Obama Cancels Palo Alto Visit

President Barack Obama will no longer be coming to Palo Alto’s Thursday morning, where he had intended to wrap up a Bay Area fundraising visit.

“We just got word from the Secret Service that it was cancelled for whatever reason,” said Palo Alto Police Sgt. Sal Madrigal. “We were not given a reason.”

The event, which had been scheduled for 8:00 a.m, was intended to build support within the Asian-American/Pacific Islander community. The meeting had originally been planned as the first stop on his Bay Area tour, which begins today.

With re-election up for grabs in November, the President is still making his way around the Bay Area with two fundraisers today.

Obama will stop for dinner at Lisa and Douglas Goldman’s home in Atherton tonight at 5:15 p.m. Tickets will also cost $35,800. Douglas Goldman is a well-known philanthropist, and also the son of Levi Strauss heirs Richard and Rhoda Goldman, according to the couple’s foundation website.

If you want to support Obama, but don't have a ton of gold, you can attend a rally with him at the too. Tickets start at $250 for general admission, confirmed the Obama campaign.

The grand finale at the Fox starts at 6 p.m. If attendees want a better close-up, premium seating is available for $1,000 or $7,500 for a seat plus a photo reception. Two buddies can tag along as guests at $2,500 each.

People have been tweeting on the social media platform, Twitter, about the President's visit:

@MayaBurns25: Can't wait to see President Obama in Redwood City on May 23!!! AHHH!

@gwachob: So Obama is coming to the Fox Theatre in Redwood City on May 23rd... That should be interesting... #fb

Obama’s challenger and the presumptive Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, on March 26 at the for a fundraiser with dinner plates costing $1,000 each.

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