Palo Alto Daily Post
  • About
  • Awards
  • Opinion
  • Letters
  • Spotlight
  • Obituaries
  • Jobs
  • Newsracks
  • Contact
  • Archives
Home2019October

Month: October 2019

Woodside

Four peacocks find a new home

October 17, 2019 9:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Four peacocks from Woodside that were surrendered to the Peninsula Humane Society were adopted yesterday after the rescue group spread the word to […]

Palo Alto

Principals put in the hot seat over test scores of Hispanic and low-income students

October 17, 2019 8:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Principals of two Palo Alto elementary schools told the school board last night that they have improved test results for low-income and Hispanic […]

Menlo Park

Menlo Park mom gets three weeks in prison in college admissions scandal

October 16, 2019 5:58 pm

A Menlo Park jewelry business co-owner was sentenced in federal court in Boston today (Oct. 16) to three weeks in prison for paying $15,000 for cheating on a college entrance […]

At left, State Sen. Jerry Hill, a San Mateo Democrat who represents the mid-Peninsula, visited Palo Alto Bicycles on University Avenue in this May 11, 2018 Post file photo.
In the news

Mid-Peninsula legislator is a major critic of PG&E

October 16, 2019 8:30 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer For the past nine years, state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, has been one of the most visible critics of PG&E, which suffered […]

The Los Altos City Council dais. Photo courtesy of the city.
Los Altos

Council chambers passes air test — what was bothering Councilwoman Bruins?

October 16, 2019 7:30 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer There’s nothing wrong with the air in Los Altos City Hall Council Chambers, according to an air quality test the city ordered. The […]

Mountain View

City, county sued over 5-year-old girl’s forced sex exam

October 15, 2019 7:30 am

BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent A Mountain View family has filed a lawsuit against the city and Santa Clara County, after a 5-year-old girl was forcibly stripped at home […]

In the news

4.5 earthquake hits Bay Area

October 14, 2019 10:56 pm

By the Daily Post staff A preliminary 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Bay Area at 10:33 tonight, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was centered 2.2 miles north of […]

perron barbour
Palo Alto

Report on police N-word incident bottled up at city hall

October 14, 2019 8:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer An independent auditor’s report about Palo Alto police Capt. Zach Perron’s use of a racial slur while speaking to a black officer was […]

Redwood City police released these surveillance photos of the man who walked into Kaiser Hospital on Veterans Boulevard and threatened employees.
Redwood City

Man throws knives, displays fake gun at Kaiser

October 14, 2019 7:00 am

Correction: An earlier version of this story said that the incident occurred in the Kaiser Redwood City Emergency Room. That was based on a statement from Redwood City police that, […]

Menlo Park's Feldman's Bookstore, 1170 El Camino Real, and the former Gentry Magazine building, 1162 El Camino, could be demolished to make way for nine apartments.
Menlo Park

Housing development could replace Feldman’s Bookstore

October 13, 2019 5:11 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park residents want to stop the replacement of a used bookstore on El Camino Real with a housing development. Local developer Chase […]

Redwood City

Officer whose car killed pedestrian is named

October 13, 2019 4:12 pm

By the Daily Post staff Authorities have revealed the name of the Redwood City police officer whose car accidentally killed a pedestrian on El Camino Real, but the investigation of […]

East Palo Alto

Work starts on Bay Trail segment

October 12, 2019 12:00 pm

Construction has begun on a new segment of the San Francisco Bay Trail in the Ravenswood Preserve near East Palo Alto. “The new trail will close a critical 0.6-mile gap […]

Stanford

Stanford crime: Somebody slipped a date-rape drug into a female student’s drink

October 12, 2019 8:14 am

By the Daily Post staff Somebody put a date-rape drug in the drink of a female Stanford student who lost consciousness while at a party on Fraternity Row, the Stanford […]

In this March 7, 1979, file photo, United Farm Workers President Cesar Chavez talks to striking Salinas Valley farmworkers during a large rally in Salinas. Chavez died in 1993. AP photo by Paul Sakuma.
East Palo Alto

