BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Mid-Peninsula will possibly see a 10.1 million-square-foot increase in office space in coming years. That number comes from just seven projects proposed […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A 50-foot-tall car dealership proposed to replace what used to be Ming’s Restaurant on Embarcadero Road barely scraped past the Palo Alto Planning […]
By the Daily Post staff Police are searching for a man suspected of stealing expensive bras from a home during a Realtor-hosted open house in San Mateo. Surveillance video from […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Redwood City babysitter may get life in prison for touching two boys inappropriately and sending 14 others inappropriate messages, a prosecutor said. […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer East Palo Alto City Council on Tuesday (April 2) will vote on appointing a new city manager who is currently suing the city […]
By the Daily Post staff Jose Adolfo Castromartinez, 23, of San Jose, had quite the Friday night, if a San Mateo County Sheriff’s report is to be believed. At about […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A 19-year-old Los Altos Hills man has been arrested on suspicion of raping and falsely imprisoning a 16-year-old girl he was dating, authorities […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man was arrested in downtown Palo Alto after allegedly trying to carjack a FedEx driver in broad daylight, police said. Dietrich Deshun […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City Planning Commission on Monday (April 1) will review plans to replace the old Mountain Mike’s Pizza on El Camino near […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The head of a mid-Peninsula college counseling firm said yesterday (March 28) that a number of his clients are “proactively lawyering up” because […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Menlo Park’s Environmental Quality Commission voted 4-3 last night (March 27) in favor of removing seven redwood trees at 1000 […]
A Palo Alto animal control officer used a blow-dryer yesterday (March 28) to warm up a nestling screech owl who was found cold and wet in a backyard in Palo […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An East Palo Alto man who sexually assaulted some 22 women while running an unlicensed massage business out of his garage was sentenced […]
Vince Sevely was born in a ranch house in Mountain View, California in 1929 to John and Anka Sevely who had emigrated from Yugoslavia (now Croatia) in search of a […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man who died after trying to cross Highway 101 on foot in Mountain View was identified by the Santa Clara County medical […]
August 11, 1965 – March 15, 2019 Lydia Helena White passed away suddenly from a brain aneurysm at home in Napa on March 15, 2019. She was 53 years old. […]
By the Daily Post staff The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Stanford and the seven other colleges that were part of a admissions scandal that resulted […]
By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto couple indicted in the college admission scandal was hit today (March 26) with an additional charge of money laundering. Dr. Gregory Colburn, […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A judge ruled today (March 26) that a Gunn High School junior who sexually harassed a teammate on the school’s robotics team can […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford admissions officials are reviewing applications in the wake of two scandals: the arrest of an admissions officer for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Barney Rubble would never report his neighbor, Fred Flintstone, to the Bedrock code inspector. And in Hillsborough, the neighbors of the modern-day Flintstone […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A labor boycott almost spoiled the plans of elected officials in San Mateo County to spend a weekend at a Monterey hotel and […]
Divorce, child custody and other family law matters can be heart-wrenching and life-changing. As you go through these steps, you need an expert on your side who can navigate you […]
By the Daily Post staff A Redwood City woman was killed after she was trapped by a fire in her kitchen. The 57-year-old woman has not been identified by the […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Mountain View Whisman school board is taking a big bite out of the housing crisis by agreeing to build a 144-unit subsidized […]
The California Highway Patrol is investigating the death last night (March 24) of a man in his 20s who was trying to cross, on foot, the northbound lanes of Highway […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The East Palo Alto Planning Commission tonight (March 25) will scrutinize plans for a 1.4-million-square-foot office building campus at the end of Bay […]
August 24, 1919 – March 20, 2019 Bill Freedman had a rich life. He was an internal medicine doctor, a dedicated environmental activist and mycologist. Married to Louise Freedman for […]
A 20-year-old Stanford junior has died in Spain after falling while on a hike with other Stanford undergraduates studying in Europe, the vice provost of student affairs posted on the […]
No one was injured Saturday when a helicopter made an emergency landing in a Kmart parking lot in Redwood City about two miles from the San Carlos airport, Redwood City […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom yesterday (March 22) declared a state of emergency in order to bypass environmental regulations so dead trees can be removed in 35 fire-prone areas. One of the […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A judge is set to decide Monday (March 25) whether to continue a temporary ban that’s keeping a Gunn High School student from […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Admitted college admissions fraudster William “Rick” Singer bragged on social media about having helped get Kleiner Perkins venture capitalist John Doerr’s daughter into […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Police spent about 45 minutes searching the Barron Park neighborhood in south Palo Alto yesterday (March 22) after a man in a yellow […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Gloria Hernandez-Goff told the Post yesterday (March 21) that she knew she would be fired as superintendent of the Ravenswood City School District […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The man who sued the Dutch Goose in west Menlo Park and the Fish Market in San Mateo over disability access has filed […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Bullis Charter School announced yesterday that it would not expand into the Mountain View Whisman School District this fall as planned, claiming that […]
