Menlo Park
Oasis building up for lease — Beltramos sold it for $8.5 million
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The building that used to house the Oasis burger joint has a new owner who is willing to enter into a lease with […]
Menlo Park
Council split three ways over a proposal some see as rent control
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council appeared last night (Feb. 12) to be divided over a proposal some have labeled as rent control. The […]
San Mateo County
Sheriff’s deputy charged with beating inmates
A San Mateo County Sheriff’s deputy has been charged with using excessive force on inmates, including slamming one inmate’s head into a closed elevator door, a prosecutor said today (Feb. […]
Redwood City
Group wants to preserve Ampex’s legacy and maybe its famous sign
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Redwood City councilwoman and some former Ampex employees are working to memorialize the videotape machine company, and perhaps find a new home […]
Palo Alto
Gunn robotics team member accused of harassment gets a lawyer
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Gunn High School student who was booted off the robotics team after taunting his ex-girl-friend about her sexual performance at school has […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto police won’t release misconduct files despite new law
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto police are refusing to release five years of public records related to police use of force, including the fatal police […]
San Mateo
Hospital dropped from suit alleging sex assault by ultrasound tech
By the Daily Post staff The San Mateo County Medical Center has been dismissed from a lawsuit alleging that an ultrasound technician at the hospital raped her. The rape allegedly […]
Atherton
Atherton police nab suspects in school burglary, mail thefts
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Atherton police yesterday announced (Feb. 14) that they had made two arrests, just two weeks after residents harangued police for not making any […]
Palo Alto
High-speed rail has had a tumultuous past — a timeline
By the Daily Post staff Here’s a look at the history of high-speed rail in California and the Peninsula. 1996 — The state Legislature establishes the California High-Speed Rail Authority […]
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
Police bring back Community Service Officers
The Palo Alto Police Department has brought Community Service Officers, or CSOs, who patrol the streets in police cars, back to its team after the positions were dropped during budget cuts more […]
Mountain View
Two men arrested in carjacking in which a teen was shot
Two men have been arrested in connection with a carjacking earlier this month that left a teenager with a gunshot wound to his leg, Mountain View police said today (Feb. […]
Palo Alto
Newsom pulls plug on high-speed rail
Pick up tomorrow’s Post for local reaction to this story. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today (Feb. 12) he’s abandoning a plan to build a high-speed rail line between Los Angeles […]
Menlo Park
Council looks at proposal that some say amounts to rent control
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A controversial ordinance that critics have called rent control in disguise will go to Menlo Park City Council tonight (Feb. 12). The ordinance […]
Palo Alto
Council slams the brakes on plans for downtown parking garage
By the Daily Post staff In an unexpected move, Palo Alto City Council tonight (Feb. 110 put the brakes on building a $29 million, 324-space parking garage at Hamilton Avenue […]
Stanford
Engineering student found dead at Stanford
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer An engineering graduate student was found dead today in the Paul G. Allen Building at Stanford, according to university officials. Jennifer Widom, the […]
Los Altos
Man arrested in Los Altos for spreading substance in VTA bus and tampering with food at Safeway
By the Daily Post staff Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man suspected of spreading white powder and hydrogen peroxide on a VTA bus and tampering with food […]
Palo Alto
Battle over Castilleja signs — critics of school expansion release videos of vandalism
Links to the videos below BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer As years of tension over Castilleja School’s plan to expand its Palo Alto campus continue to simmer, disgruntled […]
Palo Alto
Stanford Shopping Center proposes to tear down Macy’s Men’s store
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The company that operates Stanford Shopping Center is seeking to tear down the Macy’s Men’s store to make room for a three-story Restoration […]
Mountain View
Dramatic jump in car break-ins
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Local car burglaries have spiked this winter, with more than 100 break-ins reported per month in Mountain View in December and January. Palo […]