Board names school after Cesar Chavez

October 12, 2019 8:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Ravenswood School Board has voted to rename the district’s middle school after the late labor leader Cesar Chavez. The board voted 3-1 […]

Peter Jan Sartorio
Menlo Park

Menlo Park father avoids jail in college admissions scandal

October 12, 2019 7:00 am

A Menlo Park man who owns a frozen foods company avoided jail yesterday (Oct. 11) after admitting he paid $15,000 to rig his daughter’s college entrance exam in a widespread […]

In the news

Sewer official who got $875,000 payout gets contract with city of San Mateo

October 11, 2019 10:01 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Dan Child, who was paid $875,000 to resign from the Redwood City-based sewage processing agency Silicon Valley Clean Water, has landed a job […]

In the news

Now that the all clear has been given, when do the lights come on?

October 11, 2019 9:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The crisis that forced PG&E to cut power to the hills west of Interstate 280 is over, but it may take days for […]

In the news

State senator slams PG&E over its handling of outages

October 11, 2019 8:00 am

State Sen. Jerry Hill, who represents most of the mid-Peninsula, is slamming PG&E’s widespread power outages in a letter he sent to the state’s energy regulator. “I strongly disagree with […]

Stanford

Judge tosses Stanford lawsuit against the county over housing

October 11, 2019 7:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A federal judge yesterday (Oct. 10) dismissed Stanford’s lawsuit that attempted to knock down a Santa Clara County ordinance that requires the university, […]

Apple

Another Apple Store heist

October 10, 2019 8:00 am

By the Daily Post staff Four masked men stole seven laptops valued at $9,800 from the Apple Store at Stanford Shopping Center. The men went into the store at 8:45 […]

Posts pagination

« 1 2 3 4 5 »

We Publish Legals

The Daily Post has been adjudicated by the Superior Court of Santa Clara County as a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Palo Alto and County of Santa Clara, and is qualified to publish legal notices, including:

• Fictitious Business Name Statements (FBNs)
• Legal name changes
• Petitions to Administer Estate (Probate)
• Notices of Public Sale
• Alcohol Beverage Licenses
• Service by Publication
• Notices of Trustee’s Sale
• Family Law Summonses

Just email or call (650) 328-7700 to place your legal advertisement.

Read the print edition

Only a fraction of the local news stories covered by the Daily Post appear on this website. To get all the local news, including many stories you can’t find online, pick up the Post every morning at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations.

Recent Comments

  • Biff on Sheriff Corpus puts critic on leave
  • TheChief on Sheriff tried to pass cost of massage chairs onto her sheriff’s bureaus to avoid scrutiny, email shows
  • ExGANGSTER on Sheriff tried to pass cost of massage chairs onto her sheriff’s bureaus to avoid scrutiny, email shows
  • Enough Already on Sheriff Corpus puts critic on leave
  • Inverse137 on Sheriff tried to pass cost of massage chairs onto her sheriff’s bureaus to avoid scrutiny, email shows
  • Former Deputy Sheriff on Sheriff Corpus puts critic on leave
  • Former Deputy Sheriff on Sheriff Corpus puts critic on leave

Categories

  • Amazon
  • Apple
  • Atherton
  • Belmont
  • Burlingame
  • Caltrain
  • East Palo Alto
  • Facebook
  • Google
  • Hillsborough
  • In the news
  • Los Altos
  • Los Altos Hills
  • Menlo Park
  • Mountain View
  • North Fair Oaks
  • Obituaries
  • Opinion
  • Palo Alto
  • Portola Valley
  • Redwood City
  • San Carlos
  • San Mateo
  • San Mateo County
  • Santa Clara County
  • schools
  • Spotlight
  • Stanford
  • Sunnyvale
  • Sunset Towers
  • Woodside

© Copyright 2025, The Daily Post. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy. Terms of Use.

::after