Redwood City
Townhouses to replace Mountain Mike’s
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City Planning Commission on Monday (April 1) will review plans to replace the old Mountain Mike’s Pizza on El Camino near […]
Year: 2019
In the news
College counselor says some wealthy parents are hiring lawyers, fearful they’ll be arrested in admissions scam
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The head of a mid-Peninsula college counseling firm said yesterday (March 28) that a number of his clients are “proactively lawyering up” because […]
Palo Alto
Commission approves removal of 7 trees on El Camino
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Menlo Park’s Environmental Quality Commission voted 4-3 last night (March 27) in favor of removing seven redwood trees at 1000 […]
Palo Alto
Owl gets a new ‘do
A Palo Alto animal control officer used a blow-dryer yesterday (March 28) to warm up a nestling screech owl who was found cold and wet in a backyard in Palo […]
East Palo Alto
Masseur gets 13-year sentence for sex crimes
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An East Palo Alto man who sexually assaulted some 22 women while running an unlicensed massage business out of his garage was sentenced […]
Obituaries
Vince Sevely
Vince Sevely was born in a ranch house in Mountain View, California in 1929 to John and Anka Sevely who had emigrated from Yugoslavia (now Croatia) in search of a […]
Mountain View
Man killed on 101 was hitchhiking across the West and writing about it
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man who died after trying to cross Highway 101 on foot in Mountain View was identified by the Santa Clara County medical […]
Obituaries
Lydia Helena White
August 11, 1965 – March 15, 2019 Lydia Helena White passed away suddenly from a brain aneurysm at home in Napa on March 15, 2019. She was 53 years old. […]
Palo Alto
Feds to investigate Stanford and other schools involved in college admissions scandal
By the Daily Post staff The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Stanford and the seven other colleges that were part of a admissions scandal that resulted […]
Stanford
Palo Alto couple faces new charge in college admissions scandal
By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto couple indicted in the college admission scandal was hit today (March 26) with an additional charge of money laundering. Dr. Gregory Colburn, […]
Palo Alto
Accused boy allowed to participate on Gunn robotics team for 12 hours a week — read the judge’s ruling
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A judge ruled today (March 26) that a Gunn High School junior who sexually harassed a teammate on the school’s robotics team can […]
Stanford
Stanford double checking applications following LSD and admissions scandals
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford admissions officials are reviewing applications in the wake of two scandals: the arrest of an admissions officer for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend […]
Hillsborough
Neighbors didn’t complain to code enforcement about Flintstone House
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Barney Rubble would never report his neighbor, Fred Flintstone, to the Bedrock code inspector. And in Hillsborough, the neighbors of the modern-day Flintstone […]
San Mateo County
Labor dispute almost spoiled San Mateo County officials’ junket to Monterey
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A labor boycott almost spoiled the plans of elected officials in San Mateo County to spend a weekend at a Monterey hotel and […]
Spotlight
The Family Law Experts
Divorce, child custody and other family law matters can be heart-wrenching and life-changing. As you go through these steps, you need an expert on your side who can navigate you […]
Redwood City
Woman killed, man injured in house fire — Updated
By the Daily Post staff A Redwood City woman was killed after she was trapped by a fire in her kitchen. The 57-year-old woman has not been identified by the […]
Mountain View
Mountain View Whisman school board moves ahead with teacher housing development
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Mountain View Whisman school board is taking a big bite out of the housing crisis by agreeing to build a 144-unit subsidized […]
Mountain View
Man killed while trying to cross 101 on foot
The California Highway Patrol is investigating the death last night (March 24) of a man in his 20s who was trying to cross, on foot, the northbound lanes of Highway […]
East Palo Alto
8-story buildings planned near Cooley Landing — 1.4 million square foot office project
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The East Palo Alto Planning Commission tonight (March 25) will scrutinize plans for a 1.4-million-square-foot office building campus at the end of Bay […]
Obituaries
William B. Freedman
August 24, 1919 – March 20, 2019 Bill Freedman had a rich life. He was an internal medicine doctor, a dedicated environmental activist and mycologist. Married to Louise Freedman for […]
Stanford
Stanford junior dies after falling while on a student trip in Spain
A 20-year-old Stanford junior has died in Spain after falling while on a hike with other Stanford undergraduates studying in Europe, the vice provost of student affairs posted on the […]
Redwood City
Helicopter makes an emergency landing at Kmart
No one was injured Saturday when a helicopter made an emergency landing in a Kmart parking lot in Redwood City about two miles from the San Carlos airport, Redwood City […]
San Mateo County
Dead oaks in Huddart Park to be removed as part of Newsom’s emergency declaration
Gov. Gavin Newsom yesterday (March 22) declared a state of emergency in order to bypass environmental regulations so dead trees can be removed in 35 fire-prone areas. One of the […]
Palo Alto
Ruling due on Monday in robotics team sex harassment case
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A judge is set to decide Monday (March 25) whether to continue a temporary ban that’s keeping a Gunn High School student from […]
In the news
Kleiner Perkins partner Doerr says his kids only got ‘typical services’ from fraudster Rick Singer, no bribery
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Admitted college admissions fraudster William “Rick” Singer bragged on social media about having helped get Kleiner Perkins venture capitalist John Doerr’s daughter into […]
Palo Alto
Mugger on El Camino gets $200 and cigarettes
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Police spent about 45 minutes searching the Barron Park neighborhood in south Palo Alto yesterday (March 22) after a man in a yellow […]
East Palo Alto
Ousted Ravenswood superintendent speaks out
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Gloria Hernandez-Goff told the Post yesterday (March 21) that she knew she would be fired as superintendent of the Ravenswood City School District […]
East Palo Alto
Another business hit with an ADA lawsuit by a frequent plaintiff
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The man who sued the Dutch Goose in west Menlo Park and the Fish Market in San Mateo over disability access has filed […]
Los Altos
Bullis drops plans for Mountain View this fall
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Bullis Charter School announced yesterday that it would not expand into the Mountain View Whisman School District this fall as planned, claiming that […]
Obituaries
Mary (Mimi) Alexander Cummings
Mimi was born on March 21, 1957 in McCloud, CA to Robert Scott and Nickie Murphy Alexander. After the death of her father at age 4, she moved with her […]
Opinion
Opinion: Stanford needs to be accountable when it comes to admissions
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I think many of us had the same reactions to the news that the FBI had arrested 50 parents, coaches and others in […]
Caltrain
Caltrain ridership down
By the Daily Post staff Caltrain lost between 2% and 5.2% of weekday riders between late 2017 and late 2018, according to the agency’s own data. In October, an average […]
Mountain View
Rent control activist gets probation for vandalizing campaign sign
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Tenants rights activist Job Lopez was sentenced yesterday (March 20) to two years’ probation and 80 hours of community service for stealing and […]
Stanford
Wiretap reveals local father was paranoid that college bribery scam would implicate Kleiner Perkins
Originally printed March 14 in the Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Hillsborough real estate investor accused of paying $600,000 for his two daughters to get […]
Palo Alto
Intruder enters bedroom, starts asking questions
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are looking for a man who man who appeared in a woman’s Ventura Avenue apartment, sat down on the bed and began […]