BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto is threatening to levy at least $77,000 in fines against the owners of a house that’s been under […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors will consider a ban on flamethrowers, a product Elon Musk has been touting. Supervisors Don Horsley […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Former Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer is seeking to convert a former Palo Alto funeral home into a private club for working women. Mayer […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Council voted unanimously last night (Aug. 28) to move forward with a nonbinding “vision” plan that would transform downtown by […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted unanimously last night (Aug. 28) to have city leaders write up a contract with the Redwood City nonprofit […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto residents rejoiced when they heard JJ&F Market would reopen at its old location in Palo Alto’s College Terrace neighborhood — but […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The sons of a Palo Alto woman who has been missing for nearly two weeks want their mother’s name and information broadcast to […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Harbor District is asking residents to give their input on how the district should be divided up for elections. […]
A 17-year-old Redwood City boy died in a crash after driving off the road on Skyline Boulevard (Highway 35) and striking a tree in unincorporated San Mateo County near La […]
By the Daily Post staff Menlo Park police said today (Aug. 28) that a wanted fugitive has been arrested in the Nov. 12, 2009, hit-and-run death of 6-year-old Lisa Xavier. […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City officials are in talks with Stanford about where to put the Ampex sign that stood next to Highway 101 for more […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Malibu attorney has sent a letter to Redwood City officials saying they better switch from at-large to district elections for City Council […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The popular grocery store JJ&F Market is set to reopen in Palo Alto’s College Terrace neighborhood, five years after it closed to make […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A North Fair Oaks man could get life in prison after telling a minister at his church that he had molested his two […]
Editor’s note: The version of this story printed in today’s Post gave the wrong date for the hearing. The hearing is actually Tuesday, Aug. 28, at 7 p.m., at City […]
By the Daily Post staff The body of a man with a serious head wound was found in the alley of 1100 block of Willow Road yesterday (Aug. 26), police […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Seventy-three years after World War II ended, a dispute over a German tank once owned by a Portola Valley collector may finally be over. […]
By the Daily Post staff A 20-month-old child is in critical condition today after being hit by a car in a driveway on Willow Road last night, police said. On […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Three men broke into a home in Los Altos Hills, ransacked the place and assaulted an 83-year-old woman who was alone there, Santa […]
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto has had its first child-luring attempt this school year. At 3:05 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 23), an 11-year-old girl riding her bicycle on Ross […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Residents tomorrow (Aug. 25) are planning to search for a missing Palo Alto woman who is a regular volunteer at All Saints’ Episcopal […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A open-government violation by a Menlo Park councilwoman will likely sideline the city’s controversial library revamp project until next year. The council was […]
10:30 p.m. — Power has been restored. Utilities says it was caused by a bird getting caught in a power line. 9:41 p.m. — The Palo Alto Utilities Department reports […]
From staff and wire reports The smoke you’ve been seeing and smelling will continue to linger through Sunday, according to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. The smoke is […]
By the Daily Post staff Two bicyclists, one believed to have a handgun, robbed a man in the residential portion of University Avenue, Palo Alto police said today (Aug. 23). […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A landlord-funded campaign that would effectively end Mountain View’s two-year-old rent control program didn’t qualify for the November ballot, but supporters said yesterday […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Neighbors of Escondido and Nixon elementary schools at Stanford gave the Palo Alto school board an earful last night (Aug. 21) over the […]
By the Daily Post staff Orchard Supply Hardware, an 87-year-old chain with roots in the South Bay, will close all of its 98 stores by the end of the year […]
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I was surprised to learn that Los Altos City Manager Chris Jordan decided on his own, without a public hearing or a vote […]
By the Daily Post staff A woman was forcibly raped somewhere on the Stanford campus late on Sunday night or early on Monday morning, according to an alert issued this […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer An attempt by the Palo Alto school district to keep a $150,000 legal settlement out of the public eye has failed. Details of […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Two months after Judge Aaron Persky was recalled from the Santa Clara County bench, 30 judges and legal professionals have teamed up to […]
By the Daily Post staff UPDATE, AUG. 21 — An allegedly drunken driver who hit and overturned an ambulance on Interstate 280 and then proceeded to hit another car was […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Attorney Molly Stump urged the residents of the Hotel President apartments at City Council last night (Aug. 20) to manage […]
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are asking for the public’s help in locating a 66-year-old woman who has been missing since Friday (Aug. 17). Wamaitha Kaboga Miller […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Foster City Council has come out against the idea of putting toll lanes on Highway 101 — and it’s in good company, with […]
From staff and wire reports A Redwood City police officer deployed a Taser multiple times on a domestic violence suspect who died after a struggle with officers, San Mateo County […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After a five-year dispute and more than two years of negotiations, the city of Palo Alto has agreed to pay Stanford $5.5 million […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A wind symphony conductor at the California Youth Symphony in Palo Alto has been arrested for allegedly sexting a 16-year-old Harker School student, […]
After a multi-agency investigation into a Lotto-ticket burglary ring, four men have been arrested for allegedly breaking into convenience and liquor stores up and down the Peninsula and stealing large […]
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor What would happen if somebody bought the house at 367 Addison Ave. in Palo Alto and decided to tear down the outdated garage […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer One of the four Redwood City police officers who struggled with a domestic violence suspect who was stopped with a Taser and later […]
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor What was the point of dividing Menlo Park into five districts for City Council elections? An anonymous party, speaking through a Southern California […]
