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Month: December 2017

Palo Alto

College Terrace Market closing after six months

December 31, 2017 3:35 pm

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 […]

In the news

Marijuana’s legal tomorrow but good luck finding a place to light up

December 31, 2017 3:23 pm

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

December 30, 2017 10:22 pm

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

December 30, 2017 5:07 pm

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

December 30, 2017 2:01 pm

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

December 30, 2017 12:48 pm

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

December 28, 2017 10:59 pm

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

December 28, 2017 10:06 pm

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

December 28, 2017 12:29 am

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

December 27, 2017 11:40 am

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

December 27, 2017 11:39 am

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

December 26, 2017 2:47 pm

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

December 26, 2017 9:00 am

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

December 26, 2017 6:55 am

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

December 24, 2017 4:27 pm

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

December 24, 2017 12:28 am

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

December 22, 2017 1:01 pm

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

December 22, 2017 12:04 pm

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

December 21, 2017 5:12 pm

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

December 21, 2017 5:03 pm

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

December 21, 2017 4:53 pm

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

December 21, 2017 4:24 pm

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

December 21, 2017 9:43 am

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

December 21, 2017 9:32 am

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

December 21, 2017 12:18 am

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

December 21, 2017 12:06 am

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

December 19, 2017 12:31 pm

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

December 19, 2017 12:25 pm

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

December 18, 2017 3:13 pm

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

December 18, 2017 1:53 pm

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

December 18, 2017 1:02 pm

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

December 18, 2017 1:01 pm

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

December 17, 2017 8:28 pm

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

December 17, 2017 8:27 pm

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

December 17, 2017 8:26 pm

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 […]

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