BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent While the city of Palo Alto seems to be telling residents to live with a controversial set of street modifications on Ross Road including […]
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor If you’re an incumbent council member in the mid-Peninsula and you’re thinking about running for another four-year term, ask yourself some questions. • […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A citizens initiative to halve office development in Palo Alto was made law tonight (June 30) — a surprise win for the slow-growth […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A citizens initiative to halve office development in Palo Alto was made law tonight (July 30) — a surprise win for the slow-growth […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Redwood City man is facing his third strike and possibly 25 years to life in prison after he randomly attacked a man […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Mountain View has asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit filed by a police dispatcher who claims she was […]
The president of the Santa Clara County Deputy Sheriff’s Association has resigned following allegations that he sent racist and sexist text messages to other law enforcement officials over the last […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Baristas wearing bikinis and lingerie could soon be serving up drinks such as a “Wet Kiss Mocha” and “Bootycall” in North Fair Oaks. […]
Correction: The printed version of this story incorrectly stated that Shepherd wasn’t concerned about the city spending $30 million on a new library. He is concerned about it, and his […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Drew Combs, a Menlo Park Planning Commissioner who nearly won a seat on City Council four years ago, told the Post yesterday that […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council is returning from summer vacation Monday (July 30) to consider a ban on vehicle idling and two items for […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Four Palo Alto City Council members are proposing to impose stronger penalties for landlords who don’t offer yearlong leases. They also want to […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City Council decided last night to ask voters in November to increase the sales tax a half-cent to cover spiraling pension costs […]
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The city government in Redwood City had a surplus of $26 million for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2017, and $31 […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Police in Mountain View arrested a masked transient early yesterday morning after she allegedly tried to kidnap a toddler at Fairmont Park off […]
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police interrupted a nighttime burglary at a coin store in the Town & Country Village Shopping Center, arresting two men but two others […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The VA hospital in Palo Alto was briefly locked down yesterday morning after federal police received a false report of an active shooter, […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Residents in Redwood City’s Mount Carmel area — which covers a wide swath of the city — are asking City Council to protect the […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Burglars kicked in the doors of three nearby homes in Los Altos in a single day, weeks after two other unsolved home burglaries […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Three women carrying large bags managed to rob both Lululemon Athletica stores in Palo Alto about 20 minutes apart, stealing a total of […]
The attorney for a former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assaulting a female student in 2016 argued this morning (July 24) in an appeal of the jury’s verdict that it […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto city officials are hoping a series of pay raises for police officers over the next three years, starting with a nearly 5% […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After bridge toll hikes, the state’s 12-cent-a-gallon gas tax hike and a potential SamTrans half-cent sales tax measure, drivers may have to pay […]
Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Every election it seems we get another ballot measure to increase taxes for transportation. Voters almost always approve these measures, yet traffic never […]
Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor When developers want to get a project approved, they often become clever if they’re forced to answer basic questions. Such is the case […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer If you’re looking to buy weed grown in San Mateo County or may be hoping to buy a “starter” plant, it turns out […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The buyers of the Hotel President said yesterday (July 20) that they “disagree” with the city of Palo Alto’s denial of their plans […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The race for two open seats on the Palo Alto school board has two unusually young contenders this year: two school district alumni […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A judge will appoint two doctors to determine whether a woman is competent to stand trial on arson charges after she professed fears […]
By the Daily Post staff Two of President Trump’s cabinet officers, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary James Mattis, are scheduled to be at Stanford on Monday and […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has told the new owners of the Hotel President that they won’t be allowed to turn the historic […]
