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Year: 2018
Opinion
Editorial: Our recommendations on the five state ballot propositions
Here’s our view on the five state ballot propositions voters will decide June 5: Prop. 68 — Parks Bonds. No. This would authorize the state to sell $4 billion in […]
Palo Alto
$327,691 is top pay at Palo Alto City Hall — 2017 city salaries listed
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene remained the city of Palo Alto’s highest paid employee in 2017, receiving $327,691 in total pay — a […]
San Mateo County
Judge Buchwald leads opponent in fundraising
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Incumbent San Mateo County Judge Gerald Buchwald’s war chest is four times bigger than his June 5 primary challenger, lawyer Richard Wilson, according […]
Mountain View
City may hit big tech with tax
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In a bid to raise between $5 million and $10 million for transportation, housing and homeless services, the city of Mountain View is […]
East Palo Alto
New poll shows recall is still ahead, but support is dropping
By the Daily Post staff A new survey shows Santa Clara County residents favor the recall of Judge Aaron Persky, but the percentage supporting the recall is dropping with the […]
Palo Alto
Backers of initiative to limit office space growth collect more than enough signatures to make ballot
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The slow-growth group working to crack down on office development in Palo Alto has collected the signatures of more than 2,800 Palo Alto […]
Santa Clara County
Sheriff candidates address policing issues at Stanford
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer One of the few ways that mid-Peninsula residents interact with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office — other than visiting the Palo Alto […]
Palo Alto
Council approves Verizon’s plan for 11 “node” antennas over objections of residents
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Eleven planned “small cell nodes” intended to improve Verizon coverage in Palo Alto will spring up after all, angering dozens of residents who […]
Belmont
Belmont may take a stand on gun control tonight
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Belmont City Council tonight (May 22) may take a stand in the nation’s gun control debate, but some residents are asking the […]
San Mateo County
Judge tops challenger in poll of local lawyers
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Incumbent San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Gerald Buchwald garnered more support from county attorneys in a survey than his June 5 primary […]
Portola Valley
Woman looking for partners to buy the Alpine Inn
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Portola Valley woman is on a mission to buy the beloved beer garden and community gathering space at the Alpine Inn, also […]
Menlo Park
Plumbing project leads to fire in house
Firefighters extinguished a one-alarm fire at a Menlo Park home Saturday evening after a construction project allegedly caused a fire to break out inside the home’s walls, Menlo Park Fire […]
Palo Alto
Hearing Monday on protests over Verizon “node” antennas
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto residents are protesting a plan by Verizon Wireless to install 11 “small cell nodes” — equipment intended to improve coverage and capacity […]
Palo Alto
First Baptist associate pastor resigns after controversial tweets slamming Palo Alto
By the Daily Post staff The associate pastor of First Baptist Church in Palo Alto has resigned after his controversial and off-color tweets drew the spotlight during a City Council […]
Redwood City
Fire damages apartment complex
From staff and wire reports A two-alarm fire hit an apartment complex at 2411 Middlefield Road near Costco in Redwood City today (May 19), damaging the second and third floors. […]
Redwood City
Expert says pregnancy denial is real; Judge upholds charge against mother accused of drowning baby at McDonald’s
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A doctor who specializes in women’s mental health and pregnancy testified yesterday (May 17) that it appears the woman who gave birth in […]
Palo Alto
Suit accuses Stanford of discriminating against students with mental illness
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A campus mental health group has filed a class-action lawsuit against Stanford, alleging that the school discriminates against mentally ill students by forcing […]
Opinion
Editorial: Re-elect Mark Church as assessor, clerk, recorder and elections officer
DAILY POST EDITORIAL The word “innovator” doesn’t apply to many people in government, but an exception is Mark Church, San Mateo County’s Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder and Chief Elections Officer. Under Church’s […]
Opinion
Editorial: Re-elect County Supervisor Don Horsley
DAILY POST EDITORIAL San Mateo County Supervisor Don Horsley, at age 75, sounds like a young man when he discusses his ambitious agenda if he is re-elected in the June […]
Palo Alto
New prinicipals named for Paly, Fairmeadow and Escondido
By the Daily Post staff Interim Superintendent Karen Hendricks announced today (May 18) that she is nominating Adam Paulson, an administrator in the Palo Alto Unified School District since 2014, […]
Santa Clara County
Judge Persky has no regrets in Brock Turner case
BY PAUL ELIAS Associated Press Writer Judge Aaron Persky says he has no regrets. The Santa Clara County judge says he would handle the sexual assault case of former Stanford […]
Redwood City
Mom denies trying to drown newborn in McDonald’s bathroom
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The McDonald’s employee who gave birth in a restaurant restroom denied to police that she tried to drown the newborn in a toilet, […]
East Palo Alto
Man wrapped in plastic killed by truck
By the Daily Post staff A homeless man wrapped in plastic was run over by a truck early this morning on Pulgas Avenue in East Palo Alto, police said. The […]
Santa Clara County
Guest opinion: I support Emily Doe and oppose the recall
GUEST OPINION BY JEFF ROSEN As district attorney of Santa Clara County, I oversaw the successful prosecution and conviction of rapist Brock Turner. The judge imposed a lawful, though far […]
Santa Clara County
Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder Mark Church faces challenger in June 5 primary
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder and Chief Elections Officer Mark Church is up for re-election this year, and he is facing a familiar […]
Menlo Park
Santa Clara loses lawsuit over at-large council elections that’s similar to Menlo Park dispute
The city of Santa Clara has lost a lawsuit that is similar to one that has been threatened against Menlo Park over the city’s system of voting for city council […]
Santa Clara County
Is there a Persky pattern? A look at cases recall proponents say are similar to that of Brock Turner
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The campaign to unseat Judge Aaron Persky from the Santa Clara County Superior Court bench has pointed to what it calls a “pattern […]
Atherton
Fire board to become a landlord
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Fire Protection District board last night scrapped a proposal to have its own employees live in a $3.2 million West […]
Menlo Park
Developer Chase Rapp wins approval for three buildings in Menlo Park
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Planning Commission has given the go-ahead to developer Chase Rapp to build three new buildings at the corner of Santa […]
In the news
Tom Wolfe gathered material locally for his books
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Tom Wolfe, the journalist and novelist known for his inventive chronicling of Bay Area counterculture in the 1960s, died in New York on […]
Santa Clara County
Editorial: Re-elect Laurie Smith as Santa Clara County sheriff
DAILY POST EDITORIAL It’s possible that Santa Clara County voters will get two chances this year to vote for sheriff. With five candidates in the June 5 primary, it’s unlikely […]
Santa Clara County
Persky recall signs compared to infamous Willie Horton ad
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The red and white lawn signs supporting the campaign to recall Judge Aaron Persky depict two black-and-white photos side by side: Persky’s judicial […]
Stanford
How much should Stanford pay to offset its impact on housing shortage?
This story was originally published April 23 in the Daily Post. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Stanford University has contributed more than $25 million in affordable housing funds to […]
Palo Alto
New superintendent would get $300,000 a year, subsidized housing under proposed contract
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Unified School District Superintendent Don Austin will be paid a $300,000 salary and receive subsidized rent in a district-owned townhouse under […]