Palo Alto
Driver of truck that hit school bus didn’t have a license
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer An unlicensed driver behind the wheel of a dump truck ran a red light and T-boned a Palo Alto school bus carrying seven […]
Month: February 2021
Santa Clara County
County’s poet laureate offers class for teens that provides relief from pandemic stress
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Today (Feb. 12) is the last day for teenage poets to sign up for a free poetry writing workshop offered online by Santa […]
Palo Alto
State agency fines Kniss, DuBois; Kou under investigation; Complaint names Greer
BY EMILY MIBACH AND KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writers The state Fair Political Practices Commission has fined former Palo Alto Mayor Liz Kniss and current Mayor Tom DuBois for […]
Santa Clara County
Sen. Becker wants teachers vaccinated quickly
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer State Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, said he wants to get Covid vaccines to teachers in the next few weeks, while Gov. Gavin […]
Palo Alto
Grades 7-12 could return to school in March
This was first published in the Saturday, Feb. 6, print edition of the Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Daily Post in the […]
Santa Clara County
Indoor church services are banned again in Santa Clara County
By the Daily Post staff Once again, indoor church services are banned in Santa Clara County. The county had originally banned indoor church services to prevent the spread of Covid-19. […]
Palo Alto
Gunman robs 76 station
By the Daily Post staff A man with a gun held up the 76 gas station at E. Charleston and San Antonio roads and is at large today. On Tuesday […]
Obituaries
Harriet Pedersen
September 1, 1920 – September 11, 2020 Harriet Pedersen, a resident of Palo Alto for 62 years, died peacefully only 10 days after celebrating her 100th birthday! Born in Montevideo, […]
Obituaries
George Chandler Pitt, Jr.
March 21, 1942 – January 12, 2021 Affectionately known to some as “Georgie”. Passed away peacefully at his home in Mountain View after a well fought battle with cancer. Born […]
Santa Clara County
African Covid mutation found here
Genomics researchers at Stanford have confirmed California’s first two cases of the South African coronavirus mutation in Alameda and Santa Clara counties, Gov. Gavin Newsom said today. The 501Y.V2 variant […]
Redwood City
Lucile Packard pediatrician arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct
This story first appeared in this morning’s Daily Post. To get the local news first, pick up the Post in the morning at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily […]
Redwood City
Sexually violent predator’s move to Redwood City canceled
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer UPDATE, 7 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 10 — The owner of the Redwood City home who was planning to rent a room to a […]
Palo Alto
Council hears proposals for 400 homes in two developments
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s pro-housing advocates and Residentialists faced off last night (Feb. 8) to offer their opinions about two proposed housing developments that, if […]
San Mateo County
UPDATED: Chancellor emeritus Galatolo fired, allegedly took gifts from contractors
By the Daily Post staff UPDATE, 10 p.m., Monday — The San Mateo County Community College District Board fired chancellor emeritus Ron Galatolo after learning that he was receiving concert […]
Santa Clara County
After court steps in, county does a 180 and allows churches to partially reopen
By the Daily Post staff Santa Clara County officials, who had refused to allow churches to reopen for indoor services despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, relented tonight and allowed […]
Opinion
Opinion: Police aren’t required to encrypt their radios
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The dispute over the decision by Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos to encrypt their police radio frequencies may just boil down […]
Belmont
Bank robbery suspect arrested
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The efforts of several police departments have led to the arrest of a man suspected of robbing a bank in Belmont, police said […]
Palo Alto
San Mateo County cops want Covid shots
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Police Chiefs and Sheriff Association is asking the county’s public health department to step up its Covid vaccinations of […]
Los Altos
Trash containers set ablaze in Los Altos
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer One ore more arsonists set fire to a wooden dumpster and three trash cans on two different days at two separate locations in […]
Stanford
George Shultz, former U.S. secretary of state, dead at 100
Former Secretary of State George Shultz, a titan of American academia, business and diplomacy who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve Cold War relations with the Soviet Union […]