Obituaries
Louise Greenleaf Hall
May 28, 1921 – March 31, 2019 Louise Greenleaf Hall, a 50-year resident of Palo Alto, died peacefully on March 31st in Modesto, CA. She was 97. Louise worked hard […]
Month: April 2019
Palo Alto
Students tell City Council that two stores are selling vaping supplies to kids
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Two stores in Palo Alto illegally sell nicotine products to some of the hundreds of local teens who smoke e-cigarettes, a Palo Alto […]
Palo Alto
Newly released police records detail violent takedown of shoplifting suspect
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Five Palo Alto police officers took a shoplifting suspect to the ground and potentially broke his eye socket as he resisted and yelled […]
Mountain View
Council willing to buy drones if residents’ privacy is protected
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View City Council wants to buy drones for police, firefighters and public works officials, but is also seeking assurance that city employees […]
San Carlos
Housing bill SB50 called ‘terrifying’
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Carlos residents and the city’s mayor are weighing in on the controversial housing bill SB50, which could pre-empt city zoning rules and […]
Obituaries
Lillian Jean (Christiansen) Kazezski
Lillian Jean (Christiansen) Kazezski passed away at her home in Mountain View on March 20th, 2019. She is predeceased by her husband, Stanley George Kazezski, who passed 7 weeks earlier. […]
Apple
Masked men loot the downtown Palo Alto Apple Store
By the Daily Post staff Two masked men looted the downtown Palo Alto Apple Store early Wednesday (April 10) morning after smashing the glass front door with a rock, according […]
Los Altos
Proposed 66-foot building in downtown Los Altos is dealt a setback
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A long-contested development panned by Los Altos residents as “horrendous” and an “atrocity” hit another speed bump last night, with City Council rejecting […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park pulls the plug on red-light cameras
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The red-light cameras in Menlo Park, which send motorists tickets for $480, will be shut off at the end of this month. City […]
Caltrain
Measles carrier traveled on Caltrain
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Santa Clara County resident with measles took Caltrain between San Jose and San Francisco four times last week, possibly exposing unvaccinated people […]
In the news
College admissions scandal: Parents who didn’t agree to plead guilty are hit with more charges
It appears federal prosecutors gave the parents implicated in the college admissions cheating scandal a choice — plead guilty and face a minimal prison sentence or get hit with an […]
Los Altos Hills
Elderly man crashes into fire station
An elderly man is in serious condition after he crashed his SUV into a wall attached to a fire station in Los Altos Hills, according to the Santa Clara County […]
Mountain View
City explores use of drones for police, fire and public works
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The Mountain View City Council tonight (April 9) will discuss a possible policy for the city’s use of drones, even as the police, fire […]
Menlo Park
City Council to consider fate of red-light cameras
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council tonight (April 9) will consider possibly dropping its controversial red-light camera operator, and if it does, that would […]
Menlo Park
Local parents agree to plead guilty in college admissions scheme
A total of 13 parents — including actress Felicity Huffman and two parents from Menlo Park — have agreed to plead guilty to fraud charges in the nationwide college admissions […]
Stanford
Stanford expels fake sailor
By the Daily Post staff Stanford has quietly expelled a female student who falsely claimed to be a competitive sailor, the latest fallout in the nationwide college admissions scandal. College […]
Palo Alto
MAGA critic faces attacks but the hat-wearer doesn’t think she should have been fired
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto man who a woman berated at Starbucks over his Make America Great Again cap said yesterday (April 5) that he […]
Los Altos Hills
Officers round up a ‘friendly’ herd of wandering goats in the hills
Eighty rent-a-goats embarked on a nighttime adventure in Los Altos Hills but were guided back home by Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputies and Palo Alto Animal Control. A resident near […]
Atherton
Fire agencies in a tug-of-war over money they get from ambulance company
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer When there is a medical emergency, local firefighters are the first to respond and stabilize the patient. Then AMR will take them to […]
In the news
SB50 will make housing development more profitable here, study says
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer If Senate Bill 50 passes, a developer building a four-story apartment building in Menlo Park would net 3.5 times more profit than would […]