Willie McCovey, the sweet-swinging Hall of Famer nicknamed “Stretch” for his 6-foot-4 height and those long arms, died this afternoon (Oct. 31) at Stanford Hospital. He was 80. The San […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The mother of a JLS Middle School student has sued the Palo Alto school district claiming that violence at school left her son […]
This story originally appeared in Tuesday’s print edition of the Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Councilman Greg Scharff has spent more than $120,000 of […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer East Palo Alto Police are trying to find the man who shot four people, killing two, at a party in a tow lot, […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer People who want to drive non-polluting cars, rejoice: the Barron Park Shell station in Palo Alto is poised to open the first hydrogen […]
This story was originally published on Oct. 26 in the print edition of the Daily Post. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Cash is pouring into the Redwood City […]
Waymo, the robotic car company created by Google, yesterday received DMV approval to operate driverless cars in California at speeds up to 65 miles per hour. The self-driving cars have traveled […]
A man believed to be a transient was arrested in Mountain View after walking into a woman’s bedroom early Sunday morning, police said today (Oct. 29). A 55-year-old woman woke […]
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Got an interesting phone call the other night from a reader who was moved by the story we printed about Menlo Park City […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The campaign for Measure Z, a $460 million bond measure that would benefit Palo Alto’s public elementary schools, has received $68,883 in campaign […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After Stanford was fined $7,937 by Santa Clara County for storing 4.8 million gallons of dirt in the wrong part of campus, county […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer In a hostile national political climate, one Menlo Park City Council candidate is going in the opposite direction and talked supporters out of […]
By the Daily Post staff Firefighters in Menlo Park’s Belle Haven neighborhood were quick to respond to a house fire just two doors away from the fire station on Saturday […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A teacher in Redwood City and Palo Alto has been arrested after a Woodside High School student watched an adult video and recognized […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park council incumbents Peter Ohtaki and Kirsten Keith have both seen bumps in their campaign war chests from developers, according to financial […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man who stole prescription narcotics at gunpoint from a Menlo Park pharmacy was sentenced to 12 years in prison yesterday (Oct. 26), […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Three of the four candidates running for the Menlo Park Fire Protection District board have received a bulk of their funding from a […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer None of the five candidates for Mountain View City Council have raised more than $30,000 in contributions, although donations from real estate developers, […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A controversial new faculty housing development at Stanford couldn’t move forward until the university addressed another land-use issue: a $7,937 penalty from Santa […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Californians whose health insurance is not provided by their employer or a family member have until Jan. 15 to decide if they want […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council last night (Oct 23) extended a contract with a company to operate its red-light cameras for six months, but […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The five candidates for Palo Alto City Council have raised a total of $253,186.70 in campaign contributions — an impressive amount historically, but […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View City Council last night (Oct. 23) approved the first 635 housing units planned for the North Bayshore neighborhood, an area set […]
By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto man lost $2,450 to a scammer who called him claiming to be a fraud investigator for Amazon, according to police. Around 1:10 […]
Trellis Restaurant is where seasonal Italian food with a California flair is served with élan and style. In addition to beautiful surroundings, Trellis offers seasonal menu items and vibrant daily […]
Healthy teeth and gums are essential for whole body wellness. Sunnyvale dentist Dr. Ratna Indah takes a holistic approach that looks at dental issues not by themselves, but in a […]
Now in its 21st year, the upcoming United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAFF) is set to show 60 documentary films from around the globe. From an exploration of strategies to […]
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor You’ve got to hand it to the people at SamTrans. They have a lot of chutzpah. They’re asking people to approve Measure W, […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL In the past, this newspaper hasn’t supported school bond measures for two reasons. • The interest payments and fees usually exceed the amount spent on school construction. […]
By the Daily Post staff A father and son climbed out of this 2017 Toyota Camry uninjured after broadsiding a 2006 Toyota Sienna minivan around 8:05 a.m. yesterday (Oct. 23) […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Ousted judge Aaron Persky will have to pay $161,825.68 to attorneys representing the Michele Dauber-led recall campaign that booted him from office, a […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A woman miraculously survived after her car — which was trapped between backed-up traffic and a railroad crossing arm — was hit by a […]
