Los Altos
Lawsuit claims city habitually violates open records law
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer A lawsuit against the city of Los Altos accuses the city of being a “habitual violator” of state public information law after the […]
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East Palo Alto
Christmas Eve house fire throws 11 people out on to the street
By the Daily Post staff Fire struck a home on Oakwood Drive in East Palo Alto this morning, displacing 11 people from two families who were living there. It was […]
In the news
Air district discourages burning on Christmas but doesn’t issue a ban
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is asking the region’s residents to not burn wood during the Christmas holiday but is not issuing Spare the Air alerts that would […]
San Mateo County
Hartnett out as head of Caltrain, SamTrans, county transit district
By the Daily Post staff Jim Hartnett is stepping down as head of Caltrain, SamTrans and the San Mateo County Transit District after six years following a power struggle over […]
Palo Alto
Robbers ages 12, 12 and 14 violently steal woman’s purse at Stanford Shopping Center, police say
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police say they arrested three juveniles — ages 12, 12 and 14 — who violently attacked a woman in her 60s at Stanford […]
East Palo Alto
Police investigating a homicide
By the Daily Post staff East Palo Alto police are investigating the death of a 58-year-old man as a homicide. Officers went Monday to the 1800 block of East Bayshore […]
Redwood City
County spends $4.5 million to add ICU beds
San Mateo County announced yesterday it would spend $4.5 million to provide up to 10 extra intensive care unit beds at Dignity Health’s Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City. The extra […]
East Palo Alto
Prosecutors unable to prove man intentionally shot his father in the head
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer An East Palo Alto man will be released after serving 15 months in jail because prosecutors felt they couldn’t prove he intentionally shot […]
Palo Alto
Parent wins legal battle with PAUSD over son’s math class
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A parent who sued the Palo Alto Unified School District over its math placement policies said yesterday that he has succeeded in getting his […]
In the news
China stops Palo Alto’s Jeremy Lin from joining the Warriors
From wire reports Palo Alto’s Jeremy Lin will not be joining the Golden State Warriors. The free-agent guard was unable to sign with the team … Premium Content: To read […]
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Menlo Park
Kirsten Keith replaced on regional water board
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council removed a former mayor from her board position representing the city on a regional water agency following an […]
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 […]
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 […]