Woodside
Four peacocks find a new home
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Four peacocks from Woodside that were surrendered to the Peninsula Humane Society were adopted yesterday after the rescue group spread the word to […]
Palo Alto
Principals put in the hot seat over test scores of Hispanic and low-income students
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Principals of two Palo Alto elementary schools told the school board last night that they have improved test results for low-income and Hispanic […]
East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto looking into making University Avenue a toll road
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Commuters who use University Avenue in East Palo Alto may have to pay to use the road if city officials decide to continue […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park mom gets three weeks in prison in college admissions scandal
A Menlo Park jewelry business co-owner was sentenced in federal court in Boston today (Oct. 16) to three weeks in prison for paying $15,000 for cheating on a college entrance […]
In the news
Mid-Peninsula legislator is a major critic of PG&E
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer For the past nine years, state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, has been one of the most visible critics of PG&E, which suffered […]
Los Altos
Council chambers passes air test — what was bothering Councilwoman Bruins?
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer There’s nothing wrong with the air in Los Altos City Hall Council Chambers, according to an air quality test the city ordered. The […]
Mountain View
City, county sued over 5-year-old girl’s forced sex exam
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent A Mountain View family has filed a lawsuit against the city and Santa Clara County, after a 5-year-old girl was forcibly stripped at home […]
In the news
4.5 earthquake hits Bay Area
By the Daily Post staff A preliminary 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Bay Area at 10:33 tonight, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was centered 2.2 miles north of […]
Palo Alto
Report on police N-word incident bottled up at city hall
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer An independent auditor’s report about Palo Alto police Capt. Zach Perron’s use of a racial slur while speaking to a black officer was […]
Redwood City
Man throws knives, displays fake gun at Kaiser
Correction: An earlier version of this story said that the incident occurred in the Kaiser Redwood City Emergency Room. That was based on a statement from Redwood City police that, […]
Menlo Park
Housing development could replace Feldman’s Bookstore
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park residents want to stop the replacement of a used bookstore on El Camino Real with a housing development. Local developer Chase […]
Redwood City
Officer whose car killed pedestrian is named
By the Daily Post staff Authorities have revealed the name of the Redwood City police officer whose car accidentally killed a pedestrian on El Camino Real, but the investigation of […]
East Palo Alto
Work starts on Bay Trail segment
Construction has begun on a new segment of the San Francisco Bay Trail in the Ravenswood Preserve near East Palo Alto. “The new trail will close a critical 0.6-mile gap […]
Stanford
Stanford crime: Somebody slipped a date-rape drug into a female student’s drink
By the Daily Post staff Somebody put a date-rape drug in the drink of a female Stanford student who lost consciousness while at a party on Fraternity Row, the Stanford […]
East Palo Alto
Board names school after Cesar Chavez
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Ravenswood School Board has voted to rename the district’s middle school after the late labor leader Cesar Chavez. The board voted 3-1 […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park father avoids jail in college admissions scandal
A Menlo Park man who owns a frozen foods company avoided jail yesterday (Oct. 11) after admitting he paid $15,000 to rig his daughter’s college entrance exam in a widespread […]
In the news
Sewer official who got $875,000 payout gets contract with city of San Mateo
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Dan Child, who was paid $875,000 to resign from the Redwood City-based sewage processing agency Silicon Valley Clean Water, has landed a job […]
In the news
Now that the all clear has been given, when do the lights come on?
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The crisis that forced PG&E to cut power to the hills west of Interstate 280 is over, but it may take days for […]
In the news
State senator slams PG&E over its handling of outages
State Sen. Jerry Hill, who represents most of the mid-Peninsula, is slamming PG&E’s widespread power outages in a letter he sent to the state’s energy regulator. “I strongly disagree with […]
Stanford
Judge tosses Stanford lawsuit against the county over housing
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A federal judge yesterday (Oct. 10) dismissed Stanford’s lawsuit that attempted to knock down a Santa Clara County ordinance that requires the university, […]
Apple
Another Apple Store heist
By the Daily Post staff Four masked men stole seven laptops valued at $9,800 from the Apple Store at Stanford Shopping Center. The men went into the store at 8:45 […]
San Mateo
Ex-police officer convicted of rapes
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A jury yesterday (Oct. 9) found former San Mateo police officer Noah Winchester guilty of raping and sexually assaulting women he preyed upon […]
In the news
Planned power outage begins west of I-280
Update, 12:15 a.m., Thursday — Power has been cut to Woodside and Portola Valley, and possibly other areas west of Interstate 280. Update, 10:37 p.m., Wednesday — PG&E officials said […]
Palo Alto
Electric scooters headed to Palo Alto
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Electric scooters are headed for Palo Alto. City officials, who saw that in San Francisco riders dumped the e-scooters on sidewalks and gutters […]
Atherton
Parole denied for Chowchilla kidnapper
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 […]
Stanford
Opinion: Will Stanford accept ‘yes’ for an answer?
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It looks like Stanford is about to get a permit from Santa Clara County to expand the campus by 3.5 million square feet […]
In the news
Housing nonprofit embroiled in paternity leave lawsuit
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A former employee of MidPen Property Management Corp. is battling the affordable-housing nonprofit in court, saying he was fired in retaliation for taking 12 […]
Google
Google’s plan for massive office buildings on the Landings site moves ahead
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View City Council is fine with Google’s plans to build an office building as large as 40 Midtown Safeways on Landings Drive. […]
Santa Clara county
Man killed in park rampage is identified
A man who was killed when a woman allegedly drove into two pedestrians in Rancho San Antonio Park has been identified as Lawrence Lupash, 77, of Sunnyvale. Mireya Orta, 50, […]
Mountain View
Political sign vandal to pay homeowner $1,000
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Job Lopez, a 74-year-old Mountain View tenants rights activist, agreed yesterday to pay $1,000 to the owner of a house where he was […]
San Mateo
Ex-cop’s own words used against him at rape trial
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The prosecutor in the trial of Noah Winchester, the former cop who is accused of sexually assaulting and raping women while on duty, […]
Palo Alto
City pays former employee to settle disability claim
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has settled for $100,000 with a former city worker who sued the city after alleging that he was […]
Palo Alto
Biden visits Palo Alto for lunchtime fundraiser
By the Daily Post staff Joe Biden visited Palo Alto’s Evvia restaurant yesterday (Oct. 3) for a private fundraising luncheon where donors paid $1,500 to $10,000 to hear the former […]
Palo Alto
Stanford might have to fund schools if campus expansion is approved
This story originally appeared in the Sept. 26 print edition of the Daily Post. To get all the local news, including many stories you can’t find online, pick up the […]
Palo Alto
Power back on in Palo Alto
By the Daily Post staff Update 8:45 a.m. — Utilities spokeswoman Catherine Elvert said workers are still investigating the cause of the outage. She said they believe the problem may […]