BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Did Menlo Park Councilwoman Kirsten Keith wear a badge that said “mayor” when she attended a business meeting in Chengdu, China, even though […]
Campaigns for and against the recall of Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky held dueling rallies in San Jose today (May 30) in the wake of recent controversial […]
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Councilman Tom DuBois announced today (May 30) that he will be running for re-election, becoming the third candidate for the three seats […]
By the Daily Post staff A new Los Angeles Times poll finds that only 31% of California voters want to continue building the high-speed rail project. The poll, which was […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The campaign to recall Judge Aaron Persky has amassed a war chest of more than $1.2 million since 2016, but the two committees […]
Eight Boy Scouts from Troop 30 of Los Altos have achieved their Eagle rank. Their promotion to Eagle rank on May 20 followed years of work on leadership, community service […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council took action last night (May 29) to help fund multimillion-dollar renovations for the senior services nonprofit Avenidas and the […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Mountain View is moving forward with an evaluation of an 11-story, 412-unit apartment complex proposed for 400 Logue Ave., within the […]
This story was originally published on May 26. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The race for San Mateo County superintendent of schools is tight, with just $6,000 in […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Four mid-Peninsula school districts will ask voters for money in the June 5 primary. Three of the districts — Ravenswood, Las Lomitas and […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer One casualty of the battle to recall Judge Aaron Persky has been a 14-year friendship between his wife and Los Altos physician Sophia […]
A man violently hit two people with his car after a bar fight early Saturday (May 26) morning outside the Sports Page Bar, Mountain View police reported. Police responded at […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After years of back-and-forth over how to separate the Caltrain tracks from the four Palo Alto streets they intersect, City Council on Tuesday […]
Originally published by the Post on May 5. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer With a month to go before the June 5 election, the campaigns for and against […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Some of the biggest employers in the Bay Area, including Facebook and Google, are throwing their weight behind Regional Measure 3, which would […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer With days to go before the June 5 recall vote, embattled Judge Aaron Persky won support yesterday (May 23) from three Silicon Valley […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The proposed new library at Burgess Park in Menlo Park may also contain new council chambers. Billionaire John Arrillaga, who has offered to […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After an uproar from faculty and alumni, the Palo Alto school board has dropped plans to obstruct the view of Palo Alto High […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Rev. Gregory Stevens, who resigned from the First Baptist Church of Palo Alto after his public tweets calling Palo Alto “disgusting” and […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL The Mountain View-Los Altos High School District is asking voters in the June 5 primary to support a $295 million bond issue to build new classrooms and […]
Looking for the dog of your dreams? Right now, Humane Society Silicon Valley (HSSV) in Milpitas has some sweet older dogs available for adoption. You can drop by any time […]
Don’t let unwanted hair or bulging varicose veins or red spider veins keep you from showing off your legs this summer. Just go to Dr. Duke Khuu, who offers safe […]
Here’s our view on the five state ballot propositions voters will decide June 5: Prop. 68 — Parks Bonds. No. This would authorize the state to sell $4 billion in […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene remained the city of Palo Alto’s highest paid employee in 2017, receiving $327,691 in total pay — a […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Incumbent San Mateo County Judge Gerald Buchwald’s war chest is four times bigger than his June 5 primary challenger, lawyer Richard Wilson, according […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In a bid to raise between $5 million and $10 million for transportation, housing and homeless services, the city of Mountain View is […]
By the Daily Post staff A new survey shows Santa Clara County residents favor the recall of Judge Aaron Persky, but the percentage supporting the recall is dropping with the […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The slow-growth group working to crack down on office development in Palo Alto has collected the signatures of more than 2,800 Palo Alto […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer One of the few ways that mid-Peninsula residents interact with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office — other than visiting the Palo Alto […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Eleven planned “small cell nodes” intended to improve Verizon coverage in Palo Alto will spring up after all, angering dozens of residents who […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Belmont City Council tonight (May 22) may take a stand in the nation’s gun control debate, but some residents are asking the […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Incumbent San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Gerald Buchwald garnered more support from county attorneys in a survey than his June 5 primary […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Portola Valley woman is on a mission to buy the beloved beer garden and community gathering space at the Alpine Inn, also […]
