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 […]
Year: 2017
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 […]
San Mateo County
Services set for 3 young men killed in crash on Skyline Boulevard
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The three Menlo-Atherton High School graduates who were always together before they were killed in a tragic car crash will also be memorialized […]
East Palo Alto
Teen’s disappearance doesn’t seem forced
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An East Palo Alto police official said yesterday (Nov. 6) that the disappearance of a high school student last month does not seem […]
Palo Alto
Persky to become the “night judge”
By Bay City News A Palo Alto judge whose 2016 sentence of a former Stanford student-athlete convicted of sexual assault drew nationwide criticism has requested a new court assignment next […]
San Mateo County
Guns, ammo stolen from deputy’s unmarked car
By Bay City News Guns and ammunition were stolen from a San Mateo County sheriff’s sergeant’s unmarked car when he was visiting San Francisco to meet with an FBI task […]
In the news
City leaders head to N. Carolina despite California’s ban of the state
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer City leaders from Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Mountain View are getting ready to fly to a conference in North […]
Opinion
Mark Zuckerberg’s PR stunt
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I burst out laughing when I got a press release from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative saying it is working on creating “new regional […]
Opinion
2 Stanford developments in trouble
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor You’ve got to wonder what Marc Tessier-Lavigne, the new president of Stanford University, is thinking right now. The approval of an office building […]
Los Altos Hills
Los Altos Hills VC invested cash for Russians, documents show
From staff and wire reports A trove of leaked documents released yesterday (Nov. 5) show that Los Altos Hills venture capitalist, Yuri Milner, received nearly $1.2 billion from Russian companies […]
Palo Alto
City starts planning for future of Fry’s site
By Elaine Goodman Daily Post Correspondent Pieces are finally falling into place for the redevelopment of the Fry’s Electronics property in Palo Alto, after decades of discussion about the site. […]
Stanford
Stanford professor sues scientific journal in clean energy dispute
By Bay City News Mark Z. Jacobson, a Stanford engineering professor who contends the U.S. can fully power itself with renewable energy, has sued the National Academy of Sciences and […]
Palo Alto
Inmates at large after escaping from Palo Alto Courthouse, considered dangerous
From staff and wire reports Two men charged with tying up employees at gunpoint during a cellphone store robbery made a dramatic escape today (Nov. 6) from the Palo Alto […]
Palo Alto
Two inmates escape from Palo Alto Courthouse
By the Daily Post staff Authorities are looking for the two inmates above who fled from the Palo Alto Courthouse this morning in what a sheriff’s official called an “orchestrated […]
Palo Alto
Retail restrictions getting pushback
Above is the former Anthropologie store at 999 Alma St. Google Streetview image. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer An eight-month-old requirement for Palo Alto developers to rent ground-floor […]
San Mateo County
Relatives found three young men killed in car crash
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer When three young men didn’t come home from a trip to the coast, their fathers and a brother started searching. And within hours […]
Menlo Park
Furor erupts over city proposal to hire lobbyist with Trump ties
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council on Tuesday may approve a $96,000 contract to hire a lobbying firm that is being investigated by Special Counsel […]
San Carlos
A look at the San Carlos school board race
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer There are four people vying for the three San Carlos School District board seats up for grabs Tuesday — two incumbents, a candidate […]
Mountain View
Tenants might get hit with fee for rent control
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View tenants may soon have to chip in for rent control. Currently the city’s new rent control program charges landlords $155 per […]
Palo Alto
More youth psych beds proposed
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Kids and adolescents in psychiatric crisis in Palo Alto and the rest of Santa Clara County have nowhere to receive inpatient treatment in […]
Stanford
Man grabs Stanford student
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Stanford student walking on the path around Lake Lagunita early Thursday morning was grabbed from behind by a man she didn’t know, […]
Palo Alto
HP Enterprise leaving Palo Alto, called a ‘harbinger of things to come’
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A piece of the company that dominated Palo Alto for decades announced yesterday that it was leaving town. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, or HPE, […]
San Mateo
City attorney clears candidate after complaint about donations
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A candidate for San Mateo City Council, Eric Rodriguez, was cleared yesterday by one of the two agencies investigating his campaign donations. Both […]
Palo Alto
City manager, other top officials up for a raise
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council will consider giving raises to four top city employees on Monday night, bringing City Manager Jim Keene’s salary past […]
San Mateo
A look at a couple of issues in the San Mateo City Council race
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Seven candidates are vying for three spots on the San Mateo City Council on Tuesday (Nov. 7), including two incumbents. Those running are […]
Menlo Park
City may rescind approval of Stanford project on Sand Hill Road
Above is a rendering of a 40,000-square-foot office building that Stanford wants to build at 2131 Sand Hill Road. The approval of that project is now in jeopardy. Illustration submitted […]
San Mateo County
3 recent M-A graduates killed on Skyline Boulevard
By the Daily Post staff The San Mateo County Coroner’s office has identified the three young men who died after their car crashed down an embankment off of Skyline Boulevard […]
Palo Alto
Council wants to study idea of creating a pedestrian mall on University Avenue
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Parts of University Avenue in Palo Alto may have a future without cars, City Council agreed during a discussion about an update to […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto bans marijuana stores
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council has banned marijuana-related business in town, other than deliveries, in a move intended to retain local control over regulation […]
Menlo Park
Plans for three new buildings submitted for downtown
Above is the building proposed for 1125 Merrill St. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Plans have been submitted for three new buildings at the corner of Santa Cruz […]
Menlo Park
Majority of council favors switch to district elections, but other changes could come later
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park voters may be seeing not just one but two election system changes in the coming years. Last night (Oct. 30), the […]
Palo Alto
Suit claims Jordan student bullied, threatened with knife
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The parents of an eighth-grader with special needs have filed a lawsuit against the Palo Alto Unified School District, alleging that district employees’ […]