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San Mateo County Fair canceled

April 5, 2020 4:29 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Fair will not be occurring this year because the San Mateo County Event Center has become a COVID-19 testing […]

Eshoo concerned about nursing home patients and workers during coronavirus outbreak

April 5, 2020 3:21 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, said during a telephone town hall meeting with constituents Friday (April 3) that due to the coronavirus outbreak, […]

UPDATE: Menlo Park closes Bedwell Bayfront Park

April 5, 2020 10:33 am

APRIL 3 — The city of Menlo Park has closed Bedwell Bayfront Park until further notice because people haven’t been practicing social distancing. The closure includes the entire park, trails […]

City expects tax revenue to plunge, expenses to rise due to coronavirus outbreak

April 5, 2020 7:00 am

This story was printed in Friday morning’s Daily Post. Most of the local news stories the Post covers are only available in the Post’s print edition. Pick up a copy […]

UPDATE: County adds hospitalizations to online COVID-19 ‘dashboard’

April 4, 2020 5:01 pm

The following is an update of a story the Post originally printed on March 30. The original story is at the end. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Of […]

Stanford cuts pay for top administrators as it trims budget

April 4, 2020 4:53 pm

This story was printed in Friday morning’s Daily Post. Most of the local news stories the Post covers are only available in the Post’s print edition. Pick up a copy […]

Dish closed due to a lack of distancing

April 4, 2020 9:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The popular Stanford Dish hiking area was closed to hikers Friday because some people have refused to follow COVID-19 safety rules. Signs and […]

Virtual VTA board meeting hacked by ‘Zoom bombers’

April 4, 2020 8:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Hackers yelled profanities and projected x-rated images on-screen during the Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors’ video meeting Thursday night. The meeting was […]

Woman arrested on multiple charges after hitting police car

April 2, 2020 9:10 am

By the Daily Post staff Mountain View police have arrested a woman for allegedly ramming a stolen car into Walgreens at 100 block of East El Camino Real and then […]

Schools in Santa Clara County, including Palo Alto, will stay closed for the rest of the academic year

April 2, 2020 12:17 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Schools in Santa Clara County will be closed for the rest of the academic year because of the COVID-19 outbreak. In Palo Alto, […]

National Guard helps to set up 250-bed temporary hospital in San Mateo County Events Center

April 1, 2020 5:22 pm

In a cavernous room at the San Mateo County Event Center, 250 hospital beds lie waiting for an emergency that county officials hope will never come. County officials showed off […]

Newsom: Schools probably won’t reopen this academic year

April 1, 2020 4:02 pm

California schools should plan on teaching from afar for the rest of the academic year because it’s unlikely the coronavirus will allow them to reopen before summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom […]

Businesses are boarding up their storefronts on University Avenue

April 1, 2020 8:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer All the windows and doors of the West Elm furniture store in downtown Palo Alto are boarded up with plywood, a sign of […]

County’s new coronavirus website omits information on hospitalizations

April 1, 2020 7:55 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County’s Public Health Department yesterday (March 31) unveiled a website that provides data about COVID-19, however it lacks information on how […]

Caltrain to test electric trains this month

April 1, 2020 6:54 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer This month Caltrain will begin testing its electric trains at a train manufacturing plant in Salt Lake City. They will be tested on […]

School board concerned students might not be able to get online

April 1, 2020 12:08 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board members said at last night’s meeting that they are worried some students will have trouble accessing online lessons because […]

Three finalists announced in search for community college district leader

March 31, 2020 11:38 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Three veterans of higher education are vying for the job of San Mateo County Community College District chancellor, including one familiar face. Current […]

Property taxpayers who need to file late can submit a waiver

March 31, 2020 10:03 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Both San Mateo and Santa Clara County tax collectors are telling taxpayers if they cannot pay their property taxes by the April 10 […]

Whole Foods ‘sick-out’ doesn’t reach Palo Alto

March 31, 2020 9:45 pm

A national Whole Foods “sick-out” was planned for today, but Palo Alto’s Whole Foods appeared unaffected. Some Instacart and Amazon warehouse workers walked off the job yesterday demanding greater safeguards […]

Atherton mom gets up to 7 months in prison in college admissions scam

March 31, 2020 5:26 pm

An Atherton woman was sentenced today (March 31) to seven months in prison for paying bribes to rig her two daughters’ college admissions exams and get one of them into […]

County unveils website to help people find food, clinics, parks

March 31, 2020 5:10 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County officials yesterday announced a new website designed to help people find open restaurants, nearby medical centers and parks. The website, […]

Xerox calls off bid for Palo Alto-based HP Inc.

March 31, 2020 5:00 pm

By the Daily Post staff Xerox Holdings Corp. announced today (March 31) that it is withdrawing its hostile $36 billion bid for Palo Alto-based HP Inc., saying the economic downturn […]

County wants first responders to be first in line for COVID-19 tests

March 31, 2020 1:01 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County is working to make sure first responders are the first to get COVID-19 tests when needed. County Manager Mike Callagy […]

Alleged school bus thief was on probation for an attack with a chain

March 31, 2020 8:15 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City man who was arrested after allegedly stealing a Sequoia Union High School District bus was on probation for breaking a […]

Preschool asks town for a rent break during stay-at-home order

March 31, 2020 7:30 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An Atherton preschool is asking the city council tonight (April 1) for a break on its rent since the school has had to […]

House flipper arrested on suspicion of trying to take 82-year-old man’s two homes

March 31, 2020 7:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A house flipper tried to swindle an 82-year-old man with dementia out of his two properties, one in San Carlos and another in […]