Mimi was born on March 21, 1957 in McCloud, CA to Robert Scott and Nickie Murphy Alexander. After the death of her father at age 4, she moved with her […]
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I think many of us had the same reactions to the news that the FBI had arrested 50 parents, coaches and others in […]
By the Daily Post staff Caltrain lost between 2% and 5.2% of weekday riders between late 2017 and late 2018, according to the agency’s own data. In October, an average […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Tenants rights activist Job Lopez was sentenced yesterday (March 20) to two years’ probation and 80 hours of community service for stealing and […]
Originally printed March 14 in the Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Hillsborough real estate investor accused of paying $600,000 for his two daughters to get […]
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are looking for a man who man who appeared in a woman’s Ventura Avenue apartment, sat down on the bed and began […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The District Attorney decided yesterday (March 20) that two Redwood City police officers will not face criminal charges for shooting Palo Alto teacher […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Embattled Ravenswood City School District Superintendent Gloria Hernandez-Goff — who lost a no-confidence vote by teachers, put her son on the district’s payroll […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View City Council voted last night (March 19) to ban RVs from parking on city streets while opening up 20 or so […]
November 4, 1970 – February 10, 2019 Linda Willey Meyer, 48, passed away peacefully at home with her family at her side on Sunday, February 10, 2019 after a two-year […]
Louise Jean Freedman (maiden name Louise Jenny Reifman), passed away on February 22nd, 2019, 92 years of age. Born April 7th, 1926 in Mount Clemens, Michigan to Joseph and Bessie […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Community College District will receive $10 million to settle a series of lawsuits over the botched sale of its […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After 45 years in business, the owners of the Milk Pail Market in Mountain View have sold their property at San Antonio Center […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man has been sentenced to two years in jail after he tricked an 80-year-old Redwood City man into signing over the deed […]
Firefighters can still be counted on to rescue a cat in distress. It wasn’t a cat stuck in a tree but a black kitten trapped in a water drainage pipe […]
From staff and wire reports Former Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo, wanted in his home country in connection with Latin America’s biggest graft scandal, was arrested Sunday night on suspicion of […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Stanford student whose parents gave $500,000 to the university’s sailing program was admitted with an application that falsely claimed she was a […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford officials say they may crack down on any students found to have lied on their applications for admission, following the lead of […]
By the Daily Post staff Retired 49er Joe Montana said yesterday (March 14) that he had hired admitted college admissions fraudster Rick Singer, explaining that Singer provided “minimal consulting services” […]
Editor’s note: Stanford has issued a statement saying students who falsified their college applications could be “dis-enrolled” from the university or have their admission canceled. Here’s our follow-up story. BY […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Congresswoman Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, blasted the Trump administration this week for a ruling by the Environmental Protection Agency that favors the development […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The homeless living in the marsh southwest of the Dumbarton Bridge have dug out homes for themselves and live underground, Menlo Park police […]
In the first lawsuit to come out of the college bribery scandal, several students are suing Stanford, Yale, Georgetown and other schools involved in the case, saying they and others […]
By the Daily Post staff The town of Hillsborough yesterday (March 13) sued the owner of the quirky Flintstone House, alleging she violated local codes when she put dinosaur sculptures […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer At a time when Amazon and electronic publishing are causing brick-and-mortar bookstores to close, Menlo Park residents are speaking out about the loss […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Admitted college admissions fraudster Rick Singer claimed in a 2014 Facebook post that his clients included the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Kleiner […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Congresswoman Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, yesterday (March 12) ripped into the Environmental Protection Agency’s ruling that has the potential to bring back […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford’s head sailing coach pleaded guilty yesterday (March 12) to a charge of racketeering conspiracy after he promised to help a scammer get […]