Stanford Professor Emeritus Burton Richter, winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in physics, died Wednesday (July 18) in Palo Alto, the university announced today. He was 87. Richter’s Nobel Prize-winning […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A former TV reporter who moved to Palo Alto two years ago has decided to run for City Council, he told the Post […]
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police announced today (July 19) they have arrested four suspects in connection with two separate thefts in the last 10 days at Stanford […]
By the Daily Post staff The Palo Alto school district has replaced the front metal sign outside Terman Middle School at 655 Arastradero Road to say Ellen Fletcher Middle School […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A five-home hillside development proposed for Devonshire Canyon in San Carlos, which has been in dispute since the early 2000s, is finally moving […]
BY EMILY MIBACH AND ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writers The Nov. 6 election is beginning to look like it’ll be a barn burner in many races. Below is a […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer East Palo Alto’s City Council has unanimously approved the idea of allowing RVs to park on a city owned lot on Bay Road, […]
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are looking for this man who was caught on home surveillance video peeping into a bedroom window of a home in the […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park officials are holding closed door meetings to discuss whether Facebook’s gym should be opened to the public. The gym is located […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer New faculty and graduate student rental housing planned at Stanford could bring hundreds of new students to the Palo Alto school district without […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A pair of robbers appeared unconcerned that Victoria’s Secret employees were watching as they loaded up a bag with $5,538 worth of bras, […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Filled with rage that his wife was having an affair with her Denny’s co-worker, a man stabbed his wife’s lover in the restaurant […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A liquor store in Mountain View and a futon shop in Los Altos have joined a list of El Camino Real businesses sued […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Housing Corp. President and CEO Candice Gonzalez will leave the nonprofit after more than 10 years next month for a new […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Monday (June 16) marks the opening of the candidate filng period for the Nov. 6 election. Below is a breakdown of who is, […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Instead of returning his neighbor’s car keys, an East Palo Alto man took a joy ride and is now facing up to eight […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Inn has apologized and issued a refund to a makeup artist who stirred up online furor against the motel after […]
By the Daily Post staff A 35-year-old man has been arrested for repeatedly stabbing another man at the Denny’s Restaurant, 1201 Broadway, in Redwood City, police said today (July 13). […]
By the Daily Post staff Redwood City police tonight said they have arrested one of two men who attacked two other men at the 7-Eleven store at 460 Woodside Road. […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The explosive-like sounds in San Mateo that woke many people up during a police and federal raid came during the arrest of six […]
By the Daily Post staff When visiting Palo Alto last year, Oprah Winfrey happened upon a restaurant she really liked. So much, in fact, that she has now become a […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A maggot-infested room at the Palo Alto Inn has led a makeup artist with a large social media following to lambaste the motel […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A proposed sales tax increase in San Mateo County this fall is intended to fund transportation projects and programs to reduce traffic congestion. […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury, in a report released yesterday, asserts that the Menlo Park Fire Protection District has been buying […]
By the Daily Post staff A south Palo Alto resident encountered a burglar inside her home, who fled and is at large, Palo Alto police said today. On Tuesday at […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The “Get Us Moving” TV commercials have the look and feel of a campaign ad. “Our county’s economy has been booming, and we […]
A construction worker died at a worksite in the parking lot of a preschool and church this morning on Middlefield Road in Palo Alto, police said. Police spokeswoman Janine De […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A second Palo Alto motel in two months has been hit with a lawsuit by Scott Johnson, a quadriplegic attorney who has sued […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A campaign for a ballot initiative that would have effectively repealed the city’s two-year-old rent control ordinance failed to pick up the roughly […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto city leaders have killed the planned $1.7 million renovation of the City Council chambers, but not without some back-and-forth about council […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Worried about a cult mass murder and a zombie apocalypse, a woman set fire to 1,665 hay bales in Half Moon Bay and […]
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto Police Chief Bob Jonsen announced today that the department’s traffic enforcement patrol has returned to action after a three-year hiatus. The team, consisting […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Travelodge motel in Palo Alto has been hit with a lawsuit from Scott Johnson, a quadriplegic attorney who has sued hundreds of […]
