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Month: October 2019

Menlo Park

City to buy land for future fire station on east side

October 31, 2019 8:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council has decided to buy a piece of land at the corner of Ivy Drive and Willow Road for $3.6 […]

Palo Alto

Man in police standoff to get psych exam

October 31, 2019 7:10 am

By the Daily Post staff A man who instigated a 29-hour armed standoff with Palo Alto police will be examined by a doctor today (Oct. 31) to see if he […]

Stanford

Cause and manner of Stanford student’s death disclosed

October 31, 2019 6:30 am

By the Daily Post staff Norah Borus, a computer science student at Stanford who ran a coding camp for youth in her native Kenya, died by suicide from poisoning, the […]

Ravenswood City School District headquarters at 2120 Euclid Ave. in East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto

Ravenswood City School District to close two elementary schools

October 31, 2019 1:44 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Ravenswood City School District board has decided it will close two undetermined elementary schools. At a special meeting on Tuesday (Oct. 29), […]

Palo Alto

After evictions, President Hotel owners claim support from local nonprofits

October 30, 2019 7:01 am

This story appeared originally in the Thursday, Oct. 24, print edition of the Daily Post. Most of the local stories printed in the Post do not appear on this website. […]

Palo Alto

Man, 66, accused of hitting drivers with cane during road rage incidents

October 29, 2019 5:11 pm

Palo Alto police said today (Oct. 29) they’ve arrested a 66-year-old man who was using his cane to attack drivers in two separate instances of road rage. At 5:10 p.m. […]

Opinion

Opinion: Smell the air! Maybe I didn’t stop smoking after all?

October 29, 2019 11:24 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor These forest fires north of San Francisco have become an annual autumn nightmare. We’re fortunate here on the Peninsula that the only consequence […]

Mountain View

City wants to stop the demolition of rent controlled-apartments

October 29, 2019 7:00 am

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent As more rent-controlled apartment buildings in Mountain View are being torn down to make way for new development — leaving residents scrambling for a […]

In the news

New round of power outages tonight

October 29, 2019 6:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer As residents got their power back on Monday (Oct. 28), they received warnings that another power outage courtesy of PG&E will hit the […]

Police said the burglary happened Saturday night in the 1000 block of Cerrito Way in Palo Alto's Barron Park neighborhood.
Palo Alto

Home burglarized while couple sleeps

October 28, 2019 1:14 pm

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are looking for three men who burglarized a home in the Barron Park neighborhood while the homeowners were sleeping. On Saturday night […]

The HBO parody of local tech culture, “Silicon Valley” began its sixth and final season Sunday night (Oct. 27). Striking a pose very much like Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Pied Piper founder Richard (Thomas Middleditch) appears before Congress in this episode. Photo courtesy of HBO.
Palo Alto

‘Silicon Valley,’ Season 6, Episode 1 — ‘Don’t be evil’ 2.0

October 28, 2019 1:31 am

BY JAMIE MORROW Daily Post Associate Editor I guess you know you’ve made it in tech when you find yourself testifying before Congress. When we last left HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” […]

San Carlos

Man accused of robbing ex-girlfriend in Home Depot food booth

October 27, 2019 7:54 pm

By the Daily Post staff San Mateo County deputy sheriffs have arrested a 34-year-old man accused of jumping through the window of an enclosed food stand in the Home Depot […]

In the news

13,000 lose power on the mid-Peninsula as smoke from Kincade fire arrives and another wind storm is forecast for Tuesday

October 27, 2019 4:32 pm

Smoke from the Kincade Fire in Sonoma Valley arrived in the Palo Alto area this afternoon (Oct. 28). Not only can you smell it, but it is dimming the sunlight. […]

Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto

Pressure from parents led to firing of girls water polo coach, lawyer says

October 27, 2019 2:36 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Doug Stotland was fired as girls water polo coach at Palo Alto High School because a player’s parents pressured school administrators after he […]

In the news

Due to wind forecasts, PG&E will cut power to 940,000 customers today

October 26, 2019 1:12 pm

Prompted by forecasts of powerful winds, PG&E confirmed that it will shut off the power to 940,000 customers across 36 counties beginning at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, Oct. 26) and […]

In the news

Body of infant found on conveyor belt at Greenwaste plant

October 26, 2019 6:53 am

The body of an infant was found on a conveyor belt on Friday (Oct. 25) at the Greenwaste recycling facility in San Jose, police said. Police were called about 3:30 […]

San Mateo County

Power outages coming this weekend to San Mateo County

October 25, 2019 8:30 am

UPDATE, noon, Friday, Oct. 25 — PG&E says it will disconnect power to more than 65,000 customers in San Mateo County starting tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 26) in the “early afternoon.” […]

Redwood City

Sheriff’s sergeant arrested for DUI, refuses breath test

October 25, 2019 7:30 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A San Mateo County Sheriff’s Sergeant is facing DUI charges after running into a tree when a Redwood City police officer tried to […]

In the news

PG&E customers throw shade at company’s CEO and his safety vest

October 25, 2019 6:30 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Angry PG&E customers are taking out their hostility toward the utility’s executives by posting snarky comments on the livestream of the company’s press […]

Tonika Miller went on ‘Deal or No Deal’ with host Howie Mandel before she was arrested in a Redwood City fraud case. CNBC photo.
Redwood City

Suspect in reverse mortgage scam appears on TV game show

October 24, 2019 8:30 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A woman wanted for allegedly cheating a 66-year-old Redwood City woman out of her home in a reverse mortgage scam appeared on the […]

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