Palo Alto
Profiles of the 10 Palo Alto City Council candidates
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Daily Post interviewed each of the 10 candidates for Palo Alto City Council. Here are the profiles of those candidates. Pat Burt […]
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Caltrain
Caltrain launches study into bridges at rail crossings
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Just as a Palo Alto community advisory group is finalizing its recommendations on how to separate the street from the Caltrain tracks at three […]
Stanford
Stanford, Cal football to resume
Stanford and Cal will play football this fall after the Pac-12 decided to reverse its decision about canceling the season due to the coronavirus. However, the games will be played […]
Menlo Park
No incumbent in council race — 3 candidates vie for votes
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A triathlete, a safe routes to school advocate and an Air Force veteran are the three candidates running to represent the Menlo Park […]
Obituaries
Annette Mish
1923 – 2020 Annette Mish, 97, of Foster City/San Mateo, passed away on Thursday, September 17, 2020. She was at home surrounded by family. Born in Brooklyn, NY to David […]
Los Altos
City strikes a compromise over push for natural gas ban
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Council struck a compromise last night over a push by environmental activists to ban natural gas in new homes. Instead […]
Belmont
Creating ‘defensible zones’ kept Belmont Hills fire small
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The day after a fire broke out in Belmont’s San Juan canyon, forcing the evacuation of 40 homes, the City Council heard an […]
Redwood City
City bans natural gas in most new construction
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City Council tonight (Sept. 21) voted to ban natural gas in most new buildings. The plan, an attempt to curb climate […]
Palo Alto
UPDATED: School board settles lawsuits over bullying, playground injury
8:02 p.m. Tuesday — This story has been updated with the settlement amounts approved by the school board. 4:40 p.m. Tuesday — This story has been updated with a comment […]
Mountain View
Housing for 300 homeless planned on Leghorn Street
By the Daily Post staff City officials in Mountain View announced this afternoon that they’re buying a 1-acre site at 2566 Leghorn St., where they will house 300 homeless people […]
San Mateo County
San Mateo County can ease Covid restrictions — good news for restaurants, malls, churches, schools
Indoor restaurant dining rooms, gyms and indoor malls can resume business in San Mateo County after the state announced today that the county’s coronavirus cases have fallen enough to warrant […]
Mountain View
Mountain View is handing out pay raises despite recession
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View City Council will likely give raises to City Manager Kimbra McCarthy, City Attorney Krishan Chopra and City Clerk Lisa Natusch at […]
Redwood City
Mental health clinician to help police
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Mental health experts will soon be on hand to assist Redwood City police when they deal with people who are suffering from psychiatric […]
San Mateo County
Suspected serial killer hospitalized just before trial is to begin
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Suspected Palo Alto serial killer John Getreu, 76, who is expected to go on trial next week in San Mateo County, may not […]
Palo Alto
City’s new housing quota — 10,050 homes in 10 years
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A lot of homes are going to be built in Palo Alto in the next 10 years if a state agency has its […]
Belmont
Firefighters put out Belmont Hills wildfire
By the Daily Post staff Firefighters reported at 8:30 tonight that they have extinguished a four-alarm vegetation grass fire in San Juan Canyon in the 2900 block of Alhambra Drive […]
In the news
Daily Post wins 17 awards in regional journalism competition
By the Daily Post staff The Daily Post has won 17 awards from the San Francisco Press Club including first-place honors for commentary, column, editorial, entertainment review, headlines and series […]
Mountain View
Man who exposed himself to jogger gets probation
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A Stanford-educated engineer was sentenced today (Sept. 21) to three years probation because he exposed himself to a jogger on Stevens Creek Trail […]
San Mateo County
UPDATED: Whitlock drops out of race for college district board
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Eugene Whitlock, former HR director of San Mateo County Community College District who was paid $2.28 million to quietly resign, today dropped out […]
Mountain View
City hires chief communications officer
By the Daily Post staff A former TV anchor and reporter who more recently has worked as a public relations officer for San Jose and Santa Clara has been hired […]