East Palo Alto
Board names school after Cesar Chavez
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 […]
Year: 2019
Menlo Park
Menlo Park father avoids jail in college admissions scandal
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
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?
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
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
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
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]