Palo Alto
Palo Alto hires Menlo Park’s police chief
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park Police Chief Bob Jonsen will leave the department after almost five years to serve as Palo Alto’s new police chief, Palo […]
Month: November 2017
Los Altos
Los Altos official proposes parcel tax to renovate or rebuild library
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In 2012, the city of Los Altos pulled the plug on plans to rebuild the civic center and police station after a poll […]
Menlo Park
Families of Skyline Blvd. crash victims ask for guard rail
By the Daily Post staff The families of the three young men killed on Skyline Boulevard say a guard rail might have saved their lives. Matthew Cruz, 18, of Redwood […]
Mountain View
Man sues Mountain View police over arrest; calls butt-slapping case ‘absurd’
By Elaine Goodman Daily Post Correspondent A Los Altos man is suing Mountain View police, saying officers violated his Constitutional rights when they arrested him at home on a Sunday […]
San Carlos
Moratorium proposed to stop new gun store
Above is from the website of Turner’s Outdoorsman. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The debate over gun control, which has heightened after mass shootings in Las Vegas and […]
Menlo Park
Willows residents beg for traffic fix
Above, vehicles clog the streets near Arnold Way and Durham St. in Menlo Park. Photo from Ana Uribe Ruiz. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Residents of Menlo Park’s […]
Redwood City
New rules considered for food-delivery robots
Image above provided by Starship Technologies. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Robots roaming Redwood City streets may have to wear name tags if the City Council continues to […]
Belmont
City may ask voters to give up the power to elect city clerk, treasurer; $15 minimum wage on council’s agenda
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Belmont may ask its voters to consider giving up their right to elect the city’s clerk and treasurer and delegate the job to […]
Redwood City
City officials up for a raise
By the Daily Post staff Redwood City’s attorney, Veronica Ramirez, and City Manager Melissa Stevenson Diaz may be getting raises on Monday (Nov. 13). Ramirez is up for a 6.5% […]
Santa Clara county
Bruins out, McAlister in as North County’s VTA rep
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View Councilman John McAlister yesterday (Nov. 9) defeated Los Altos Councilwoman Jeannie Bruins for a seat on the VTA board, a critical position […]
Menlo Park
Stanford tries to save approval of new building
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An attorney for Stanford is pushing back against the idea that Menlo Park should yank its approval for a building the university wants […]
Mountain View
Murder suspect has long record
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The former professional cyclist accused of murder in the stabbing death of a 55-year-old man in Mountain View has a history of violent […]
Menlo Park
World War II hero’s name may be put on park
Above, Karl Clark and Enna Anulau at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu in December 2016. Photo from the website of the group Spirit of 45. BY […]
Mountain View
Teacher accused of inappropriate texts to student
By Bay City News A Mountain View High School teacher was arrested yesterday (Nov. 7) after school officials found out he had allegedly been sending inappropriate texts to a student, […]
Mountain View
Murder suspect once a pro cyclist
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The man who was arrested for allegedly stabbing a 55-year-old man in Mountain View to death was once one of the youngest professional […]
East Palo Alto
Missing student turns up safe
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After missing for nearly two weeks, Serra High School student Jonathan Bedolla was found yesterday (Nov. 8) by East Palo Alto police in […]
Palo Alto
2 alleged accomplices in courthouse escape arrested, inmates remain at large
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man and woman suspected of helping two inmates escape from the Palo Alto courthouse were arrested today (Nov. 7), though the two […]
San Mateo County
Atherton rejects parcel tax, Burlingame approves sales tax, Rodriguez wins in San Mateo, Layton wins in San Carlos
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A parcel tax that’s been around for 39 years in Atherton was voted down Tuesday (Nov. 7), while Eric Rodriguez is San Mateo’s […]
Palo Alto
Manager claims racial bias at Children’s Theater
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The managing artistic director of the Palo Alto Children’s Theater has filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging racial discrimination and retaliation from […]
Palo Alto
History stressed in planning for Fry’s site
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer It’s off to the slow and careful races for Palo Alto’s $888,000 redevelopment plan for the Ventura neighborhood, now that City Council has […]