A former Los Altos mayor who once accused a Black Lives Matter activist of threatening her and tried to get the city to fund $8,700 worth of trips to out-of-state conferences, has pulled papers to run ...

A parent and long-time school volunteer who wants to push for increasing pay for teachers and bring back a failed parcel tax is running for a seat on the Palo Alto School Board. Linda Henigin, 56, on ...

Police in Palo Alto are investigating a report of an assault and robbery at Baylands Nature Preserve as a possible hate crime. The attack occurred Thursday afternoon, when a man in his 30s was walking ...

Congressman Ro Khanna, who is eyeing a run for president, is the South Bay’s most outspoken critic of the rich. In fact, he co-sponsored the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act with Sen. Bernie ...

A Google StreetView photo of Jack In The Box before the fire. Fire struck the Jack In The Box at 1100 El Camino Real in San Carlos early Sunday. Battalion Chief Glendon Chan of Redwood City Fire said ...

A former San Mateo County Woman of the Year, who stole $700,000 from the nonprofit where she worked, won’t be sent to state prison, but instead could receive up to a year in the county jail when she ...

A Bobcat Tractor CT5550 worth about $53,000 new. A Redwood City man who tried to keep a tractor he had rented is facing jail time — but it’s up to him as to how much he will face when he’s sentenced ...

Here’s the latest look at who has signed up to run for various city and school district seats in the Daily Post’s circulation area. The deadline to file is Aug. 7. If an incumbent who is eligible to ...

When the Palo Alto City Council asks voters to approve a brand-new sales tax to fund a $65.5 million land purchase, it owes those voters absolute transparency. In October 2024, the city and school ...

Los Altos City Council clashed with a resident who is worried that 5-year-olds and people from out of town are weighing in on the city’s plan for the next 25 years. A consultant set up a table to get ...

When Forest Peterson applied to Palo Alto City Council to reappoint him to the planning commission earlier this year, he had one of his employees sign a letter endorsing him for the position. And the ...

A man has been arrested for burglary after locking himself in a Barron Park home’s bathroom, Palo Alto Police said today (July 20). A couple in their 50s were disturbed last night (July 19) around 2 a ...