Obituaries
Barbara Bernice Settle
July 22, 1927 – December 25, 2024 Menlo Park Barbara Settle, passed away peacefully in her home on Dec. 25, 2024 at the age of 97. Born in Daly […]
Year: 2025
Opinion
Opinion: Council should reject downtown housing plan
BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor I can’t wait to see tomorrow night’s Menlo Park City Council meeting. I hope to get an answer to a question that I’ve been wondering […]
Palo Alto
Kohl’s closing to make way for school
This story was originally published in the Daily Post’s Jan. 8 print edition. Sometimes our competitors lift our stories without attribution. But this is the original. To get all of […]
Menlo Park
Redevelopment of Flood School given green light
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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 […]