Los Altos
City strikes a compromise over push for natural gas ban
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Council struck a compromise last night over a push by environmental activists to ban natural gas in new homes. Instead […]
Year: 2020
Belmont
Creating ‘defensible zones’ kept Belmont Hills fire small
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The day after a fire broke out in Belmont’s San Juan canyon, forcing the evacuation of 40 homes, the City Council heard an […]
Redwood City
City bans natural gas in most new construction
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City Council tonight (Sept. 21) voted to ban natural gas in most new buildings. The plan, an attempt to curb climate […]
Palo Alto
UPDATED: School board settles lawsuits over bullying, playground injury
8:02 p.m. Tuesday — This story has been updated with the settlement amounts approved by the school board. 4:40 p.m. Tuesday — This story has been updated with a comment […]
Mountain View
Housing for 300 homeless planned on Leghorn Street
By the Daily Post staff City officials in Mountain View announced this afternoon that they’re buying a 1-acre site at 2566 Leghorn St., where they will house 300 homeless people […]
San Mateo County
San Mateo County can ease Covid restrictions — good news for restaurants, malls, churches, schools
Indoor restaurant dining rooms, gyms and indoor malls can resume business in San Mateo County after the state announced today that the county’s coronavirus cases have fallen enough to warrant […]
Mountain View
Mountain View is handing out pay raises despite recession
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View City Council will likely give raises to City Manager Kimbra McCarthy, City Attorney Krishan Chopra and City Clerk Lisa Natusch at […]
Redwood City
Mental health clinician to help police
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Mental health experts will soon be on hand to assist Redwood City police when they deal with people who are suffering from psychiatric […]
San Mateo County
Suspected serial killer hospitalized just before trial is to begin
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Suspected Palo Alto serial killer John Getreu, 76, who is expected to go on trial next week in San Mateo County, may not […]
Palo Alto
City’s new housing quota — 10,050 homes in 10 years
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A lot of homes are going to be built in Palo Alto in the next 10 years if a state agency has its […]
Belmont
Firefighters put out Belmont Hills wildfire
By the Daily Post staff Firefighters reported at 8:30 tonight that they have extinguished a four-alarm vegetation grass fire in San Juan Canyon in the 2900 block of Alhambra Drive […]
In the news
Daily Post wins 17 awards in regional journalism competition
By the Daily Post staff The Daily Post has won 17 awards from the San Francisco Press Club including first-place honors for commentary, column, editorial, entertainment review, headlines and series […]
Mountain View
Man who exposed himself to jogger gets probation
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A Stanford-educated engineer was sentenced today (Sept. 21) to three years probation because he exposed himself to a jogger on Stevens Creek Trail […]
San Mateo County
UPDATED: Whitlock drops out of race for college district board
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Eugene Whitlock, former HR director of San Mateo County Community College District who was paid $2.28 million to quietly resign, today dropped out […]
Mountain View
City hires chief communications officer
By the Daily Post staff A former TV anchor and reporter who more recently has worked as a public relations officer for San Jose and Santa Clara has been hired […]
San Mateo County
Motorcyclist killed, 2 others injured on San Mateo Bridge
By the Daily Post staff A motorcyclist was thrown into the Bay and killed yesterday after he hit a broken down car on the San Mateo Bridge, the CHP reports. […]
San Mateo County
Man accused of shooting at RV park, then setting his own trailer on fire
By the Daily Post staff San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man who is accused of shooting at mobile homes in a Half Moon Bay RV park, threatening […]
Palo Alto
Ready for up to 8,500 new homes?
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The state will likely require Palo Alto to zone for 4,500 to 8,500 additional homes between 2022 and 2030. Every eight years, the […]
East Palo Alto
Steve Jobs’ widow unveils large development
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A company headed by Laurene Powell Jobs is proposing to build homes, offices and retail across the 52 acres it owns in East […]
Palo Alto
Want more affordable housing? Expert: make projects profitable
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent If the city of Palo Alto wants to increase the percentage of affordable units required in new housing projects, it should look at reducing […]
Santa Clara County
DA wins first round in gun-permit case
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A judge handed Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen a first round victory yesterday (Sept. 17) in his case alleging the Sheriff’s […]
Atherton
Town drops trash-hauler in an attempt to reduce rates
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Atherton is dumping its garbage hauler but will have to pay $2.2 million in order to hire a new company, which happens to […]
San Mateo County
School superintendent resigns after union no-confidence vote
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Sequoia Union High School District Superintendent Mary Streshly, who had come under harsh criticism from the teachers union, has resigned, the school board […]
Obituaries
Sandra Lynn Brown
June 4, 1942 – July 7, 2020 Sandra Lynn Brown died after a brief battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her husband of 27 years, Jack Autry […]
Santa Clara County
County to fine large health care groups that fail to provide Covid tests
Santa Clara County plans to hit large hospitals and medical groups with $5,000 fines if they don’t provide their members with coronavirus tests or help them find other places that […]
Palo Alto
City plans to hire accounting firm Baker Tilly to serve as auditor
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Council is scheduled to vote on whether to hire the Chicago-based accounting firm of Baker Tilly to serve as city auditor — […]
San Mateo County
County wants to help small landlords who aren’t getting rent payments
A program to assist small landlords who aren’t able to collect rent because of eviction moratoriums during the COVID-19 lockdown has been approved by the San Mateo County supervisors. Supervisors […]
Palo Alto
Proposal calls for schools to reopen between October and January
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto school Superintendent is proposing the district re-open for in-person teaching on the following dates: • Grades TK-1: Oct. 12 • Grades 2-3: Oct. […]
Palo Alto
Most council candidates come out in favor of business tax at election forum
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Most of the 10 candidates running for Palo Alto City Council said last night that they support some form of a new tax on […]
East Palo Alto
Man jailed for allegedly threatening a witness
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An East Palo Alto man is facing additional charges after he threatened a man he had robbed and was in possession of guns […]
Palo Alto
ACLU sues Palo Alto over access to Foothills Park
By the Daily Post staff The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the city of Palo Alto to remove the residents-0nly restriction at Foothills Park, which the group calls a […]
Palo Alto
City’s CalPERS pension liability increases 4.7% to $476 million
By the Daily Post staff The city of Palo Alto’s unfunded pension liability has increased by 4.7% to $476 million, according to CalPERS, the agency that runs the city’s pension […]
Palo Alto
Sales plunge 60-80% at Town & Country
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Sales at Palo Alto’s Town & Country Village shopping center are down 60-80% this month, landlord Jim Ellis of Ellis Partners told City […]
San Carlos
Parklets coming to another neighborhood
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The concept of parklets — outdoor dining areas located on street parking spaces — is growing in San Carlos. Last night, City Council […]
San Mateo County
Man who punched Caltrain, SamTrans workers gets six months behind bars
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man is facing up to six months behind bars for punching two transit workers in Menlo Park and Belmont, a prosecutor said […]