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Month: July 2018

Santa Clara County

Turner only committed ‘sexual outercourse,’ his attorney tells appeals court

July 24, 2018 12:04 am

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 […]

Palo Alto

Palo Alto raises police pay but recruiting is rough — even with 25K signing bonus

July 23, 2018 2:27 pm

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% […]

San Mateo County

Supervisor cries foul over push for toll lanes on 101 when regular carpool lanes aren’t being considered

July 23, 2018 2:23 pm

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 […]

San Mateo County

Opinion: Proposed San Mateo County transportation tax misses the mark

July 23, 2018 11:33 am

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

Opinion: Ignore magical thinking when it comes to Stanford housing

July 23, 2018 11:27 am

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 […]

San Mateo County

Marijuana not yet part of the county’s agricultural scene

July 22, 2018 2:32 pm

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 […]

The Hotel President at 488 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Post photo.
Palo Alto

New owners of Hotel President to fight city’s determination that the building can’t become a hotel again

July 22, 2018 2:27 pm

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 […]

Palo Alto

School board race attracts 2 candidates in their 20s

July 21, 2018 3:38 pm

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 […]

San Mateo County

Psych exam ordered for accused arsonist who fears zombie apocalypse

July 21, 2018 12:38 pm

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 […]

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, right, listen as President Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House on June 21, 2018. AP photo.
Palo Alto

Two Trump cabinet members to visit Stanford on Monday, Tuesday

July 21, 2018 9:21 am

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 […]

The Hotel President at 488 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Post photo.
Palo Alto

City blocks conversion of Hotel President, tenants catch a break

July 19, 2018 10:00 pm

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

Nobel Prize-winning Stanford physicist Burton Richter dies

July 19, 2018 9:16 pm

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 […]

Palo Alto

Former TV reporter is running for City Council

July 19, 2018 8:05 pm

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 […]

Palo Alto

Police arrest 4 in Stanford Shopping Center heists

July 19, 2018 6:11 pm

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 […]

Palo Alto

Signs go up at Terman changing school’s name to Fletcher

July 19, 2018 5:44 pm

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 […]

In the top right of this photo is the rendering developer Ron Grove submitted to the city of San Carlos for a five-home development he hopes to build in Devonshire Canyon. The rendering, with blue brush strokes for the sky and green vegetation, looks like something public TV's Bob Ross would have painted. So the Post Photoshopped the rendering onto Ross's easel. As Bob would say, "This isn't a mistake, only a happy accident."
San Carlos

Hillside subdivision closer to starting construction

July 19, 2018 12:43 am

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 […]

Palo Alto

Here are all the candidates so far — cities, schools and special districts

July 19, 2018 12:03 am

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 […]

East Palo Alto

RV residents will get a lot in East Palo Alto, but it won’t open until November

July 18, 2018 5:59 pm

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, […]

Palo Alto police today released this man who was photographed by a home surveillance system while he was peeping into a bedroom window of a home in the 100 block of Waverley Street.
Palo Alto

Police trying to identify peeper

July 18, 2018 2:20 pm

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 […]

Facebook

City considers forcing Facebook to open gym to the public

July 18, 2018 12:48 am

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 […]

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