Obituaries
Cindy Baxter
Cindy Baxter loved a good party, almost as much as she loved swimming, running, biking and above all, her family and friends. Under normal circumstances, her passing would be widely […]
Year: 2020
Palo Alto
Council criticized for proposal to stop commissioners from talking to the press
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto residents told City Council on Monday that a proposal to stop members of city boards and commissions from talking to the […]
San Carlos
29 trees spared in development overlooking San Carlos
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Carlos Planning Commission told a townhouse owners association on Monday that it does not need to remove 29 trees as a […]
Palo Alto
Council looks for money for firefighters, libraries
BY KYLE MARTIN AND SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Members of Palo Alto City Council said they want to prioritize city services such as firefighters and libraries over capital […]
Santa Clara County
Charter school supporters pour $200,000 into race for Palo Alto-area county school board seat
This story was originally printed in Saturday morning’s Daily Post. Don’t miss out on important local news stories. Pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 mid-Peninsula locations. BY […]
Santa Clara County
County may review school sex misconduct policies; Michele Dauber says it’s ‘urgent’
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday (Oct. 20) will consider moving forward with a review of how county K-12 schools and colleges are complying with Title IX […]
Santa Clara County
Two more plead guilty in alleged gun permit scheme
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Two more men today pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s office for concealed-carry gun permits, according to District […]
Caltrain
Google, Adobe, the Giants funding Caltrain tax campaign
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer In the past week, the proponents of Measure RR, the one-eighth-of-a-cent sales tax for Caltrain, have raised nearly a half-million dollars, getting donations […]
Menlo Park
Female robbers hit restaurant customers dining outdoors
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer When restaurants started putting their tables outdoors to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, nobody expected this to happen. Two women went up […]
Palo Alto
Kou won’t give her opinion on Castilleja project after receiving donations from school’s supporters
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Councilwoman Lydia Kou, who is seen as a slow-growth candidate, sent an email to her supporters Thursday defending her refusal to […]
East Palo Alto
Seven candidates run for Ravenswood school board; Sharifa Wilson leaving
By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Seven candidates are facing off for two seats on the Ravenswood City School District board, which has been suffering from decreasing revenue because […]
Palo Alto
Homes burglarized while residents sleep — police seek 2 men
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are looking for two burglars who hit two homes while residents slept inside and stole a car from a third in an […]
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 […]
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 […]
Election 2020
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 […]
Election 2020
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. […]
Election 2020
Profiles of the six candidates running for school board
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Daily Post interviewed the six candidates running for three seats on the Palo Alto school board. Katie Causey Eight years after graduating […]
Mountain View
FPPC won’t investigate landlords’ allegations against council candidates
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A state agency has decided it won’t pursue a complaint by a landlord group against a Mountain View activist and four council candidates […]
Palo Alto
Post brings back its Wednesday edition
By the Daily Post staff When the lockdown began in March, local business activity came to a screeching halt. Many businesses closed while others laid off their employees as a […]