San Mateo
Ex-police officer convicted of rapes
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A jury yesterday (Oct. 9) found former San Mateo police officer Noah Winchester guilty of raping and sexually assaulting women he preyed upon […]
Month: October 2019
In the news
Planned power outage begins west of I-280
Update, 12:15 a.m., Thursday — Power has been cut to Woodside and Portola Valley, and possibly other areas west of Interstate 280. Update, 10:37 p.m., Wednesday — PG&E officials said […]
Palo Alto
Electric scooters headed to Palo Alto
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Electric scooters are headed for Palo Alto. City officials, who saw that in San Francisco riders dumped the e-scooters on sidewalks and gutters […]
Atherton
Parole denied for Chowchilla kidnapper
State officials again rejected parole yesterday (Oct. 8) for the last of three Peninsula men convicted of kidnapping a bus full of Chowchilla schoolchildren in 1976 and burying them in […]
Spotlight
Peabody Gallery to Show Secret Art of Dr. Seuss
Everyone knows the work of Dr. Seuss. Or thinks they do. But when Ted Geisel wasn’t working on children’s books, he was creating a great body of artwork for his […]
Spotlight
Daisy’s Day fundraiser this Sunday
Five years ago, Menlo Park resident Rhea Sampson was out walking her golden retriever near Flood Park when they stumbled across a tiny dog in terrible shape. The little chihuahua-terrier […]
Stanford
Opinion: Will Stanford accept ‘yes’ for an answer?
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It looks like Stanford is about to get a permit from Santa Clara County to expand the campus by 3.5 million square feet […]
In the news
Housing nonprofit embroiled in paternity leave lawsuit
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A former employee of MidPen Property Management Corp. is battling the affordable-housing nonprofit in court, saying he was fired in retaliation for taking 12 […]
Google
Google’s plan for massive office buildings on the Landings site moves ahead
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View City Council is fine with Google’s plans to build an office building as large as 40 Midtown Safeways on Landings Drive. […]
Santa Clara County
Man killed in park rampage is identified
A man who was killed when a woman allegedly drove into two pedestrians in Rancho San Antonio Park has been identified as Lawrence Lupash, 77, of Sunnyvale. Mireya Orta, 50, […]
Mountain View
Political sign vandal to pay homeowner $1,000
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Job Lopez, a 74-year-old Mountain View tenants rights activist, agreed yesterday to pay $1,000 to the owner of a house where he was […]
Obituaries
Elfrid “Ellie” (Gubler) Gioumousis
August 31, 1934 – October 1, 2019 Elfrid “Ellie” (Gubler) Gioumousis was born on August 31, 1934 in Wisconsin to Hans Gubler and Paula Langjahr, who had immigrated to the […]
San Mateo
Ex-cop’s own words used against him at rape trial
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The prosecutor in the trial of Noah Winchester, the former cop who is accused of sexually assaulting and raping women while on duty, […]
Palo Alto
City pays former employee to settle disability claim
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has settled for $100,000 with a former city worker who sued the city after alleging that he was […]
Palo Alto
Biden visits Palo Alto for lunchtime fundraiser
By the Daily Post staff Joe Biden visited Palo Alto’s Evvia restaurant yesterday (Oct. 3) for a private fundraising luncheon where donors paid $1,500 to $10,000 to hear the former […]
Obituaries
William Allen Preston
June 11, 1936 – September 1, 2019 William Allen Preston passed away September 1, 2019 at home. He was 83 years old. William Preston was born June 11, 1936 in […]
Palo Alto
Stanford might have to fund schools if campus expansion is approved
This story originally appeared in the Sept. 26 print edition of the Daily Post. To get all the local news, including many stories you can’t find online, pick up the […]
Palo Alto
Power back on in Palo Alto
By the Daily Post staff Update 8:45 a.m. — Utilities spokeswoman Catherine Elvert said workers are still investigating the cause of the outage. She said they believe the problem may […]
Palo Alto
Man shoved, robbed after discovering late-night party at house he rented out on Airbnb
By the Daily Post staff A homeowner was pushed and robbed after discovering a party at a Palo Alto house he had rented to a couple through Airbnb, police said […]
Stanford
New rules exclude community members from Stanford clubs
This story originally appeared in the Sept. 4 print edition of the Daily Post. To get all the local news, including many stories you can’t find online, pick up the […]