Palo Alto
Part of Ramona Street to close to help restaurants
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto will close part of Ramona Street starting Friday to give restaurants space for outdoor tables, City Manager Ed […]
Month: August 2020
San Mateo County
County will fine people who don’t wear masks
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors today (Aug. 4) unanimously approved fining people and businesses for not obeying state and county health […]
Los Altos
Man pleads guilty in Los Altos backyard murder
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The man accused of shooting a mason in a Los Altos backyard in a possible dispute over a woman pleaded guilty today (Aug. […]
Caltrain
Deal between three counties clears way for Caltrain tax to reach ballot
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer It looks like voters this fall in Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco counties will decide whether to approve a new 0.125% […]
Redwood City
Caltrain hits, kills person near Whipple Avenue
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Transit Police Bureau has launched an investigation into a Caltrain fatally striking a person on the tracks in Redwood City this morning (Aug. 4). Just […]
Palo Alto
Foothills Park to open to non-residents on trial basis; residents to vote in 2022
HOW THEY VOTED On a substitute motion by Liz Kniss to open Foothills Park to non-residents on a trial basis and then have a ballot measure on whether to open […]
Redwood City
Gee leads council candidates in fundraising
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Two newcomers seeking a seat on the Redwood City Council have each raised over $10,000 for the first six months of the year, […]
San Carlos
Planning Commission approves office building proposed by Headlines Salon owner
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Carlos Planning Commission tonight (Aug. 3) unanimously approved a three-story office building at Laurel Street and Morse Boulevard, with the commission […]
Palo Alto
City lays off only nine employees, not the 70 it announced in May
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto will only lay off nine full-time employees this year as it cuts $39 million from the city’s budget because of lost […]
In the news
China’s mailing seeds to local residents; county warns of viruses
By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer At least 20 San Mateo County residents have received unsolicited plant seeds in the mail from China, a trend that’s been logged throughout […]
Los Altos
Judge says Los Altos broke housing laws — an in-depth look at ruling that says city officials ‘acted in bad faith’
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Los Altos violated three state laws meant to encourage housing development and “acted in bad faith” when it denied an application […]
Opinion
Opinion: This should make Caltrain fans furious
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor We won’t know for sure until the deadline on Friday, but it looks like voters won’t see a Caltrain sales tax on the November […]
East Palo Alto
Double homicide in East Palo Alto, suspect at large
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Two men were shot and killed yesterday in East Palo Alto, and police are searching for the gunman. At 8:11 p.m., police responded […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto’s Varian Medical to be taken over by Siemens’ spinoff
The health care spinoff of the German conglomerate Siemens announced yesterday that it is buying Palo Alto- based Varian Medical Systems in a deal worth $16.4 billion. The deal would […]
Opinion
Opinion: Nobody’s been jailed for entering Foothills Park; On police reform, DA wants it both ways
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I’ve been scratching my head over one of the claims that was made by the group of people who want to open Foothills Park […]
San Mateo County
Gyms, churches, indoor restaurants, barbers, salons must close in San Mateo County, $100 mask fines considered
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Beginning today (Aug. 1), hair and nail salons, gyms, churches and indoor restaurants in San Mateo County must close because the county remained […]
In the news
A look at bills legislators have submitted for police reform
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The death of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police and the wave of protests that followed have sparked a bevy of bills […]