Menlo Park
Menlo Park City Council snubs community icon Onetta Harris
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council, in a snub to supporters and relatives of local icon Onetta Harris, has decided to put a generic name […]
Month: November 2023
Palo Alto
Broken hammer stops daytime theft at high-end consignment store
A pair of thieves tried to smash their way into a designer consignment store in downtown Palo Alto on Thursday but were thwarted when the wooden handle of their hammer […]
Obituaries
Tyler Ineo Montgomery
May 29, 1989 – October 28, 2023 Our beloved son and brother, Tyler Ineo Montgomery, suddenly departed this life due to an aortic aneurysm on October 28, 2023 at the […]
San Carlos
Beheading suspect goes silent in court
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The man charged with beheading his ex-girlfriend with a sword in San Carlos fell silent during cross-examination today (Nov. 13), refusing to answer […]
Mountain View
Fire strikes industrial building
A fire erupted this morning from a one-story industrial building at 2522 Leghorn St. in Mountain View. When firefighters arrived shortly after 8 a.m., they saw smoke coming from the […]
In the news
Three Peninsula residents charged with bribing San Francisco officials
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Three Peninsula residents and executives of a construction and planning firm have been charged with bribing San Francisco building inspectors with personal loans, […]
Palo Alto
Businesses fleeing Cal Ave. (list at the end)
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Since the city of Palo Alto reduced California Avenue from four to two lanes a decade ago, a total of 21 businesses that […]
Palo Alto
Docktown has cost Redwood City taxpayers $26 million
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The City of Redwood City has paid out over $26 million in various settlements, attorneys fees and cleanup costs related to Docktown, the […]
Stanford
Sketch released of hit-and-run driver in alleged hate crime
The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office has released a sketch of a hit-and-run suspect who struck a Muslim student with his vehicle on the Stanford University campus on Nov. 3. […]
San Carlos
Trial opens in beheading murder
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Renata Tabellion and her two friends were walking on Laurel Street when they saw a man and woman arguing. Moments later, the man […]
Palo Alto
Parcel tax for Los Altos schools passes
Voters in the Los Altos School District have approved a $295 parcel tax with 75% of the vote, more than the two-thirds necessary. The total was 6,401 in favor (75.1%) […]
Palo Alto
Cal Ave. to become a permanent pedestrian mall
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted tonight (Nov. 6) to permanently close California Avenue to cars. City Manager Ed Shikada had suggested another one-year […]
In the news
Town hall meeting planned for repaving of El Camino
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer State Sen. Josh Becker and Assemblyman Marc Berman are holding a town hall meeting next week to talk about the long-awaited repaving of […]
Mountain View
Trial begins in rape-kidnapping on Stevens Creek Trail
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A trial is underway for a French national accused of trying to rape and kidnap a woman on the Stevens Creek Trail in […]
Santa Clara County
New candidate enters race for Simitian’s supervisor seat
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A neurologist has entered the race for the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, joining Mountain View Councilwoman Margaret Abe-Koga and Sally Lieber, […]
Stanford
Arab Muslim student says he was the victim of a hit-and-run at Stanford by a pro-Israeli student
An Arab Muslim student at Stanford says he was walking across a street when he was intentionally hit by a car driven by a pro-Israel student who sped off after […]
Palo Alto
Historic board will consider adding 68 more private properties to city’s historic list (list of proposed additions at end)
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Historic Resources Board will consider adding 66 private properties to an inventory of local historic resources on Thursday, Nov. 9. […]
In the news
Jury convicts Sam Bankman-Fried of ripping off $10 billion from cryptocurrency customers
The former king of cryptocurrency, Palo Alto native Sam Bankman-Fried, was convicted by a New York City jury today of fraud in a scheme that cheated customers and investors of […]
Spotlight
Level Up Your Startup
Affordable office and manufacturing space. Entrepreneurial mentorship. Local talent and investment connections. These are all things that early-stage startups need to bootstrap their business and scale up – and you […]
Opinion
Opinion: Pay attention or you lose
This was originally published March 13, 2023, in the Daily Post. BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I’ve received a couple of emails asking me to write an editorial against […]