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Month: August 2018

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Palo Alto

House has been under construction for 11 years and the neighbors are tired of it

August 31, 2018 11:49 pm

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 […]

San Mateo County

Elon Musk take note: 2 San Mateo County supervisors want to ban flamethrowers

August 31, 2018 2:11 am

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 […]

Palo Alto

Marissa Mayer proposes to turn former funeral home into a private club for women

August 30, 2018 8:46 pm

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 […]

Los Altos

Los Altos council gets behind ‘vision’ plan for downtown parking plazas

August 30, 2018 7:01 am

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 […]

Palo Alto

Palo Alto council favors turning animal shelter over to Pets In Need

August 30, 2018 6:44 am

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 […]

Palo Alto

New College Terrace market might not be allowed to use JJ&F name

August 30, 2018 6:34 am

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 […]

Palo Alto

CHP refuses to put information on electric freeway signs about missing Palo Alto woman

August 30, 2018 1:22 am

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 […]

San Mateo County

Harbor District seeks public comment about creating sub-districts for board elections

August 30, 2018 12:59 am

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. […]

Redwood City

Redwood City teen, a Serra senior, killed on Skyline Boulevard

August 29, 2018 1:14 am

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 […]

Menlo Park

Fugitive arrested in hit-and-run death of 6-year-old Lisa Xavier

August 28, 2018 4:34 pm

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. […]

Redwood City

Where should Ampex sign go?

August 28, 2018 8:19 am

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 […]

Redwood City

Lawyer demands Redwood City switch to district elections for council

August 28, 2018 7:11 am

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 […]

Palo Alto

JJ&F owner to reopen market in College Terrace Center

August 28, 2018 5:58 am

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 […]

North Fair Oaks

Minister reports parishioner for sex abuse

August 27, 2018 4:55 pm

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 […]

Los Altos

Big changes proposed for downtown Los Altos — beer gardens, Ping Pong and a parking structure

August 27, 2018 4:30 pm

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 […]

Menlo Park

Body of man found in alley identified

August 27, 2018 4:00 pm

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 […]

Portola Valley

Appeals court ruling resolves panzer tank dispute

August 27, 2018 3:30 pm

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. […]

Menlo Park

20-month-old child on toy vehicle injured in collision with car

August 26, 2018 8:59 pm

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 […]

Los Altos Hills

83-year-old woman assaulted in home invasion

August 25, 2018 10:26 am

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 […]

Palo Alto

Child-luring attempt reported on Ross Road

August 24, 2018 4:31 pm

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 […]

East Palo Alto

Search planned on Saturday (Aug. 25) for missing woman

August 24, 2018 2:29 pm

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 […]

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Menlo Park

Open government violation by a council member delay on library decision

August 24, 2018 8:10 am

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 […]

Palo Alto

Power restored; outage caused by a bird

August 23, 2018 9:43 pm

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 […]

In the news

Smoke is expected to remain until Sunday

August 23, 2018 9:34 pm

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 […]

Palo Alto

Bicyclists, one apparently with a gun, rob man on University Avenue

August 23, 2018 4:55 pm

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). […]

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Mountain View

Landlord group gathering signatures for 2020 measure to curb rent control

August 23, 2018 10:24 am

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 […]

Palo Alto

Neighbors criticize new solar panels at schools

August 23, 2018 6:43 am

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 […]

In the news

Orchard Supply Hardware closing all stores

August 22, 2018 12:02 am

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 […]

Los Altos

Opinion: Fridays off policy should have gone to a vote

August 21, 2018 11:40 am

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 […]

Stanford

Forcible rape reported at Stanford

August 21, 2018 8:32 am

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 […]

Palo Alto

Attempt fails to keep school district settlement secret

August 21, 2018 12:40 am

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 […]

Santa Clara County

Group aims to make it harder to recall judges

August 21, 2018 12:39 am

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 […]

Woodside

CHP identifies DUI suspect who hit ambulance and a second vehicle

August 21, 2018 12:30 am

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 […]

Palo Alto

Hotel President tenants hire attorney, but city tries to lower expectations

August 21, 2018 12:27 am

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 […]

East Palo Alto

Police ask for help locating missing woman

August 20, 2018 12:14 pm

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 […]

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