Palo Alto
Race on for school board
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Parent Nicole Chiu-Wang announced today (April 29) that she is running for Palo Alto school board for a second time, guaranteeing a competitive race […]
Month: April 2024
Obituaries
Grace Fujita Sawka
April 24, 1946 – April 7, 2024 Grace Fujita Sawka passed onto the hands of Lord early Sunday April 7, 2024. She had suffered a stroke and was making a […]
Obituaries
Roger Watson “R.W.” Stiles, 88
Roger Watson “R.W.” Stiles passed peacefully at the age of 88 on April 11, 2024. He was a native of the San Francisco, California Bay area for over 60 years. […]
Spotlight
Lingerie République Coming to Town & Country
Palo Alto’s most luxurious lingerie boutique is moving to Town & Country, with their grand opening set for May 1, just a week from today. Lingerie République is moving from […]
In the news
Court throws out pro-density law SB9
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Cities that are against state housing mandates have won their lawsuit against the state of California that challenged a controversial law allowing four […]
Palo Alto
Voters to decide if bus lane goes through park land
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The thought of doing away with parkland in Palo Alto would typically be controversial, but a pitch by Stanford to build a bus […]
Palo Alto
Handful of properties added to historic list
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted tonight (April 22) to add 16 properties to a local historic list, just a fraction of what the […]
Opinion
Opinion: Farewell to a faithful friend
By Dave Price Daily Post Editor This week I’m going to skip my usual commentary about current events in our community and tell you a personal story. I’m not looking […]
Obituaries
Janice S. Gonzaga
July 16, 1942 – April 13, 2024 Janice S. Gonzaga (81) died unexpectedly on April 13, 2024, at Sequoia Hospital, Redwood City, California. Janice, the eldest of three children was […]
Menlo Park
Car smashes into business
Someone drove through the front glass of Mike’s Camera in downtown Menlo Park this morning and took over $13,000 in cameras and lenses, the store manager said. The break-in happened […]
Redwood City
Pedestrian falls under bus, body found on tracks
A dead body was found on the tracks in Palo Alto and a pedestrian was injured by a bus at the Caltrain station in Redwood City in two incidents 12 […]
Palo Alto
Converted hotel shut down
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has cleared out a hotel that had been converted to apartments for 26 Stanford graduate students who were living […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto man arrested in child porn case
Robert Wenzlau of Palo Alto was arrested Thursday on four charges alleging lewd contact with a child online. Wenzlau, 67, was arrested by police in the 1400 block of Dana […]
In the news
Liccardo supporter willing to pay for recount of votes in House race
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer One of former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo’s supporters filed for a recount yesterday in the race for Congress, hoping to break an […]
Stanford
Tara VanDerveer to retire after 38 years at Stanford
Tara VanDerveer, who has won more NCAA college basketball games than any coach in history, announced her retirement yesterday after 38 years at Stanford, three NCAA championships and 14 appearances […]
Menlo Park
Students get film taken off YouTube
The student newspaper at Menlo-Atherton High School has sent a cease and desist letter to a documentarian who used some of the newspaper’s videos, resulting in the film being pulled […]
Caltrain
New electric train hits and kill a person on the tracks during test run
A Caltrain electric test train struck and killed a person on the tracks in San Carlos early this morning (April 7). Caltrain said at 12:10 a.m. a southbound train hit […]
Redwood City
Man arrested for shooting at two people in a car
A Redwood City man has been arrested in shooting, and police have recovered the gun he allegedly used. Police responded to a call on March 6 around 11:30 p.m. from […]
Stanford
Controversial lecturer, accused of antisemitism, sues Stanford
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A Stanford lecturer who was suspended for allegedly singling out Jewish students in his classroom and downplaying the Holocaust has sued the university, […]
Palo Alto
Fire station to move into Cubberley during construction
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff writer The city of Palo Alto is putting a temporary fire station at the Cubberley Community Center for two years while the fire station […]