Stanford
New Stanford hospital welcomes first patient
Stanford Health Care opened the doors to its new Stanford Hospital today (Nov. 17) and moved around 200 patients to the new facility across the skybridge that connects the new […]
Month: November 2019
Redwood City
Sewer agency puts Dan Child’s former home on the market — two bidders
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The sewage processing agency that paid its former general manager $875,000 to leave his job without suing has now received two bids for […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto Utilities worker electrocuted
By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto Utilities Department lineman was killed this morning (Nov. 16) while working on an electrical transformer at 670 E. Meadow Drive near Middlefield […]
Hillsborough
Tiffany Li acquitted of murder
A jury today (Nov. 15) found a Hillsborough real estate heiress innocent of killing the father of her two children in 2016 in an alleged conspiracy with her boyfriend. Tiffany […]
Menlo Park
Yelp’s wrong, Flegels is open
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Even though rumors and websites such as Yelp claim that Flegels in downtown Menlo Park has closed, Manager Brian Flegel says the long-standing […]
Obituaries
Barbara Jean Jensen
November 9, 1927 – November 7, 2019 Barbara Jean Jensen passed away peacefully in Phoenix, Arizona, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, just two days before her 92nd birthday. Barbara was […]
San Carlos
San Carlos minimum wage to rise; council backs away from rent caps
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Carlos City Council has passed a law requiring landlords to only evict tenants for “just cause,” and it took a step toward […]
Hillsborough
Defense asks for a new trial in the Tiffany Li murder case
By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The attorneys for Tiffany Li and her boyfriend Kaveh Bayat asked for a new trial yesterday (Nov. 23), saying that jurors in the […]
Los Altos
Consultant says City Council can’t return to City Hall, but she won’t say why
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Council last night suspended the contract of a disability consultant after she told council that they can’t move back to […]
Palo Alto
Parks and Rec commission recommends pilot program to open Foothills Park to non-Palo Altans
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Parks and Recreation Commission last night (Nov. 12) recommended that City Council should ease up on the rule that only […]
Palo Alto
Plan to chop down trees behind Fletcher Middle School is put on hold
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto’s Public Works Department has paused a plan to remove 16 trees and prune 100 more on a half-mile bike path behind Fletcher Middle […]
Palo Alto
TheatreWorks hires new artistic director
By the Daily Post staff TheatreWorks Silicon Valley has chosen Tim Bond to be its new artistic director, the Palo Alto-based company announced Tuesday (Nov. 12). Bond, known for staging […]
Hillsborough
Jury still deliberating murder charge against Tiffany Li
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After nine days of deliberating, the jurors in the Tiffany Li murder case have still not landed on a verdict for the Hillsborough […]
Obituaries
Charles A Everson
October 11, 1925 – November 1, 2019 Charles Everson passed away November 1 in Palo Alto, California. He had just turned 94 years old on October 11 and was celebrated […]
Los Altos
Los Altos City Council meetings will be televised live again
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos will start broadcasting City Council meetings on cable television tonight, following months of complaints about a blackout from residents. Council meetings […]
In the news
Highway 101 toll will be as high as $3 a mile
Most of the stories the Daily Post publishes can’t be found on this website. They can only be found by picking up the Daily Post every morning at 1,000 locations […]
Obituaries
Betty Jeanne Cooley
July 4, 1932 – October 27, 2019 With deeply felt sadness we announce the peaceful passing of Betty Jeanne Cooley, our family’s matriarch, at home on October 27, 2019. Though […]
In the news
Post wins 15 journalism awards in San Francisco Press Club competition
By the Daily Post staff The Daily Post has won 15 awards from the San Francisco Press Club including first-place honors for investigative reporting, news series, feature story, entertainment review […]
HBO's Silicon Valley
‘Silicon Valley,’ Season 6, Episode 3 — An industry of backstabbers and cutthroats
BY JAMIE MORROW Daily Post Associate Editor The writers of HBO’s “Silicon Valley” love nothing more than to skewer the idea that companies here want to make the world a […]
Menlo Park
Resident sues over Pope-Chaucer Bridge plan, saying it was a done deal before public saw it
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park man is suing the government agency tasked with reducing the possibility of flooding along the San Francisquito Creek, saying that […]
Redwood City
Babysitter gets nine years in prison for molesting young boys
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Redwood City babysitter has been sentenced to nine years in prison for touching two boys inappropriately and sending 14 others inappropriate messages, […]
Mountain View
Truck nearly plunges off bridge
By the Daily Post staff A Chevy pickup hauling a trailer went off the road and rolled onto its side on Friday (Nov. 8) in Mountain View. The truck was […]
Los Altos
Couple robbed, carjacked in Los Altos; two teens arrested
By the Daily Post staff Los Altos police say they’ve arrested two teenage boys on suspicion of robbing and carjacking a couple in their 60s while they were parking in […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto council members want to pass emergency ordinance to deal with unintended consequences of state rent cap law
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council members are trying to pass an emergency ordinance to deal with the unintended consequences of a new state law […]
Redwood City
Election Update: Redwood City school parcel tax a bit closer to passage
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A parcel tax that could bring in $3.4 million annually to Redwood City elementary and middle schools is inching closer to victory, being […]
San Mateo County
Stanford woke up the sleeping dragon, says county supervisor
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer If Stanford tries to bring back its proposal to expand campus by 3.5 million square feet, it should be prepared to fully mitigate […]
Menlo Park
Police chief tells of near-miss with teen bicyclist
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer What do you do when a bicyclist blazes through a stop sign or red light when you’ve got the right-of-way, and you nearly […]
Obituaries
(Alma) Yvonne Damele
April 23, 1928 – October 31, 2019 Yvonne Damele passed away peacefully from ovarian cancer on October 31, 2019 at her home in Menlo Park. Yvonne was preceded in death […]
Palo Alto
City wants to stop rent increases before rent cap bill goes into effect on Jan. 1
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council intends to pass an ordinance next week that corrects an unintended consequence of the state’s new rent cap law […]
Palo Alto
Police step up patrols around Apple Store
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have begun parking a patrol car outside Apple’s University Avenue store in response to a rash of smash-and-grab robberies. Apple stores around […]
Stanford
Another Stanford student says her drink was drugged
By the Daily Post staff Another woman has reported being drugged at Stanford, university police said yesterday. The woman consumed alcohol Saturday night on campus on the 500 block of […]
Palo Alto
School board flip-flops on teacher housing
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school trustees have done a U-turn on teacher housing. In February, the school board voted unanimously to make sure the 35-acre […]
Obituaries
LeRoy Franklin Wicks
February 6, 1934 – November 2, 2019 LeRoy Franklin Wicks – Born February 6, 1934. He went home to be with the Lord on November 2, 2019 at the age […]
Opinion
Opinion: Stanford made one mistake after another
Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Watching Stanford stumble through the process to get a permit for its 3.5-million-square-foot expansion has been painful. I count myself as among those […]
In the news
Election wrap-up: Redwood City school tax failing
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Two Burlingame councilwomen retained their seats on council, the San Mateo-Foster City School Board welcomed a new trustee and the Redwood City School […]