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Month: July 2018

Palo Alto

Suspected arsonist arrested in Atherton after chase she streamed on Facebook

July 7, 2018 8:12 pm

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. […]

San Mateo County

Former police officer with a law degree to become county manager

July 6, 2018 3:18 pm

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). […]

Opinion

Guest Opinion: A solution to Stanford’s housing dilemma

July 6, 2018 2:45 pm

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 […]

Palo Alto

Sketch of surprised home burglar released

July 6, 2018 2:28 pm

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 […]

Menlo Park

Looks like the old Oasis is going to get a new neighbor

July 6, 2018 11:46 am

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. […]

Caltrain

Woman says that if she were white, Caltrain conductor would have been charged with sex assault

July 5, 2018 7:31 pm

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 […]

Google

Opinion: Why Mountain View’s proposed head tax is a dumb idea

July 5, 2018 5:55 pm

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

Opinion: Harvard could help Palo Alto with its bad art

July 5, 2018 5:50 pm

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. […]

At the Redwood City Independence Day Celebration, the Stanford and UC-Davis marching bands played their hearts out during the two-hour battle of the bands, where saxophonists and other musicians performed among the crowd at times. Post photo by Emily Mibach.
Redwood City

Redwood City gets a battle of the bands, a parade and an art show

July 5, 2018 12:42 am

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 […]

David Chase holds up a sign for the team California Red — the first place winner at the 37th annual Palo Alto Chili Cook-Off. Chase and his chili partner, Robert McDonald, served up over 30 gallons of chili. Post photo by Emily Mibach.
Palo Alto

California Red wins the Palo Alto Chili Cook-Off

July 5, 2018 12:02 am

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 […]

Menlo Park

Man stabbed outside Donut Delite

July 3, 2018 8:53 pm

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 […]

In the news

Independence Day events around the mid-Peninsula

July 3, 2018 5:01 pm

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 […]

The 300 block of Curtner Avenue is identified with arrows. Source: Google Maps.
Palo Alto

Palo Alto woman finds burglar in her apartment — he was surprised to see her

July 3, 2018 2:30 pm

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 […]

Santa Clara County

County assessor warns of home document scam

July 3, 2018 2:29 pm

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 […]

Redwood City

Tesla pulls the plug on Redwood City showroom and repair shop

July 3, 2018 12:04 pm

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 […]

Palo Alto

College Terrace Market building sold — new owner will face fines

July 3, 2018 7:15 am

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 […]

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Hillsborough

Tech CEO cleared of sex charges

July 3, 2018 1:13 am

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 […]

Palo Alto

Mylar balloon causes power outage in Palo Alto

July 2, 2018 7:10 pm

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 […]

Los Altos officials wanted to give city property to Los Altos Community Investments to build this 77,000-square-foot office building on First Street last year. The development company, headed by Anne Wojcicki, pulled the proposal last October. But a citizens initiative that has qualified for the November ballot will require all similar sales of city land to receive voter approval. Illustration by EHDD Architecture of San Francisco.
Los Altos

Los Altos City Council puts measure on the ballot to compete with citizens initiative

July 2, 2018 5:35 pm

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 […]

From left, tenants Teresa Rivas, Eisabel Coronel, Lilian Flores and Sandra Zamora sit in Zamora’s 430-square-foot apartment at 505 Pierce Road in Menlo Park’s Belle Haven neighborhood, located about a mile away from Facebook’s expansion on Constitution Drive. Post photo by Emily Mibach.
Facebook

Tenants squeezed: Rents jump in east Menlo Park as Facebook grows

July 2, 2018 5:31 pm

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 […]

Palo Alto

Smoke from forest fire filters sunlight in the mid-Peninsula

July 2, 2018 12:11 pm

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, […]

A few of the signs at Jordan Middle School in Palo Alto have been repainted to reflect the school’s new name. The Palo Alto school board voted in March to rename Jordan after Frank Greene, a black Silicon Valley tech luminary, and Terman Middle School after Ellen Fletcher, the late Palo Alto councilwoman, bicycling advocate and Holocaust survivor, because David Starr Jordan and Lewis Terman were eugenics advocates. It looks like Greene will keep Jordan’s mascot, the Jaguars. Post photo.
Palo Alto

School name changes begin — so long Terman and Jordan

July 1, 2018 2:07 pm

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 […]

Caltrain

Here’s why the investigation into claim a Caltrain conductor raped a passenger was stopped

July 1, 2018 1:52 pm

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 […]

Photo via inaturalist.org, not a photo of the actual bat found in Hoover Park.
Palo Alto

Rabid bat found in Hoover Park

July 1, 2018 1:40 pm

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 […]

Palo Alto

New state law bans local soda taxes

July 1, 2018 1:39 pm

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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