Opinion
Theater review: ‘9 to 5’ a bawdy, slapstick adventure
BY JOHN ANGELL GRANT Daily Post Theater Critic Before there was the Me-Too movement, there was the movie “9 to 5,” followed by the television series “9 to 5” — […]
Year: 2018
Menlo Park
Oasis to close Wednesday, but there’s hope it can be revived
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Tougas family, which plans to close Menlo Park’s Oasis Beer Garden on Wednesday (March 7) after 60 years, is willing to sell […]
Redwood City
Developer wants to exceed height limit for apartment complex
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City Planning Commission tomorrow (March 6) may approve a seven story apartment building proposed for Main Street, not far from the […]
Menlo Park
Tree crashes into house
By the Daily Post staff A large branch of a 130-foot redwood tree crashed through the roof and into a second-story bedroom of a home on Baywood Avenue in Menlo […]
Palo Alto
Hundreds say stop traffic project that includes roundabouts
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer More than 460 people have signed an online petition urging the city of Palo Alto to stop its traffic improvements at busy intersections […]
Palo Alto
Neighborhood leaders balk at city proposal to contract with neighborhood organizing program
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto neighborhood umbrella organization has raised concerns about redundancy and a lack of transparency in a proposed $100,000 contract with a […]
Menlo Park
Fire district buys another home as part of station modernization effort
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Fire Protection District announced Friday (March 2) that it has bought a home behind Fire Station Number 4 in unincorporated […]
Palo Alto
City to disclose more about labor negotiations
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A call for greater transparency when the city of Palo Alto negotiates with employee unions has won the support of City Council. The […]
San Carlos
Half of San Carlos residents say development is happening too fast
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Half of surveyed San Carlos residents said development in the city is happening too fast, according to survey results reviewed by the city […]
Google
VTA says it must spy on buses with Apple, Google workers
VTA set up six cameras to count how many buses carrying Apple and Google and other tech employees are using its roads after the companies refused to share that information. […]
Stanford
Stanford reveals data about sexual harassment on campus
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Seven Stanford employees, including a male professor, were removed from the university in the 2016-17 school year for sexual harassment, according to the […]
East Palo Alto
Parents warned of gap in day care services
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer East Palo Alto and east Menlo Park families who rely on preschool and child care services from the Ravenswood City School District were […]
In the news
Arrest in white powder scare
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man accused of sending letters with white powder to five people, including Donald Trump Jr. and Stanford law professor Michele Dauber, was […]
Stanford
Dauber says she’s relieved FBI has arrested man accused of sending her and others white powder
The Stanford law professor who chairs a campaign to recall a controversial judge addressed the public today (March 1) after the FBI announced the arrest of a man who allegedly […]
Stanford
Feds arrest man accused of sending white powder to Stanford professor
From staff and wire reports A Massachusetts man was arrested today (March 1) and charged with sending letters with white powder to five people, including one to Donald Trump Jr. […]
Palo Alto
Teachers give back bonus, school board aims to manage class sizes
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After a missed union contract deadline led the Palo Alto school district to pay out $6 million in raises and bonuses to employees […]
Caltrain
Caltrain may change contractors in hopes of meeting federal deadline for safety system
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer With a federal deadline just nine months away for most railroads to install speed-control technology, Caltrain’s board of directors today (March 1) will […]
Palo Alto
County Board of Education race adds local drama to June primary
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer While a number of elected officials in San Mateo County are technically slated to go before the voters in June, most incumbents are […]
Menlo Park
Update: Alleged gunman in weekend incident surrenders
By the Daily Post staff Update, 4:20 p.m., Feb. 28 — Jose Gutierrez, who was wanted for shooting an “AR-style rifle” in his backyard on Saturday, turned himself into Menlo […]
San Mateo County
County school superintendent is so far the most competitive race on local June ballot
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer While a number of elected officials in San Mateo County are technically slated to go before the voters in June, most incumbents are […]
Menlo Park
Pastor in sex case is going to prison
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park pastor who sexually abused some of his teenage parishioners pleaded no contest yesterday and is facing up to eight years […]
Facebook
Facebook expects to have 35,000 employees in Menlo Park in 10 years
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Within 10 years, the number of Facebook employees in Menlo Park will reach 35,000, more than the city’s current population. That prediction came […]
Palo Alto
Woman’s joy ride ends when car runs out of gas
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A woman’s drug-fueled joyride came to a screeching halt in Palo Alto when a car she’s accused of stealing out of Oakland ran […]
Palo Alto
The Digital DNA egg’s days are numbered
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer “Digital DNA,” the condemned circuit board egg sculpture in downtown Palo Alto, has another three weeks to seek a new home before the […]
Menlo Park
Office-housing project to replace Beltramo’s approved
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Beltramo family, which has been receiving the ire of residents over the closing of the Oasis Beer Garden, won approval last night […]
Palo Alto
Gunn High School students call for gun control
Students at Gunn High School in Palo Alto and their supporters teamed up with a widely known activist organization to call for national gun law reform at a protest near […]
Palo Alto
Price of Palo Alto parking permits shoots up 57%
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The cost of an employee parking permit in downtown Palo Alto has shot up from $466 per year to $730. The increase was […]
Palo Alto
UPDATE: High-speed police chase ends in Palo Alto neighborhood — 2 detained
By the Daily Post staff Update, 5 a.m. — Sunnyvale’s Department of Public Safety said via twitter the second suspect in the chase has been captured. Officers are trying to […]
Menlo Park
Beltramos sad the Oasis is closing, seek a new restaurant tenant
By the Daily Post staff The Beltramo family, landlords of the Oasis Beer Garden, are saddened the restaurant’s owners want to close the beloved burger and pizza joint and are […]
Palo Alto
Auction house selling Daily Post article autographed by Steve Jobs
By the Daily Post staff A Boston auction house is selling Steve Jobs memorabilia including this autographed article from the front page of the June 10, 2008, edition of the […]
Los Altos Hills
Firefighter injured in Los Altos Hills house fire
A firefighter was injured in a house fire Saturday afternoon in Los Altos Hills that caused more than $1 million of damage, Santa Clara County Fire Department officials said. The […]
Stanford
Student coalition says Stanford growth data obscures impacts of development
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A group of Stanford students has accused the university of using inaccurate numbers to obscure the impacts that a planned 2.3 million-square-foot expansion […]
Hillsborough
Prosecution lands a new witness in the Tiffany Li murder case
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A wealthy Hillsborough real estate scion who is free on $35 million bail after she was charged with murdering the father of her […]
Palo Alto
Committee proposes nine names for middle schools
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Jordan and Terman middle schools in Palo Alto could soon bear the name of a Silicon Valley luminary, the 19th-century “mother of Palo […]
Menlo Park
Building housing the soon-to-close Oasis dates back 100 years
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The building that houses the Oasis Beer Garden, which is set to close on March 7, turned 100 this year. It was built […]