Palo Alto
No bail for man in 29-hour police standoff
By the Daily Post staff A man who was involved in a 29-hour standoff with Palo Alto police while he was armed is being held in jail without bail after […]
Year: 2019
Palo Alto
City may settle suit accusing police of a botched arrest and Islamophobia
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council on Monday (Aug. 12) will review and possibly approve an out-of-court settlement with a man who alleged the police […]
Palo Alto
Suspected Peeping Tom arrested
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a man they say was peeping into the windows of apartment complex on Los Robles Avenue, focusing on families where […]
Los Altos
Los Altos bans ‘node’ antennas for the most part in residential areas
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos became the first city in the mid-Peninsula to largely ban small cell antennas, or “nodes” in residential neighborhoods, but not all […]
Palo Alto
DA considering whether to open an investigation into police assault allegations
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is gathering information to decide if it will open an investigation into Palo Alto police Sgt. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Sewer plant manager’s $875,000 payout is over the top
Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I think the public is owed an explanation as to why a government agency, Silicon Valley Clean Water, wrote a severance check of […]
Menlo Park
Police arrest figure in Kathy Anderson murder
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer As investigators struggle to determine the motive for the murder of Kathy Anderson in Menlo Park, the man who claims to have found […]
Palo Alto
Plans to redevelop Compadres site receive final approval
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent More than 10 years after a popular Mexican restaurant on El Camino Real in Palo Alto abruptly shut down, the Palo Alto City Council […]
In the news
RePlanet recycling redemption centers suddenly close
From staff and wire reports RePlanet, California’s largest operator of recycling redemption centers, has shut down all 284 of its locations and laid off 750 employees. In the mid-Peninsula, RePlanet […]
Palo Alto
Stephanie Munoz, advocate for the needy, dead at age 86
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Stephanie Munoz, a longtime Palo Altan who frequently spoke at City Council meetings to champion the cause of the less fortunate, has died at […]
Los Altos
Los Altos council to vote on ordinance that mostly keeps small cell antennas out of neighborhoods
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Council tonight (Aug. 5) will vote an ordinance that nearly bans small cell antennas, or “nodes,” in residential neighborhoods. Cellphone […]
Redwood City
Stanford plans to build 9-story medical office building in Redwood City
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent Stanford is proposing a nine-story, 227,700-square-foot medical office building on Broadway in Redwood City, which, if built, would make it the tallest building in […]
Palo Alto
Gunman arrested after 29-hour standoff, tear gas used to get him out of house
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police used tear gas to arrest a gunman, accused of trying to strangle a woman, following a 29-hour standoff in a home in […]
Portola Valley
Truck driver dies after crashing into Palo Alto fire truck on Highway 101
One man has died after a box truck rear-ended a Palo Alto fire truck that was responding to a crash at 4:30 this morning on southbound Highway 101, south of […]
Palo Alto
UPDATE — Arrest ends standoff with barricaded man
Saturday, 9:50 p.m. — Police said they have taken the man who was barricaded inside a house on Tennessee Lane to a hospital. Police said they will book him into […]
Palo Alto
Former city manager’s house doubles in value
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Former Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene’s house has sold for $3.9 million, double what he paid for it in 2010. Keene, who […]
Menlo Park
Accused molester falsely claimed to be a Big Brother
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Randy Haldeman, the west Menlo Park man arrested on suspicion of molesting young boys over the course of 27 years, wrote on his […]
Redwood City
Planning Commission looks at six-block development and asks for more housing
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City Planning Commissioners are worried a massive six-city block development will worsen the housing-jobs imbalance, and they want to see some alternative […]
Los Altos
Neighbor helps police catch home burglary suspects
By the Daily Post staff A sharp-eyed neighbor helped Los Altos police catch two suspected home burglars, authorities said. The neighbor saw two people exiting a home on the 500 […]
In the news
Becker takes lead in fundraising in 5-way state Senate race
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park resident and entrepreneur Josh Becker has taken the lead in fundraising among the five candidates running for the state Senate seat […]