Opinion
Opinion: Important questions about the pandemic remain unanswered
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor As the pandemic fades away, we as a society need to take an unflinching look back at what we did to combat Covid […]
Year: 2021
East Palo Alto
Man shot in parking garage, dies at hospital
By the Daily Post staff A 25-year-old Redwood City man, Christian Garcia-Torres, was shot in an East Palo Alto parking garage and later died at a hospital, police reported today. […]
Palo Alto
Labor shortage: Laid off workers aren’t returning to jobs because they make more on unemployment
Word Count: 766 BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Some Palo Alto businesses are still fighting for survival through the pandemic as business owners compete with the state and […]
Palo Alto
Did you get this ‘legal notice’ in the mail? It’s a claim form to get a small amount of a settlement from the city
By the Daily Post staff Palo Altans are receiving letters asking them if they want to receive a small part of the $1.275 million settlement from the city for overcharging […]
Palo Alto
Supporters of Junior Museum and Zoo oppose proposed $18 entry fee
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The organization that raised $25 million to remodel Palo Alto’s Junior Museum and Zoo wants City Council to reconsider the $18 entry fee […]
Palo Alto
Short-term improvements to Churchill-Alma intersection approved
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer For years Palo Alto officials have been talking about what they’re going to do about the Caltrain crossing at Churchill Avenue when the […]
Caltrain
Caltrain begins to loosen San Mateo County’s grip by hiring a new attorney
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The process of making Caltrain independent of the influence of San Mateo County’s political leaders will soon begin with a change in law […]
Los Altos
Mediator can’t settle beef over activist’s texts
Word Count: 372 BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer An attempt to mediate the dispute between Los Altos Councilwoman Lynette Lee Eng and activist Kenan Moos has failed. Each […]
Palo Alto
UPDATED: Teachers to get a 5% raise this summer and 5% next summer
This version of the story includes the cost of the raises to the school district. By the Daily Post staff The teachers union and Palo Alto school district administrators have […]
In the news
High-density housing bills advance in Legislature
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A bill that would allow four housing units in many places where one single-family home now sits is moving forward in the state Legislature, […]
Opinion
Guest opinion: Wrong kind of budget in an emergency
GUEST OPINION BY MARK OLBERT I see the city of San Carlos appears on track to continue its habit of significantly exceeding budget projections. Overall revenues were higher than expected […]
Palo Alto
35 guns stolen from home as family sleeps
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Burglars broke into a Palo Alto home and stole 35 guns while a family of four slept, police said. The burglars got away […]
Obituaries
Elizabeth “Betsey” Wallick Danon
August 26, 1929 – April 17, 2021 Elizabeth Anne “Betsey” Wallick was born August 26, 1929 to Guy Philip Wallick and his wife, Florence Kenneth “Keysie” Keys, in Palo Alto, […]
Palo Alto
No train tunnel in south Palo Alto; decision on Churchill crossing put off
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council last night (April 26) narrowed the list of rail crossing options by eliminating proposals to put the train in […]
Menlo Park
Apartment complex rejected then approved
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Planning Commission on Monday (April 26) approved plans to build 105 apartments on the east side, but not before the […]
Palo Alto
Pedestrian overpass work will close 101 later this week
Caltrans is planning lane closures on Highway 101 between San Antonio and Embarcadero roads in Palo Alto later this week for a bridge installation project. The closures will allow crews […]
Mountain View
No appointments needed to get vaccinations
By the Daily Post staff People in Mountain View who haven’t received a Covid vaccination can stop by two locations and get a shot. • Vaccines will be available at […]
Mountain View
Two injured in nightclub fight, assailant at large
By the Daily Post staff Police are looking for a man who knocked one man out and rammed another man with his car in a fight at the Monte Carlo […]
Menlo Park
Opening arguments today in trial of accused child molester
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Opening arguments in the trial of a west Menlo Park man who is facing nearly 20 counts of child sex abuse begin today […]
Mountain View
Suit accuses cops of beating up motorist and deleting his video of the attack
This story was originally printed in Wednesday’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 EMILY […]