Palo Alto
Former sergeant pleads innocent in videotaped beating
By the Daily Post staff Former Palo Alto police Sgt. Wayne Benitez is headed for court in the new year after he pleaded innocent to assaulting a man at Buena […]
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Menlo Park
Las Lomitas School Board trustees pick two new board members after controversy about racial text
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The three remaining Las Lomitas School Board trustees on Friday night (Dec. 18) picked two new board members to join them. … Premium […]
Apple
Apple to close stores during Christmas shopping peak
Apple has temporarily closed its stores in downtown Palo Alto, the Stanford Shopping Center and all other locations in California amid the Covid pandemic. According to the Apple website, the […]
East Palo Alto
Park-and-Connect Wi-Fi sites open in two cities
San Mateo County has expanded its public Wi-Fi program with new free “SMC Park and Connect” locations in Redwood City and East Palo Alto. The two new Wi-Fi access sites […]
San Mateo
Man shot dead outside Wells Fargo branch
Police are searching for a gunman who fatally shot a man this morning (Dec. 19) outside a bank at the Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo. The shooting happened about […]
Palo Alto
Stanford Hospital residents protest that they were left out of first round of Covid vaccinations
By the Daily Post staff Medical residents and fellows at Stanford Hospital protested a plan that excluded most of them from getting the first round of Covid vaccinations. Instead, more […]
Stanford
Stanford drops challenge of county housing law
By the Daily Post staff Stanford today (Dec. 18) dropped its lawsuit challenging a Santa Clara County ordinance that forced the school to build and subsidize a certain amount of […]
Palo Alto
No referendum on Foothills Park access, city quickly finalizes settlement with ACLU, NAACP
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The petition drive to force a referendum challenging Palo Alto City Council’s decision to open Foothills Park to nonresidents is dead after the […]
Obituaries
Kirstin L. Koyama
On December 13, 2020 the world lost a super hero. Her super powers included the ability to navigate San Francisco streets without GPS; an unparalleled talent to impeccably name the […]
San Mateo County
Stay-at-home order issued for San Mateo County; restaurants must end outdoor dining
By the Daily Post staff San Mateo County issued a stay-at-home order effective Thursday (Dec. 17) at 11:59 p.m. because of rising Covid cases, more hospitalizations and less capacity in […]
Santa Clara County
County caps food delivery fees at 15%
By the Daily Post staff The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors has voted 5-0 to cap fees restaurants are charged by delivery apps such as DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber […]
Stanford
Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer becomes the winningest women’s basketball coach with 1,099th victory
Tara VanDerveer made history, and then took a moment to tell her Stanford players what they mean to her. “The most important thing I can do as a coach is […]
Mountain View
Committee won’t consider suspending rent control over vacancy rate
CORRECTION: Julian Pardo de Zela, who is on Mountain View’s Rental Housing Committee, said during a meeting Monday that the housing supply in the city might shrink if landlords decide […]
Opinion
Guest opinion: Time to turn the page on Foothills Park
GUEST OPINION This guest opinion piece originally appeared in Friday’s Daily Post. To keep up on what’s happening locally, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 mid-Peninsula locations. […]
In the news
High school football, basketball prohibited while counties are in the purple tier
High school football and basketball won’t be allowed in counties under the state’s purple or red Covid tiers, the California Department of Public Health has ruled. Both San Mateo and […]
Opinion
Opinion: Re-open the restaurants
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Santa Clara County Health Officer Dr. Sara Cody hasn’t presented any data to justify her decision to stop restaurants from operating outdoors. Experts […]
San Mateo County
Commute by hovercraft? Study says a port for the vessels at the base of the Dumbarton would work
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The agency that runs the Bay Area’s ferries is floating the idea of having hovercrafts transport commuters across the Bay. Stops near the […]
San Mateo County
Newly elected members of college district get right to business
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Lisa Petrides and John Pimentel, the two new board members of the San Mateo County Community College District, jumped right into business during […]
Palo Alto
Slow-growth faction will get to pick new members of the Planning and Transportation Commission
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s slow growth proponents won a fight against the city’s pro-growth leaders tonight and as a result, council won’t make any appointments […]
East Palo Alto
UPDATE: Losing council candidate files second lawsuit
The following story about Webster Lincoln’s first lawsuit was printed Dec. 9 in the Daily Post. A follow-up story about Lincoln’s second lawsuit was printed Dec. 12. To stay on […]