Obituaries
Patricia Anne Hathaway Targgart
July 26, 1932 – May 27, 2023 Much loved Patricia Anne Hathaway Targgart, born July 26, 1932, died at home in Atherton, CA with family in attendance on May 27, […]
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Theodore Clarence Carlstrom
May 1, 1933 — May 12, 2023 Longtime Palo Alto resident Theodore Clarence Carlstrom passed away in the early hours of Friday, May 12 after a sudden and short illness. […]
Palo Alto
Bald eagle crashes into home
By the Daily Post staff A bald eagle crashed into a window of a Palo Alto home and stunned himself, likely while hunting a smaller bird, according to animal control […]
Opinion
Opinion: School administrators should back off student newspaper
OPINION By Dave Price Daily Post Editor In 2019, the Mountain View Whisman School Board decided to name an elementary school after local Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas. Mountain […]
Palo Alto
Two men pass out in Lytton Plaza after taking opioids
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Two men passed out at the same time at Lytton Plaza after taking opioids, and police officers and firefighters managed to revive them […]
Los Altos
Caged dogs found in smelly house; woman arrested
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A Los Altos woman has been arrested for allegedly locking seven dogs in cages with mounds of feces, mold and fur inside. Gretchen […]
Palo Alto
Overdose victim dies after he’s dumped at hospital
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A man who had suffered a drug overdose was dropped off by his friends in a parking lot at Stanford Hospital, police said. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Time to replace leaf blowers with rakes
OPINION By Dave PriceDaily Post Editor The days of the leaf blower are numbered. Atherton has banned gas-powered blowers effective July 1, 2024. In Menlo Park, the Environmental Quality Commission […]
Opinion
Opinion: Before adding bike lanes to El Camino, we should answer these questions
OPINION By Dave Price Daily Post Editor Every couple of years, the idea of adding bike lanes to El Camino Real comes up in a Mid-Peninsula city. Mountain View and […]
Palo Alto
High school graduation day: Paly grads urged not to lose their school spirit
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Mia Rose Tuifua, who graduated from Palo Alto High School yesterday and will become the first in her family to go to college, […]
Palo Alto
High school graduation day: Gunn grads talk about their experiences
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Four student speakers gave a window into life at Gunn High School during yesterday’s graduation ceremonies, and their experiences ranged from one filled […]
Belmont
Belmont Planning Commission to discuss Stanford project
By Emily Mibach Daily Post Staff Writer Belmont officials are asking residents to say what should be scrutinized when an environmental report is conducted on Stanford’s proposal to buy and […]
Los Altos
Los Altos man arrested in child porn case
By the Daily Post staff Police on Thursday (June 1) arrested a 23-year-old Los Altos man, Ethan Maxwell Greer, on suspicion of possessing child pornography. He was arrested after Los […]
In the news
First Republic to close 21 branches
By the Daily Post staff JPMorgan Chase said it will close 21 of the 84 branches it acquired during its takeover of the troubled First Republic Bank. JPMorgan didn’t say […]
Facebook
Bill requiring Big Tech to pay for news passes state Assembly
A bill that would force Big Tech companies to pay media outlets for posting and using their news content cleared another critical hurdle Thursday (June 1). Assembly Bill 886 is […]
Obituaries
Joyce Earldine Tostenson
June 21, 1926 — May 17, 2023 Joyce Earldine Tostenson was born at home in Leavenworth, Kansas, the daughter of Earl William Smith and Pearl Rose Smith (nee Schuetz). Her […]
San Mateo County
Tax funds used for meditation? Just say Om
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors approved a $30,000 grant to the conservation nonprofit Green Foothills to fund a meditation program called […]
Palo Alto
Office for Civil Rights investigating complaint about special ed
This story was first published in Friday’s Daily Post. To get the important local stories first, pick up the Post in the morning at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT […]
In the news
Holmes reports to prison to begin 11-year sentence
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes today (May 30) entered Texas prison where she could spend the next 11 years for overseeing a blood-testing hoax that became a parable about greed and […]
Palo Alto
Residents don’t want convicted arsonist to camp near them
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Residents are petitioning the city of Palo Alto to do something about a man who is lighting fires, cutting down trees, screaming swear words […]