Palo Alto
District drops Ethnic Studies vote
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Unified School District is backing off its proposal to require students to take Ethnic Studies — a course that’s become a […]
Year: 2025
Atherton
Las Lomitas appears to have two superintendents
BY AMELIA BISCARDI Daily Post Staff Writer The Las Lomitas School Board has appointed an interim superintendent — however, it remains unclear whether the district’s controversial superintendent is on leave. […]
Palo Alto
Teachers want to drop honors biology — school board to consider idea Jan. 21
This story originally appeared in the print edition of the Daily Post on Dec. 30. If you want the latest in local news, pick up the Post in the mornings […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park moves forward with plan to put housing on parking lots
The Menlo Park City Council voted unanimously Tuesday (Jan. 14) to proceed with the idea of developing three downtown parking lots into subsidized housing. There is no plan in place […]
San Mateo County
Sheriff asks court to stop election to remove her from office
San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus has gone to court in an attempt to halt the county’s March election that would allow the Board of Supervisors to oust her from […]
Palo Alto
Council reins in large outdoor dining setups
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council has reined in outdoor dining setups around University Avenue, preventing them from expanding in front of a restaurant without their […]
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 […]
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 […]