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 […]
Month: March 2021
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. […]
San Mateo County
San Mateo County’s community colleges won’t reopen until January 2022
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to reopen schools by March 31, but that doesn’t apply to community colleges in San Mateo County, whose board […]
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County moves into the red zone, indoor dining allowed
By the Daily Post staff Santa Clara Couny today moved out of the Purple Tier, the state’s most-restrictive Covid-19 tier, and into the Red Tier, which allows indoor restaurants to […]
Palo Alto
Lauing, Summa reappointed to planning commission; adds two new faces to historic board
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council yesterday (March 1) reappointed two incumbents to the city’s Planning and Transportation Commission and traded out two other incumbents […]
Belmont
Fatal shooting in residential area of Belmont
By the Daily Post staff A fatal shooting occurred today (March 1) on the 2400 block of Carlmont Drive in Belmont police said. The shooting occurred around 10:30 a.m. on […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto teachers get vaccine priority
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school district teachers this week will all have the opportunity to schedule an appointment to get the Covid vaccine, the district […]
San Carlos
Push-up and arm wrestling contest leads to stabbing, DA says
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A day laborer was stabbed in the Lucky’s parking lot in San Carlos over a push-up and arm wrestling competition, the District Attorney […]
Atherton
Menlo School student goes to court to get on the volleyball court
A Menlo School high school student has filed a lawsuit and a request for a temporary restraining order in San Mateo County Superior Court in order to allow her onto […]
East Palo Alto
Local leaders ask for more vaccines for East Palo Alto
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Officials today (March 1) urged state and federal agencies to distribute more Covid vaccines to poorer communities such as East Palo Alto, which […]
Mountain View
Lawsuit claims St. Francis forced teens out after mistaking their acne masks for blackface
By the Daily Post staff St. Francis Catholic High School in Mountain View is fighting a $20 million lawsuit that claims it forced out two teenage boys because school administrators […]
In the news
Deal reached to get kids back in classrooms by March 31
Most of California’s 6.1 million public school students could be back in the classroom by April under new legislation announced today (March 1) by Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders. […]