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Month: August 2026

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$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 […]

Los Altos

Outspoken city critic dies

August 10, 2026 9:43 pm

Roberta Phillips, a regular fixture at Los Altos City Council meetings and advocate for freedom of speech, has died at 79.  Phillips was known for speaking her mind at city […]

Palo Alto

Council debates keeping curb extension some dub ‘overkill’

August 10, 2026 8:48 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council was caught tonight (Aug. 10) between residents trying to slow down traffic and a man who says a curb extension […]

Santa Clara County

Grand jury is concerned that county supervisors are handing out money to nonprofits with little oversight (list of recipients at the end)

August 10, 2026 4:57 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMANDaily Post Correspondent A Santa Clara County program in which individual supervisors choose nonprofits to receive county funds has again come under fire from a civil grand jury, […]

Palo Alto

Embattled planning commissioner Peterson resigns

August 10, 2026 11:10 am

Palo Alto planning commissioner Forest Olaf Peterson has resigned just before City Council was scheduled to discuss whether to remove him from the commission after it became public that he […]

Palo Alto

Palo Alto police add more EVs to fleet

August 10, 2026 9:40 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department is adding two more Rivians to its fleet, including the first electric vehicle that will be used for patrols. […]

Mountain View

Two jail inmates convicted of murdering Mountain View man

August 8, 2026 10:25 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A jury Thursday convicted two jail inmates who were accused of beating a Mountain View man to death on behalf of their gang. Pedros […]

San Mateo County

County supervisor wants to regulate humanoid robots

August 8, 2026 5:14 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff WriterA San Mateo County supervisor wants to regulate humanoid robots that can do tasks typically carried out by human workers. Supervisor Ray Mueller said he […]

Palo Alto

New faces join Palo Alto council, school board races

August 7, 2026 10:32 pm

As the clock ticks down for candidates to appear on the November ballot, new candidates have tossed their hats in the ring in two Palo Alto races.  For the Palo […]

Palo Alto

Three council members call for hearing on whether to remove Peterson over towing incident

August 7, 2026 6:40 am

At a glance Where Council stands on the Peterson case April 13Four of the seven council members vote to reappoint Peterson to the planning commission, even though they had received […]

Santa Clara County

Incumbent Rebecca Eisenberg in a battle to defend her water board seat from challenger Pete Dailey

August 6, 2026 10:48 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The race to represent northern Santa Clara County on the Valley Water board is between an embattled incumbent running on her accomplishments and a […]

Palo Alto

‘Not Manhattan’: Palo Alto neighbors fight high-rise transit developments

August 6, 2026 1:14 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Neighbors are trying to stop two developments in Palo Alto that are using a new state law that allow taller apartment buildings near Caltrain […]

Palo Alto

2 councilmen ask colleagues to release report about incident involving planning commissioner Forest Peterson

August 6, 2026 12:53 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Two Palo Alto councilmen are pushing their colleagues to release a report on a planning commissioner who was accused of trying to get special […]

San Mateo County

Grand jury finds many police agencies aren’t following their own policies when it comes to license-plate reading cameras

August 6, 2026 12:36 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Police departments in San Mateo County have been lacking in their audits, data retention practices and data-sharing policies for their license plate-reading cameras, the […]

Stanford

Stanford dumps Flock but will keep using license-plate reading cameras

August 4, 2026 5:14 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Stanford has terminated its contract with Flock, a startup that’s faced growing criticism for sharing data from its license plate-reading cameras with federal and […]

Menlo Park

Updated: Menlo Park council candidates reveal donors

August 4, 2026 5:06 pm

This version of this story corrects dollar totals for Vamsi Velagapudi. (Spreadsheet showing donations to each candidate, corrected Aug. 9) BY STEPHANIE LAMDaily Post Correspondent Vamsi Velagapudi, a Menlo Park […]

Palo Alto

First-time school board candidate raises $17,000 for campaign, more than two competitors

August 4, 2026 4:29 pm

The Post first published this story back on July 31. We’re publishing it again because one of our competitors has re-written it and is serving it up as if it […]

Palo Alto

Out-of-town money floods council race

August 4, 2026 9:06 am

The Post first published this story back on July 22. We’re publishing it again because one of our competitors has re-written it and is serving it up as if it […]

Menlo Park

Developer threatens city over Sunset project

August 3, 2026 11:32 pm

BY EMILY MIBACHDaily Post Managing Editor The developer proposing a skyscraper at the former Sunset Magazine headquarters in Menlo Park says the city is required to approve his project by […]

Los Altos

School board bans smart glasses

August 3, 2026 10:37 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Board members for the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District endorsed a ban tonight (Aug. 3) on glasses that can take videos and use […]

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