeded the city’s authority and […]
Palo Alto
Kremen, Daubers among those calling for Greer Stone to step down as Dem delegate
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Democratic Party activists Gary Kremen and Michele and Ken Dauber are calling on their colleague Greer Stone to step down from his position […]
Palo Alto
End of high-speed rail project doesn’t mean the rail crossing issue is over
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Gov. Gavin Newsom yesterday (Feb. 12) pulled the plug on plans to send a $77 billion high-speed rail down the Peninsula — but […]
Palo Alto
Error-filled Palo Alto Business Registry survives
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto council committee has agreed to keep the city’s Business Registry going despite a report from the city auditor saying it’s […]
Palo Alto
Should a tenant making $93,100 a year get relocation assistance?
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 […]
East Palo Alto
Palo Alto council votes to donate water rights to East Palo Alto, Tanaka objects
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 […]
Stanford
Stanford traffic counts rigged? Former mayor thinks so but university denies it
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer As Stanford seeks Santa Clara County’s approval to expand its academic facilities by 2.3 million square feet, former Palo Alto Mayor Pat Burt […]
Palo Alto
Kniss new mayor, Filseth vice mayor in an event that had controversy and cake
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 […]