San Carlos
Surf Air hits financial turbulence
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Surf Air, the membership-based airline that has drawn noise complaints while flying in and out of the San Carlos Airport, has hit some […]
Month: June 2018
In the news
Supreme Court’s union ruling will have state, local impact
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The U.S. Supreme Court decision that government workers can’t be forced to contribute to unions that represent them in collective bargaining will likely […]
Palo Alto
New CEO named for Lucile Packard hospital’s foundation
By the Daily Post staff Cynthia Brandt Stover, who has been campaign director at the Smithsonian Institution since 2013, has been named president and CEO of the Lucile Packard Foundation […]
Portola Valley
Sale of Alpine Inn near
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A group of investors led by a Portola Valley couple has edged out two other bidders to purchase the 165-year-old Alpine Inn beer […]
Santa Clara County
Suspect in 1974 Stanford murder kills himself as deputies were about to confront him
From staff and wire reports A man linked by DNA to a 1974 ritualistic church killing on the Stanford campus killed himself this morning (June 28) after detectives arrived at […]
Mountain View
Police looking for hit-and-run driver who seriously injured woman
Mountain View police are trying to identify a hit-and-run driver who seriously injured a woman. Police responded to the area of Whisman Road and Whisman Station Drive at 11:45 p.m. […]
San Mateo County
Boy will receive $47 million settlement after losing a leg while camping
A boy who lost his leg and part of his pelvis after a tree fell on his tent during a camping trip at a public park will receive $47.5 million […]
Google
Mountain View to ask voters if they want to tax big employers such as Google
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View voters will decide in November whether to charge the city’s large businesses a vastly increased per-employee business tax, which could hit […]
Palo Alto
Woman accused of punching officer and police dog after chase
By the Daily Post staff A San Joaquin County woman punched a Palo Alto police officer and a police dog following a car chase early this morning that ended in […]
Palo Alto
Harvard feels ‘fortunate’ to get Digital DNA egg sculpture
By the Daily Post staff A Harvard spokesman said the university is “fortunate” to inherit the Digital DNA egg that the city of Palo Alto removed from Lytton Plaza last […]
Mountain View
6 candidates running for 3 seats on Mountain View City Council
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Six people are running for three open Mountain View City Council seats this November, including two incumbents, two planning commissioners and former Mayor […]
Caltrain
Councilman says Caltrain might have to close during construction
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent As Peninsula cities begin making decisions on how to separate the railroad tracks from car traffic ahead of Caltrain electrification and high-speed rail, one […]
Belmont
Woman loses $62,000 in phone scam
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A 28-year-old Belmont woman was duped out of $62,000 in an elaborate scam in which she was told she would be arrested and […]
Spotlight
Summer Sundays at The Sea
From rich heirloom tomatoes to juicy beaches and piquant blackberries, summer brings a wealth of new delights to the table, and The Sea by Alexander’s Steakhouse wants to show them […]
Palo Alto
City Hall insider promoted to city manager
Palo Alto Mayor Liz Kniss announced today (June 25) that council, in a closed session, decided to promote Ed Shikada, currently the assistant city manager and utilities general manager, to […]
Belmont
4 cities eye hotel tax increases
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Four mid-Peninsula cities — Palo Alto, San Carlos, Los Altos and Belmont — are planning to ask residents to raise hotel taxes in […]
Caltrain
Reported rape on Caltrain slips through the cracks
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The Post printed a startling story Wednesday about a Caltrain conductor accused of raping a 22-year-old Mountain View woman in an employees-only area […]
Palo Alto
Music teacher gets a year in jail for sexual relationship with 15-year-old student
This story originally appeared in Saturday’s Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A former Palo Alto music teacher has been sentenced to a year in Santa Clara […]
Palo Alto
Special education advocate Stacey Ashlund enters Palo Alto school board race
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A software consultant and special education advocate has set up a Facebook page saying she is running for Palo Alto school board. The […]
Palo Alto
Proposed hotel tax increase negotiated during midnight bargaining session
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Those who stayed up until midnight to watch Palo Alto City Council got to see some real-time deal-making as council negotiated over a […]
Menlo Park
Housing development on east side met with apprehension
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A proposal to add 94 new apartments to Menlo Park’s east side was met with apprehension by neighbors of the project at last […]
Menlo Park
Emergency drill will look like the real thing
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer If you see some arms or a leg sticking out from underneath a car in downtown Menlo Park tomorrow (June 23), don’t be […]
Palo Alto
City close to turning over animal shelter to nonprofit
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City-based nonprofit Pets in Need is chomping at the bit to take over the city of Palo Alto’s animal shelter, but […]
Caltrain
Caltrain conductor accused of rape
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A 22-year-old Mountain View woman has filed a claim against Caltrain, alleging that a conductor raped her in an employees-only area of the […]
Palo Alto
German president visits Palo Alto, accompanied by CHP officers in bow ties
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A CHP motorcade decked out in blue bow-ties accompanied German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to HanaHaus in downtown Palo Alto yesterday, where he met […]
Menlo Park
Residents of Belle Haven say signs aren’t enough to combat traffic headaches
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council last night (June 19) decided to put up “No Through Traffic” signs in the Belle Haven neighborhood as […]
Palo Alto
‘Digital DNA’ egg sculpture finally removed
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A seven-month standoff between a New York artist and the city of Palo Alto came to an end this morning (June 21) when […]
Belmont
Magee, Measure K win after two weeks of vote counting
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Two close races in the June 5 primary ended yesterday when Nancy Magee won the job of San Mateo County superintendent of education […]
Mountain View
New school namesake criticized for tweet some found to be misleading
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Jose Antonio Vargas, a 37-year-old immigration advocate set to have a school in Mountain View named after him, has come under fire for […]
Santa Clara County
Persky’s lawyer intends to put Dauber in the hot seat
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer An attorney for recalled judge Aaron Persky said last night (June 19) that he intends to question under oath Michele Dauber, the Stanford […]
Palo Alto
Filseth will seek re-election to City Council
By the Daily Post staff Eric Filseth, who was elected to Palo Alto City Council in the Residentialist wave four years ago, announced today (June 20) that he will be […]
Palo Alto
Hotel President tenants ask city for help
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer More than a dozen residents of the historic Hotel President apartments in downtown Palo Alto turned out to City Council on Monday (June […]
Palo Alto
Girl severely injured in accident with car on El Camino
By the Daily Post staff A girl was rushed to a hospital with major injuries Monday (June 180 morning after a car hit her as she rode her bike on […]
Santa Clara County
Dauber seeks attorney’s fees from Judge Persky
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Michele Dauber, the Stanford law professor who led the campaign that removed so-called “Brock Turner judge” Aaron Persky from the Santa Clara County […]
Opinion
Gunn faculty members have starring roles in 1930s madcap comedy ‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’
BY JOHN ANGELL GRANT Daily Post Theater Critic A cranky New York radio host breaks his hip on the ice in small-town Ohio at Christmastime, thus getting stuck in a […]