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Update: Simitian & Low tied
Wednesday April 3, 1:30 p.m. — Supervisor Joe Simitian and Assemblyman Evan Low are now tied in the race secure a spot on the November ballot to replace Congresswoman Anna […]
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Obituaries
Janet Dixon
November 24, 1956 – March 6, 2024 Janet Dixon passed away peacefully at her home in Lincoln, California, surrounded by her daughter, Alison, family, friends, and her loyal cat, Billy. […]
Palo Alto
El Camino parking stays…for now
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (April 1) stopped short of getting rid of parking on El Camino Real, but only so that Caltrans […]
Palo Alto
Council will decide if it wants bike lanes on El Camino
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council will decide tonight (April 1) whether Caltrans should get rid of parking along El Camino Real in favor of […]
Opinion
Opinion: Bike lanes on El Camino are dangerous and would kill businesses
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I love how Palo Alto and the mid-Peninsula have become a mecca for bicyclists, with great paths and protected lanes nearly everywhere. But […]
San Mateo County
Lawsuit alleges political retaliation by sheriff and her chief of staff
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A former union leader and police sergeant is suing San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus and her Chief of Staff Victor Aenlle, alleging they […]
Palo Alto
Is 56 too old to work? City settles age discrimination claim
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council has agreed to settle a lawsuit rather than go to trial against a former utilities worker who alleged that […]
Menlo Park
Menlo council incumbent won’t run again
Jen Wolosin, who is in her first term on Menlo Park City Council, says she won’t run for re-election this fall, creating a wide open race for council District 3. […]
Obituaries
Keith Alan Murray
September 30, 1954 – June 24, 2018 Son, Brother, Athlete, Nephew, Husband, Educator, Father, Uncle, Grandfather, Friend Keith Alan Murray was born on the 30th of September 1954 in Fresno, […]
Obituaries
Caltrain
Former Caltrain executive and contractor built homes inside empty train stations, DA says
The following story was first printed in Friday morning’s Daily Post. If you want to stay on top of local news, pick up the Post in the mornings. BY EMILY […]
Palo Alto
Home insurance market in chaos as companies exit; state struggles to find solutions
By Levi Sumagaysay CalMatters With more California homeowners just discovering their insurance policies are getting canceled — and hundreds of thousands of others stuck with a pricey option of last […]
In the news
Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25-year prison sentence
Palo Alto native Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud on hundreds of thousands of customers that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, […]
Los Altos
High school district superintendent to leave amid lawsuits
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Nellie Meyer, the superintendent of the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District, has announced her retirement while two high-profile lawsuits are pending against […]
Palo Alto
Katie Causey is first candidate to jump into council race
By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer Katie Causey, an LGBT+ activist, today became the first candidate to enter this fall’s Palo Alto City Council race, when voters fill four […]
Stanford
Stanford hires Washington State’s Kyle Smith to take over men’s basketball program
Stanford has hired Kyle Smith away from Washington State to take over its struggling men’s basketball program. Athletic director Bernard Muir announced Monday (March 25) that Smith had agreed to […]
In the news
DA: In-home aides stealing
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A company that provides in-home care has paid $100,000 in civil penalties after being caught placing unscreened caregivers into the homes of the elderly […]
Santa Clara County
Women to outnumber men 4-1 on county board of supervisors
After November’s general election, women will outnumber men 4-1 on Santa Clara County’s Board of Supervisors for the first time. Forty years ago, an unprecedented number of women took leadership […]
Menlo Park
Housing planned for old school site
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A developer has applied to build apartments at the former Flood School site in Menlo Park on a property that spurred a ballot measure […]
In the news
Personal information of 27,000 stolen by Stanford police hackers
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Hackers of Stanford police have social security numbers, credit card information with security codes, email account passwords, medical information and biometric data from thousands […]