Mountain View
Unions, Realtors throwing money into City Council race
This story was printed in the Post on Monday morning. Get in the habit of picking up the Post in the mornings so that you can get all of the […]
Month: October 2020
Palo Alto
Rep. Eshoo responds to reader who pointed out overflowing mail boxes
Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, is pressuring the U.S. Postal Service to pick up the mail more frequently at Palo Alto’s Hamilton Avenue Post Office after reading this letter in […]
Los Altos
Details about proposed emergency center kept from City Council
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Manager Chris Jordan scheduled a public hearing for the City Council to look at designs for a new Emergency Operations […]
Los Altos
Sally Meadows takes the lead in fundraising in City Council race
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Planning Commissioner Sally Meadows has taken the lead in the Los Altos City Council race when it comes to fundraising, with $23,318 in […]
Mountain View
Mountain View plans to replace a parking lot with low-income housing
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The nonprofit organization that used to be known as Palo Alto Housing Corp. wants to build 120 apartments for low-income residents on a […]
Menlo Park
Two months after 7-Eleven stabbing another man pulls knife on clerk
By the Daily Post staff Two months after a man brutally stabbed the clerk of the Menlo Park 7-Eleven, another man grabbed a pack of cigarettes from the same store […]
Opinion
Opinion: The Post’s recommendations on the 12 ballot propositions and Measure RR
RR — Reverse Robinhood tax Measure RR — No. This is a new one-eighth-of-a-cent sales tax that would last 30 years to fund Caltrain. The letters RR, in our opinion, […]
Palo Alto
Massage therapist arrested on suspicion of sex assault
By the Daily Post staff A 27-year-old massage therapist has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a client during a massage, Palo Alto police reported today. Roy Alberto Melgar […]
Stanford
2 Stanford economists win Nobel prize for improving auctions
Auctions are everywhere in today’s economy. They determine how Google sells ads, what price consumers end up paying for electricity, and the way governments sell off the public airwaves to […]
Mountain View
Mountain View candidates take positions on key issues
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Nine candidates are vying for four seats on Mountain View’s City Council in the November election. MARGARET ABE-KOGA said she has the institutional […]
Belmont
Fire protection on the minds of Belmont candidates
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Fire protection is among the top priorities for the four people looking to claim two seats on the Belmont City Council because of […]
Opinion
Editorial: Post recommends Burt, Varma, Templeton and Lauing for City Council
DAILY POST EDITORIAL One of the most touching anecdotes to come from the remembrances of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was her friendship with fellow Justice Antonin Scalia. Politically, […]
Opinion
Editorial: Post’s recommendations for school board
EDITORIAL We were thinking a few months ago that the pandemic would reduce the number of qualified people who wanted to run for local offices this fall. We were worried […]
Caltrain
Electrification will raise Caltrain’s operating costs 33%
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent Once Caltrain electrifies its tracks, transit officials estimate it could cost at least $208 million a year to operate the commuter railroad — a […]
Palo Alto
Gag order proposed for city board and commission members
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto officials are considering whether to issue a new handbook to members of city boards and commissions that includes instructions telling them […]
Mountain View
Five-way race for three seats on Mountain View Whisman school board
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Five candidates are running for three seats on the Mountain View Whisman School Board. The district, which serves 5,382 students, has nine elementary […]
Los Altos
Challenger takes on two incumbents in high school district race
By SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos mother and city environmental commission member Laura Teksler is running against incumbents Sanjay Dave and Phil Faillace for a spot on […]
Caltrain
Proponents of new Caltrain tax collect $1.3 million for ad blitz
By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The campaign to get voters to approve a one-eighth-of-a-cent sales tax for Caltrain has collected $1.27 million in donations from contractors, unions and […]
East Palo Alto
Seven seek to lead East Palo Alto as development knocks on the door
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Seven people are running for three seats on the East Palo Alto City Council as the city faces unprecedented development. The three incumbents, […]
Menlo Park
Three vying for two seats on Menlo Park school board
By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Three people are running for two seats on the Menlo Park school board as the district navigates a partial return to classroom teaching. […]