BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe on Monday reserved his decision on seeking the death penalty for Daniel Contreras, who is charged […]
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The lame-duck pro-housing majority on Palo Alto City Council will appoint new members to the Historic Resources Board and Planning and Transportation Commission […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Parents in the Las Lomitas Elementary School District are trying to recall a school board member for praising another school board member who […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Belmont police are investigating a hit-and-run that sent a bicyclist to the hospital. Police said on Twitter that the victim in Saturday’s incident […]
The 49ers will move to Arizona for the next three weeks after new coronavirus regulations put in place by officials in Santa Clara County forced the team to find a […]
The San Francisco official who oversees the Hetch Hetchy water system that brings water to Palo Alto and the mid-Peninsula resigned today after he was charged with taking bribes — […]
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Sobrato Organization is proposing to build 85 townhouses on a portion of the old Fry’s Electronics lot on Portage Avenue in Palo […]
A spike in new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations has pushed San Mateo County into the most restrictive purple tier, ending indoor dining immediately. Santa Clara County is requiring people who […]
Stanford players danced, hooted and hollered on Cal’s home turf in Memorial Stadium. The Cardinal came together and posed for a group photo in front of card stunts in the […]
This story was originally published in the Nov. 19 edition of the Daily Post. If you want to stay current with all of the local news, pick up a copy […]
Car theft is up in East Palo Alto. Thieves are stealing them at night, and after a quick trip, abandoning them in the city or neighboring cities, according to Police […]
Santa Clara County officials pleaded with residents to avoid social gatherings and traveling for Thanksgiving because new cases of Covid are surging in the county and across the state. The […]
By the Daily Post staff Los Altos City Council voted unanimously this morning to eliminate a program that sends a police officers into Los Altos High School after hearing complaints […]
October 31, 1929 – October 27, 2020 Resident of Palo Alto, CA Born 1929 in Kiel, Germany, Klaus lived his childhood years in Schelswig-Holstein, on the Kieler Fjord by the […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City Council tonight (Nov. 23) bought 100 body cameras for the Police Department, making it the last department in the mid-Peninsula […]
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford has released a report saying it had fewer reported incidents of sexual assault and harassment than in the previous year. But a […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After six years, a Redwood City man will stand trial for allegedly stabbing another man to death over a cigarette as they listened […]
By the Daily Post staff Apple’s global security chief, Thomas Moyer, has been indicted by a grand jury in connection with the growing bribes-for-gun-permits scandal in the Santa Clara County […]
By the Daily Post staff Josh Becker, who was elected to represent the mid-Peninsula in the state Senate replacing term-limited Jerry Hill, is now picking his staff. On Sunday, the […]
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Jenny, one of the donkeys who lives in Palo Alto’s Bol Park, has been euthanized because illnesses related to aging, the Palo Alto […]
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Manager Chris Jordan announced Wednesday (Nov. 18) he is resigning after four years of leading the city, but he isn’t […]
By the Daily Post staff The Metropolitan Transportation Commission today dropped a proposal to require employees to work from home 60% of the week. The commission got sharp criticism on […]
By the Daily Post staff The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner said today that it has confirmed 53 deaths due to fentanyl overdoses this year, compared to a total of […]
By the Daily Post staff Authorities have arrested three East Palo Alto men and seized four assault rifles during the search of a home. East Palo Alto police said in […]
A grand jury has indicted Santa Clara County Undersheriff Rick Sung in connection with the ongoing investigation into allegations that the Sheriff’s Department traded concealed-carry gun permits for campaign contributions. […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent With the number of new Covid-19 cases surging throughout the region, officials yesterday urged residents to keep taking precautions such as wearing masks and […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Balking at the nearly half-million-dollar price tag to hold an election to get two new members onto the Las Lomitas School Board, the […]
By the Daily Post staff Mothers Against Murder announced today that it is offering a $5,000 reward for information in connection with the murder of Santiago Gonzalez-Gonzalez, a 51-year-old homeless man […]
Diana was the rare individual who, once she decided what she wanted, could accomplish most anything. She was most of all the perfect mother and wife, but she squeezed so […]
By the Daily Post staff A ban on parking RVs and other oversized vehicles on Mountain View streets could go into effect as soon as Dec. 18, a week before […]
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council decided last night (Nov. 16) to widen the authority of the independent police auditor and have the auditor report […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Los Lomitas school board, whose president resigned after his wife tweeted vulgarities about Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, has now lost an incoming […]
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s sixth- through 12th-grade students may have to postpone their return to in-class instruction because of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order Monday returning […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer During tonight’s (Nov. 16) Redwood City Council meeting, when the council approved the massive five-block Greystar office and apartment complex, Councilman Ian Bain […]
By the Daily Post staff UPDATE, MONDAY, NOV. 16 — Santa Clara County is among 28 counties that Gov. Gavin Newsom today moved into the most restrictive of reopening tiers […]
