Menlo Park
Neighbors help save home from fire
By the Daily Post staff Thanks to vigilant neighbors, the Menlo Park firefighters extinguished a blaze in a vacant Sharon Park home before it destroyed the entire building, the fire […]
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Palo Alto
Mylar balloons cause major power outage in Palo Alto
By the Daily Post staff Update, 3:15 p.m.: Power has been restored to more than 4,381 Palo Alto residents and businesses after mylar balloons caused touched power lines and caused […]
Palo Alto
Paly seniors tell powerful stories at graduation
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Another 478 Palo Alto High School seniors walked the stage in green caps and gowns yesterday, with hundreds of families packed onto campus […]
Palo Alto
Gunn graduates told it’s OK to buck the status quo
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer It’s no secret that students at Gunn High School are in a four-year competition to get into the best college — however, the […]
San Mateo County
Judicial commission reprimands San Mateo County Judge Lisa Novak
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The state’s judicial disciplinary agency has reprimanded San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Lisa Novak for publicly critiquing an attorney and not disclosing […]
Palo Alto
Tunnel idea is still alive as city narrows down list of rail crossing options
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto may still consider burying the Caltrain tracks in a citywide tunnel, even though it would cost as much […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto judge appointed to appeals court
By the Daily Post staff Allison Danner of Palo Alto, currently a Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge, today (June 1) was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to become an […]
Menlo Park
Fire damages home in Menlo Park
By the Daily Post staff Fire damaged a home last night at 50 La Loma Drive in Menlo Park’s Sharon Park neighborhood. The fire was reported at 9:24 p.m. At […]
Menlo Park
Did Councilwoman Keith misrepresent herself in China?
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Did Menlo Park Councilwoman Kirsten Keith wear a badge that said “mayor” when she attended a business meeting in Chengdu, China, even though […]
Palo Alto
Tom DuBois running for re-election to City Council
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Councilman Tom DuBois announced today (May 30) that he will be running for re-election, becoming the third candidate for the three seats […]
In the news
Most say it’s time to pull the plug on high-speed rail
By the Daily Post staff A new Los Angeles Times poll finds that only 31% of California voters want to continue building the high-speed rail project. The poll, which was […]
Santa Clara County
Anti-recall effort catching up in terms of fundraising
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The campaign to recall Judge Aaron Persky has amassed a war chest of more than $1.2 million since 2016, but the two committees […]
Los Altos
Eight teens become Eagle Scouts
Eight Boy Scouts from Troop 30 of Los Altos have achieved their Eagle rank. Their promotion to Eagle rank on May 20 followed years of work on leadership, community service […]
Palo Alto
City boosts Avenidas project by approving transferable development rights
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council took action last night (May 29) to help fund multimillion-dollar renovations for the senior services nonprofit Avenidas and the […]
Mountain View
11-story apartment complex proposed
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Mountain View is moving forward with an evaluation of an 11-story, 412-unit apartment complex proposed for 400 Logue Ave., within the […]
East Palo Alto
Close race for San Mateo County school superintendent
This story was originally published on May 26. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The race for San Mateo County superintendent of schools is tight, with just $6,000 in […]
Belmont
4 local school districts go to the voters on June 5 — a look at the measures
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Four mid-Peninsula school districts will ask voters for money in the June 5 primary. Three of the districts — Ravenswood, Las Lomitas and […]
Santa Clara County
Recall campaign rips apart friends; Persky’s wife warned about ‘humiliation’ her family would face
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer One casualty of the battle to recall Judge Aaron Persky has been a 14-year friendship between his wife and Los Altos physician Sophia […]
Mountain View
Man pins two people with car after bar fight, police say
A man violently hit two people with his car after a bar fight early Saturday (May 26) morning outside the Sports Page Bar, Mountain View police reported. Police responded at […]
Palo Alto
City narrows the list of options for rail crossings
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After years of back-and-forth over how to separate the Caltrain tracks from the four Palo Alto streets they intersect, City Council on Tuesday […]