Palo Alto
Error-filled Palo Alto Business Registry survives
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto council committee has agreed to keep the city’s Business Registry going despite a report from the city auditor saying it’s […]
Year: 2018
North Fair Oaks
Bikini coffee shop tones it down a bit before Friday’s opening
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer For those wanting to buy a “Pantydropper” at the Pink Pantherz bikini coffee shop when it opens on Friday (Sept. 14), they will […]
Menlo Park
Motorcycling enthusiast killed in head-on crash
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park man, who was killed when his motorcycle was hit head-on by a pickup truck on a winding stretch of La […]
Palo Alto
Gunpoint robbery in front of Palo Alto High School
By the Daily Post staff A man has told police that he was robbed at gunpoint on El Camino Real in front of Palo Alto High School. The victim, a […]
Palo Alto
$25,000 reward offered for missing Palo Alto woman
Family members are ramping up search efforts and offering a $25,000 reward to help find a 66-year-old woman who disappeared almost one month ago in East Palo Alto. Wamaitha Kaboga-Miller […]
Menlo Park
Council members criticized over foreign trips
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Councilwoman Kirsten Keith defended herself last night (Sept. 11) over criticism about her trip to China and said it was […]
Belmont
DUI suspect slams car into house
By the Daily Post staff A Belmont woman was arrested for DUI after she drove into a parked car and a house, police said. At 6:25 a.m. on Sept. 6 […]
Menlo Park
Fire board candidates want district to own land beneath fire station
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Two candidates for the Menlo Park Fire Protection District’s board said yesterday (Sept. 10) they’d like to see the city sell the district […]
Los Altos
Bullis Charter School will take a different approach in Mountain View
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Leaders of a Los Altos charter school that has used wealthy parents’ donations to supplement public funds say they wouldn’t ask for money […]
Menlo Park
Local team remembers responding to 9/11
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer If you pass by one of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District’s fire stations in Menlo Park, East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks […]
Woodside
Menlo Park man killed in head-on motorcycle accident
By the Daily Post staff A Menlo Park man was killed when his motorcycle was hit head-on by a pickup truck along a winding stretch of La Honda Road, according […]
Opinion
Theater review: Drag queen play is a strange mixture
REVIEW BY JOHN ANGELL GRANT Daily Post Theater Critic “The Legend of Georgia McBride” is a strange play. In part, it is a tutorial for straight men on how to […]
Palo Alto
Should a tenant making $93,100 a year get relocation assistance?
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Renters who will be evicted from the Hotel President told the Palo Alto City Council last night (Sept. 10) that the housing crisis […]
Menlo Park
Willows may get speed bumps, a street closure
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Residents of the Willows, which is often plagued by cut-through traffic by drivers avoiding Willow or Middlefield roads, may be getting a reprieve […]
Opinion
Opinion: City should drop the wildly inaccurate, pointless Business Registry
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The city of Palo Alto’s Business Registry is a failure and should be scrapped. The registry is the program that requires every business […]
Palo Alto
Short street could soon get a name
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto could be getting a new street name tonight (Sept. 10), though the street will be just a half-block long. City Council will vote […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto City Council will say tonight where it stands on state rent control proposition
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A discussion tonight (Sept. 10) on the November ballot measures could rekindle the Palo Alto City Council’s fiery debate on rent control. The council […]
Menlo Park
Low-income apartments proposed on Willow Road
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer MidPen Housing, a nonprofit agency, has submitted plans to build 140 low-income apartments on Willow Road in Menlo Park, across from where Facebook’s […]
Redwood City
City may spend $510,000 studying the idea of ferry service
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City Council on Monday (Sept. 10) will consider spending up to $510,000 on a study to see whether or not a ferry […]
Mountain View
Controversial Bullis Charter School wants to expand into the Mountain View Whisman district
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Bullis Charter School, the controversial program in the Los Altos School District, is seeking to expand into the Mountain View Whisman School District […]
San Mateo County
Accused Gypsy Hill Killer yells ‘I’m not guilty!’ to jury as trial opens
A career criminal accused by authorities of raping and killing six women in the 1970s yelled “I am not guilty!” to a jury at the start of his trial in […]
Palo Alto
High-density housing proposed for San Antonio Road
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer As housing advocates bemoan the slow pace of high-density homebuilding in Palo Alto, a four-story apartment building with 48 one- and two-bedroom units […]
Belmont
DUI suspect drives her car into a house, police say
By the Daily Post staff A Belmont woman was arrested for DUI yesterday (Sept. 6) after she drove into a parked car and a house, police said. At 6:25 a.m. […]
In the news
Trial begins today for accused Gypsy Hill Killer
A career criminal who authorities believe is the Gypsy Hill Killer faces trial today (Sept. 7) in Redwood City for the murders of two young women four decades ago. Law […]
In the news
Many schools may have to start classes later if Brown signs new legislation
By the Daily Post staff Many students on the mid-Peninsula may soon be able to wake up later if Gov. Jerry Brown signs a bill that bars middle and high […]
North Fair Oaks
County bans flamethrowers, approves senior housing project, allocates $764,750 for lawyers to fight deportation cases
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors banned flamethrowers yesterday while also approving a senior housing facility in North Fair Oaks and an […]
Palo Alto
Pollster asking Palo Altans about council candidates, housing, rent control
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto voters have been receiving phone calls from a Las Vegas-based pollster this week asking for their views on rent control, job […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto is racially polarized, says attorney who wants to change system for electing school board members
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Asians and Latinos are less likely to win seats on the Palo Alto school board because the city is racially polarized, an attorney […]
Atherton
Candidate slams Menlo Park fire district for buying a $4.6 million home
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A candidate for the Menlo Park Fire Protection District’s board said he believes that the fire district should not have bought a $4.6 […]
East Palo Alto
County leaders divided over Measure W, the half-cent sales tax for SamTrans
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A state assemblyman is backing the SamTrans half-cent sales tax measure while San Mateo County’s Republican party has come out against it. Kevin […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park candidate calls out incumbent over ethical issues, foreign trips
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park Planning Commissioner Drew Combs, who is running against incumbent Kirsten Keith for a City Council seat, criticized her and other council […]
Palo Alto
Pilot in yesterday’s fatal plane crash identified
The pilot who died in a plane crash in Palo Alto on Tuesday (Sept. 4) morning has been identified as W. John Spencer, according to officials from the pilot’s nonprofit. […]
Stanford
Study: Stanford can grow without touching the hills
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to eliminate an inaccuracy regarding how the Academic Growth Boundary could change. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford could nearly triple […]
Palo Alto
Brazen heist at Palo Alto Apple Store
By the Daily Post staff A four-member crew of thieves has struck Palo Alto’s downtown Apple Store, grabbing $40,000 in merchandise while bystanders watched or shot video of the scene […]
Redwood City
Trial in McDonald’s baby case put off until January
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A year after a Redwood City woman gave birth in a McDonald’s, her trial has been put off until January, a prosecutor said […]