Palo Alto Daily Post

About Us: The Post was founded in 2008 by Dave Price and Jim Pavelich, who were also the original publishers of the Palo Alto Daily News since its inception in 1995. The Daily News started as a small eight-page publication but grew significantly over the years. By 2005, it was averaging 100 pages daily and had editions across five cities. However, after Price and Pavelich sold the Daily News in 2005, it began to decline and now exists as a much smaller edition. Recognizing the community's need for a reliable newspaper, readers and advertisers encouraged Price and Pavelich to launch a new publication. Coincidentally, they found that the Daily News had vacated its downtown office at 324 High St., allowing them to take over that space and start printing within weeks. By 2011, the Post had become the leading newspaper in the mid-Peninsula area, excelling in page count, advertising space, and circulation. Despite the Post's success being driven by dedication and effort, some competitors have sought government assistance to remain operational, which we discussed in a published editorial. In January 2013, the Post expanded to a larger location at 385 Forest Ave., also situated in downtown Palo Alto. In March 2015, the Daily News reduced its printing to just once a week while still calling itself "daily," making the Daily Post the only daily newspaper in Palo Alto.

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Caltrain will reduce its plan to increase the number of trains it runs each hour

1 day ago | padailypost.com | Braden Cartwright

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff WriterCaltrain is ditching its plan to drastically increase the number of trains running per hour, but board members are still wondering if the agency is being realistic about its future. Caltrain currently runs four trains per hour in each direction during peak commute times. The agency’s “long-range service vision” approved in October 2019 calls for up to 16 trains per hour, including four high-speed rail trains in each direction.
School district planning go to voters with parcel tax

2 days ago | padailypost.com | Braden Cartwright

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff WriterThe Palo Alto Unified School District is getting ready to ask voters to renew its parcel tax, starting with a survey this summer that will help determine the tax rate. The district’s existing parcel tax expires in 2027 at $941 per parcel, consultant Charles Heath told the board on May 13. Heath is eying renewal at a special mail-in election on May 5, 2026. “That gives us the advantage of not having competing issues on the same ballot,” Heath said.
Council declines to put bike lanes on Middlefield

2 days ago | padailypost.com | Braden Cartwright

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff WriterPalo Alto City Council has decided against putting bike lanes on major arteries like Middlefield Road. Instead, the city will improve routes for cyclists on quieter neighborhood streets. “I don’t want the fumes. I don’t want to see cars. I want the canopy that’s over on Cowper (Street),” Councilman Keith Reckdahl said on Monday, when council reviewed the city’s bicycle and pedestrian transportation plan.
Valley Water chief is suspended but still taking tax-funded trips

4 days ago | padailypost.com | Braden Cartwright

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff WriterBefore CEO Rick Callender went on leave from Valley Water, he booked five flights for himself and Chief of External Affairs Rachael Gibson that were paid for by his agency, according to public records obtained by the Post. Callender and Gibson went on a weekend trip to Dallas on Feb. 6 for $1,020, and Callender flew to New York City the following weekend for $652, records show.
Consultants costing city $27 million a year; councilwoman says they’re overused ‘a bit’

1 week ago | padailypost.com | Braden Cartwright

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff WriterCity Manager Ed Shikada and Palo Alto City Council are taking a closer look at their use of consultants, who cost the city $27 million last year. “I think we have lost some trust in the community with how we have been using them,” Vice Mayor Vicki Veenker said at a Policy and Services Committee meeting on Wednesday. “I’m sure everybody is kind of in agreement: We probably over-utilize consultants a bit,” Councilman Greer Stone said.
Woman charged with alleged umbrella attack outside Google co-founder’s house

1 week ago | padailypost.com | Braden Cartwright

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff WriterA woman was charged at the Palo Alto Courthouse on Tuesday (May 27) for allegedly attacking a security guard with an umbrella outside Google co-founder Larry Page’s house. Yun “April” Li, 50, of Palo Alto, allegedly tried opening one security guard’s car door and then hit another security guard in the face when she was confronted on March 24, police said.
Tall apartment building proposed in downtown Palo Alto

1 week ago | padailypost.com | Emily Mibach

BY EMILY MIBACHDaily Post Managing EditorA San Mateo developer has submitted plans to replace a 16-unit apartment building in downtown Palo Alto with an eight-story, 82-apartment complex. The project is for 332 Forest Ave., not far from the downtown library and City Hall. It is next to one of the taller buildings in the area, Casa Real at 360 Forest Ave. In fact, an unsigned letter to the city states that the complex is planned so it will be at the same scale as Casa Real.
DA isn’t waiting for the supervisors to get going on the Corpus case

2 weeks ago | padailypost.com | Emily Mibach

BY EMILY MIBACHDaily Post Managing EditorSan Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe is no longer waiting for the removal proceedings of Sheriff Christina Corpus to happen before his team makes any decision on criminal charges related to her office. “We are moving forward with our analysis and proceeding as if there is no Measure A or any talk of a recall. We are just going to do our job,” Wagstaffe said.
Did tutor disappear or was she murdered? Trial about to begin

2 weeks ago | padailypost.com | Braden Cartwright

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff WriterA tutor in Mountain View who disappeared on a trip to Taiwan with her secret husband is at the center of an upcoming trial. Tutor Alice Ku’s family alleges she was murdered by her husband, Harald Herchen, 66, of Los Altos, while sightseeing at a gorge in Taiwan’s Taroko National Park in November 2019. But Herchen says Ku is still alive.
State cuts funding for news bailout; Google hasn’t paid any of the money it promised

2 weeks ago | padailypost.com | Jeanne Kuang

BY JEANNE KUANGCalMattersA controversial $125 million deal California struck with Google last year to bail out the state’s struggling journalism industry is already on track to shrink — before any of the money has been delivered to news outlets. The deal, announced last August, committed California and Google to each put tens of millions of dollars into a fund to be distributed to local news outlets over five years.