By the Daily Post staff City Council is scheduled to vote Monday (Nov. 16) on whether to approve 102 apartments on San Antonio Road at Leghorn Street in south Palo […]
A look at the agendas of different government boards in the Mid-Peninsula. PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL 5 p.m., Monday New grocer: The council may approve a new grocery store in […]
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Sally Meadows, a Realtor and planning commissioner who got the most votes in the Los Altos City Council race, said she wants to […]
A man suspected of preying on an elderly San Carlos resident by draining bank accounts and even trying to sell the victim’s home has been arrested, authorities said. Paul Jason […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent President-elect Joe Biden lists among his top priorities a sweeping infrastructure plan that would inject federal funding into roads and bridges, clean energy, and […]
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer A Santa Clara County Deputy Sheriff has been accused of not wearing a mask, according to public records released to the Daily Post. […]
By the Daily Post staff The results in the race for East Palo Alto City Council have flipped, with a different candidate poised to join the five-member council. Stanford doctoral […]
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police, with the help of homeowners’ surveillance cameras, have arrested one of two suspects in a string of home burglaries in the College […]
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor On Election Night everyone was riveted on the presidential race, which is understandable, but several interesting local contests were decided too. The big […]
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Teachers, students and parents called in last night (Nov. 10) to express their disapproval of the Palo Alto school district’s plan to bring […]
San Mateo police are investigating an apparent murder-suicide that ended in a standoff with police when the suspect took his own life. Around 7:20 a.m. Monday, officers responded to a […]
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto City Council wants to find a way to fill more than 50 vacant storefronts because of closures caused by the […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The man accused of killing Menlo Park resident Kathy Anderson pleaded innocent by reason of insanity today (Nov. 9), according to a prosecutor. […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Some tight races in San Mateo County got even closer while candidates in others pulled ahead after the county’s elections office updated election […]
By the Daily Post staff The committee behind the 2016 measure that brought rent control to Mountain View has agreed to settle alleged campaign law violations by paying the state […]
If you travel outside of the Bay Area for Thanksgiving or Christmas, Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody says you should self-quarantine for 14 days when you return. […]
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The president of the Las Lomitas Elementary School District in Menlo Park resigned tonight from the school board after his wife used a vulgar […]
By the Daily Post staff The Palo Alto school district’s deputy superintendent, Karen Hendricks, has accepted the job of superintendent of the 6,000-student Alta Loma School District in the San […]
By the Daily Post staff An unidentified body of a man was found today in East Palo Alto’s Martin Luther King Park, and police believe he was a murder victim. […]
By the Daily Post staff Grace Mah’s lead over Melissa Baten Caswell in the race for Santa Clara County Board of Education Trustee Area 1 is growing as more votes […]
By the Daily Post staff Mountain View Police Chief Max Bosel is retiring and Deputy Chief Chris Hsiung has been promoted to chief, City Manager Kimbra McCarthy announced today. Bosel […]
By the Daily Post staff A 79-year-old Palo Alto woman died after a car hit her in downtown Palo Alto. The woman, Pinxiang Zhou, was crossing Waverley Street in the […]
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council is expected to approve a new grocery store on El Camino Real in the College Terrace neighborhood where two […]
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View’s Measure C, a bitterly debated ban on RV parking on city streets, passed with 57% of the vote, but an opponent, […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer It appears that former San Mateo-Foster City School Board member Chelsea Bonini will replace incumbent Rod Hsiao on the San Mateo County Board […]
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer A federal judge in San Francisco has ordered Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen to either release Palo Alto convicted murderer Bulos […]
Caltrain will get a $108 million annual boost to its budget now that voters have approved Measure RR, a sales tax for the commuter railroad. Promoters spent more than $2 […]
OPINION This was printed in Monday morning’s Daily Post. BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor With tomorrow’s election, many of us are dreading the vote-counting and litigating that could go […]
1944 – 2020 Bonnie Tenenbaum passed away on October 15, 2020, two days after her 76th birthday. She is survived by her beloved husband of 54 years, Marty, cherished son […]
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Council, after getting hit by a lawsuit from the NAACP and ACLU, voted 5-2 tonight to drop the Palo Alto residents-only restriction […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After suffering from a brain embolism in September, alleged serial killer John Getreu, 76, is ready to stand trial, a prosecutor said today […]
The new health order for San Mateo County has expanded indoor visits at nursing homes. The order, issued by county Health Officer Dr. Scott Morrow, applies to long-term congregate care […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Although the city of Palo Alto has decided several times since the 1970s not to open Foothills Park to non-residents, a lawsuit filed against […]
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Two top Palo Alto city planners are offering a compromise regarding the controversy over Castilleja School’s expansion proposal that would limit enrollment, traffic […]
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