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New round of power outages tonight
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer As residents got their power back on Monday (Oct. 28), they received warnings that another power outage courtesy of PG&E will hit the […]
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13,000 lose power on the mid-Peninsula as smoke from Kincade fire arrives and another wind storm is forecast for Tuesday
Smoke from the Kincade Fire in Sonoma Valley arrived in the Palo Alto area this afternoon (Oct. 28). Not only can you smell it, but it is dimming the sunlight. […]
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Due to wind forecasts, PG&E will cut power to 940,000 customers today
Prompted by forecasts of powerful winds, PG&E confirmed that it will shut off the power to 940,000 customers across 36 counties beginning at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, Oct. 26) and […]
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Body of infant found on conveyor belt at Greenwaste plant
The body of an infant was found on a conveyor belt on Friday (Oct. 25) at the Greenwaste recycling facility in San Jose, police said. Police were called about 3:30 […]
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PG&E customers throw shade at company’s CEO and his safety vest
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Angry PG&E customers are taking out their hostility toward the utility’s executives by posting snarky comments on the livestream of the company’s press […]
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Mid-Peninsula legislator is a major critic of PG&E
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer For the past nine years, state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, has been one of the most visible critics of PG&E, which suffered […]
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4.5 earthquake hits Bay Area
By the Daily Post staff A preliminary 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Bay Area at 10:33 tonight, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was centered 2.2 miles north of […]
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Sewer official who got $875,000 payout gets contract with city of San Mateo
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Dan Child, who was paid $875,000 to resign from the Redwood City-based sewage processing agency Silicon Valley Clean Water, has landed a job […]
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Now that the all clear has been given, when do the lights come on?
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The crisis that forced PG&E to cut power to the hills west of Interstate 280 is over, but it may take days for […]
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State senator slams PG&E over its handling of outages
State Sen. Jerry Hill, who represents most of the mid-Peninsula, is slamming PG&E’s widespread power outages in a letter he sent to the state’s energy regulator. “I strongly disagree with […]
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Planned power outage begins west of I-280
Update, 12:15 a.m., Thursday — Power has been cut to Woodside and Portola Valley, and possibly other areas west of Interstate 280. Update, 10:37 p.m., Wednesday — PG&E officials said […]
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Housing nonprofit embroiled in paternity leave lawsuit
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A former employee of MidPen Property Management Corp. is battling the affordable-housing nonprofit in court, saying he was fired in retaliation for taking 12 […]
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Trump due here today
President Trump is scheduled to arrive on Air Force One at Moffett Field at 11 a.m. today (Sept. 17) and then he will travel to an undisclosed location for a […]
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Animal controllers busy rescuing deer
BY EMILY MIBACH AND SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writers It’s fall when the deer come out of the hills and visit the suburbs, and as a result, animal control […]
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SB50 author Wiener endorses Masur in state Senate race
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Scott Wiener, the San Francisco state senator who is behind controversial Senate Bill 50 that would pre-empt local zoning near transit and jobs, […]
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Open space district adding dog waste receptacles in four parks
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Dog lovers visiting land managed by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District will soon find it easier to pick up after their pooches’ […]
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Foothill-De Anza College District polling voters on $900 million bond
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A pollster has been calling residents in the Foothill-De Anza Community College District to ask them what they think about a $900 million […]
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None of the state Senate candidates support SB50, but three say they’d vote for it if it were amended
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer None of the candidates who want to replace termed-out state Sen Jerry Hill say they would vote for SB50, a bill that would […]
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Documents on sewer chief’s $875,000 payout withheld
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The sewage processing agency that serves Menlo Park, San Carlos, Belmont and Redwood City is refusing to hand over some documents relating to […]
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RePlanet recycling redemption centers suddenly close
From staff and wire reports RePlanet, California’s largest operator of recycling redemption centers, has shut down all 284 of its locations and laid off 750 employees. In the mid-Peninsula, RePlanet […]