Menlo Park
City council approves removal of trees
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council voted Tuesday (May 14) to approve the removal of seven redwood trees at Ravenswood Avenue and El Camino […]
Month: May 2019
San Mateo County
Announcement planned today about 1974 murder
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer It appears investigators today will announce an arrest in the 1974 strangulation murder of a 21-year-old woman whose body was dumped on Sand […]
In the news
Housing bill SB50 goes to local lawmaker’s committee today (May 16)
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer State Sen. Jerry Hill, who represents the mid-Peninsula including Palo Alto, will consider Senate Bill 50 at the Senate Appropriations Committee today (May […]
Palo Alto
Dauber lashes out at Simitian, says supervisor killed deal between district and Stanford
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board member Ken Dauber slammed Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors President Joe Simitian Tuesday (May 15) for “killing” Stanford’s […]
Opinion
Guest Opinion: Let cities decide where and how to build housing
GUEST OPINION BY LENNY SIEGEL East Palo Alto’s leaders aren’t the only ones who believe that Palo Alto and other slow-growth communities need to “step up” and plan for substantial […]
Menlo Park
Construction of new Pope-Chaucer bridge could start next year or in 2021
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Replacing the Pope-Chaucer bridge as part of a flood control project for San Francisquito Creek would result in an approximately nine-month closure of the […]
East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto opens lot for car campers
The city of East Palo Alto has launched a program to provide people living in recreational vehicles with space to park overnight along with restrooms, showers and laundry services in […]
Opinion
Opinion: Stanford asks for a second chance
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Louis Brandeis, who was on the Supreme Court from 1916 to 1939, was famous for saying that sunlight is the best disinfectant. I […]
Mountain View
School finance chief fired after errors
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Mountain View Whisman school board has fired Chief Business Officer Robert Clark, who overestimated the district’s revenues by $4 million and its […]
Belmont
Identity theft suspects drive themselves to the police station
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Three alleged identity thieves nearly delivered themselves to the Belmont police department after they were caught driving the wrong way down a one-way […]
Palo Alto
Paly teacher’s run on ‘Jeopardy!’ ends
By ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto High School teacher Trevor Crowell came in third place on last night’s (May 13) semifinal round of the Jeopardy! Teachers Tournament, […]
Palo Alto
Motorcyclist killed on Skyline Blvd. is identified
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A motorcyclist who died after she crashed next to Skyline Boulevard in Palo Alto has been identified by the Santa Clara County medical […]
Mountain View
Man arrested in rape of 12-year-old girl
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Mountain View man was arrested yesterday (May 13) for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl who he met on a dating website, police […]
Palo Alto
Local teacher returns to ‘Jeopardy!’ tonight (May 13)
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After emerging victorious from last week’s episode, Palo Alto High School teacher Trevor Crowell will compete in the semifinals of the Jeopardy! Teachers […]
Mountain View
City Council warned about growth’s impact on schools
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View Whisman School District Superintendent Ayinde Rudolph gave City Council a sobering lesson Tuesday (May 7) about school enrollment, urging the council […]
Opinion
When it comes to neighborhood streets, let’s avoid repeating mistakes
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. — George Santayana This month 17 years ago, the leaders of Menlo Park […]
Facebook
City Council tells Facebook to add housing to Village development
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council members told Facebook officials that they want to see more housing in the company’s 56-acre Willow Village development. Facebook […]
Belmont
Man arrested on suspicion of manufacturing illegal weapons
Belmont police yesterday seized six firearms from a man whom they arrested for the manufacturing of illegal weapons, according to authorities. Belmont police and agents from the Department of Homeland […]
Portola Valley
San Jose officer involved in shooting was arrested in Redwood City, but charges were dropped
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer One of the San Jose police officers who shot at a car theft suspect who later died had been arrested in Redwood City […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto city spokeswoman resigns
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto’s chief communications officer is quitting to move back to Southern California after six years with the city, the […]
Palo Alto
Police confiscate city employee’s gun
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police have confiscated a utilities employee’s revolver after she sent an email to HR referencing the 1988 workplace shooting of two […]
San Mateo
Attorney charged in boat accident that seriously injured 15-year-old boy
A San Mateo attorney is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday (May 13) on misdemeanor charges of operating a boat under the influence and reckless or negligent use of a […]
Palo Alto
Thieves in Palo Alto steal gear of University of Hawaii water polo team
Twenty members of the University of Hawaii women’s water polo team had nearly $16,000 of equipment stolen in a Palo Alto burglary, according to police. The smash-and-grab theft was reported […]
Caltrain
Caltrain engineer hit by rock as train rolls through Redwood City
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man threw a rock at a moving Caltrain in Redwood City yesterday (May 10), hitting the train’s engineer in the head, causing […]
Caltrain
Caltrain tax falls short in poll
This story was originally printed on April 29 in the Daily Post. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A survey commissioned by Caltrain shows that if the commuter railroad […]
Stanford
Stanford wants another shot at negotiating development agreement for expansion
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford leaders Thursday (May 9) urged Santa Clara County officials to suspend the hearing process for their 3.5 million-square-foot proposed expansion until the […]
Stanford
Visiting Stanford scholar is a sex offender
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A visiting scholar at Stanford is a convicted sex offender who spent time in prison after pleading guilty to forcing himself on a […]
Hillsborough
Flintstone House owner countersues Hillsborough, claiming racial bias
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The owner of the Flintstone House, Florence Fang, filed a countersuit against Hillsborough yesterday, claiming that the town is racially discriminating against her. […]
Mountain View
City finds a place for car campers to park, but neighbor isn’t happy
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Weeks after setting into motion a plan to eventually ban RVs from parking on city streets, Mountain View City Council has voted to […]
Redwood City
Redwood City settles on map for council districts
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City Council has selected a map to divvy up the city into seven voting districts, so in the 2020 council election […]
Palo Alto
Fire strikes Cafe Brioche on California Avenue
By the Daily Post staff A fire damaged Cafe Brioche at 445 California Ave. in Palo Alto tonight (May 8). The cafe’s owner, Mete Akbaba, told the Post that he […]
Palo Alto
Female motorcyclist killed on Skyline Boulevard
By the Daily Post staff A female motorcyclist was killed this afternoon (May 8) in a crash on Skyline Boulevard (Highway 35) in Palo Alto, according to the California Highway […]
Menlo Park
Cuckoo’s Nest successor asks for a permit to throw creekside parties
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The controversial techie social club the Cuckoo’s Nest may be defunct, but the incubator business that ran the club is now seeking a […]
Facebook
Man extorted after sending sexually explicit video to stranger
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto man was almost extorted out of $300 after he sent a racy video to a stranger he met on Facebook, […]
Palo Alto
Local teacher wins on “Jeopardy!” — moves on to semifinals
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto High School Spanish teacher Trevor Crowell only bet $100 in Final Jeopardy, but still won last night’s (Tuesday, May 7) game and will […]