Palo Alto
College Terrace Market closing after six months
By the Daily Post staff College Terrace Market, 2100 El Camino Real, is closing after six months in business, the third grocery store to shut down in Palo Alto in […]
Month: December 2017
In the news
Marijuana’s legal tomorrow but good luck finding a place to light up
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Residents will be able to buy recreational marijuana under a new state law that takes effect tomorrow (Jan. 1) but if they light […]
Redwood City
Man killed by police fired a number of shots at officers
By the Daily Post staff Redwood City police said one of its officers shot and killed a man who fired a number of shots at officers this afternoon outside the […]
Redwood City
Police shoot, kill man outside Wells Fargo branch
By the Daily Post staff A Redwood City police officer shot and killed a man outside of the Wells Fargo Bank at 1900 Broadway this afternoon (Dec. 30), Channel 7 […]
Menlo Park
Growth cap in Menlo Park plan nearly exhausted 14 years early
This story was originally published in the Daily Post on Dec. 4. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Menlo Park is already approaching a development cap set […]
San Mateo County
Light shed on college district’s $140 million loss
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer For months there has been a cloak of secrecy shrouding the botched sale of KCSM-TV by the San Mateo County Community College District, […]
San Mateo County
10 accused of trying to get drugs into jail through the mail
By the Daily Post staff Nine women and one man are facing charges in a scheme to smuggle drugs into the San Mateo County Jail in Redwood City by dipping […]
Caltrain
Bike, pedestrian tunnel under Caltrain proposed
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The cities of Mountain View and Sunnyvale will each chip in for a $1.2 million feasibility study on a future bicycle and pedestrian […]
Menlo Park
Bats nesting behind mural of St. Francis of Assisi get a wake-up call
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A crew hired to power wash a home in Menlo Park found nearly 100 bats nesting behind a mural of the patron saint […]
Palo Alto
City settles overtime dispute, a group of firefighters could get up to $1.5 million
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A group of Palo Alto firefighters who sued the city for additional overtime wages last year have settled with the city, which has […]
Palo Alto
Not everyone is sold on roundabouts
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In a bid for safety, the city of Palo Alto is building a roundabout to slow traffic on Ross Road at East Meadow […]
Redwood City
Appeals court sides with developer of hillside homes
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A controversial proposal to build 16 homes on Laurel Way in Redwood City, which was shot down in San Mateo County Superior Court, may […]
Palo Alto
City settles with fired planner who alleged sex discrimination, whistleblower retaliation
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has agreed to pay a transportation planner it fired last year more than $47,000 after she filed a […]
Palo Alto
Police critic raises questions about new chief’s record, selection process
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A police critic is bashing the city of Palo Alto for what he calls a secretive process in hiring its new police chief, […]
Menlo Park
Squirrel almost burns down house
By Bay City News Firefighters in Menlo Park this morning (Dec. 24) responded to a home fire that they believe was started by a squirrel. Firefighters responded at 6:17 a.m. […]
San Mateo County
Gov. Brown appoints DA’s wife as a judge
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday (Dec. 22) named Amber Rosen, the wife of Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen, to be a judge […]
Menlo Park
Proponent of council districts concerned that newcomers will dilute votes of longtime Belle Haven residents
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A proponent of district elections for Menlo Park City Council — to give African Americans and Latinos on the east side a better […]
In the news
Cities pick new mayors for 2018 — more diversity this year
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Most of the city and town councils in the Post’s circulation area have picked their new mayor and vice mayor for 2018, half […]
East Palo Alto
Man accused of mailing bomb to East Palo Alto family
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man was charged yesterday (Dec. 21) by federal authorities for mailing a bomb to a home in East Palo Alto, which exploded […]
Palo Alto
Judge sides with developer in dispute over empty grocery store at Edgewood Plaza
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto will have to return almost $250,000 in fines levied to the real estate developer behind Edgewood Plaza, where […]
Menlo Park
Cmdr. Dave Bertini named interim Menlo Park police chief
Menlo Park City Manager Alex McIntyre today (Dec. 21) named police Cmdr. Dave Bertini as interim police chief, replacing Robert Jonsen, who was hired as chief in Palo Alto. McIntyre […]
In the news
Counties won’t let you prepay 2018 property taxes to beat tax bill changes
By the Daily Post staff Some residents in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties want to pay their 2018 property taxes now before the new federal tax bill goes into […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto man pleads guilty to shipping hazardous materials
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto man pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday (Dec. 20) to illegally transporting hazardous chemicals and failing to declare imports of […]
Menlo Park
Menlo fire district to pay $6.6 million for acre on Middlefield
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Fire Protection District announced yesterday (Dec. 20) it has bought an acre of land for $6.6 million from St. Patrick’s […]
Caltrain
Safety feature missing from Amtrak train that crashed in Washington state and Caltrain
From staff and wire reports The rush to launch service on a new, faster Amtrak route near Seattle came at a deadly cost: none of the critical speed-control technology that […]
In the news
Tax bill to hit at least 200,000 locally
Palo Alto Congresswoman Anna Eshoo said yesterday (Dec. 19) that nearly 200,000 of her constituents will take a hit with the reduction in the deduction for state and local taxes […]
In the news
CVS runs out of flu shots for people under 65
By the Daily Post staff Those hoping to get pre-Christmas flu shots from CVS on the Peninsula better re-think their plans. Employees at several CVS pharmacies in Palo Alto and […]
Menlo Park
ADA litigant sues Chef Kwan’s, city of Menlo Park; She’s filed 37 suits in 30 months
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A popular Chinese restaurant and the city of Menlo Park have been hit with a lawsuit from a serial Americans with Disabilities Act […]
Menlo Park
Man arrested for stalking girl, 14; his ‘gifts’ included bottles of urine
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park man is in jail after he left flowers, love notes and containers full of his urine for a 14-year-old girl […]
Palo Alto
Courthouse escape plotted over the phone
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Two inmates may have outsmarted the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office when they slipped away from the Palo Alto courthouse last month, but […]
Opinion
Our local legislators can preserve the state and local tax deduction
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Our mid-Peninsula state legislators should step up and repair some of the damage that will be done by the Republican tax bill Congress […]
Opinion
Online shopping takes the fun out of Christmas
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor This isn’t a profound observation, but online shopping has taken a lot of fun out of Christmas. For the last century, the Christmas […]
East Palo Alto
Family blindsided by murder-suicide tragedy
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The murder-suicide of two East Palo Alto computer scientists blindsided the family of the murdered woman, her younger sister said Friday (Dec. 15). […]
San Mateo County
DA unable to get judge removed from child molestation case
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe’s bid to remove a judge from a case involving child molestation and lewd pictures of children […]
Palo Alto
Demolition gets started on El Camino office building
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The six-story, 81-foot-tall building at 2600 El Camino Real in Palo Alto is coming down, and will be replaced by a four-story office […]