By the Daily Post staff Police are searching for a fake ride-share driver who picked up a woman in San Mateo and sexually assaulted her. At around 6 p.m. Tuesday, […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer High-tech criminal charges call for high-tech bail in Silicon Valley. A man charged with hacking the Redwood City video game company Electronic Arts […]
By the Daily Post staff A vehicle fire forced the shutdown of Willow Road at the overpass above Highway 101 at 3:22 p.m. today (Aug. 15), the Menlo Park Fire […]
By the Daily Post staff Another Palo Alto council member, Greg Scharff, is running for the seat Nonette Hanko is vacating on the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space Board. He will […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer When the Pink Pantherz coffee shop opens on El Camino Real in North Fair Oaks, the baristas will need to ensure their bikinis […]
Editor’s note: This story was originally printed Monday, Aug. 13, and has been updated to include actions at that the council meeting that evening. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man accused of pushing his elderly mother to the ground and threatening to kill her was shocked with a Taser by Redwood […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer With three months left until the residents of the 75-unit Hotel President apartments are evicted to make way for a boutique hotel, Palo […]
A man suspected of assaulting and threatening his elderly mother died after a struggle with Redwood City police Monday (Aug. 13) evening, police said today. Police would not identify the […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In what she acknowledged was an unusual move for a City Council member, Palo Alto Mayor Liz Kniss offered a public apology last […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A former Redwood City police officer who was in a standoff with cops for nearly 18 hours on Thursday (Aug. 9) posted $50,000 […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto appears to have made peace with Stanford in a years-long dispute over the cost of its firefighting and […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Los Altos’ new policy of giving most employees every other Friday off never went before City Council, City Manager Chris […]
By the Daily Post staff A truck from the San Mateo County Mosquito and Vector Control District will be driving around southeast neighborhoods in East Palo Alto tonight (Aug. 12) […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer East Palo Alto police will soon be wearing body cameras, but council still needs to decide on whether officers ought to carry Tasers […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY AND EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writers Yesterday (Aug. 10) was the deadline for candidates to file for the Nov. 6 election in most City Council, school […]
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By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Residents of the North Fair Oaks neighborhood want to stop the opening of a coffee shop where the baristas wear bikinis and lingerie […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Ed Shikada, who is set to take over for Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene later this year, would get a full year’s […]
A former police officer was arrested on domestic violence charges following a day-long standoff at a home in Redwood City, a police spokesman said. James McGee, 54, of Redwood City, […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Tens of thousands of gallons of water have gushed out of a city water pipe on Arastradero Road over the last month, but […]
A 37-year-old Nevada man has been arrested for allegedly shooting into a vehicle at Palo Alto’s Midtown Safeway last Friday. The shooting happened at about 9:15 p.m. Friday in the […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A citizens initiative to keep the city of Los Altos from selling city land without voter approval will not face a competing measure […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Nine candidates have jumped into the race for three spots on the Ravenswood City school board, which has been criticized for ignoring the […]
A state appellate court today (Aug. 8) denied an appeal from Brock Turner, the former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault, upholding the jury’s verdict from 2016. The three-judge panel […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Friday (Aug. 10) is the deadline to file to run for city council, school board and seats on special district boards. For candidates, […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A new gym is set to open next month at the former Anthropologie building in downtown Palo Alto, thanks to the withdrawal of […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Nearly two years after the Menlo Park City Council approved a new zoning plan for the city’s east side, which was supposed to […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Former Mountain View Mayor Mike Kasperzak is running for a seat on the El Camino Healthcare District board, which he says has shown […]
By the Daily Post staff Bill Wattenburg, a former nuclear weapons designer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory who hosted a popular late-night show on KGO radio for 39 years, has […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A teen who wowed Palo Alto school board members with articulate comments on tough issues is getting ready to leave for Washington D.C., […]
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police today (Aug. 4) released two photos in connection with a shooting last night in the Midtown Safeway parking. Police chased a vehicle […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Gunshots in the parking lot of the Safeway store in Palo Alto’s Midtown neighborhood last night (Aug. 30 led to a 100 mph […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police haven’t found the car burglar for whom they called in police dogs and a CHP plane to scour San Francisquito […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Carpool lanes don’t attract enough cars to reduce traffic congestion, so Caltrans will likely convert existing lanes to toll lanes on Highway 101 […]
By the Daily Post staff UPDATE, 10:44 p.m. — Police called off their search for a car burglar tonight following a foot chase and an extensive search in the North […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A popular beer garden in downtown Mountain View may shutter when its lease ends next month, but Bierhaus owner Mike Finley says he’d […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A state ethics agency has received complaints about two Menlo Park city councilwomen over their international trips. Menlo Park resident George Fisher sent […]
By the Daily Post staff An East Palo Alto man who broke into the BevMo! in Menlo Park multiple times has been arrested, police said yesterday (Aug. 1). Melvin James […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer East Palo Alto City Council has decided to put a tax on businesses on the November ballot, making it the second mid-Peninsula city […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer For Palo Altans with money to burn, three downtown penthouses are being rented at the jaw-dropping rate of $35,000 a month. Councilwoman Karen […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After seven months of negotiations, the Menlo Park Fire Protection District’s board has released the conditional agreement for its contract with firefighters, which […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY AND EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writers With 97 days to go until the Nov. 6 election, candidates in races on the mid-Peninsula have begun disclosing information […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer With the sale of KCSM-TV to Santa Rosa public broadcaster, KRCB, nearly a done deal — some may be wondering how the sale […]
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