Mountain View
City moves ahead with opening two lots for RV campers
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View city leaders voted late last night (June 11) to move ahead on a plan to open two parking lots to a […]
Year: 2019
San Mateo County
College district will decide whether to televise board meetings
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Community College District’s board tonight (June 12) will debate whether to broadcast its own board meetings. Many boards, city […]
In the news
Cooling centers opened in some cities
By the Daily Post staff The unusually hot weather has prompted local officials to open a number of cooling centers for people who don’t have air conditioning at home. Yesterday […]
Spotlight
The Valley’s Premier Auto Broker
Looking for a new car? You could run from dealership to dealership, comparing vehicles and getting the hard sell at every turn. Or you could go to the experts at […]
Mountain View
Cops force girl, 5, to undergo sex exam against her will, parents say
This story was printed in Monday morning’s Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Mountain View family has filed a $1 million claim against the city after […]
Menlo Park
Opinion: Housing moratorium would be a disaster
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Traffic and development in Menlo Park may have reached the tipping point. The two members of the Menlo Park City Council who were […]
Palo Alto
Another power outage in Palo Alto, second in a day
Update: 11:43 p.m. — The Utilities Department is now saying that it might take until 2 a.m. to restore the power in the Barron Park neighborhood. The department says the […]
Palo Alto
Pay raise proposed for Palo Alto school superintendent
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto school Superintendent Don Austin, who is about to complete his first year on the job, is up for a $9,000 a year raise […]
Palo Alto
Disabled ignored in proposed drinking straw ban
By the Daily Post staff The plastic drinking straw ban the Palo Alto City Council is poised to pass tonight (June 10) doesn’t include a disability exemption that other cities […]
Stanford
Stanford linebacker was accused of rape before going on to NFL
This story was printed in the Post on June 6. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Weeks after Brock Turner sexually assaulted an unconscious woman outside a party at […]
North Fair Oaks
Man sentenced for killing toddler whose body was covered with bite marks
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A North Fair Oaks man has been sentenced to 32 years to life in prison for the death of his girlfriend’s 18-month-old son, […]
Mountain View
Five arrested for drugs at Shoreline concert
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Mountain View police arrested five people on suspicion of possessing LSD, magic mushrooms and MDMA for sale at Shoreline Amphitheatre during a […]
East Palo Alto
Girl’s claim of kidnapping, sex assault was false
By the Daily Post staff A report of a frightening kidnapping and sexual assault of a teenage girl didn’t happen, East Palo Alto police have announced. Police had previously said […]
Menlo Park
Man arrested for attempted murder following argument in park
A 34-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder in Menlo Park on Friday (June 7) night, after police said he drove a stolen car at a woman filming […]
Atherton
Student arrested with gun during M-A graduation ceremony
This story was printed in this morning’s Daily Post. By the Daily Post staff As graduation ceremonies were taking place at Menlo-Atherton High School, officers were arresting a 16-year-old boy […]
Burlingame
Woman convicted of voluntary manslaughter for fatally stabbing partner; she says she doesn’t remember it
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Burlingame woman was found guilty yesterday (June 7) of voluntary manslaughter for stabbing her partner in the heart with a kitchen knife, […]
Palo Alto
State Sen. Scott Wiener makes his case for SB50 in Palo Alto
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, on Friday (June 7) defended his controversial Senate Bill 50 in Palo Alto — a hotbed of […]
Mountain View
226-unit apartment development approved
By the Daily Post staff Big-time housing development in Mountain View has continued with City Council approving a 226-unit apartment complex at 1720 Villa St. in the Shoreline West neighborhood. […]
San Carlos
Suspicious behavior leads to arrest of suspected car burglar
By the Daily Post staff A Vallejo man visiting San Carlos has been arrested after detectives spotted him casing homes and then discovered he had broken into a car, according […]
San Mateo
Cop arrested, accused of sex talk with teen
San Jose police arrested a San Mateo police officer Thursday for allegedly chatting about sex with a woman whom he thought was a 16-year-old girl on Tinder, Snapchat and Kik. […]
Palo Alto
City to consider ban on plastic drinking straws; other environmental actions proposed
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto would ban plastic straws, utensils and cocktail stirrers under legislation that will go to City Council for a vote on Monday (June 10). […]
Atherton
Atherton billionaire and part owner of Warriors is banned from the NBA over incident in Game 3
Mark Stevens, a venture capitalist who lives in Atherton and is an investor in the Warriors, today (June 6) was banned from the NBA for one year and fined $500,000 […]
Palo Alto
State Sen. Scott Wiener coming to Palo Alto on Friday (June 7) — protests possible
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Scott Wiener, the San Francisco state senator whose controversial bill SB50 would pre-empt local zoning and allow for more and denser housing near […]
Obituaries
Robert Harmon Carlstead
Robert Harmon Carlstead, 90, of Palo Alto, CA passed away April 28th, 2019 at Stanford Hospital. Robert “Bob” was born in 1929 in Chillicothe, MO to Edward Robert Carlstead and […]
Palo Alto
2 Palo Alto council members want to set up a parking lot for RV campers
This story was originally printed June 1 in the Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto council members Tom DuBois and Lydia Kou are proposing to […]
Menlo Park
2 councilwomen propose building moratorium
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Two Menlo Park councilwomen proposed yesterday a citywide building moratorium, saying they would like the council to solve the traffic and housing problems […]
East Palo Alto
City lands $17 million grant to prevent flooding
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer East Palo Alto has received a $17 million grant from the state’s office of emergency services for a bayside levee system to protect […]
Redwood City
Proposed Chick-fil-A faces opposition
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Chick-fil-A, which has given money to anti-LGBTQ groups, plans to open a restaurant on Whipple Avenue in Redwood City, which is ruffling some […]
San Mateo County
Police chase on I-280 reaches 120 mph, ends in a rollover crash
At least one person was arrested following a high-speed chase that ended in a rollover crash on northbound Interstate 280 west of San Mateo in unincorporated San Mateo County, according […]
Stanford
Woman sexually assaulted by Brock Turner at Stanford is writing memoir
The woman who was sexually assaulted by Stanford swimmer Brock Turner and confronted him in court before his sentencing is writing a memoir. Viking Books announced today (June 5) that […]
Menlo Park
Fake money buys real laptop
By the Daily Post staff A Menlo Park man who sold a laptop for $800 was paid mostly in counterfeit bills, a police spokeswoman said. The man had posted his […]
In the news
No resolution in Kniss or Gee ethics cases
By the Daily Post staff State ethics investigations into the 2016 campaigns of Palo Alto Councilwoman Liz Kniss and former Redwood City Councilman Jeff Gee still haven’t been resolved, according […]
Caltrain
Caltrain reports another monthly decrease in weekday ridership
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Caltrain saw 1.9% fewer weekday commuters in April 2019 than in April 2018, continuing a six-month trend of declining weekday ridership when compared […]
Santa Clara County
Despite murder, supervisors stick with sanctuary policy
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors refused Tuesday (June 4) to change its sanctuary policy despite criticism that the county jail released an undocumented, violent felon who broke into […]
Redwood City
Fire results in one injury in Redwood City
A fire overnight in a home at 134 Pine St. in Redwood City has resulted in one injury, according to fire officials. The fire was reported at 11:27 p.m. Tuesday […]