Firefighters extinguished a one-alarm fire at a Menlo Park home Saturday evening after a construction project allegedly caused a fire to break out inside the home’s walls, Menlo Park Fire […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto residents are protesting a plan by Verizon Wireless to install 11 “small cell nodes” — equipment intended to improve coverage and capacity […]
By the Daily Post staff The associate pastor of First Baptist Church in Palo Alto has resigned after his controversial and off-color tweets drew the spotlight during a City Council […]
From staff and wire reports A two-alarm fire hit an apartment complex at 2411 Middlefield Road near Costco in Redwood City today (May 19), damaging the second and third floors. […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A doctor who specializes in women’s mental health and pregnancy testified yesterday (May 17) that it appears the woman who gave birth in […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A campus mental health group has filed a class-action lawsuit against Stanford, alleging that the school discriminates against mentally ill students by forcing […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL The word “innovator” doesn’t apply to many people in government, but an exception is Mark Church, San Mateo County’s Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder and Chief Elections Officer. Under Church’s […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL San Mateo County Supervisor Don Horsley, at age 75, sounds like a young man when he discusses his ambitious agenda if he is re-elected in the June […]
By the Daily Post staff Interim Superintendent Karen Hendricks announced today (May 18) that she is nominating Adam Paulson, an administrator in the Palo Alto Unified School District since 2014, […]
BY PAUL ELIAS Associated Press Writer Judge Aaron Persky says he has no regrets. The Santa Clara County judge says he would handle the sexual assault case of former Stanford […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The McDonald’s employee who gave birth in a restaurant restroom denied to police that she tried to drown the newborn in a toilet, […]
By the Daily Post staff A homeless man wrapped in plastic was run over by a truck early this morning on Pulgas Avenue in East Palo Alto, police said. The […]
GUEST OPINION BY JEFF ROSEN As district attorney of Santa Clara County, I oversaw the successful prosecution and conviction of rapist Brock Turner. The judge imposed a lawful, though far […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder and Chief Elections Officer Mark Church is up for re-election this year, and he is facing a familiar […]
The city of Santa Clara has lost a lawsuit that is similar to one that has been threatened against Menlo Park over the city’s system of voting for city council […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The campaign to unseat Judge Aaron Persky from the Santa Clara County Superior Court bench has pointed to what it calls a “pattern […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Fire Protection District board last night scrapped a proposal to have its own employees live in a $3.2 million West […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Planning Commission has given the go-ahead to developer Chase Rapp to build three new buildings at the corner of Santa […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Tom Wolfe, the journalist and novelist known for his inventive chronicling of Bay Area counterculture in the 1960s, died in New York on […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL It’s possible that Santa Clara County voters will get two chances this year to vote for sheriff. With five candidates in the June 5 primary, it’s unlikely […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The red and white lawn signs supporting the campaign to recall Judge Aaron Persky depict two black-and-white photos side by side: Persky’s judicial […]
This story was originally published April 23 in the Daily Post. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Stanford University has contributed more than $25 million in affordable housing funds to […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Unified School District Superintendent Don Austin will be paid a $300,000 salary and receive subsidized rent in a district-owned townhouse under […]
If you’re a San Jose resident, you could qualify to get free spay/neuter surgery on your pet at Humane Society Silicon Valley’s mobile clinic this Sunday. HSSV’s free mobile clinic […]
Sixty-eight years ago, on May 9, 1950, L. Rob Hubbard’s “Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health” was published. The book immediately hit the New York Times best-seller list, where […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer An associate pastor at the First Baptist Church of Palo Alto called the city “disgusting” and an “elitist s*** den of hate” in […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL San Mateo County voters should ask themselves two questions when it comes to deciding between Superior Court Judge Gerald Buchwald and challenger Richard Wilson. 1. Would Wilson […]
By the Daily Post staff A group of Los Altos residents have collected more than the necessary number of signatures to put an item on the November ballot that would […]
Editor’s note: Spoiler alert! BY JAMIE MORROW Daily Post Associate Editor Don’t let that happy ending fool you. It’s as ominous as could be. As the end credits rolled last […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The sadistic murder of a mentally ill inmate by three Santa Clara County jail guards in 2015 has marred the reputation of Sheriff […]
