Opinion
Opinion: Five questions for city council candidates
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The goal of a city council member should be to make their city better. A council member running for re-election should be able […]
Year: 2024
Palo Alto
Residentialist Doria Summa sets sights on council
By Braden CartwrightDaily Post Staff Writer Planning Commissioner Doria Summa announced yesterday that she is running for Palo Alto City Council, hoping to continue her fight against state housing mandates […]
Palo Alto
Pro-housing candidate George Lu enters council race
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims is getting behind the newest candidate for council. Planning Commissioner George Lu announced his candidacy yesterday (May 28), […]
Palo Alto
Planning Commissioner Cari Templeton to run for council again
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Planning Commissioner Cari Templeton is running for Palo Alto City Council, joining three of her colleagues on the planning commission in the race. […]
Palo Alto
Residentialist Keith Reckdahl running for council
By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer Some of Palo Alto’s most prominent Residentialists are getting behind the latest candidate to announce that he’s running for council. Keith Reckdahl, a […]
Palo Alto
Pat Burt wants another term on council
By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s longest tenured official is seeking his fourth term on council in November. Councilman Pat Burt, 72, said he wants to see […]
Palo Alto
Katie Causey becomes first candidate to jump into council race
By Braden CartwrightDaily Post Staff Writer Katie Causey, a pro-housing and pro-cycling member of the city’s Human Relations Commission, yesterday (March 26) became the first candidate to announce a campaign […]
Opinion
Opinion: County’s Covid ‘after-action’ report ignores key concerns
OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor A year after it was due, Santa Clara County has finally released a state-required “after-action” report that analyzes how well the county government handled […]
In the news
Transit ridership still hasn’t recovered; Caltrain the worst off
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Bay Area planners are overhauling a long-range transportation plan for the region to reflect changes in travel patterns following the Covid-19 pandemic. Previously proposed […]
Obituaries
Adassa Walker
May 22, 1937 – May 13, 2024 Adassa Walker, loving daughter of Papa Walker and Pearl Currie, was born on May 22nd, 1937 in Madras, Jamaica, West Indies. At her […]
Palo Alto
City adding bathrooms to parks — ‘Palo Alto Process’ slows things down
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Members of the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission are trying to get around the notoriously slow “Palo Alto process” to add bathrooms for […]
Santa Clara County
New report looks at county government’s actions during pandemic
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer “Lockdown,” “over-reach,” and “scary” stood out as terms residents used to describe Santa Clara County’s response to the Covid pandemic, according to a […]
In the news
Proposed tech tax to fund local news passes state Senate
A bill to tax Google, Facebook and Amazon to fund the local news outlets has been approved by the state Senate in a surprise vote. It now goes on to […]
East Palo Alto
Woodland Park developer plans a smaller project
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The developer that planned to build a 605-unit apartment complex in East Palo Alto with buildings as tall as 13 stories is asking the […]
Palo Alto
Number of city employees making $300,000 a year jumps to 27; salaries for 2023 are out
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The number of city employees who made more than $300,000 nearly tripled last year, according to pay records released by the city of […]
Opinion
Opinion: Exit of undersheriff didn’t come with much warning
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor San Mateo County’s sheriff’s deputies didn’t get much advance notice that the No. 2 person in the department, Undersheriff Chris Hsiung, was leaving […]
Opinion
Opinion: Decision to put bike lanes on El Camino will hurt small businesses
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor An estimated 39% of small, independent businesses in California were forced to permanently close during the pandemic, according to research by Harvard. Those […]
Mountain View
School district agrees to settle teacher’s suit over alleged rape
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The Mountain View Whisman School District has agreed to settle a lawsuit from a former teacher who was allegedly raped by her colleague, […]
Palo Alto
Judge rejects city’s argument in mural lawsuit
This story appeared in today’s (6/26) Daily Post. To stay up to date on the latest news, be sure to pick up a copy every morning. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post […]
Santa Clara County
County loses top elections official
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The official who oversees elections in Santa Clara County is retiring ahead of the November election. Registrar of Voters Shannon Bushey’s last day will […]
Palo Alto
Race harassment suit costs Stanford and Stanford Health $10 million
A judge has ordered Stanford University and Stanford Health Care to pay $10 million in damages in connection with an employee’s racial harassment case that included allegations of a staffer […]
San Mateo County
Sheriff’s second-in-command suddenly exits
This story originally appeared in Saturday morning’s Daily Post. Stay on top of local news by picking up the Post in the morning at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT […]
Menlo Park
Power restored in Menlo Park
UPDATE 6:00 p.m.: Power has been restored to all customers who lost power earlier today. UPDATE 4:29 p.m.: Power has been restored to much of the city, aside from about […]
Obituaries
Georgia Thiemann
June 1943 – June 2024 Georgia Thiemann of Redwood City, aged 80, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her family. Georgia was loving and kind, and always expressed her […]
Opinion
Opinion: A generous gift from an anonymous reader
OPINION By Dave Price Daily Post Editor If you work in a newsroom, you never known what’s going to arrive at the front desk or in the mail on any […]
Palo Alto
Council removes parking on El Camino to make way for bike lanes
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council on Tuesday (June 18) approved the removal of all parking on El Camino Real in favor of bike lanes, […]
Palo Alto
City of Palo Alto tries new argument in lawsuit over anti-police mural
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto is trying to assert a last-minute defense against a lawsuit from six police officers who are suing the […]
San Mateo County
Companies accused of bribing community college chancellor ask judge to dismiss lawsuit
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Defendants in the San Mateo County Community College District’s lawsuit accusing five construction and architectural firms of participating in former chancellor Ron Galatolo’s alleged […]
Mountain View
Police officer accused of lying in report about pool death of boy, 9
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Lawyers have accused a Mountain View police officer of lying on his police report that was used to charge a father and a […]
Palo Alto
Burglars hit Gunn High School
Someone broke into a classroom at Gunn High School and took 25 MacBooks and an unknown number of cameras, Palo Alto police said. Principal Wendy Stratton said that the district […]
Palo Alto
Lythcott-Haims not satisfied with rule change she sought from state elections agency
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims isn’t satisfied with a rule change by the Fair Political Practices Commission that was […]
Palo Alto
Home burglary caught on camera; Four from Chile arrested
Palo Alto Police arrested four Chilean nationals on suspicion of breaking into a home, police said today (June 17). The owner of a home on the 2300 block of Byron […]
Obituaries
Tanya Ziebarth De Mare
July 28, 1945 – June 7, 2024 She was a teacher and school administrator and often said that her career was the best ever. She was predeceased by John Lippold, […]
Obituaries
Virginia Lee Fryer
Virginia Lee Fryer, 102, a long-time resident of Santa Fe, NM and Portola Valley and Claremont, California, passed away in Santa Fe on Thanksgiving Day 2023. Born in Topeka, Kansas, […]
Spotlight
Enjoy Sunset Strolls, Live Music at Filoli This Summer
Want to watch the sun set over one of the Peninsula’s most beautiful gardens? Or enjoy an outdoor concert in the meadow? Check out Summer Nights and Summer Stage offerings […]