By the Daily Post staff Stanford has dropped its requirement that students submit an essay score from the ACT or SAT when applying for admission. Princeton, Yale and Harvard have […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A longtime San Jose educator has been tapped as Hoover Elementary School’s new principal, according to Palo Alto school district officials. Jim Sherman, […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Sprouts Farmers Market in Mountain View is set to reopen Wednesday (July 11) after an overnight refrigerator fire prompted a five-day closure, according […]
By the Daily Post staff Police said today (July 9) they’re trying to determine if two attempted street robberies in Palo Alto are related. On Saturday (July 7) at 11:40 […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Residents along the flightpath of Surf Air have noticed fewer flights by the subscription-only airline that uses San Carlos Airport, but the company […]
From staff and wire reports A former Capitol Hill IT worker who worked for several Democrats including Congresswoman Jackie Speier of San Mateo has pleaded guilty to federal bank fraud […]
By the Daily Post staff A woman suspected of setting two fires in Half Moon Bay has been arrested in Atherton following a police chase she live streamed on Facebook. […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A former San Mateo career policeman will become the next manager of San Mateo County, the Board of Supervisors announced yesterday (July 5). […]
GUEST OPINION BY LENNY SIEGEL AND CORY WOLBACH As early as April 1969, Stanford University’s Moulton Committee — made up of students, faculty and staff — found that the university […]
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police today released the sketch above in the hopes of finding the man who burglarized an apartment in the 300 block of Curtner […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The closure of the Oasis Beer Garden is not the only change on the 200 block of El Camino Real in Menlo Park. […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The woman who has filed a claim saying she was sexually assaulted by a Caltrain conductor said yesterday (July 4) that if she […]
IOPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I cringed when I watched Mountain View City Council stumble its way into putting an employee head tax on the November ballot the […]
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The story of the ugly Digital DNA egg in Palo Alto’s Lytton Plaza had a happy ending when Harvard gratefully accepted the sculpture. […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Mid-Peninsula residents watched a parade march through downtown Redwood City, two college marching bands duke it out and chalk artists add color to […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto resident Geraldine Kinyon and her son Jon were hunting for one particular cup of chili yesterday at Palo Alto’s Independence Day […]
By the Daily Post staff Menlo Park police are investigating the stabbing of a man in the parking lot of Donut Delite at 732 Willow Road. The assailant is at […]
Fireworks are illegal on the Mid-Peninsula, but residents can celebrate Independence Day at a variety of events on Wednesday. PALO ALTO Chili Cook Off & Summer Festival, noon to 5 […]
By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto woman returned home to find a burglar inside her apartment. He shoved her and escaped on foot, and remains at large, police […]
The Santa Clara County Assessor is warning residents of a property scam that aims to make homeowners pay for documents that are available for free online. Assessor Larry Stone said […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City has pulled the plug on plans for a Tesla repair shop and sales showroom slated for the former location of Crunch […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The office building at 2100 El Camino Real in Palo Alto, which housed the College Terrace Market until it closed in January, has […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Prosecutors yesterday (July 2) dropped charges against a Hillsborough CEO who claimed that a mix-up in prescription drugs caused him to touch his […]
Update 7:45 p.m.: The utilities department just tweeted that the cause of tonight’s power outage was a Mylar balloon that became tangled in power lines. It’s the second time in a […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The battle over public land is heating up in Los Altos, where City Council has moved ahead with a ballot measure to compete […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After Facebook moved into east Menlo Park in 2011, long-term residents started moving out, said Sandra Zamora, a resident who is facing displacement […]
From staff and wire reports The smoke that’s filtering the sunlight today (July 2) is coming from a wildfire in Yolo County, about 75 miles north of the Bay Area, […]
By the Daily Post staff The Palo Alto school district is changing the names of Jordan and Terman middle schools. The school board voted March 27 to rename Jordan after […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Prosecutors decided not to file charges against a Caltrain conductor accused of sexually assaulting a drunken passenger because she appeared sober enough to […]
By the Daily Post staff A bat found in the Hoover Park dog run tested positive for rabies Friday (June 29), according to Palo Alto Animal Services. “We are not […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Gov. Jerry Brown yesterday (June 29) signed a measure banning California cities and counties from passing taxes on sugary drinks through 2030, leading […]
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