Obituaries
Frank H. Roberts
July 6, 1919 – February 7, 2019 Frank, Dad, Grandpa, Uncle Frank, “Big Uncle Frank,” died February 7, 2019, surrounded by family at his home in Palo Alto, CA. He […]
Month: February 2019
Palo Alto
Newsom pulls plug on high-speed rail
Pick up tomorrow’s Post for local reaction to this story. Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today (Feb. 12) he’s abandoning a plan to build a high-speed rail line between Los Angeles […]
Menlo Park
Council looks at proposal that some say amounts to rent control
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A controversial ordinance that critics have called rent control in disguise will go to Menlo Park City Council tonight (Feb. 12). The ordinance […]
Palo Alto
Council slams the brakes on plans for downtown parking garage
By the Daily Post staff In an unexpected move, Palo Alto City Council tonight (Feb. 110 put the brakes on building a $29 million, 324-space parking garage at Hamilton Avenue […]
Los Altos
Man arrested in Los Altos for spreading substance in VTA bus and tampering with food at Safeway
By the Daily Post staff Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man suspected of spreading white powder and hydrogen peroxide on a VTA bus and tampering with food […]
Palo Alto
Battle over Castilleja signs — critics of school expansion release videos of vandalism
Links to the videos below BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer As years of tension over Castilleja School’s plan to expand its Palo Alto campus continue to simmer, disgruntled […]
Palo Alto
Stanford Shopping Center proposes to tear down Macy’s Men’s store
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The company that operates Stanford Shopping Center is seeking to tear down the Macy’s Men’s store to make room for a three-story Restoration […]
Mountain View
Dramatic jump in car break-ins
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Local car burglaries have spiked this winter, with more than 100 break-ins reported per month in Mountain View in December and January. Palo […]
Palo Alto
Sex assault reported at nursing home
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A sexual assault between two nursing home residents — which prosecutors say can be one of the more difficult kinds of sex crimes […]
Facebook
Updated: Facebook unveils new plans for massive Willow Village development
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After disappearing from the public eye for just under a year, Facebook today (Feb. 8) submitted new plans to Menlo Park for its […]
In the news
Brian Copeland sues KGO radio over firing, claims race and age bias
By the Daily Post staff Former KGO 810 radio talk show host Brian Copeland has filed a scathing lawsuit over his firing last year, claiming race and age discrimination. The […]
Burlingame
Retired cop avoids jail for 17-hour standoff with police
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The retired Redwood City police officer who was in a standoff with police for 17-and-a-half hours was sentenced Friday (Feb. 8) to only […]
In the news
Midpen open space district to spend $50 million on new offices
This story was originally published Jan. 22 in the Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has quietly made plans to spend […]
Mountain View
Mountain View, Palo Alto police dabbled with crime prediction software
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer “Minority Report” — the dystopian film that imagined police using psychic technology to arrest and convict murderers before they’d committed a crime — […]
Palo Alto
$1,700 of candy stolen from store
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Someone made a sweet score at Safeway, stealing $1,700 worth of candy from the Woodside Road grocery store in Redwood City. Around 10 […]
Stanford
Stanford looks into ties faculty has to gene-editing of babies in China
By the Associated Press Stanford has started a review of interactions that some faculty members had with He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who claims to have helped make gene-edited babies. […]
Palo Alto
School district asks for help settling robotics team sex harassment case
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district is asking a judge to turn down a Gunn High School student’s request to permanently remove a boy […]
Menlo Park
483 apartments, condos proposed for Menlo Park’s east side
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer One of the nation’s largest housing developers, Greystar, is proposing to build 483 apartments and condos in Menlo Park’s east side, which would […]
Palo Alto
Accuser in Virginia sex scandal is a visiting Stanford professor
From staff and wire reports Five months after Palo Alto professor Christine Blasey Ford testified that she was sexually assaulted by then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a visiting professor at […]
Palo Alto
Hotel President owners apply to city to open 100-unit hotel despite obstacles
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The new owners of the Hotel President in downtown Palo Alto have filed an application to turn the 75-unit apartment building into a […]