Redwood City
Suspected DUI driver flips car, runs home, CHP says
A Menlo Park man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after flipping a car on a ramp between Woodside Road and Highway 101 in Redwood City, according to the California […]
Year: 2019
Palo Alto
City paid $250,000 to settle 2013 brutality suit against cop who has now been accused again
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department’s Tom DeStefano, who was just named in a $3.8 million police brutality claim, was one of the officers […]
Caltrain
3 counties in a tug of war over control of Caltrain
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent Caltrain’s Board of Directors is considering the idea of shaking things up at the transit agency, including changing up who picks the CEO, as […]
San Carlos
San Carlos may get 7,000 more workers from proposed biotech campus
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A proposed biotech campus in east San Carlos will be the mid-Peninsula’s third largest project seeking approval and would double the city’s work […]
In the news
State senator says Zuckerberg’s comment makes his company seem like a strip-mining operation
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer During a luncheon with the Palo Alto Rotary Club, state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, equated Facebook to a strip mining company. Hill […]
Palo Alto
Police hit with new brutality claim
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto just settled a $572,500 police brutality claim, and now it is facing another one. Julio Arevalo has filed a claim for […]
Palo Alto
Man who got $572,500 settlement over police beating has been arrested for burglary
This story originally appeared in Tuesday’s print edition of the Daily Post. Only a fraction of the stories the Post prints wind up on this website. To get all of […]
Santa Clara County
Foothill-De Anza will put two tax measures before voters in March
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The board of trustees of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District voted unanimously last night (Nov. 25) to put two tax questions to […]
Palo Alto
Man arrested on suspicion of burglarizing home and robbing the homeowner
This story first appeared in Tuesday morning’s Daily Post. Here’s an updated version of the story with information about the man who was arrested. To get all of the local […]
Opinion
Opinion: Want to ban something? Ask the people first
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I’m disappointed that four city councils in our area have decided to place restrictions on natural gas rather than allowing consumers to decide […]
Palo Alto
Hotels want to leave visitors bureau
This story originally appeared in Monday morning’s edition of the Daily Post. Only a fraction of the stories the Post prints can be found on this website. To get all […]
Redwood City
Young seal found in parking garage
Firefighters have rescued a young seal who was found in a Redwood City parking garage. The five-month-old northern fur seal, now named “Santos,” was found Sunday morning in the Marshall […]
Palo Alto
Couple arrested for auto burglaries while kids, ages 2 and 3, sat in the back of their car with a loaded gun, police say
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a couple who allegedly drove around downtown looking for cars to break into while two children, ages 2 and 3, […]
Obituaries
Jan Didriksen
Jan Didriksen, age 84 from Portola Valley, passed away peacefully while surrounded by her family on October 23rd in Palo Alto. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, […]
Palo Alto
Former police sergeant must apologize to beating victim
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Former Palo Alto police Sgt. Wayne Benitez, who slammed a Buena Vista Mobile Home Park resident on the hood of a car and […]
Palo Alto
The Valley’s phony ethics and an HR revolt on ‘Silicon Valley,’ Season 6, Episode 5
BY JAMIE MORROW Daily Post Associate Editor Last night’s episode of HBO’s “Silicon Valley” took aim at an easy target — big tech’s enthusiastic embrace of toothless ethical platitudes. But […]
Redwood City
Stanford buys Redwood City apartment complex
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford has bought a 175-apartment complex at Franklin and Monroe streets in Redwood City from Greystar Development to serve as housing for employees […]
North Fair Oaks
Man sentenced to jail for shooting at mom
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man who lives in the unincorporated San Mateo County community of North Fair Oaks has been sentenced to six months in jail […]
San Mateo
San Mateo picks local law enforcement veteran as police chief
By the Daily Post staff San Mateo’s city manager announced today he has picked Ed Barberini — San Bruno’s police chief and a longtime veteran of the San Mateo County […]
Santa Clara County
Foothill-DeAnza eyes $900 million bond measure or parcel tax
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Foothill-DeAnza Community College District board, which is seeing its enrollment drop, is scheduled to decide Monday whether to put a $900 million […]