Caltrain
Caltrain slashes service by more than half
Caltrain announced today (March 26) that it will reduce its weekday train service by more than half starting next week amid sharp ridership losses due to the novel coronavirus. The […]
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Palo Alto
Lee’s Comics closing, victim of the coronavirus shutdown
By the Daily Post staff When Lee Hester set up his first comic book store in 1982, he was 21 years old. “I was the youngest man in the business,” […]
Palo Alto
Cafe selling toilet paper
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Cafe Venetia in downtown Palo Alto is selling toilet paper, potatoes and onions from its own supplies in order to make ends meet. […]
Palo Alto
Helicopter will spray for mosquitoes today in Baylands
By the Daily Post staff The County of Santa Clara Vector Control District will use a helicopter to spray for mosquitoes in the Palo Alto Baylands this morning (March 26). […]
Burlingame
COVID-19 kills two at senior living facility
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County’s Health Department announced today (March 25) four new deaths related to COVID-19, two of which were residents of a Burlingame […]
Palo Alto
School district switches to pass/fail for this semester
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Unified School District announced today that all grades will be switched to credit/no credit for the semester. The announcement came after […]
Palo Alto
City to close parking lots at open space preserves including Arastradero to ensure social distancing
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto will close the parking lots at all of its open space preserves including Arastradero, said city spokeswoman Meghan Horrigan-Taylor. Horrigan-Taylor said […]
In the news
School closures extended through May 1
By the Daily Post staff Offices of Education in six Bay Area counties, including San Mateo and Santa Clara, have decided that public schools will remain closed through May 1 […]
In the news
Are stay-at-home orders constitutional? Experts have questions
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent State and county department orders for residents to shelter at home to curb the spread of the COVID-19 respiratory illness are fueling debate over […]
San Carlos
Father arrested for allegedly beating baby boy
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A father was arrested in San Carlos yesterday (March 24) after his four-month-old baby boy was beaten so brutally that he had to […]
San Mateo County
Small business owners anxious over uncertainties
The crisis surrounding the COVID-19 coronavirus has forced some small businesses to close their doors, and firms that remain open are expressing growing anxiety about what lies ahead. An informal […]
Palo Alto
Commercial landlord is helping his mom-and-pop retail tenants
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer One Palo Alto developer is trying to set a good example for others in his industry by waiving April rent for small businesses […]
Palo Alto
Stay-at-home order turns Palo Alto into a ghost town
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto businesses shut their doors and the city’s business districts were eerily quiet Tuesday (March 17) during the first day of an […]
Opinion
Opinion: Let’s find ways to help one another
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post editor If you’re over 40, you remember 9/11 and how the country came together afterward. Instead of being a Republican or a Democrat, everyone […]
In the news
State tax deadline pushed back to June 15
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer State Controller Betty Yee announced that the state’s tax board is allowing for individuals to submit their state income taxes by June. 15. […]
Palo Alto
UPDATE — Young bicyclist killed in collision with truck identified
By the Daily Post staff UPDATE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 — The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Corner today identified the young bicyclist killed by a truck on Friday night as Paul […]
Opinion
Opinion: This illness might just surprise you
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I want to tell you about a respiratory illness that’s spreading throughout the Bay Area, the nation and the world. It causes fevers, […]
Palo Alto
City releases report on n-word case and it says very little
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto yesterday (Thursday) finally broke its silence about a 2014 incident in which a police supervisor used the n-word […]
Palo Alto
City withholds police arrest video — chief says case still under investigation
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto is holding back on releasing video footage from the alleged police beating of a man who police say […]
Spotlight
Short Story Contest Highlights Our Bonds With Animals
The Palo Alto Humane Society is holding a short story contest for 7th- and 8th-graders in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. The students are invited to become “Ambassadors of […]