Stanford
Health order forces Stanford’s football team to hit the road
By the Daily Post staff Stanford’s football team, fresh from winning the Axe in the Big Game against Cal, will spend at least the next two weeks on the road […]
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Stanford
Dr. Scott Atlas leaves White House job, will return to Stanford
Stanford’s Dr. Scott Atlas, a science adviser to President Trump who was skeptical of measures to control the coronavirus outbreak, is leaving his White House post. A White House official […]
Santa Clara County
VTA considers cutting road repair money to pay for BART-to-San Jose
By the Daily Post staff VTA is floating the idea of using 75% of the money from 2016’s Measure B sales tax over 10 years to fund construction of the […]
Palo Alto
Newsom warns he might impose a new lockdown order
Gov. Gavin Newsom, who made headlines for flaunting Covid restrictions in order to attend a birthday dinner for a lobbyist at the pricey French Laundry restaurant in Napa, suggested today […]
Palo Alto
Council puts Downtown Streets Team’s contract on hold until it gets more information about sexual harassment investigation
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted last night to postpone renewing a $323,244 contract with Downtown Streets Team, which hires homeless people to clean […]
Redwood City
DA drops death penalty in baby-killing case
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe on Monday reserved his decision on seeking the death penalty for Daniel Contreras, who is charged […]
Palo Alto
Lame-duck pro-growth majority on council will pick new planning commissioners
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The lame-duck pro-housing majority on Palo Alto City Council will appoint new members to the Historic Resources Board and Planning and Transportation Commission […]
Menlo Park
Another Las Lomitas school board member is under fire
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Parents in the Las Lomitas Elementary School District are trying to recall a school board member for praising another school board member who […]
Belmont
Police looking for hit-and-run driver who injured bicyclist
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Belmont police are investigating a hit-and-run that sent a bicyclist to the hospital. Police said on Twitter that the victim in Saturday’s incident […]
Santa Clara County
49ers move to Arizona for the rest of the season due to county’s Covid rules
The 49ers will move to Arizona for the next three weeks after new coronavirus regulations put in place by officials in Santa Clara County forced the team to find a […]
In the news
Hetch Hetchy boss charged with taking bribes
The San Francisco official who oversees the Hetch Hetchy water system that brings water to Palo Alto and the mid-Peninsula resigned today after he was charged with taking bribes — […]
Palo Alto
Sobrato wants to put townhouses on part of Fry’s lot
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Sobrato Organization is proposing to build 85 townhouses on a portion of the old Fry’s Electronics lot on Portage Avenue in Palo […]
In the news
Spike in covid cases means new restrictions, quarantines in some cases, no home 49ers games
A spike in new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations has pushed San Mateo County into the most restrictive purple tier, ending indoor dining immediately. Santa Clara County is requiring people who […]
Stanford
Stanford takes back Axe, beats Cal 24-23 in Big Game
Stanford players danced, hooted and hollered on Cal’s home turf in Memorial Stadium. The Cardinal came together and posed for a group photo in front of card stunts in the […]
Palo Alto
Couple start petition drive to put Foothills Park access issue to voters
This story was originally published in the Nov. 19 edition of the Daily Post. If you want to stay current with all of the local news, pick up a copy […]
East Palo Alto
Car thefts up in East Palo Alto, thieves are quick
Car theft is up in East Palo Alto. Thieves are stealing them at night, and after a quick trip, abandoning them in the city or neighboring cities, according to Police […]
Santa Clara County
Residents asked to avoid social gatherings on Thanksgiving
Santa Clara County officials pleaded with residents to avoid social gatherings and traveling for Thanksgiving because new cases of Covid are surging in the county and across the state. The […]
Los Altos
City council eliminates program that puts police into high school
By the Daily Post staff Los Altos City Council voted unanimously this morning to eliminate a program that sends a police officers into Los Altos High School after hearing complaints […]
Obituaries
Klaus Franz Karl Eichstadt
October 31, 1929 – October 27, 2020 Resident of Palo Alto, CA Born 1929 in Kiel, Germany, Klaus lived his childhood years in Schelswig-Holstein, on the Kieler Fjord by the […]
Redwood City
City agrees to buy cameras for police
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City Council tonight (Nov. 23) bought 100 body cameras for the Police Department, making it the last department in the mid-Peninsula […]