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Get Your Meds Delivered The Same Day For Free
Why wait in line at the pharmacy when you can have your medications delivered right to your door for free? With NowRx, your prescription is sent straight to their central […]
Month: August 2019
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Wine Maker’s Dinner At Crowne Plaza Palo Alto
Celebrate the summer this Friday, August 9, with a gourmet dinner paired with local wines in the gorgeous courtyard at Palo Alto’s Crowne Plaza Hotel. At 6 p.m. this Friday, […]
Palo Alto
Two arrested for auto burglaries at Stanford Shopping Center
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police say they stopped a car with two men inside who had two window punch devices and were able to connect them to […]
Opinion
Guest opinion: Protecting the public’s right to know
BY MARK OLBERT Earlier this year I became San Carlos’ representative on the Silicon Valley Clean Water commission. SVCW operates the sanitary waste treatment system serving Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood […]
Facebook
Facebook’s ‘Village’ project may have more housing than first thought
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The pressure on tech companies to help allieviate the housing crisis may result in more housing on Facebook’s proposed Willow Village campus than […]
Palo Alto
1,000 gallons of human waste spills on freeway
By the Daily Post staff About 1,000 gallons of human waste spilled onto Highway 101 in Palo Alto yesterday after a NorCal Sanitary truck flipped, hit another vehicle and landed […]
Spotlight
Pro Ultimate Disc Championship Weekend Coming
The American Ultimate Disc League’s Championship Weekend is coming to the Peninsula in just a few weeks, and it’s the perfect occasion to treat the whole family to frisbee fun […]
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Golf For A Good Cause
If you love to golf and you want to take a swing at supporting local kids, sign up for the Pettinelli Financial Partners Charity Golf Tournament this Monday, August 5th. […]
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How Cannabis Can Help Relieve Arthritis Pain
Over 50 million adults in the U.S. have been diagnosed with arthritis, making it one of the most common conditions in the country. Conventional treatments include steroids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory […]
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Show Off Your Legs This Summer
Don’t let unwanted hair or bulging varicose veins or red spider veins keep you from showing off your legs this summer. Just go to Dr. Duke Khuu, who offers safe […]
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We Build Great Things
At Venture Construction and Development, they have a simple motto: “We build great things.” Whether you’re looking to remodel your home or build from the ground up, the fourth-generation builders […]
In the news
Documents on sewer chief’s $875,000 payout withheld
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The sewage processing agency that serves Menlo Park, San Carlos, Belmont and Redwood City is refusing to hand over some documents relating to […]
Palo Alto
‘Dent repairmen’ accost woman
By the Daily Post staff A woman sitting in her car on Colorado Avenue in Palo Alto’s Midtown neighborhood was accosted by two men who threw her phone across a […]
Obituaries
Robert Mason Oakley
February 17, 1937 – April 10, 2019 At age 82, Robert Oakley of Palo Alto left us after a long and debilitating illness. In 1954 Bob graduated from Palo Alto […]
Palo Alto
Residents sound off on Castilleja expansion as first hearing approaches
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto is getting an earful from residents in response to a city report that determined the traffic caused by the […]
Los Altos
Fentanyl exposure sends cop to hospital
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Los Altos police officer who was investigating a drug related crime was taken to a hospital yesterday (Monday, Aug. 12) after being […]
East Palo Alto
Program that provides back-to-school clothes for kids needs a hand
By the Daily Post staff East Palo Alto’s Ecumenical Hunger Program is asking for help providing back-to-school clothing for needy kids. Ellen Izuka of the program said the hunger project […]
Menlo Park
Five cars crash on 101, two drivers arrested for DUI, two passengers injured
By the Daily Post staff A series of collisions Sunday (Aug. 11) on Highway 101 near Marsh Road in Menlo Park involving five cars sent two people to the hospital […]
Palo Alto
102 homes proposed on San Antonio Road
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The developers behind the embattled Maybell housing project are proposing 102 apartments at 788 San Antonio Road, near Palo Alto’s border with Mountain […]
Redwood City
City zoning allows a 12-story building, 2,500 apartments on Sequoia Station site
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A redeveloped Sequoia Station shopping center in Redwood City could be up to 12 stories tall and have up to 2,500 apartments, according […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto may not get the rail crossing funds it was expecting from VTA
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto may not be getting as much money as city leaders had expected for Caltrain crossings from the half-cent Measure B sales […]
North Fair Oaks
Man arrested for sex offenses at Planned Parenthood
By the Daily Post staff San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 38-year-old Redwood City man for sexual battery at the Planned Parenthood clinic at 2907 El Camino Real […]
East Palo Alto
School board decides the name Cesar Chavez will remain on school
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Ravenswood City School Board wants to keep Cesar Chavez as a school name. The name of the late labor leader and Latino […]
Palo Alto
Police are writing more tickets
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police, in a crackdown on speeders and other traffic scofflaws, wrote 40% more traffic tickets in 2018 than the previous year, […]
Palo Alto
No bail for man in 29-hour police standoff
By the Daily Post staff A man who was involved in a 29-hour standoff with Palo Alto police while he was armed is being held in jail without bail after […]
Palo Alto
City may settle suit accusing police of a botched arrest and Islamophobia
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council on Monday (Aug. 12) will review and possibly approve an out-of-court settlement with a man who alleged the police […]
Palo Alto
Suspected Peeping Tom arrested
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a man they say was peeping into the windows of apartment complex on Los Robles Avenue, focusing on families where […]
Los Altos
Los Altos bans ‘node’ antennas for the most part in residential areas
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos became the first city in the mid-Peninsula to largely ban small cell antennas, or “nodes” in residential neighborhoods, but not all […]
Palo Alto
DA considering whether to open an investigation into police assault allegations
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is gathering information to decide if it will open an investigation into Palo Alto police Sgt. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Sewer plant manager’s $875,000 payout is over the top
Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I think the public is owed an explanation as to why a government agency, Silicon Valley Clean Water, wrote a severance check of […]
Menlo Park
Police arrest figure in Kathy Anderson murder
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer As investigators struggle to determine the motive for the murder of Kathy Anderson in Menlo Park, the man who claims to have found […]
Palo Alto
Plans to redevelop Compadres site receive final approval
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent More than 10 years after a popular Mexican restaurant on El Camino Real in Palo Alto abruptly shut down, the Palo Alto City Council […]
In the news
RePlanet recycling redemption centers suddenly close
From staff and wire reports RePlanet, California’s largest operator of recycling redemption centers, has shut down all 284 of its locations and laid off 750 employees. In the mid-Peninsula, RePlanet […]
Palo Alto
Stephanie Munoz, advocate for the needy, dead at age 86
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Stephanie Munoz, a longtime Palo Altan who frequently spoke at City Council meetings to champion the cause of the less fortunate, has died at […]
Los Altos
Los Altos council to vote on ordinance that mostly keeps small cell antennas out of neighborhoods
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Council tonight (Aug. 5) will vote an ordinance that nearly bans small cell antennas, or “nodes,” in residential neighborhoods. Cellphone […]