By the Daily Post staff East Palo Alto and San Carlos city council members have voted to increase their pay, but neither council decided to give itself the largest raise […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto officials want to start budgeting for employee pension costs based on financial estimates that they think are more realistic than those used […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district will go to voters on Nov. 6 with another school bond measure to fix up long-neglected elementary school […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Two months after apologizing for a dismissive comment about Palo Alto’s traffic problem, Mayor Liz Kniss did her penance last night: by listening […]
By the Daily Post staff JPMorgan Chase has announced it will build a 195,000-square-foot “fintech” campus in Palo Alto’s Stanford Research Park that will house 1,000 employees. The campus, which […]
By the Daily Post staff Update 3 p.m. Oct. 22 — Mountain View police announced this afternoon that they have cited Job Lopez, 73, for petty theft and vandalism in […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A vandal was caught on spray-painting and stealing Mountain View City Council candidate John Inks’ campaign signs at a house on Church Street. […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man who regularly protested against the recall of Judge Aaron Persky has filed a defamation lawsuit against recall leader and Stanford law […]
By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Measure W sales tax increase in San Mateo County is intended to fund transportation projects and programs to reduce traffic congestion. But […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Mayor Liz Kniss is planning to publicly honor local psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford for testifying against now-Supreme Court Justice Brett […]
From staff and wire reports The Catholic Diocese of San Jose yesterday (Oct. 18) released a list of 15 priests, most of whom have died or been banned from the […]
By the Daily Post staff SamTrans rolled out new buses yesterday (Oct. 16), 21 days before San Mateo County voters will decide whether to raise the county’s sales tax half […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A developer who is looking to build 1.2 million square feet of office space to replace the former Malibu Grand Prix site in […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City Police said yesterday that City Council candidate Jason Galisatus wasn’t the victim of an anti-gay hate crime when he found a […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto High School robotics coach Kathleen Krier resigned today (Oct. 18) after students accused her of intimidating, harassing and bullying them, according […]
By the Daily Post staff VTA today (Oct. 18) has won a lawsuit that had stopped the agency from spending money from the $6.3 billion Measure B sales tax increase […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View tenants’ rights advocate Steve Chandler got his ballot in the mail on Friday (Oct. 12) — then, on Monday, he got […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Because of an error, San Mateo County elections officials are a week late in sending voters the mail-in ballots they will use for […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Attorneys for the Los Altos School District want to banish the terms “sexual assault,” “sexual attack” and “attack” from the courtroom as jurors […]
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press Writer Recently divorced and raising a teenager on her own, Vicky Campbell moved to San Diego because of the weather but it didn’t hurt that […]
By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press Writer California voters are right to think they already weighed-in on how big cages should be for egg-laying hens. Back in 2008, voters ushered in […]
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press Writer California voters will soon decide whether to drive out a gasoline tax increase passed to fund transportation projects across the state. Proposition 6 seeks […]
By AMANDA LEE MYERS Associated Press Writer It’s clockwork: Every fall and spring, Californians and most of the rest of the nation switch to daylight saving or standard time, often […]
By SOPHIA BOLLAG Associated Press Writer Californians who rent apartments built after 1995, single-family homes or condominiums have limited protections from rising prices under a state law passed that year […]
OPINION BY TOM ELIAS Daily Post Columnist Suppose for a moment that your favorite relative – father, mother, aunt, uncle, brother or sister – were getting urgently needed cancer treatment […]
By SOPHIA BOLLAG Associated Press Writer A ballot measure restricting profits at dialysis clinics has overtaken initiatives on the gas tax and rent control to become the most expensive California […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Redwood City man was identified by the San Mateo County Coroner yesterday (Oct. 16) as the second man who was shot to […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Despite a number of residents’ concerns about transparency, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors decided yesterday (Oct. 16) to negotiate behind closed […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A graduate of Sequoia High School in Redwood City was one of two people who were shot to death at a 21st birthday […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The next San Carlos City Council — which will have three new members come November since no incumbents are running again — will […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer With the explosion of development on the mid-Peninsula, cities such as San Carlos that are seeing booms in construction aren’t sure how to […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer In this election, Belmont residents are being asked if they want to continue electing the city clerk and city treasurer, or should the […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Four people are running for three seats on Belmont City Council, including three incumbents who want to shepherd the city along its current […]
