Atherton
Atherton considering license-plate readers
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Atherton’s City Council today (May 6) will consider whether it wants to buy 16 license plate readers to be placed around the entrances […]
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Mountain View
School board member Gutierrez to run for city council
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View-Whisman School Board member Jose Gutierrez announced yesterday that he is running for Mountain View City Council this fall. Gutierrez, who has […]
Santa Clara County
County wants to ramp up testing for COVID-19, hire people to track victim’s contacts
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Before Santa Clara County businesses are allowed to reopen, the county wants to ramp up testing to see who has the COVID-19 virus. […]
Los Altos
City manager proposes raises for employees as recession begins
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Economists say a severe recession will result from the coronavirus shutdown, but that’s not stopping Los Altos City Manager Chris Jordan from proposing […]
Palo Alto
Burglar takes safe, security video from pizzeria
By the Daily Post staff A burglar stole a safe from Papa John’s at 3898 El Camino Real in Palo Alto and made off with the restaurant’s security footage. Sgt. […]
Caltrain
UPDATE: Man who died on Caltrain tracks is identified
MAY 5, 3 p.m. — The coroner has identified the victim in yesterday’s Caltrain incident as Jack Preston Newton, 75 of Redwood City. MAY 4, 5:30 p.m. — A person […]
Burlingame
Associate of Tiffany Li used fake name, sentenced for passport fraud
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man who worked with Tiffany Li, the woman who was acquitted of orchestrating the death of her ex-boyfriend, was sentenced today (May […]
Palo Alto
City eyes three streets where car traffic will be reduced for social distancing
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto officials are rolling out “gentle” plans, as one council member put it, to ban cut-through traffic on three streets, while the […]
Palo Alto
Man shot to death in Los Altos; police looking for shooter
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos police are looking for the killer of a man who was shot in the backyard of a home at 1025 Highlands […]
San Mateo
Police looking for hit-and-run driver in fatal crash
Police in San Mateo are asking for the public’s help in finding a driver believed to have struck and killed a 58-year-old man early Sunday morning. Police were called shortly […]
Caltrain
County supervisors to decide on replacing Tasers, putting $100 million Caltrain sales tax to voters
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday (May 5) will vote on updating the sheriff’s office Tasers and whether it will […]
In the news
3 arrested after police say they were caught stealing a catalytic converter
Readers of the Daily Post’s Police Blotter know that there’s been a jump in catalytic converter thefts in Palo Alto and San Mateo County. Now, three men have been arrested […]
Menlo Park
City allows construction to resume on Monday
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park will join all other cities in the Bay Area in allowing construction to start back up come Monday (May 4), City […]
Stanford
Brush fire hits the Dish area
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A CalFire helicopter and Palo Alto firefighters put out a brush fire that scorched five acres on the hillside east of Stanford’s Dish […]
Menlo Park
Construction to resume in most places, but in Menlo Park, it’s still up in the air
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Most cities in the Bay Area will see construction resume on Monday (May 4) when the new stay-at-home order begins, but Menlo Park’s […]
San Mateo County
San Mateo County reveals how many COVID-19 cases there are by zip code
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County’s Health Department yesterday (April 30) released how many people have tested positive for COVID-19 based on zip code. County Manager […]
In the news
UPDATE: Newsom backs off of plan to close all beaches, just targets one county; lawsuits loom
APRIL 30 — The news hit Orange County like a cold wave: California’s governor was shutting down the beaches. A “hard close” order took effect today (May 1) for seashores […]
Obituaries
Mary Jo Milks
July 21, 1920 – April 20, 2020 Mary Jo Milks passed away peacefully on the morning of April 20, 2020. Mary Jo was born in Springfield, NE, on July 21, […]
In the news
New stay-at-home order says gardeners are OK, allows construction, reopens golf courses
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A new stay-at-home order issued by San Mateo and Santa Clara counties yesterday (April 29) allows gardeners to go back to work. The […]
Los Altos
Judge rules against Los Altos in suit over Sorensen brothers’ proposal at 40 Main
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A judge has ruled against Los Altos in a suit brought against the city by disgruntled developers and development advocates. Developers Ted and […]