San Mateo County
Corpus cries, says God made her sheriff
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Month: August 2025
San Mateo County
Update: Vegetation fire near Canada College
5 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 31 — Fire crews overnight mopped up a fire near Canada College that started Saturday afternoon when a car caught on fire on Interstate 280 near […]
Woodside
Bicyclist killed in Woodside
A bicyclist has died after being struck by a pickup truck in Woodside, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies and paramedics with Cal […]
Palo Alto
Volunteers plan to watch tracks to prevent suicides
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto parents are working to restart a track watch program that would have volunteers sitting by the Caltrain tracks to deter any suicide […]
Santa Clara County
Judge allows county sales tax hike to go to the ballot, but Trump’s name is deleted
A judge yesterday (Aug. 29) allowed a sales tax measure in Santa Clara County to appear on the November ballot, but the county must remove President Trump’s name from the […]
In the news
Two local crypto execs sentenced to prison
A federal judge on Friday sentenced two executives of a now-defunct crypto currency lender to prison for wire fraud. Daniel Schatt, 55, of San Mateo, and Joseph Podulka, 53, of […]
San Mateo County
VIDEO — Corpus speaks after end of removal hearing
San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus addressed the crowd after a hearing that may result in her removal from office ended. After her statement, her supporter RJ Jennings, who yesterday […]
San Mateo County
Final day of Corpus hearing, sheriff breaks down on the stand
San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus broke down in tears on the witness stand during the last day of the hearing where she is appealing her removal. Later in her […]
Mountain View
Family of Microsoft employee who died warn tech companies not to overwork workers
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Relatives of a man who died at Microsoft’s office in Mountain View are calling on tech companies to stop pressuring their employees to overwork […]
Palo Alto
New bike lanes on El Camino hit local businesses hard
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto business owners say the new bike lanes on El Camino Real are creating a headache for their operations. City Transportation Planning Manager […]
San Mateo County
Corpus’ lawyers put character witnesses on the stand, one saying she has ‘grit’
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus has grit for undergoing the removal process, a “modern-day lynching,” according to a witness her lawyers put […]
Caltrain
UPDATED Man fatally stabbed on Caltrain platform, suspect arrested
A Redwood City man has been arrested in a fatal stabbing at the Redwood City Caltrain station, authorities said today (Aug. 28). Arrested was Jose Gomez Bustamante, 31, of Redwood […]
Redwood City
Man arrested for recording stranger in bathroom
Redwood City Police have arrested a man who allegedly tried to record a stranger in the women’s bathroom at Red Morton Park. Multiple people called police on Sunday afternoon when […]
Obituaries
Anne Ruthe Tyson
April 27, 1933 – August 4 2025 Anna Ruthe Tyson, known as Tye to her friends and family, passed away peacefully on August 4, 2025, at the age of 92. […]
San Mateo County
Corpus tears up at one point in Day 9 of her removal hearing
It’s Day 9 of the hearing where San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus is appealing a decision by the county Board of Supervisors to fire her for corruption. Corpus’ lawyers […]
Mountain View
Woman dies after being hit in Walmart parking lot
An 83-year-old Palo Alto resident has died after being hit by a car in the Walmart parking lot in Mountain View, police said. The woman was walking in the parking […]
Opinion
Opinion: Sheriff’s giving everyone the finger
BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor What’s remarkable about the downfall of San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus is her relentless defiance. Two examples: 1. The official website of the San […]
Palo Alto
San Mateo County sues state, saying it illegally withheld $38 million
San Mateo County is suing the state of California for allegedly withholding $38 million that the county says it should have received from a decades-old budget deal. The county asserted […]
San Mateo County
Day 8 of Corpus hearing, Undersheriff tried to meet with another witness
Attorneys representing Sheriff Christina Corpus in the appeal of her firing suffered two setbacks today — a witness whose testimony was refuted by his own text messages, and revelations that […]
Palo Alto
Burglary suspect caught after jumping a fence
A Palo Alto man in his 70s returned home from vacation to find his garage had been ransacked and a guy in his backyard who was jumping over a fence […]