By the Daily Post staff The former head sailing coach at Stanford, John Vandemoer, is among 50 people who were charged yesterday (March 12) in the college bribery scheme. Mid-Peninsula […]
UPDATE, 4 p.m., March 13 — Hercules Capital, a Palo Alto hedge fund, announced today (March 13) it was replacing its leader, Manuel Henriquez, who has been arrested in New […]
The former head sailing coach at Stanford, John Vandemoer, is among 50 people charged today (March 12) in a scheme in which wealthy parents and even some Hollywood stars bribed […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Amid an apparent cultural divide over city-licensed marijuana sales in Mountain View, Vice Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga has accused two former mayors who support […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View Mayor Lisa Matichak made a digital faux pas yesterday (March 7) when she accidentally hit “reply all” on an email, appearing […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council next month may be looking at dropping its controversial red-light camera vendor, and perhaps the program altogether. The […]
By the Daily Post staff The controversy over building more housing will result in two town hall-style meetings in the next few days sponsored by local groups with different perspectives. […]
A California Highway Patrol officer was taken to a hospital with major injuries this morning (March 11) after he was involved in a collision on Highway 101 in San Mateo, […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto’s Ventura neighborhood could eventually have a greater variety of housing, taller buildings and more parks under an $888,000 plan that’s being developed […]
BY EMILY MIBACH AND ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writers Two San Mateo County supervisors are proposing that the board approve a resolution that supports the divisive Senate Bill 50, […]
From staff and wire reports Stanford graduate student and Olympic track cyclist Kelly Catlin has died as the result of a suicide in her residence on campus. She was 23. […]
Originally published Feb. 4, 2019 OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Should the state punish a community because it has high-quality schools? State. Sen. Scott Wiener’s new bill to […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Local officials yesterday (March 6) reacted to Menlo Park Mayor Ray Mueller’s suggestion that the Sequoia Union High School District absorb the Ravenswood […]
A Stanford admissions official, after consuming LSD, stabbed his girlfriend numerous times with a kitchen knife in their San Francisco home, leaving her with stab wounds and a collapsed lung, […]
This story was originally printed in the March 6 edition of the Daily Post. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A proposal by Menlo Park Mayor Ray Mueller to […]
By the Daily Post staff An assistant director of admissions at Stanford has been arrested and jailed in San Francisco on suspicion of attempted murder and domestic violence for stabbing […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Mayor Eric Filseth, in his State of the City address last night (March 5), came out with guns blazing against Senate […]
A Los Altos man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography, police said today (March 5). Police said they received reports about the suspect, Jeffrey Rowland, in January […]
When you bring your vehicle to Menlo Atherton Auto Repair, you get high-quality care for your car while enjoying the convenience of a trusted local shop that’s been serving the […]
Make 2019 the year you get the look you’ve always wanted. If you have been considering cosmetic procedures to take your look to the next level or rejuvenate your skin, […]
April 15 may seem like it’s a long way off, but make no mistake: Tax season is upon us. Make your life easier and enjoy peace of mind by hiring […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Christine Blasey Ford, the Palo Alto psychologist who accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of trying to rape her when they were in […]
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor If you’re a politician in Washington, you know you’ve made the big time when you’re impersonated on “Saturday Night Live.” But what if […]
By the Daily Post staff A pair of cousins were grabbed by police as they attempted to escape with stolen property from the Palo Alto campus of the German software […]
This story originally appeared in this morning’s Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The clean-energy company hired to install and operate solar panels and electric vehicle charging […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Top officials at the Palo Alto, Mountain View Whisman and Los Altos school districts stayed in a San Francisco hotel on the taxpayers’ […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer If Ravenswood Superintendent Gloria Hernandez-Goff is fired, it’s possible the district may have to pay her up to $289,221, according to her contract. […]
Mountain View police have arrested a man in connection with an attack of a woman on the Stevens Creek Trail on Monday (Feb. 25). French national Michael Wendy Adonis, 29, […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer About 800 San Mateo County employees in the Health Services Agency and Health Department will strike Tuesday and Wednesday unless they reach a […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The lawsuits over the botched sale of KCSM-TV — in which the San Mateo County Community College District lost out on an opportunity […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Cheers filled the Ravenswood City School District’s board room last night when the board entered the room after placing its controversial superintendent on […]
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The mayors of Palo Alto and Menlo Park — two city governments that haven’t always been in lockstep — met for the first […]
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