Santa Clara County
VTA wins court battle over Measure B funds
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 […]
Year: 2018
Santa Clara County
Voter gets three ballots in the mail
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 […]
San Mateo County
San Mateo County ballots are a week late due to an error
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 […]
Los Altos
Lawyers argue about what jurors should be told about Los Altos schoolyard attacks
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 […]
Palo Alto
Prop 5 would end the moving penalty for seniors, disabled
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 […]
Palo Alto
Prop 12 would make egg-laying hens cage-free by 2022
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 […]
Palo Alto
Prop 6 would repeal gas tax hike
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 […]
Palo Alto
Prop 7 — Is the time right for permanent daylight saving in California?
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 […]
Palo Alto
Prop 10 rent control ballot measure prompts fierce fight
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
Opinion: Prop 8 goes too far, interferes with medical care
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 […]
Palo Alto
Dialysis clinics, union fight over Prop 8
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 […]
East Palo Alto
2nd murder victim also a Sequoia grad
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 […]
Santa Clara County
County agrees to negotiate a development agreement with Stanford behind closed doors
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 […]
East Palo Alto
Sequoia High graduate shot dead at party
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 […]
San Carlos
San Carlos candidates reveal opinions on gun stores
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 […]
San Carlos
Five candidates for San Carlos council have different views of combating traffic
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 […]
Belmont
Should voters pick their city clerk and city treasurer? Question faces Belmont
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 […]
Belmont
Three incumbents face one challenger in Belmont council race
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 […]
Mountain View
Mountain View, San Carlos and Redwood City to vote on marijuana taxes
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 […]
Los Altos
4 candidates seek 3 seats on the Mountain View Los Altos high school board
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 […]