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Month: August 2026

Palo Alto

Council split over letting homeowners sell backyard cottages

August 17, 2026 10:11 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council was split tonight (Aug. 17) over allowing homeowners to build and sell larger backyard cottages. Backyard cottages — also known […]

Redwood City

Man arrested after trying to meet cop posing as a boy on Grindr

August 17, 2026 8:04 pm

A man who tried to meet up with a 13-year-old boy he met online has been arrested by Redwood City police in a sting, a prosecutor said.  Edgar Razona, 39, […]

Palo Alto

Driver dies after he hits concrete wall of overpass

August 17, 2026 3:12 pm

Palo Alto police are investigating a fatal one-car collision on the Oregon Expressway.    On Sunday (Aug. 16) at 11:49 p.m., police dispatchers received a call about a major collision […]

Opinion

Opinion: In school, treat all faiths equally

August 17, 2026 11:15 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Few people would be against high school students learning about different religions. Visiting a mosque on a high school field trip isn’t a problem, if […]

Palo Alto

Justice Clarence Thomas says Stanford Law School is off limits to conservatives like him

August 17, 2026 11:00 am

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says elite institutions like Stanford Law School are “presumptively off limits” to conservative figures like him.  Speaking at a Hoover Institution forum on Aug. 11, […]

Palo Alto

City may put the homeless in city buildings during inclement weather

August 17, 2026 10:52 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Manager Ed Shikada wants to expand a program that allows the homeless to sleep in the downtown library during storms.   […]

Palo Alto

New school superintendent wants to cut administrative jobs

August 16, 2026 10:44 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s new school superintendent wants to get rid of administrative positions and bring back an in-house attorney to the Palo Alto Unified School […]

San Mateo County

‘Woman of the Year’ will be out of jail in 3 months after $700,000 theft conviction

August 15, 2026 11:01 am

BY EMILY MIBACHDaily Post Managing Editor A former San Mateo County Woman of the Year, who stole $700,000 from the nonprofit where she worked, was sentenced yesterday to six months […]

Palo Alto

Council members unveil RV plans, including permits, parking bans

August 14, 2026 11:18 am

This article first appeared in this morning’s (Aug. 14) Daily Post. Want to read all of the new when it’s fresh? Pick up a copy at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY […]

Palo Alto

City pays Jr. Museum and Zoo director to resign

August 14, 2026 11:13 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The longtime head of Palo Alto’s Junior Museum & Zoo was paid to resign without suing the city, according to a settlement agreement obtained […]

Redwood City

Man found chained to chair after setting liquor store fire that killed him, police say

August 13, 2026 11:02 am

The manager of a Redwood City liquor store chained himself to a chair after intentionally setting the fire that burned down the store in Roosevelt Plaza, killing himself and a […]

Palo Alto

Families of Paly students sue over field trip to mosque, gifts of Qurans

August 13, 2026 5:45 am

(Read the federal lawsuit.) BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A group of Jewish parents and students are suing the Palo Alto Unified School District for taking a class on […]

Los Altos

City manager says potential candidate’s supporters got into a heated confrontation at city hall

August 13, 2026 4:49 am

Corrections: 1. Pacifica resident Dan Stegink was not a part of the group Roger Heyder supporters who interacted with the Los Altos city clerk on Aug. 7. City Manager Gabriel […]

Redwood City

Family awarded $33 million in crash that killed the parents of twin 7-year-olds

August 12, 2026 4:15 pm

A jury yesterday (Aug. 11) found two drivers and the parents of one of the drivers liable in a civil case stemming from a 2022 Redwood City crash that killed […]

Mountain View

School sex abuse trial to start Aug. 24 — teacher sent to prison, victims seek damages from school district

August 12, 2026 6:29 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Mountain View Whisman School District is headed for a trial, defending itself from allegations made by two former students who said they were […]

Palo Alto

Mayor explains why she voted against Peterson after voting to reappoint him

August 12, 2026 5:55 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Mayor Vicki Veenker says the public’s reaction to a planning commissioner allegedly trying to get special treatment at a tow yard prompted […]

Los Altos

Investors and customers sue developer

August 12, 2026 5:34 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A Los Altos developer is getting sued by his investors and customers for allegedly keeping their money, despite promises to make them whole. Navneet […]

Spotlight

Caffe Riace: Al Fresco Dining at Its Finest

August 11, 2026 2:43 pm

When you want to enjoy one of the loveliest al fresco dining experiences the Peninsula has to offer, head to Caffe Riace in Palo Alto.  Though it’s just a few […]

Opinion

Opinion: Instead of regulating robots, county should try to attract the robot-making industry

August 11, 2026 4:11 am

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor Science fiction movies like “The Terminator” portray robots as deceitful, murderous or soul-less threats. Lifelike faces and synthetic skin trigger unease, playing on our worst […]

In the news

$2 billion Amazon data center approved without public meetings or votes

August 11, 2026 3:12 am

The Wall Street Journal reports that Amazon Web Services is building a $2 billion data center in Gilroy with no public hearings and no mention in the San Jose Mercury […]

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