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Month: January 2025

Menlo Park

Redevelopment of Flood School given green light

January 13, 2025 11:17 pm

BY AMELIA BISCARDIDaily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Planning Commission tonight (Jan. 13) approved the controversial teacher housing project at the former Flood School site.  This was the project’s […]

East Palo Alto

Plea deals struck in fatal stabbing case

January 13, 2025 8:04 pm

BY AMELIA BISCARDI Daily Post Staff Writer An East Palo Alto man pleaded guilty today (Jan. 13) to second-degree murder after he stabbed a man in the neck during an argument […]

Santa Clara County

Valley Water CEO goes to Ghana while on medical leave; travel scrutinized

January 13, 2025 11:23 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer CEO Rick Callender has traveled to Ghana, Africa, while on medical leave from his position atop Valley Water, the agency tasked with flood control […]

Menlo Park

Council votes tomorrow on putting housing downtown

January 13, 2025 11:17 am

BY AMELIA BISCARDIDaily Post Staff Writer Tuesday night (Jan. 14), those for and against the Menlo Park City Council’s controversial plan to convert three downtown parking lots into government-subsidized housing […]

East Palo Alto

Two arrested in cold case murder

January 13, 2025 8:38 am

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of shooting and killing a person and wounding another in Sunnyvale in 2017. Arrested were Vicente Aguilera-Chavez and Agustin Sandoval, according to the […]

Menlo Park

County will hire outside party to look at supe’s spending

January 10, 2025 10:18 pm

The San Mateo County Office of Education is hiring a third party to audit the Las Lomitas School District’s credit card spending after the county performed an initial audit, according […]

San Mateo County

Sheriff buys $74,000 conference room table

January 10, 2025 12:07 pm

This story was originally printed in the Jan. 8 edition of the Daily Post. To get important local news stories first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 […]

Stanford

Fate of students arrested in Stanford protest is in limbo seven months later

January 9, 2025 11:03 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The 13 students who were arrested in June for allegedly breaking in to the Stanford president’s office and spray painting the building in a […]

San Mateo County

Embattled sheriff leaves club’s board

January 9, 2025 9:53 am

BY AMELIA BISCARDIDaily Post Staff Writer Controversial San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus has resigned from a club that supports families of police officers killed in the line of duty, […]

Palo Alto

It’s ‘Hello Kitty’ — for now, cat lounge gets temporary reprieve

January 8, 2025 2:09 pm

This story was first published in the Monday, Jan. 6 edition of the Daily Post. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto is backing off its […]

San Mateo County

County debunks claim in Channel 7 report that defended sheriff

January 8, 2025 12:09 pm

San Mateo County officials Tuesday debunked a Channel 7 story that claimed retired Judge LaDoris Cordell withheld information exonerating Sheriff Christina Corpus and former chief of staff Victor Aenlle in […]

Obituaries

Robert Tankersley

January 7, 2025 9:42 am

Robert Tankersley, 80, of Redwood City, left us too soon on December 7, 2024.  He was the oldest of ten, born to his young parents on a farm in Bonanza, […]

Obituaries

Margaret Venable Cortopassi

January 7, 2025 9:29 am

We sadly announce that Margaret, age 95, is now with the Lord. She passed peacefully surrounded by her husband Richard and many members of her family.  Margaret grew up in […]

Palo Alto

Palo Alto Council picks Lauing, Veenker to lead

January 6, 2025 6:19 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (Jan. 6) picked Ed Lauing as mayor and Vicki Veenker as vice mayor, putting her in line for the […]

Palo Alto

Police have ‘promising leads’ in downtown burglaries

January 6, 2025 3:24 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Police officers are following “promising leads” in response to a series of overnight restaurant burglaries that have left owners and employees on edge, Capt. […]

Menlo Park

Man arrested for attempted burglary at SLAC

January 6, 2025 3:11 pm

BY AMELIA BISCARDIDaily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County Sheriff’s deputies yesterday (Jan. 5) arrested a man for an alleged attempted burglary at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory after they found […]

Palo Alto

Perry, the Barron Park donkey, has died

January 3, 2025 11:46 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Perry the donkey, who had a long and loving connection with Palo Alto residents and other members of his herd in the Barron […]

San Mateo County

Sheriff Corpus wants $10 million from county over ‘evil scheme’

January 2, 2025 2:01 pm

San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus, who is facing removal from office for allegedly retaliating against her employees and other allegations, is demanding the county pay her $10 million. She […]

Palo Alto

Burglars target downtown restaurants — taking a safe in one case

January 2, 2025 1:49 pm

This story was first printed in the Thursday, Jan. 2, Daily Post. To read all of the important local stories first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 […]

Obituaries

Sheri (Pinnell, Van Coops) Jansen-Olliges

January 2, 2025 9:46 am

August 17, 1941- October 24, 2024 Sheri was born in Berkeley, CA to Richard and Margaret Pinnell, attended El Cerrito High School (class of 1959) and earned her BA in […]

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