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 […]
Month: April 2019
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 […]
Palo Alto
Defense wants to find mystery man for questioning in Palo Alto murder
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man who disappeared to China may have had something to do with the killing of Palo Alto resident Jenny Shi, according to […]
Palo Alto
Man who was berated over his MAGA hat speaks out
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer It’s rare to see someone wearing a Make America Great Again hat on the Peninsula. In fact, it’s so unusual that a longtime […]
Palo Alto
Confrontation at Starbucks over ‘MAGA’ hat erupts
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A south Palo Alto activist has been fired from her accounting job at Gryphon Stringed Instruments after chasing a man wearing a Make […]
San Mateo County
With the cost of an ambulance ride exceeding $3,000, the future of emergency medical response is up for debate
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After firefighter-paramedics stabilize a patient who is having a medical issue, the person is often whisked to the hospital in an ambulance. The […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park father to take plea bargain in college admissions scandal
An entrepreneur from Menlo Park became the first of the 33 parents charged in the college bribery scandal to agree to plead guilty, disclosing the deal today (April 3) as […]
Mountain View
Neighborhood could get thousands of new homes
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A redevelopment proposal could bring thousands of new homes to Mountain View’s Terra Bella neighborhood, the area surrounding Terra Bella Avenue between Highway […]