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Month: December 2017

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 […]

East Palo Alto

Two talented computer scientists dead in suspected murder-suicide

December 15, 2017 12:26 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The two East Palo Alto women found dead of gunshot wounds in an apparent murder suicide were both talented computer scientists, a former […]

Burlingame

Jetsons-like development gets good reviews

December 14, 2017 11:02 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Some Burlingame residents and planning commissioners seem ready for the Jetsons-like development to land where the old Hyatt Cinema was located at 1300 […]

Menlo Park

Proposed Santa Cruz Ave. project faces heavy resistance

December 14, 2017 10:56 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Planning Commission on Monday (Dec. 11) delayed approving a three-story mixed-use development on Santa Cruz Avenue in downtown, with one […]

East Palo Alto

Women found dead in East Palo Alto home identified

December 14, 2017 1:07 pm

The two women who were found dead of shotgun wounds in an apparent murder suicide in East Palo Alto were identified today (Dec. 14) by the coroner’s office as Heather […]

Belmont

Belmont honors late councilman, picks new mayor and vice mayor

December 14, 2017 1:00 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Belmont selected a new mayor and vice mayor while paying tribute to late Councilman Eric Reed and celebrating the accomplishments of the city […]

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