Portola Valley
Portola Valley has a new city manager
This story first appeared in Saturday morning’s Daily Post. If you want to get the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings. Portola Valley’s town council has […]
Month: July 2025
Sunnyvale
Armed jewelry store employees fend off robbers
A jewelry store in Sunnyvale was rammed by a vehicle in an attempted robbery Friday but armed employees fended off the culprits, police said. The jeweler’s building, located in the […]
Palo Alto
Palo Altans protest Trump policies at ‘Good Trouble’ rally
Palo Alto residents rallied at King Plaza in front of City Hall on Thursday to honor the late civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis and resist what they characterized […]
Mountain View
Ku trial Part 5: Who really sent that email? Expert testifies
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer An expert in email technology has taken the stand to support allegations that Mountain View tutor Alice Ku’s husband killed her on a trip […]
Obituaries
Ralph S. Levine
September 11, 1940 – July 10, 2025 Ralph Levine passed away in his sleep at his Palo Alto home on July 10. He was well cared for during his rapid […]
Obituaries
Alison Slone Hengehold
June 12, 1946 – July 9, 2025 Alison Slone Hengehold, 79, of Menlo Park, loving daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, neighbor and friend, passed away on July 9, 2025. […]
Obituaries
Susan Marie Adams
June 11, 1940 – July 17, 2025 Susan Marie Adams was born in Portland Oregon on June 11, 1940. She was the third child of Marie and Leonard Adams of […]
San Mateo County
First Amendment advocacy group threatens to sue if county doesn’t open up Corpus hearings
(Read the First Amendment Coalition’s letter to the county.) BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer The First Amendment Coalition is threatening to sue the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors […]
Stanford
Stanford protesters go to court, along with supporters
Correction: The charges filed against the defendants were incorrect in an earlier version of this story. They have been corrected in this version. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Pro-Palestinian […]
Mountain View
Ku trial Part 4: Husband testifies in missing tutor case
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A Los Altos resident whose wife disappeared in Taiwan took the stand yesterday (July 16) to defend himself against accusations from her family that […]
San Mateo County
StarVista shutting down
StarVista, which contracts with San Mateo County to provide behavioral health counseling, announced today that it will close on Aug. 1 due to what it said were “financial challenges” and […]
Palo Alto
Berman, Papan aren’t saying how they’ll vote on a bill to give small businesses relief from ADA lawsuits
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A state bill intended to prevent abuse of the Americans with Disability Act is at risk of dying in the state Assembly, but a […]
Obituaries
Thomas John Reilly
Thomas John Reilly died at his home in the morning hours of December 7, 2024. Tom enjoyed a happy and long life with his wife, Dayle Reilly, and their children, […]
East Palo Alto
Opinion: If you doubt there’s a God, just wait a minute
BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Sometimes I wonder if there is a God. And then God does something to make it clear that He’s here. In December 2020, everybody was […]
Menlo Park
Man accused in robbery set up on Facebook Marketplace
Correction: A previous version of this story should have said that David Torres Vasquez, 22, has not been charged yet for the July 11 robbery. BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer […]
Palo Alto
Ex-bishop pleads guilty to fraud involving churches in Palo Alto and other cities
A former bishop pleaded guilty Tuesday (July 15) to funneling money and property from AME Zion Church to himself, with a congregation in Palo Alto among the victims. Staccato Powell, […]
San Mateo County
How much is the sheriff’s corruption scandal costing taxpayers? County won’t say
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer The Daily Post has been seeking information on the cost of investigations into San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus, but the county won’t release […]
San Mateo County
Sheriff appears in court to answer corruption charges
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus on Tuesday (July 15) appeared in a Redwood City courtroom and denied four corruption charges. If she’s convicted […]
Mountain View
Ku trial Part 3: Missing tutor mourned by her older sister
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Mountain View tutor Alice Ku’s sister Josephine Ku testified through tears about her sister’s sudden disappearance six years ago and the ongoing grief that […]
Palo Alto
Tesla hasn’t paid fine for spilling green dye into creek
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Tesla still hasn’t paid a $750 fine for spilling 916 gallons of a dyed water solution into Matadero Creek eight months ago, according […]