Redwood City
Local family escapes Wine Country fires
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer If it weren’t for her neighbors and a radio, Redwood City resident Johanna Rasmussen and her family might have been trapped in flame-engulfed […]
Month: October 2017
In the news
Local first responders head to Wine Country fires
The San Mateo Fire Department tweeted this picture of one of their firefighters battling a blaze in the North Bay. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY AND EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writers […]
Opinion
Proposal would take away 80% of residents’ voting rights for City Council
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Menlo Park has a problem because residents from the Belle Haven neighborhood haven’t been able to win a seat on the City Council. […]
Menlo Park
Menlo College accused of race, sex bias
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A black female professor at Menlo College in Atherton is suing the school, saying she was paid less than her white and male […]
Palo Alto
College district to re-do vote on selling KCSM-TV; trickery alleged
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Community College District board on Wednesday (Oct. 11) will have to vote on something it already voted on in […]
Los Altos
Dispute over closed meeting and transparency in city government
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Concerns about a lack of transparency at Los Altos City Hall are swelling among some current and former city leaders, including former Councilman […]
San Mateo County
Man faces jail for attempted urine switch
A man could face up to three years in jail for bringing someone else’s urine to a meeting with his San Mateo County probation officer, a prosecutor said. LaHaitian Austin, […]
Mountain View
Shopping center at El Camino and San Antonio for sale for $42.5 million
Google image of the World Savings Plaza bordered in red. The shopping center at the corner of El Camino Real and San Antonio Road that includes Wells Fargo, CVS and […]
Palo Alto
City may eliminate 11 fire positions, union says cuts are ‘dangerous’
Above, Palo Alto firefighters a hiker who fell down a ravine off Los Trancos Trail in Palo Alto’s Foothills Park on Aug 11, 2016. Photo from Palo Alto Fire Department. […]
Palo Alto
Grades of Palo Alto High School students posted on ‘rogue’ website
A data breach exposed information about Palo Alto High School students, including details about their grade-point average, names and other information that appeared on a “rogue” website, school officials warned […]
Los Altos
ATF investigates fire at Egan Junior High
Above, the exterior of the classroom that was damaged by the fire at Egan Junior High School. Post photo by Allison Levitsky. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Federal […]
Menlo Park
City moving toward council elections by district
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council, in response to a threatened lawsuit, voted unanimously last night to take the first step toward switching from at-large […]
Palo Alto
Police say man threw hot coffee at officer
A Menlo Park biotech executive was cited for allegedly throwing a cup of hot coffee at a Palo Alto parking enforcement officer who had just written him a ticket, police […]
Redwood City
Psychological diagnosis sought for mother accused of trying to kill newborn at McDonald’s
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The attorney for the woman who gave birth to a baby boy in a Redwood City McDonald’s bathroom said yesterday (Oct. 2) he […]
Palo Alto
Two fights reported at Gunn High School in four days
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In the first of two on-campus fights reported to Palo Alto police in four days, a 13-year-old Gunn High School student was arrested […]
Redwood City
Caretaker accused of sexual misconduct with elder gets light sentence due to victim’s dementia
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A caretaker accused of sexual misconduct with an 82-year-old woman under his care got a break yesterday because his victim wasn’t able to […]
Opinion
Opinion: Support LBGT rights or get a free trip?
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor What a conflict city council members across the Peninsula are facing. The state of California has banned travel by state employees to nine […]
Opinion
Opinion: An idea for billionaire John Arrillaga
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor You could call this a tale of two cities. Or two cities’ libraries. Menlo Park already has a nice downtown library at 800 […]
In the news
Locals line up to give blood following Las Vegas tragedy
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Stanford Blood Center hadn’t even planned to open yesterday, but donors eager to help the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting in Las […]
Stanford
Rapes and sex offenses reported at Stanford increase
Photo of Chief Laura Wilson by Linda Cicero of the Stanford News Service. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Reports of rapes and other sex offenses at Stanford increased […]