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Month: February 2018

Palo Alto

County Board of Education race adds local drama to June primary

February 28, 2018 5:06 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer While a number of elected officials in San Mateo County are technically slated to go before the voters in June, most incumbents are […]

Menlo Park

Update: Alleged gunman in weekend incident surrenders

February 28, 2018 4:20 pm

By the Daily Post staff Update, 4:20 p.m., Feb. 28 — Jose Gutierrez, who was wanted for shooting an “AR-style rifle” in his backyard on Saturday, turned himself into Menlo […]

San Mateo County

County school superintendent is so far the most competitive race on local June ballot

February 28, 2018 3:40 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer While a number of elected officials in San Mateo County are technically slated to go before the voters in June, most incumbents are […]

Menlo Park

Pastor in sex case is going to prison

February 28, 2018 12:53 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park pastor who sexually abused some of his teenage parishioners pleaded no contest yesterday and is facing up to eight years […]

Facebook

Facebook expects to have 35,000 employees in Menlo Park in 10 years

February 28, 2018 10:27 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Within 10 years, the number of Facebook employees in Menlo Park will reach 35,000, more than the city’s current population. That prediction came […]

Palo Alto

Woman’s joy ride ends when car runs out of gas

February 28, 2018 1:03 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A woman’s drug-fueled joyride came to a screeching halt in Palo Alto when a car she’s accused of stealing out of Oakland ran […]

The Digital DNA sculpture in Lytton Plaza
Palo Alto

The Digital DNA egg’s days are numbered

February 27, 2018 11:42 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer “Digital DNA,” the condemned circuit board egg sculpture in downtown Palo Alto, has another three weeks to seek a new home before the […]

The housing portion of the development that will replace Beltramo's Wine and Spirits in Menlo Park.
Menlo Park

Office-housing project to replace Beltramo’s approved

February 27, 2018 8:38 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Beltramo family, which has been receiving the ire of residents over the closing of the Oasis Beer Garden, won approval last night […]

Hundreds of Gunn High School students and parents demonstrate for gun control across the street of the main entrance of Gunn this morning (Feb. 26). Photo by Paul Sakuma of Paul Sakuma Photography, www.PaulSakuma.com
Palo Alto

Gunn High School students call for gun control

February 26, 2018 2:39 pm

Students at Gunn High School in Palo Alto and their supporters teamed up with a widely known activist organization to call for national gun law reform at a protest near […]

An expired parking permit for downtown Palo Alto. Post photo.
Palo Alto

Price of Palo Alto parking permits shoots up 57%

February 26, 2018 7:00 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The cost of an employee parking permit in downtown Palo Alto has shot up from $466 per year to $730. The increase was […]

Palo Alto

UPDATE: High-speed police chase ends in Palo Alto neighborhood — 2 detained

February 26, 2018 1:06 am

By the Daily Post staff Update, 5 a.m. — Sunnyvale’s Department of Public Safety said via twitter the second suspect in the chase has been captured. Officers are trying to […]

The kitchen area of the Oasis was busy tonight. Post photo.
Menlo Park

Beltramos sad the Oasis is closing, seek a new restaurant tenant

February 25, 2018 5:51 pm

By the Daily Post staff The Beltramo family, landlords of the Oasis Beer Garden, are saddened the restaurant’s owners want to close the beloved burger and pizza joint and are […]

Palo Alto

Auction house selling Daily Post article autographed by Steve Jobs

February 25, 2018 9:38 am

By the Daily Post staff A Boston auction house is selling Steve Jobs memorabilia including this autographed article from the front page of the June 10, 2008, edition of the […]

Los Altos Hills

Firefighter injured in Los Altos Hills house fire

February 25, 2018 7:46 am

A firefighter was injured in a house fire Saturday afternoon in Los Altos Hills that caused more than $1 million of damage, Santa Clara County Fire Department officials said. The […]

Stanford

Student coalition says Stanford growth data obscures impacts of development

February 24, 2018 9:59 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A group of Stanford students has accused the university of using inaccurate numbers to obscure the impacts that a planned 2.3 million-square-foot expansion […]

Tiffany Li, right, leaves with a bodyguard from San Mateo County Jail in Redwood City after posting an unprecedented $35 million bail on April 6, 2017. AP photo.
Hillsborough

Prosecution lands a new witness in the Tiffany Li murder case

February 23, 2018 5:49 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A wealthy Hillsborough real estate scion who is free on $35 million bail after she was charged with murdering the father of her […]

Palo Alto

Committee proposes nine names for middle schools

February 23, 2018 12:13 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Jordan and Terman middle schools in Palo Alto could soon bear the name of a Silicon Valley luminary, the 19th-century “mother of Palo […]

