In the news
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• A proposed hotel faces opposition • Woman, 65, loses home in reverse mortgage scam • Menlo Park changes its grade separation plan • School board settles suit by holding […]
Month: January 2019
Redwood City
Mother accused of drowning newborn in McDonald’s toilet reaches a plea bargain
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City woman accused of trying to drown her newborn baby boy after giving birth in a McDonald’s bathroom yesterday (Jan. 14) […]
Opinion
Opinion: Why a ‘closed door’ meeting on housing policy?
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The invitation looked suspicious. Carl Guardino, head of the lobbying outfit Silicon Valley Leadership Group, sent invitations on Friday to select elected officials […]
Caltrain
Three teens attack man near University Ave. train station
By the Daily Post staff Three teens are at large after they robbed a man of his phone and kicked him near the University Avenue Caltrain station last night (Jan. […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto council unanimously approves affordable housing project
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After ending 2018 with even less rental housing than in 2017, Palo Alto City Council turned the tables last night (Jan. 14) and […]
Palo Alto
Theft at Macy’s ends with foot chase in Menlo Park
By the Daily Post staff A grab-and-run theft at Macy’s at the Stanford Shopping Center this afternoon (Jan. 14) ended in Menlo Park where two people were arrested, one of […]
Mountain View
Seven arrested in Mountain View mail theft operation
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Police have arrested seven South Bay residents who they say have been using counterfeit U.S. Postal Service master keys to steal mail from […]
In the news
PG&E to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over wildfire liabilities
PG&E said today (Jan. 14) it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy because it faces at least $30 billion in potential damages from lawsuits over the catastrophic wildfires in Northern […]
Palo Alto
Music teacher arrested on suspicion of sex crimes
By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto man who teaches piano to children out of his home has been arrested on suspicion of lewd and lascivious acts with a […]
Palo Alto
Middlefield Road lane reduction may become permanent
By the Daily Post staff The year-long temporary “road diet” on Middlefield Road in north Palo Alto — which reduced a four-lane route to two lanes in some places — […]
Palo Alto
SliderBar says city construction project cut sales
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The owner of SliderBar, a burgers-and-beer restaurant at 324 University Ave. in Palo Alto, is demanding $84,548 in lost revenue from the city […]
Opinion
Optimism and observations for 2019
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I’d like to begin 2019 with a note of optimism. Yes, the mid-Peninsula has a lot of difficult problems, but I’m optimistic that […]
San Mateo County
Lower Crystal Dam and roadway reopened after renovations
Major improvements to Lower Crystal Dam and the roadway that runs over have been completed and the roadway open to the public again. The multi-faceted project included critical safety and […]
Palo Alto
Affordable housing project up for a vote in a city that hasn’t approved many of them
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After last year’s nine-member Palo Alto City Council failed to approve more housing than was taken off the market in 2018, the new […]
San Carlos
City may allow new gun stores to open after all
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Carlos officials may allow for new gun stores to open up in the city after all. The city currently has a gun […]
Google
Suit accuses Google of covering up sex harassment by senior executives
A shareholder has sued the board of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, for allegedly tolerating and covering up sexual harassment by senior executives and giving some of them millions of dollars […]
East Palo Alto
Man charged in fentanyl death
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An East Palo Alto man has been charged with selling fentanyl to a San Carlos woman who later died from the drug, a […]
Redwood City
Caltrain says train death in Redwood City was an ‘intentional act’
Authorities believe a woman struck and killed by a train in Redwood City Friday morning may have been trying to commit suicide. “While it is early in the investigation, this […]
In the news
New regional agency wants more taxes for housing
This story was originally published in the Monday, Jan. 7, edition of the Daily Post. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent As lawmakers in Sacramento prepare to attack the state’s […]
Belmont
Coiro to talk about progressive radio at meeting Saturday
By the Daily Post staff Peninsula journalist and interviewer Angie Coiro will speak on the “Evolution of Progressive Radio” at Saturday’s (Jan. 12) meeting of the Mid-Peninsula chapter of the […]