BY EMILY MIBACH AND ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writers Mountain View, San Carlos and Redwood City, the three cities on the mid-Peninsula that have been friendly to the prospect […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Four candidates are running for three open seats on the Mountain View Los Altos high school board next month — including a former […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL Four excellent candidates are running for three seats in the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, which also includes Atherton, west Menlo Park, North Fair Oaks and East […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer East Palo Alto and San Carlos city council members tomorrow (Oct. 16) will consider whether to raise their pay after neither council has […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The Palo Alto City Council tonight (Oct. 15) will consider a plan for financing construction of a $45.8 million parking garage in the California […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Report Santa Clara County officials are cautioning the county Board of Supervisors about a proposed development agreement from Stanford that they say offers even […]
By the Daily Post staff A fight at a Halloween party early this morning (Oct. 14) in East Palo Alto erupted into gunfire and two people were killed, police said. […]
By the Daily Post staff The new head coach of the Palo Alto High School robotics team — who was accused by parents and students at a school board meeting […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Someone scrawled “#gay” on a fence beneath Redwood City Council candidate Jason Galisatus’ apartment window, while also tearing down the campaign sign he […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The race for the Sequoia Healthcare District board is split into two camps this election — those who want to ultimately get rid […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A candidate for Redwood City Council is saying that a mailer sent out by the California Apartment Association, a landlord group, is a […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Two candidates for the Redwood City Council have raised far more than the other five in the race, largely due to donations from […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL The two Mountain View City Council incumbents, Lenny Siegel and Pat Showalter, deserve applause for aggressively promoting the construction of housing. They were key players in reaching […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The battle over Bullis Charter School rages on in the Los Altos School District, where two newcomers are challenging two incumbents next month […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Four newcomers are challenging Los Altos Mayor Jean Mordo for two open seats on City Council — with controversial plans to develop the […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A $5 million lawsuit against the Los Altos School District over the alleged sex assault of a 10-year-old girl is headed to trial […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The three Ravenswood City School Board members who are seeking re-election are facing six challengers, all of whom want to change the direction […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Between adding 10,000 homes, planning ambitious transportation projects, redeveloping several parts of the city and dealing with an influx of RVs on city […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL Palo Alto’s Measure E seems like a tax inspired by a Monty Python skit. In one episode, a politician in a bowler hat says, “To improve the […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space district doesn’t make the headlines very often, and it’s even more unusual to have a hotly competitive race for a seat on […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Measure V Too Costly, a landlord-funded campaign seeking to effectively end Mountain View’s two-year-old rent control program, submitted petitions to City Clerk Lisa […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Between an expected population spike, a new elementary school, and a possible new campus of Bullis Charter School, Mountain View Whisman School District […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Councilman Greg Scharff is challenging his ideologically opposed colleague, Councilwoman Karen Holman, for a seat on the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Due to ever rising pension costs, Redwood City officials are asking residents to increase the city’s sales tax a half-cent, but some residents […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The new head coach of the Palo Alto High School robotics team was publicly accused last night (Oct. 9) of intimidating, harassing and […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL If you’re a Menlo Park resident, ask yourself a few questions. Has your life improved in the past few years because of actions by the city government? […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL Here we go again. Another ballot measure that promises us that if we just raise taxes again, traffic congestion will go away. “Measure W will help you […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL Measure F on the Palo Alto ballot is a reckless attempt by a labor union, SEIU-UHW, to gain more bargaining power by reducing medical services available to […]
DAILY POST EDITORIAL Let’s start off this editorial by admitting we made a mistake four years ago when we didn’t endorse Ken Dauber for Palo Alto school board. We were […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County and SamTrans officials are asking residents to approve a half-cent sales tax measure — the third in six years — […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Four candidates are facing off for three seats on the Menlo Park Fire Protection District’s board, which is working to keep the district’s […]
A fire in Menlo Park killed two cats and caused up to $2 million in damage to a home near Sacred Heart Schools. Firefighters responded at 4:23 p.m. Friday (Oct. […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer All six Palo Alto school board candidates invoked a spirit of inclusivity last night (Oct. 5) at a forum targeting a group of […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford Health Care leaders say that if the union-backed Measure F passes on Nov. 6, it could mean a $1 billion hit to […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A group that wants to increase the housing supply in the Bay Area is looking at ways to fund its efforts, which could potentially […]
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