Menlo Park
Daycare center for kids of essential employees opens
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City School District is opening up one of its campuses to be used as a daycare center for the children of […]
Year: 2020
Palo Alto
Thief takes automated defibrillator from park bathroom
By the Daily Post staff Someone stole an AED from a public bathroom at Byxbee Park in the Palo Alto Baylands, police said. An automated external defibrillator is a portable […]
San Mateo County
County may ban the eviction of small businesses due to impact to pandemic
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County’s Board of Supervisors tomorrow (April 7) will consider banning evictions of small businesses in unincorporated county, which includes North Fair […]
In the news
Court leaders suspend evictions amid pandemic
California judicial leaders approved today a statewide emergency order suspending evictions to help deal with the COVID-19 crisis that has crippled the court system. It was one of eleven temporary […]
East Palo Alto
Sudaria named permanent superintendent of Ravenswood district
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Ravenswood City School District board announced today that it has decided longtime district employee and current interim superintendent Gina Sudaria should become […]
Stanford
Stanford experts say COVID-19 death estimates may be too high
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Although some have estimated that COVID-19 could kill millions of people, those projections — which are shaping government responses such as shelter-at-home orders — […]
Caltrain
Board gives Caltrain/Samtrans CEO a raise and bonus, but he defers it
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The head of Caltrain and SamTrans, Jim Hartnett, is getting a raise that will boost his annual pay to $552,476 a year, and […]
East Palo Alto
City looks at revenue losses, whether to allow RV campers to stay 24/7 in city parking lot
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer East Palo Alto’s City Council on Tuesday (April 7) will discuss the different ways that COVID-19 has affected the city, including the loss […]
San Mateo County
San Mateo County Fair canceled
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Fair will not be occurring this year because the San Mateo County Event Center has become a COVID-19 testing […]
Palo Alto
Eshoo concerned about nursing home patients and workers during coronavirus outbreak
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, said during a telephone town hall meeting with constituents Friday (April 3) that due to the coronavirus outbreak, […]
Santa Clara County
UPDATE: Menlo Park closes Bedwell Bayfront Park
APRIL 3 — The city of Menlo Park has closed Bedwell Bayfront Park until further notice because people haven’t been practicing social distancing. The closure includes the entire park, trails […]
Palo Alto
City expects tax revenue to plunge, expenses to rise due to coronavirus outbreak
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Santa Clara County
Virtual VTA board meeting hacked by ‘Zoom bombers’
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Hackers yelled profanities and projected x-rated images on-screen during the Valley Transportation Authority Board of Directors’ video meeting Thursday night. The meeting was […]
Mountain View
Woman arrested on multiple charges after hitting police car
By the Daily Post staff Mountain View police have arrested a woman for allegedly ramming a stolen car into Walgreens at 100 block of East El Camino Real and then […]
Palo Alto
Schools in Santa Clara County, including Palo Alto, will stay closed for the rest of the academic year
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Schools in Santa Clara County will be closed for the rest of the academic year because of the COVID-19 outbreak. In Palo Alto, […]
San Mateo
National Guard helps to set up 250-bed temporary hospital in San Mateo County Events Center
In a cavernous room at the San Mateo County Event Center, 250 hospital beds lie waiting for an emergency that county officials hope will never come. County officials showed off […]
In the news
Newsom: Schools probably won’t reopen this academic year
California schools should plan on teaching from afar for the rest of the academic year because it’s unlikely the coronavirus will allow them to reopen before summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom […]
Obituaries
Manfred Wildmann
April 16, 1930 – March 24, 2020 Manfred (Manny) Wildmann, a longtime resident of Menlo Park, passed away from Progressive Supranuclear Palsy on March 24, 2020, a few weeks shy […]
Palo Alto
Businesses are boarding up their storefronts on University Avenue
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer All the windows and doors of the West Elm furniture store in downtown Palo Alto are boarded up with plywood, a sign of […]
San Mateo County
County’s new coronavirus website omits information on hospitalizations
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County’s Public Health Department yesterday (March 31) unveiled a website that provides data about COVID-19, however it lacks information on how […]