Palo Alto
Police release video of dog attack
To view the dog attack, here’s the video Palo Alto police released. And here’s a link to the eight videos Mountain View police released. BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff […]
Month: March 2021
San Mateo County
San Mateo County moving to less restrictive Orange Tier
By the Daily Post staff The state announced this morning that San Mateo County will move tomorrow (March 17) from the Red Tier to the Orange Tier of Covid restrictions […]
Menlo Park
Councilwoman rips county for vaccine rollout
By the Daily Post staff Menlo Park Councilwoman Cecilia Taylor said the county’s Covid vaccines should have first gone to hard-hit communities such as her Belle Haven neighborhood. The Belle […]
Palo Alto
Council decides it can’t decide on Castilleja project right now; another hearing set
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council early this morning punted the Castilleja School expansion project and its contentious underground parking garage to its March 29 […]
San Mateo
Attorney says her client filed a forged a court document
Correction: A previous version of this story misstated the number of times Princess Leia Lucas has been found incompetent by the court. It has only been once. And she has […]
Hillsborough
Man who fired off flare faces weapons charges
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County District Attorney is looking to file 14 felony gun charges against a man who shot off a flare at […]
In the news
Foothill-De Anza, Canada to get millions from $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill
Bay Area community colleges are expected to receive tens of millions of dollars in relief money from the recently passed American Rescue Plan, Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, said Monday. […]
Palo Alto
City council to discuss police dog attack behind closed doors
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department is withholding body camera footage of a police dog attack of an innocent Mountain View man at his […]
Palo Alto
City suffers setback in attempt to deal with mental crises
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council members want to send mental health workers to incidents that police would have responded to, similar to a program […]
East Palo Alto
Judge tentatively rules in favor of Councilman Lopez in dispute over taco truck at polling place
This story originally appeared in the Thursday, March 11, print edition of the Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings […]
San Carlos
Burglars grab $32,000 in jewelry in early-morning heist
By the Daily Post staff Burglars bashed in the front door of Emkay Diamonds in San Carlos on Saturday morning, ransacked the display cases and got away with $32,000 in […]
Opinion
Opinion: Top issues in Palo Alto in 1993 are familiar today
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor A friend the other day gave me a copy of a 1993 survey of Palo Alto residents commissioned by the city. The 28-year-old […]
Mountain View
Feds considering housing kids detained at the border at Moffett; Eshoo says she’ll ‘welcome’ them
By the Daily Post staff Federal officials yesterday on Thursday Moffett Field in Mountain View to see if it would be a suitable place to hold unaccompanied children apprehended at […]
In the news
In some cases, vaccination center volunteers can get vaccinations themselves
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Some residents who are anxious to get their Covid-19 shot are looking into volunteering at a vaccination site as a way to get their […]
Amazon
Amazon leaving East Palo Alto’s University Circle
By the Daily Post staff Amazon is leaving its offices in University Circle that are next to the Four Seasons Hotel in East Palo Alto after voters passed a tax […]
North Fair Oaks
Shots fired at car but driver wasn’t hit
By the Daily Post staff The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the pedestrian who opened fire last night on a car on Fifth Avenue east of Middlefield […]
East Palo Alto
Opinion: Kudos to local leaders who are fighting to get more vaccines to East Palo Alto
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Five local officials deserve a round of applause for calling attention to the fact that East Palo Alto residents are getting far fewer […]
San Mateo County
Ex-deputy sheriff headed for trial in election fraud case
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After seven years full of delays, the case of a former San Mateo County deputy sheriff accused of election fraud will go to […]
Mountain View
Former mayor recalls days of anti-war activism in new book
This article was originally published in the Monday, March 8, print edition of the Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, get in the habit of picking […]
San Mateo County
TV reporter won’t have to testify at upcoming murder trial
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A former KRON4 reporter has been spared from testifying during the trial of Daniel Contreras, accused of killing a toddler in the unincorporated […]
Santa Clara County
County sends Kaiser patients back to Kaiser to get their Covid shots
Santa Clara County is transferring Covid vaccination appointments for about 8,5000 people to Kaiser because of a low and unpredictable vaccine supply from the state, officials said today. The patients […]
Palo Alto
Opponents and supporters of Castilleja expansion sound off
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer In the first of two hearings on a proposal to expand Castilleja School, neighbors last night argued that a proposed 78-car garage would […]
Redwood City
Two cities will consider Covid pay hike for retail workers
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Carlos and Redwood City councils last night (March 8) each asked their respective city managers to draft ordinances to boost the […]
Palo Alto
Council takes aim at retail vacancies
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The slow-growth majority of Palo Alto City Council last night (March 8) passed an ordinance minutely expanding some retail business zoning, but they […]
In the news
More density in neighborhoods? Opposition is growing to bill that would allow four homes on a lot
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Opposition is growing to a bill in the state Legislature that could allow four housing units in many places where one single-family home now […]
Palo Alto
City Clerk Beth Minor plans to retire in July
This story was originally printed in Saturday’s Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY KYLE […]
Menlo Park
Man in homeless encampment shot
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man was shot at the homeless encampment at the Ravenswood Triangle today (March 8), CHP said. Police responded to the Ravenswood Triangle […]
San Mateo County
After $875,000 payout from sewer agency, former manager says it’s time to have ‘fun’
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The former sewer district boss who got $875,000 to leave under mysterious circumstances says he’s retired from the business because now is the […]
East Palo Alto
Vaccine clinic finally coming to East Palo Alto
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Ten weeks after the Covid-19 vaccine became available, San Mateo County officials announced yesterday that they will host weekly vaccine clinics in East […]
East Palo Alto
City officials want Covid death numbers
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County officials are not releasing information about how many people have died due to Covid in each city and officials in […]
Palo Alto
Mayor sees recovery, calls for unity in State of the City address
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Mayor Tom DuBois said people are “cranky” during the pandemic, but told the public the city is “hopeful and heading towards […]
Opinion
Opinion: Eshoo’s ‘questions’ a pressure tactic
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor We don’t need the government to decide what TV channels we watch, what newspapers we read or what websites we can visit. The […]
Redwood City
Woman with gun robs yogurt shop
By the Daily Post staff San Mateo County Sheriff’s Deputies are looking for a woman who used a gun to rob Corner Yogurt at 1501 Woodside Road in unincorporated Redwood […]
East Palo Alto
Teen runs pickup truck into fire station
By the Daily Post staff An unlicensed 17-year-old boy borrowed his father’s Dodge pickup and crashed it into Fire Station 2 at University Avenue and Runnymede Street in East Palo […]
Mountain View
Highway 101 reopens after 14 hours of negotiations with man on bridge’s edge
By the Daily Post staff Traffic has been reopened on Highway 101 some 14 hours after a man threatened to jump from the Old Middlefield Road bridge. At 11:45 p.m. […]