Belmont
Belmont considers banning marijuana retailers
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Belmont’s City Council on Tuesday (Sept. 12) could become the latest city on the Peninsula to say no to pot shops. The council […]
Year: 2017
East Palo Alto
Murderer gets 50-year sentence
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man was sentenced to 50 years in prison yesterday for fatally shooting another man during an argument in East Palo Alto, a […]
San Mateo
Closed ice rink returns
HITTING THE ICE — Six hockey teams competed in a tournament at the ice rink in the Bridgepointe Shopping Center. The rink will formally reopen on Oct. 1. Photo courtesy […]
East Palo Alto
DA: Bank robber nabbed
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An East Palo Alto man who robbed the San Mateo Credit Union in the Ravenswood Shopping Center has been arrested two months after […]
San Mateo County
Santa Rosa PBS affiliate to pay $12 million for KCSM-TV
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Santa Rosa PBS station is the winning bidder for the San Mateo County Community College District’s KCSM-TV, offering $12 million for the […]
Palo Alto
Debate on office cap shows division on Palo Alto City Council
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council fractured into pro- and anti-development factions last night as members debated the 50,000-square-foot annual limit on new office space […]
Mountain View
Police want to reunite World War II-era photo album with owner
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A police community outreach officer checking in on an empty homeless encampment in Mountain View picked up a 1940s-era photo album, believing it […]
Palo Alto
Woman attacked in Homer Avenue tunnel, assailant at large
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The 77-year-old owner of a downtown Palo Alto store, who was on her way to work, was attacked by a man in the […]
San Mateo County
KCSM-TV about to be sold, buyer unknown
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Community College District Board, which has been silent for months about the botched sale of its noncommercial TV station […]
Burlingame
Local author pushes for justice in death of columnist Dorothy Kilgallen
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Burlingame author Mark Shaw said yesterday (Sept. 4) he is going to push ahead with his effort to have authorities declare the 1965 […]
Palo Alto
Teachers’ union leader says district can afford unplanned raise
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A missed deadline has led to an unplanned 3% raise for teachers and other school workers in the Palo Alto school district, totaling […]
Google
Lawyer says labor law is on the side of fired Google engineer
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Republican Party official representing fired Google engineer James Damore said political discrimination and whistleblower protections issues could both play a role in […]
San Mateo
Victoria’s Secret robbed, four arrested
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Four people were arrested after they robbed a Victoria’s Secret in the Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo while using a Taser and […]
Palo Alto
El Camino housing project advances although it doesn’t meet zoning regulations
A Google Streetview of 3709 El Camino Real where a housing development is proposed. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council members gave favorable reviews to […]
Palo Alto
Men cause car crash, rob driver of bank deposit
Police believe this man, who was photographed on a surveillance camera at the 7-Eleven on Newell Road, was one of the two men who robbed an employee following a staged […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto Planning Commission opposes pot stores
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Recreational marijuana was legalized in November with the passage of California Proposition 64, but if Palo Alto’s Planning and Transportation Commission has its […]
Burlingame
Surge of squirrels at animal shelter
This is one of the many squirrels that have been dropped off at the Peninsula Humane Society shelter in Burlingame. BY BAY CITY NEWS Animal control officers in San Mateo […]
Caltrain
Proposed Caltrain tax meets resistance
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After years of resentment over not having a voice on Caltrain’s board, Palo Alto City Council has put off a vote on whether […]
Redwood City
Fake dentist sent to jail
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Redwood City man who posed as a dentist and fitted people for dentures was sentenced yesterday to six months in jail for […]
Palo Alto
Council likes ban on prolonged car idling
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council paved the way last night (Aug. 28) for a new ordinance that would require drivers to shut off their […]