Palo Alto
Police investigate vandalism at Catholic parish office
By the Daily Post staff A vandal used pink spray paint to write a phrase of white racial superiority in the garden area of the St. Thomas Aquinas Pastoral Center […]
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Palo Alto
Council split over $143 million plan to provide fiber to homes and businesses
By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto council members are split over whether the city should compete with AT & T and Comcast by building a city-owned fiber […]
Palo Alto
Caltrain wants to replace San Francisquito Creek bridge, a move that will accelerate other planning decisions
This story first appeared in the Friday, Sept. 23, print edition of the Daily Post. If you want to read important local news stories first, pick up the Post in […]
Opinion
Opinion: Candidate for mayor kept public in the dark about $1.8 million in sex harassment payouts
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor An official who tried to keep the public in the dark about a sewer agency’s $1.8 million in payments in a sexual harassment case […]
Opinion
Opinion: Action needed on East Palo Alto’s water crisis
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Flint, Mich., Jackson, Miss., and East Palo Alto are three cities that have serious drinking water problems. The first two cities have received a […]
Obituaries
Francis Ralph Rojas
June 26, 1936 – September 28, 2022 Francis Ralph Rojas, 86, of Ottumwa, died at 2:27 a.m. September 28, 2022 at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center. Frank was born June […]
San Mateo County
Cotchett gives $250,000 to Green Foothills in honor of Pete McCloskey
By the Daily Post staff Attorney Joe Cotchett has donated $250,000 to Green Foothills to help the local environmental nonprofit compete for employees. The gift was made in honor of […]
Palo Alto
Chase with cops ends when car crashes into a tree near Gunn High School
By the Daily Post staff A car chase that ended in a crash by Gunn High School started after deputies tried to pull over a driver for a traffic violation, […]
San Mateo County
DA dismisses Batmobile case
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said today he is dismissing all charges against an Indiana auto shop owner accused of withholding […]
Mountain View
RV campers can park on 3 miles of streets, according to lawsuit settlement
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Mountain View will allow people living in their RVs to park on at least three miles of city streets at […]
Menlo Park
Council members won’t talk about secret meeting on measure to restrict new apartment buildings
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff writer The Menlo Park City Council declined to shine a light on a meeting it had behind closed doors about the controversial Measure V, […]
North Fair Oaks
Woman violently attacked; man arrested
By the Daily Post staff San Mateo County deputies this morning (Sept. 24) arrested 35-year-old man after the woman he had been dating said he attempted to rape and strangle […]
Redwood City
Man arrested for Hoover Park shooting that sent people ducking for cover
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A San Carlos man was arrested for allegedly shooting at Hoover Park in Redwood City that caused a lockdown of the Boys and […]
East Palo Alto
City suffers from undrinkable water
Sept. 21, 2022 BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Over half of East Palo Alto’s residents don’t feel safe drinking their tap water, forcing them to boil their water […]
Obituaries
Eileen Hope Maddalena
January 21, 1937 – August 26, 2022 The elegant Eileen Hope Maddalena passed away peacefully at the age of 85. Born Jan 21, 1937 in Sheffield, England, surviving the bombings […]
Palo Alto
Burglars hit house in the middle of the night, alarm makes them run
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are looking for three burglars who broke into a house in the middle of the night and were ransacking it when an […]
Palo Alto
Paly students face consequences over incident at football game
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Superintendent Don Austin is coming down hard on Palo Alto High School students after more than 100 of them went over to the […]
Menlo Park
Measure V becomes a costly ballot battle — $200,000 raised so far
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Cash is flowing into the campaign over Measure V in Menlo Park, which would stop a housing development for teachers and make it […]
San Mateo County
Candidate sat on board that kept $1.8 million sexual harassment case secret from the public
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Warren Lieberman, a longtime Belmont politician and candidate for Mayor, was part of a little-known four-member board of a sewer agency that kept […]
Palo Alto
City Council renames Columbus Day
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council decided Sept. 12 to remove Columbus Day from the calendar and instead celebrate the second Monday in October as […]
Atherton
Attorney general says there was no criminal activity in Batmobile caper — drops case
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office has decided against investigating San Mateo County Sheriff Carlos Bolanos and his handling of the Batmobile raid in […]
Palo Alto
City reaches tentative settlement over utility overcharges; refunds planned
This story appeared originally in Friday morning’s print edition of the Daily Post. If you want to read important local stories first, pick up the Post in the mornings at […]
Obituaries
Saul A. Rosenberg
1927 – 2022 Saul Rosenberg passed away peacefully in the presence of his children on September 5, 2022, at the age of 95. He was born and grew up in […]
Opinion
Opinion: Council shouldn’t operate in secret
BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor You hear all sorts of people these days saying we have to “save democracy.” But when democracy on the local level is jeopardized, you don’t […]
Obituaries
Robert Tucker
June 12, 1940 – April 18, 2022 Robert Tucker, a Computing Support Analyst in the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University, a Stanford alumnus, and a fixture at the […]
Obituaries
Jo Marks Kadis
September 11, 1934 – August 9, 2022 Jo Marks Kadis was born 9/11/34 and raised in Port Jervis, NY. Jo received a Master’s in early childhood development from Brandeis University, […]
San Carlos
Lawyer says client accused in beheading might be insane
BY EMILY MIBACHDaily Post Staff Writer An attorney representing the man accused of beheading his ex-girlfriend with a samurai sword in San Carlos questioned in court today (Sept. 12) whether […]
Palo Alto
Paly-Gunn game ends in chaos
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Students were fired up last night (Sept. 9) as the Palo Alto Vikings cruised to a 41-0 blowout victory over the Gunn Titans […]
Menlo Park
Car crashes through garage, breaks through wall and lands in an apartment building
By the Daily Post staff A car made a wrong turn last night in a parking garage inside an apartment complex, broke through a wall and landed in a nearby […]
Palo Alto
Under pressure, Menlo Park City School Board flip-flops and declines to take a stand against Measure V
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After an intense discussion, and a parent threatening that donations would be withheld from the school district, the Menlo Park City School Board […]
Menlo Park
If Measure V passes, proponents won’t pay legal city’s fees if suits are filed
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The leaders behind Menlo Balance say they won’t indemnify the city against any future lawsuits brought against the city if their initiative to […]
San Carlos
Woman beheaded as people watch; man arrested
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man beheaded a woman with a sword yesterday on the street outside of her San Carlos apartment in front of others. Sheriff’s […]
Palo Alto
Mistake leads to blackout in Palo Alto
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer City of Palo Alto officials said yesterday they turned off the power to about 1,700 customers because of incorrect information they got from […]
Obituaries
George R. Chippendale
September 28, 1928 – September 3, 2022 George Chippendale, age 93, passed away at Villa Siena in Mt. View on Sep 3, 2022 from complications due to Parkinson’s Disease. He […]
In the news
Rolling blackouts hit Palo Alto, Redwood City
By the Daily Post staff Update, 7:50 p.m. — Power has been restored to both Palo Alto and Redwood City. The lights came back on in Palo Alto at 7:02 […]