Palo Alto
Police looking for man who attempted to rob pedestrian
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police today are looking for the man who tried to rob a pedestrian in the 200 block of Leland Avenue. Police call it […]
Month: January 2019
Santa Clara county
VTA tax survives court challenge; state supreme court won’t hear appeal
By the Daily Post staff The California Supreme Court today (Jan. 23) refused to hear an appeal of a case challenging VTA’s Measure B from 2016, which means the transit […]
Mountain View
Mountain View acquiring property for a reversible bus lane on N. Shoreline Blvd.
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Mountain View is preparing to buy seven 8-foot slices of land along N. Shoreline Boulevard in order to make room […]
Palo Alto
Police arrest suspected Barron Park prowler on several charges
By the Daily Post staff An alert resident in the 3000 block of La Calle Court in Palo Alto’s Barron Park neighborhood saw a man prowling in her yard and […]
Palo Alto
Same burglars hit home twice — one armed with a rifle
Police are searching for armed burglary suspects who may have attempted to steal items from the same Palo Alto home twice in the last two months. The most recent burglary […]
Redwood City
Car slams into pet food store
By the Daily Post staff As if Mondays were not bad enough, employees at Pet Food Express at Sequoia Station in Redwood City had to clean up spilled pet food […]
Los Altos
Fire strikes Los Altos home
Fire officials are investigating the cause of a fire that damaged the upper portion of a home in Los Altos early this morning (Jan. 21). The blaze was first reported […]
Obituaries
Saisie Hibbard Pratt
August 17, 1919 – December 31, 2018 Saisie Pratt, a long time resident of Palo Alto, CA passed away on December 31, 2108 at the age of 99. A memorial […]
Woodside
Sheriff says woman live-streamed burglary of Woodside home, stripped to her underwear
An East Palo Alto woman is in jail after walking into an apparent stranger’s house in Woodside today (Jan. 20) afternoon and live-streaming a rant on social media before stripping […]
Palo Alto
More information about the $190,000 the school district paid to settle claim over sex assault
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district has settled with a former Palo Alto High School student for allegedly mishandling her complaint that a classmate […]
In the news
Local events planned for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
By the Daily Post staff A number of events are planned locally for Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 21), which this year commemorates what would have been the civil […]
Redwood City
Six marijuana distributors seek city permits — four would be near the CHP
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City officials, who originally refused to release the applications of companies that wanted to open marijuana-related businesses, yesterday backtracked and gave the […]
In the news
Regional housing agency that will push rent control moves ahead
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A group of officials from the nine-county Bay Area have signed off on a plan to start a regional agency to build housing […]
Menlo Park
Another crash at troubled rail crossing
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park’s Ravenswood Avenue train crossing is once again an accident scene — just three days after City Council decided how it wanted […]
Belmont
Rangoon Ruby and Burma Ruby settle labor complaint by paying workers $4 million
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Rangoon Ruby and Burma Ruby — a restaurant chain with locations in Palo Alto, Stanford, San Carlos, Belmont and Burlingame — will have […]
Palo Alto
Deputy Palo Alto city manager leaves for job in another city
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Deputy City Manager Rob de Geus is leaving next month after 19 years to become the city manager of Westlake Village, […]
In the news
Total lunar eclipse and supermoon on Sunday night
Here comes a total lunar eclipse and supermoon, all wrapped into one. The moon, Earth and sun will line up on Sunday (Jan. 20) for the only total lunar eclipse […]
North Fair Oaks
Redwood City man jailed in connection with robbery of 4 teenagers
By the Daily Post staff A Redwood City man was charged yesterday (Jan. 17) with two counts of robbery after he and two others robbed four teenagers in a car […]
Obituaries
David William Camp
On Thursday, December 27th, 2018, David William Camp died peacefully at his Sunnyvale home after a long illness. He was 89 years old. Dave is survived by Jan Camp, his […]
Palo Alto
Residents criticize proposed hotel to replace Su Hong
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Residents complained yesterday (Jan. 17) that a proposed 100-room hotel in south Palo Alto was too dense for its half-acre lot, but the […]