Spotlight
Dr. Khuu’s Day of Beauty
‘Tis the season for holiday parties, and you want to put your best face forward. Have you been considering some cosmetic boosts, from facials to Botox and beyond? If so, […]
Year: 2018
Spotlight
Traveling with Cannabis for the Holidays: Dos and Don’ts
Now that the west coast is also the green coast, there’s a whole wide world of legal cannabis products just waiting to be sampled. But once you’ve picked out your […]
Opinion
Local author says columnist cracked the JFK case in 1965, just before she was murdered
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Mark Shaw, an investigative reporter and author from Burlingame, is out with a new book that connects the dots in the biggest crime story […]
Mountain View
Marijuana business licenses now available in Mountain View
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Cannabis retailers, start your engines: today is the first day that the city of Mountain View is accepting applications to open marijuana shops […]
Los Altos
School district settles schoolyard sex assault suit for $225,000
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Los Altos school district will pay $225,000 to the family of a 10-year-old girl who sued for $5 million after she was […]
Redwood City
Office project will add 3,777 cars a day to Redwood City streets
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Sobrato Organization’s proposal to build 420,000 square feet of office space and 520 apartments on Broadway in Redwood City where CVS is […]
Redwood City
Sequoia Hospital’s parent, Dignity Health, merges with Catholic nonprofit
By the Daily Post staff California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has approved the merger of two Catholic nonprofit hospital systems, one being Dignity Health, which operates the Sequoia Hospital in […]
Palo Alto
Typo in city code is stopping the elimination of apartments at Hotel President
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A city employee made a copy-and-paste typographical error in Palo Alto’s zoning code in 2016 that is now blocking the Hotel President apartments […]
Palo Alto
Residents say what they want from Stanford in exchange for allowing more growth on campus
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said that Stanford graduate student Alexa Russo opposed the development agreement being negotiated by Stanford and Santa Clara County supervisors. In fact, […]
Redwood City
Planning Commissioner arrested for DUI, fell asleep behind the wheel and Tesla kept driving
By the Daily Post staff A Los Altos planning commissioner was arrested this morning (Nov. 30) for DUI after the CHP says they found him asleep at the wheel of […]
Opinion
Editorial: Suspicious sales tax vote should be investigated
DAILY POST EDITORIAL We’re suspicious of the vote counting for Measure W, a half-cent sales tax that would fund SamTrans and various transportation projects in San Mateo County. For two […]
Caltrain
Investigators looking into death of man killed on Caltrain tracks
Correction: An earlier version of this story said that Caltrain spokesman Dan Lieberman said that the victim was hit when the train was rushing through the Menlo Park train station. […]
Palo Alto
Sex assault victim recorded alleged assailant, a Lyft driver
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto woman who was sexually assaulted by a Lyft driver on her way home from San Francisco afterward recorded the man […]
Mountain View
Mountain View residents to vote on ‘sneaky repeal’ of rent control
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Landlords’ so-called “sneaky repeal” of Mountain View’s two-year-old rent control law is heading to the ballot in 2020, despite Mayor Lenny Siegel’s urging […]
Los Altos
Closed-door meeting on pay raises dropped
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer This sounds like a question from a bad cop show: What were the members of the Los Altos City Council, City Manager Chris […]
In the news
Local officials meet at posh resort to discuss housing crisis
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Bay Area agency that hands out transportation funds is holding a $29,000 taxpayer-funded retreat on the housing crisis tonight (Nov. 28) at […]
East Palo Alto
Stray pig found wandering East Palo Alto
A stray pig found wandering the streets of East Palo Alto earlier this month is now up for adoption, according to the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA. The female adult […]
Palo Alto
School board gets fake emails over school name changes
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In the age of national election hacking fears, the divisive decision to rename two Palo Alto middle schools inspired hundreds of questionable emails […]
Los Altos
Mountain View reports $99.5 million surplus
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The good economic times continue to roll for the city of Mountain View, which posted a $99.5 million surplus for the fiscal year that […]
Palo Alto
Attempt by Residentialists to delay vote on housing ordinance fails
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Hoping to wait for a new Palo Alto City Council in January, three Residentialist council members tried to thwart a controversial discussion on […]
Palo Alto
Christmas Bureau brings joy to poor local families
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer For the 64th season, Palo Alto’s poorest families will get a little extra holiday cheer next month thanks to the Christmas Bureau of […]
San Mateo County
Dramatic shift in tax vote as new ballots come in
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Measure W, the half-cent SamTrans sales tax that had been failing since Election Day, is now ahead after votes that were dramatically different […]
Opinion
Opinion: Showdown over new housing expected tonight
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor A showdown could happen tonight (Nov. 26) over how much new housing Palo Alto will allow in the future. Palo Alto has arguably […]
Palo Alto
Police looking for indecent exposure suspect
By the Daily Post staff A 14-year-old girl who was walking her dog in the 300 block of East Meadow Drive in Palo Alto on Nov. 19 was approached by […]
Atherton
High school wrestler sues school, accusations include racial and sexist comments, an assault and dangerous techniques
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo-Atherton High School student is suing her school and the Sequoia Union High School District, claiming her father was targeted with retaliation […]
Belmont
Funeral held for woman whose death is baffling police
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A funeral was held Tuesday (Nov. 20) for Maria Alicia Castro, the 61-year-old great-grandmother and nanny who died after she was found lying […]
East Palo Alto
Man recants bizarre claim about how robber supposedly offered sex
By the Daily Post staff An East Palo Alto woman walked out of jail after a man recanted his story that claimed she robbed him after offering herself sexually for […]
Palo Alto
Three men rob man of his iPhone on bike path near Town & Country Village
By the Daily Post staff Three men are at large today (Nov. 24) after robbing a man who was walking along a bike path Friday night, police said. At 8:14 […]
Palo Alto
City may loosen parking requirements to encourage more housing
This story was originally published Nov. 19 in the print edition of the Daily Post. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto is looking at reducing parking requirements for […]
Palo Alto
City IT chief, under fire for foreign trips, resigns to take job at Oracle
By the Daily Post staff Jonathan Reichental is stepping down as Palo Alto’s chief information officer to take a position at Oracle days after his frequent foreign trips had come […]
Palo Alto
Sheriff arrests suspect in 1973 murder of Stanford grad
By the Daily Post staff Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith announced this morning (Nov. 21) that her deputies have arrested a 74-year-old man in connection with the 1973 murder […]
Opinion
Opinion: Don’t spend city surplus on bonuses
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor San Carlos City Councilman Ron Collins is proposing that the city use part of its newfound $7 million surplus on 5% bonuses for […]
Palo Alto
Jane Fonda was a fan of the Rev. Jim Jones
By the Daily Post staff In all of the stories about the 40th anniversary of the Jim Jones-Peoples Temple massacre, one name hasn’t popped up often — Jane Fonda. Before […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto fire chief takes job in Santa Barbara
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto Fire Chief Eric Nickel is resigning and will take the job of fire chief in Santa Barbara, the city announced today (Nov. 20). […]
Mountain View
Man accused of stalking a woman for a decade
By the Daily Post staff A Los Altos man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of using social media to stalk and threaten a high school classmate for more than a […]