East Palo Alto

City officials want Covid death numbers

March 6, 2021 1:22 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County officials are not releasing information about how many people have died due to Covid in each city and officials in […]

Teen runs pickup truck into fire station

March 3, 2021 1:02 pm

By the Daily Post staff An unlicensed 17-year-old boy borrowed his father’s Dodge pickup and crashed it into Fire Station 2 at University Avenue and Runnymede Street in East Palo […]

Local leaders ask for more vaccines for East Palo Alto

March 1, 2021 6:15 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Officials today (March 1) urged state and federal agencies to distribute more Covid vaccines to poorer communities such as East Palo Alto, which […]

3 injured in house fire

February 25, 2021 8:51 am

By the Daily Post staff A fire erupted in a home near Myrtle Street in East Palo Alto this morning, injuring three people and displacing a family of seven, according […]

City’s leaders to talk about high rate of Covid cases

February 22, 2021 10:08 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The East Palo Alto City Council on Wednesday will hear from county and Ravenswood Family Health Center officials about Covid vaccines, testing and […]

County won’t say how many people in East Palo Alto died of Covid

January 29, 2021 7:34 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer In its reporting on the high rate of Covid cases in East Palo Alto, the Post asked San Mateo County officials how many […]

City has surplus of millions

January 21, 2021 12:01 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer East Palo Alto posted a surplus of $12.3 million for the 2020 fiscal year that ended in June despite losing some income because […]

Opinion: Full court press needed to deal with alarming Covid rate in East Palo Alto, North Fair Oaks

January 15, 2021 10:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Government, business and nonprofit leaders need to make a full court press to stop the surge of Covid cases in East Palo Alto […]

Councilman: Sequoia Union High School District lacks diversity

January 8, 2021 4:12 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A new East Palo Alto City councilman sent a letter to the high school district that serves his town, asking that officials work […]

Family sets up Gofundme account after they lose their home to fire

December 28, 2020 11:50 am

BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer An East Palo Alto resident said he has nowhere to turn for help after his house caught fire and displaced his family and […]

Christmas Eve house fire throws 11 people out on to the street

December 24, 2020 4:08 pm

By the Daily Post staff Fire struck a home on Oakwood Drive in East Palo Alto this morning, displacing 11 people from two families who were living there. It was […]

Police investigating a homicide

December 22, 2020 9:10 am

By the Daily Post staff East Palo Alto police are investigating the death of a 58-year-old man as a homicide. Officers went Monday to the 1800 block of East Bayshore […]

Prosecutors unable to prove man intentionally shot his father in the head

December 22, 2020 12:19 am

BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer An East Palo Alto man will be released after serving 15 months in jail because prosecutors felt they couldn’t prove he intentionally shot […]

Park-and-Connect Wi-Fi sites open in two cities

December 19, 2020 5:01 pm

San Mateo County has expanded its public Wi-Fi program with new free “SMC Park and Connect” locations in Redwood City and East Palo Alto. The two new Wi-Fi access sites […]

UPDATE: Losing council candidate files second lawsuit

December 14, 2020 8:01 pm

The following story about Webster Lincoln’s first lawsuit was printed Dec. 9 in the Daily Post. A follow-up story about Lincoln’s second lawsuit was printed Dec. 12. To stay on […]

$20,000 reward offered in double murder

December 1, 2020 12:37 pm

By the Daily Post staff Mothers Against Murder announced today (Dec. 1) that it is offering $20,000 for information leading to the conviction of Julian Rico Santana, who is suspected […]

Car thefts up in East Palo Alto, thieves are quick

November 27, 2020 2:16 pm

Car theft is up in East Palo Alto. Thieves are stealing them at night, and after a quick trip, abandoning them in the city or neighboring cities, according to Police […]

Three arrested, assault weapons seized in raid of home

November 20, 2020 3:00 pm

By the Daily Post staff Authorities have arrested three East Palo Alto men and seized four assault rifles during the search of a home. East Palo Alto police said in […]

$5,000 reward offered for information about homeless man’s murder

November 18, 2020 2:25 pm

By the Daily Post staff Mothers Against Murder announced today that it is offering a $5,000 reward for information in connection with the murder of Santiago Gonzalez-Gonzalez, a 51-year-old homeless man […]

Lopez passes Lincoln in council race – close battle for third and final seat

November 14, 2020 7:59 am

By the Daily Post staff The results in the race for East Palo Alto City Council have flipped, with a different candidate poised to join the five-member council. Stanford doctoral […]

Murder victim found in park

November 7, 2020 9:19 pm

By the Daily Post staff An unidentified body of a man was found today in East Palo Alto’s Martin Luther King Park, and police believe he was a murder victim. […]

Seven candidates run for Ravenswood school board; Sharifa Wilson leaving

October 16, 2020 10:52 pm

By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Seven candidates are facing off for two seats on the Ravenswood City School District board, which has been suffering from decreasing revenue because […]

Seven seek to lead East Palo Alto as development knocks on the door

October 8, 2020 4:16 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Seven people are running for three seats on the East Palo Alto City Council as the city faces unprecedented development. The three incumbents, […]

Palo Alto resident Laurene Powell Jobs. AP file photo.

Steve Jobs’ widow unveils large development

September 20, 2020 8:40 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A company headed by Laurene Powell Jobs is proposing to build homes, offices and retail across the 52 acres it owns in East […]

Man jailed for allegedly threatening a witness

September 15, 2020 10:01 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An East Palo Alto man is facing additional charges after he threatened a man he had robbed and was in possession of guns […]

Woman murdered during her birthday party

September 8, 2020 7:04 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A 56-year-old woman was shot and killed yesterday (Sept. 7) by her ex-boyfriend during her birthday party in East Palo Alto, police said […]

Man gets prison time for beating a victim in a wheelchair with a pipe

August 31, 2020 10:25 pm

By the Daily Post staff An East Palo Alto man was sentenced to six years in prison today (Aug. 31) for beating a man who was in a wheelchair with […]

Car kills bicyclist on University Avenue

August 17, 2020 10:47 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park man died after being hit by a car while he bicycling on University Avenue in East Palo Alto, police said […]

Double homicide in East Palo Alto, suspect at large

August 3, 2020 1:59 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Two men were shot and killed yesterday in East Palo Alto, and police are searching for the gunman. At 8:11 p.m., police responded […]

The Primary School, founded by Mark Zuckerberg’s wife, leases abandoned school after dispute with sewer district over school’s favored site

July 17, 2020 4:33 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The school founded by Mark Zuckerberg’s pediatrician-wife Dr. Priscilla Chan has leased an abandoned school building after it was prevented from building a […]