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120 fires a year linked to homeless encampments; another one happened two days ago

May 13, 2022 2:50 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Redwood City fire official said yesterday that the city sees an average of 120 fires a year due to homeless encampments, and […]

Portola Valley

ELECTION: Portola Valley approves school parcel tax

May 8, 2021 10:17 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Update, May 8: Portola Valley voters have overwhelmingly approved a school parcel tax. Measure S needed two-thirds of the vote for passage. It […]

Portola Valley

Planning Commission to review Stanford’s plans in Portola Valley

January 18, 2021 10:30 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Portola Valley Planning Commission on Wednesday (Jan. 20) will review plans for a housing development proposed by Stanford not far from the […]

Portola Valley

Residents in the hills were ready to evacuate

August 24, 2020 7:06 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Portola Valley resident Jeanne McGinnis packed her family’s documents and got her cats’ medicine and carriers ready to go when the forecast called […]

Portola Valley

Black Lives street mural removed over confusion, city official says

July 27, 2020 10:53 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City Manager Melissa Stevenson-Diaz said tonight (July 27) that the city removed the Black Lives Matter mural on Broadway in front of […]

Portola Valley

Portola Valley residents complain to council about Stanford housing proposal

May 28, 2020 7:45 am

By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Some Portola Valley residents are upset that a proposal by Stanford to build 37 homes near the Alpine Inn on Alpine Road is […]

Portola Valley

Showdown tonight over Stanford housing proposal

May 27, 2020 6:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A showdown is expected tonight (May 27) between the Portola Valley Town Council and a community group that is perturbed over Stanford’s plans […]

Portola Valley

Child molestation suspect arrested — Update

April 27, 2020 7:20 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto man has been arrested on charges accusing him of molesting his girlfriend’s daughter over the span of three years, the […]

Portola Valley

Man robbed on Los Transcos Road

April 14, 2020 8:40 pm

By the Daily Post staff A man was robbed on Los Trancos Road in Portola Valley, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said today (April 14). Just before 3 p.m. […]

Portola Valley

Windy Hill shut down, hikers didn’t observe social distancing

March 30, 2020 8:19 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Windy Hill Nature Preserve has been shut down because too many people went hiking and didn’t stay at least six feet from each […]

Atherton

Parole denied for Chowchilla kidnapper

October 9, 2019 7:00 am

State officials again rejected parole yesterday (Oct. 8) for the last of three Peninsula men convicted of kidnapping a bus full of Chowchilla schoolchildren in 1976 and burying them in […]

The Prolific Oven at 550 Waverley St. in Palo Alto. Post photo by Emily Mibach.
Portola Valley

The Prolific Oven is closing at end of month

August 16, 2019 7:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Prolific Oven — the downtown Palo Alto pastry and coffee mainstay that has baked the cakes for many weddings, birthdays and other […]

Portola Valley

Truck driver dies after crashing into Palo Alto fire truck on Highway 101

August 4, 2019 11:40 am

One man has died after a box truck rear-ended a Palo Alto fire truck that was responding to a crash at 4:30 this morning on southbound Highway 101, south of […]

Portola Valley

San Jose officer involved in shooting was arrested in Redwood City, but charges were dropped

May 12, 2019 3:48 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer One of the San Jose police officers who shot at a car theft suspect who later died had been arrested in Redwood City […]

Portola Valley

Appeals court ruling resolves panzer tank dispute

August 27, 2018 3:30 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Seventy-three years after World War II ended, a dispute over a German tank once owned by a Portola Valley collector may finally be over. […]

Portola Valley

Sale of Alpine Inn near

June 28, 2018 9:41 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A group of investors led by a Portola Valley couple has edged out two other bidders to purchase the 165-year-old Alpine Inn beer […]

Portola Valley

Woman looking for partners to buy the Alpine Inn

May 20, 2018 5:32 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Portola Valley woman is on a mission to buy the beloved beer garden and community gathering space at the Alpine Inn, also […]

Portola Valley

Mountain lion believed to have been roaming around private school

February 19, 2018 1:17 pm

Evidence suggesting the presence of a mountain lion was found at a private school in Portola Valley, prompting authorities to issue a cautionary message. A deer carcass was found on […]

Portola Valley

Los Trancos band helps Wine Country fire victims

January 9, 2018 8:16 am

This story was originally published in the Post on Jan. 2 BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Los Trancos Woods Community Marching Band, a colorful, freewheeling group based […]

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