This was the Oasis building when it was part of Camp Fremont. Photo from the Menlo Park Historical Society.
Menlo Park

Building housing the soon-to-close Oasis dates back 100 years

February 23, 2018 11:21 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The building that houses the Oasis Beer Garden, which is set to close on March 7, turned 100 this year. It was built […]

Palo Alto

Victim of fatal car accident in Palo Alto identified

February 23, 2018 10:15 am

The woman who died after a head-on collision on Oregon Expressway in Palo Alto on Thursday morning was identified today as a 65-year-old Merced County resident, according to the Santa […]

Palo Alto

Woman killed in crash near Oregon Expressway-101 interchange

February 22, 2018 3:18 pm

A woman who died in a crash on Oregon Expressway in Palo Alto early this morning was the passenger and wife of the man driving the vehicle that crossed over […]

Menlo Park

The Oasis in Menlo Park is closing

February 21, 2018 3:27 pm

By the Daily Post staff After decades in business, the Oasis Beer Garden at 241 El Camino Real in Menlo Park is closing, according to an announcement on the restaurant’s […]

In the news

Gas station, hotel are latest local targets of frequent ADA litigant

February 21, 2018 2:04 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man behind hundreds of Americans with Disabilities lawsuits has filed cases against two more businesses — a gas station in Menlo Park […]

Palo Alto

Fine critical of city letter opposing housing legislation

February 21, 2018 2:01 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Councilman Adrian Fine criticized Mayor Liz Kniss yesterday (Feb. 19) for opposing a pro-housing state Senate bill on behalf of the […]

Redwood City

City offers guidance on its website about marijuana

February 21, 2018 12:32 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Employees of Redwood City have been getting so many phone calls and questions about marijuana that they created a section on the city’s […]

Palo Alto

Push for more housing might make parking problems worse

February 21, 2018 12:24 am

Clarification: This story has been updated to explain that Councilwoman Lydia Kou referred to the former Los Altos Water Treatment Plant site at the east end of San Antonio Road […]

A scene from a Palo Alto police recruitment video.
Palo Alto

Police to re-shoot recruitment video that was seen as too militaristic

February 20, 2018 9:00 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police are preparing to re-shoot a dramatic new officer recruitment video that’s been slammed as being overly aggressive, macho and militaristic. […]

Palo Alto City Council members who called for more openness in labor negotiations.
Palo Alto

Councilmen call for more transparency during labor negotiations

February 19, 2018 4:18 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer As the city of Palo Alto continues to bargain quietly with union leaders on its most recent round of employee contract negotiations, four […]

Palo Alto

Owners of now defunct College Terrace Market sued for $460,000

February 19, 2018 4:06 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The owners of the shuttered College Terrace Market in Palo Alto have been sued by their building’s real estate developer for $460,000 of […]

Portola Valley

Mountain lion believed to have been roaming around private school

February 19, 2018 1:17 pm

Evidence suggesting the presence of a mountain lion was found at a private school in Portola Valley, prompting authorities to issue a cautionary message. A deer carcass was found on […]

In the news

Housing bill could result in 85-foot tall buildings on El Camino

February 18, 2018 10:06 pm

Published in the Daily Post on Feb. 12, 2018. Follow-up story appears below. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A bill introduced in the California Legislature would ease restrictions on […]

Ruben Abrica. Post 2014 file photo.
East Palo Alto

Mayor claims Ravenswood has a ‘culture of corruption’ — district responds

February 17, 2018 9:22 pm

In the financially troubled Ravenswood City School District, the superintendent has put her son on the payroll and a board member’s domestic partner was hired to run the preschool, East […]

An aerial shot of construction of a train trench in San Gabriel in July 2016. Photo by Brian Bothun.
Palo Alto

Train tunnel or trench too pricey, new study finds

February 17, 2018 8:42 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Digging a trench or boring a tunnel for the Caltrain and high-speed rail tracks in Palo Alto would cost billions and would be […]

Mountain View

Gentle, artistic man died violently

February 17, 2018 8:31 pm

Originally printed Feb. 9 in the Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A silent, solitary life ended in inexplicable violence in downtown Mountain View last November with […]

Redwood City

Report: Marina project will make traffic worse

February 17, 2018 8:30 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A proposal for 131 townhouses to be built between Redwood Creek and Maple Street in Redwood City will further snarl traffic in the […]

Mountain View

Mountain View moves ahead with plans to close Castro Street at railroad tracks

February 16, 2018 4:21 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View officials have advanced plans to close off Castro Street downtown at the Caltrain tracks and possibly create a pedestrian mall along […]

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