By the Daily Post staff A 28-year-old man was shot several times during a party in East Palo Alto last night (May 12) and was rushed to a hospital where […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park Councilwoman Kirsten Keith has broken her silence on her controversial trip to China. At Tuesday’s (May 8) City Council meeting, Keith […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Carlos City Council will vote Monday (May 14) on whether to deny a $295,301 claim against the city made by a Southern […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL We urge you to vote “no” on Regional Measure 3 on the June 5 ballot, which would raise tolls by $3 on seven of the bridges that […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL In the race for superintendent of the San Mateo County Office of Education, Nancy Magee is the clear choice. Both candidates are employees in the Redwood City-based […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The five-year-old Apple store in downtown Palo Alto is set to close starting Mother’s Day for a $6.6 million renovation, according to the […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL There’s more at stake in the recall election of Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky than the six-month jail sentence he gave to Stanford swimmer […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer For the first time in about a decade, San Mateo County residents can vote on who will be the county’s school superintendent, to […]
Originally published May 9 in the Daily Post Voters will be getting their ballots for the June 5 primary in the mail today or tomorrow, and they’ll find these five […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer While Santa Clara County residents are voting on whether to recall or retain a judge, San Mateo County voters must vote whether to […]
The Santa Clara Valley Water District has voted to support Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to build two massive tunnels to remake the state’s water system, sending Northern California water to […]
BY JOHN ANGELL GRANT Daily Post Theater Critic Mountain View’s Pear Theater opened eight world premiere plays over the weekend (May 6-7). Each play is 15 minutes long, and all […]
Voters will be getting their ballots for the June 5 primary in the mail today or tomorrow (May 9 or 10), and they’ll find these five propositions: Proposition 68 — […]
By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto woman who died after being hit by a pickup truck outside the Stevenson House retirement home was named Yelena Fedorova, 87, the […]
You can help curb the population of homeless animals and help your own dog or cat lead a healthier life by spaying or neutering your pet. And if you’re a […]
Show your love this Mother’s Day by taking your mom to a sumptuous brunch at the Sea by Alexander’s Steakhouse in Palo Alto. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. this […]
Trellis Restaurant is where seasonal Italian food with a California flair is served with élan and style. In addition to beautiful surroundings, Trellis offers seasonal menu items and vibrant daily […]
By the Daily Post staff Jeffrey’s Hamburgers in Menlo Park is the third business in the city to be sued by serial Americans with Disabilities Act litigants in a five-month […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council tonight (May 8) will discuss going to the voters with two questions: Should council members have term limits? And […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene has proposed a general fund budget for the next fiscal year of $214 million, a 1.7% increase from […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district has found its next superintendent in the head of the Palos Verdes school district in Los Angeles County […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL Santa Clara County voters will face two questions about the Superior Court in the June 5 primary. The first is whether to recall Judge Aaron Persky. On […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL In the June primary, San Mateo County voters will see two candidates on the ballot for sheriff, the first time that’s happened since 1993, when Don Horsley […]
Update, Monday, May 9, 10 p.m. — Palo Alto City Council approved the transfer of part of the city’s unused allocation of water from the Hetch Hetchy system to East […]
A transient is now in jail after taking a San Jose man hostage by way of verbal threats and making the victim drive him “anywhere he wanted to go,” according […]
A 17-year-old boy was the victim of an armed robbery in downtown Palo Alto on Saturday (May 5) night, according to police. Officers are investigating the incident that took place […]
By the Daily Post staff The Palo Alto school board announced this morning (May 7) that it has offered the job of superintendent to Don Austin, currently superintendent of the […]
BY JAMIE MORROW Daily Post Associate Editor Perhaps those who idealize Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are the ones most destined to lose money on them. The takeaway from last night’s […]
By the Daily Post staff A woman in her 80s was struck and killed while crossing E. Charleston Road in Palo Alto last night (May 5), police said. At 8:39 […]
Bungee jumping, hand-made preserves, etchings, sculpture, muscle cars and music are just a few of the offerings at the Mountain View A La Carte & Art festival this weekend, organizers […]
BY RYAN MCCROSSIN Daily Post Staff Writer Hadi Aghaee isn’t afraid of offending anyone when he exhibits his art, some of which is fiercely critical of cultures around the world, […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Following Menlo Park Councilwoman Kirsten Keith’s controversial trip to China, two of her peers on the council want to review the council’s travel […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A vocal critic of mistakes by the Palo Alto school district has jumped into the November race for one of two open seats […]
By the Daily Post staff A former Mountain View High School math teacher was sentenced to three years probation yesterday (May 3) for sending inappropriate text messages to a student, […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Fair Oaks Elementary School will be open when the school year starts this fall now that families who support the school have managed […]
Find your purrfect companion this week at Humane Society Silicon Valley (HSSV) in Milpitas during their Catchella kitty adoption event! Now through this Sunday, HSSV is lowering their adoption price […]
If you really love lobster, then New England Lobster Market & Eatery is the place for you. It’s the only place in the Bay Area where you can ask for […]
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