From wire reports Palo Alto’s Jeremy Lin will not be joining the Golden State Warriors. The free-agent guard was unable to sign with the team … Premium Content: To read […]
High school football and basketball won’t be allowed in counties under the state’s purple or red Covid tiers, the California Department of Public Health has ruled. Both San Mateo and […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Sequoia Union High School District paid former Superintendent Mary Streshly $256,276 to leave her position in September, according to a resignation and […]
California will likely order most of its businesses to close or limit capacity in the coming days, Gov. Gavin Newsom said today, part of new rules triggered when fewer than […]
By the Daily Post staff The rise in positive coronavirus cases has prompted the California Interscholastic Federation, or CIF, to postpone high school sports — both practice and competition — […]
The San Francisco official who oversees the Hetch Hetchy water system that brings water to Palo Alto and the mid-Peninsula resigned today after he was charged with taking bribes — […]
A spike in new Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations has pushed San Mateo County into the most restrictive purple tier, ending indoor dining immediately. Santa Clara County is requiring people who […]
By the Daily Post staff Josh Becker, who was elected to represent the mid-Peninsula in the state Senate replacing term-limited Jerry Hill, is now picking his staff. On Sunday, the […]
By the Daily Post staff The Metropolitan Transportation Commission today dropped a proposal to require employees to work from home 60% of the week. The commission got sharp criticism on […]
A look at the agendas of different government boards in the Mid-Peninsula. PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL 5 p.m., Monday New grocer: The council may approve a new grocery store in […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent President-elect Joe Biden lists among his top priorities a sweeping infrastructure plan that would inject federal funding into roads and bridges, clean energy, and […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto would be expected to accommodate an estimated 10,058 new homes between 2023 and 2031, under a housing quota formula […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Metropolitan Transportation Commission yesterday (Sept. 23) approved a plan that would require employees to work from home 60% of the week if […]
By the Daily Post staff The Daily Post has won 17 awards from the San Francisco Press Club including first-place honors for commentary, column, editorial, entertainment review, headlines and series […]
By the Daily Post staff Mid-Peninsula residents awoke to red, smoky skies this morning. The National Weather Service says smoke particles from the wildfires in the region scatter blue light […]
By the Daily Post staff PG&E crews have reduced the number of customers without power in Redwood City from 3,474 at 5:45 p.m. to 117 at 10:30 p.m. But the […]
The murky haze of smoke and smog over the Bay Area is expected to linger for at least two more days and a Spare the Air alert has been extended […]
The Post isn’t printing on Labor Day in observance of the holiday. The Post is also off on Tuesday and Wednesday due to our abbreviated COVID-19 distribution schedule. We’ll return […]
By the Daily Post staff The high hit 102 degrees in Palo Alto this afternoon and state power grid authorities are asking people to conserve power. The California Independent System […]
Scroll to the end to see which schools have applied to waivers from the lockdown order. BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos mom Jenny Fedorova is leading […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A controversial housing bill that would have allowed more homes to be packed into single-family neighborhoods has fizzled out, not because of massive […]
Monday, Aug. 31, 7 p.m. — Firefighters and National Guard troops made progress containing the CZU Lightning Complex fires in northern Santa Cruz and southern San Mateo counties today. The […]
PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL 6 p.m., Monday, Aug. 31 Commissions: The council will interview applicants for the Public Art and Human Relations Commissions. How to participate: The public can tune […]
Hair stylists and barbers in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties on Monday (Aug. 31) will be able to flip over their open sign and let customers back inside their […]
Schools in California are slowly allowing more children back into classrooms, some because of disabilities and special needs that can’t be met through distance learning and others in areas reporting […]
By ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Transportation agencies are developing a plan for a $3.7 billion network of pay-to-use express lanes throughout the Bay Area — a plan that could […]
From chickens to donkeys to rabbits, cats, dogs and even llamas, organizations and individuals are offering free shelter to animals displaced by fires raging in the Bay Area. In a […]
The National Weather Service has issued a fire watch for the entire Bay Area and Central Coast, as strong winds, lightning, and thunderstorms forecast Sunday through Tuesday could lead to […]
8:10 p.m., Monday — Widespread blackouts to reduce pressure on the electric grid — which could have included the Palo Alto area — were averted Monday night after regulators warned […]
By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The mid-Peninsula normally has a low crime rate. But in the past two weeks, there’s been an uncharacteristic spike in violent crimes. Menlo […]
By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer At least 20 San Mateo County residents have received unsolicited plant seeds in the mail from China, a trend that’s been logged throughout […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The death of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police and the wave of protests that followed have sparked a bevy of bills […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A sales tax measure proposed by Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez effectively died yesterday (July 21), after two other supervisors said they […]
By the Daily Post staff Football and the other sports played in the fall by high school students will be delayed until December or January because of the coronavirus pandemic, […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared today that public and private schools in counties that are on his coronavirus “watch list” won’t be reopening classrooms this fall but holding school via distance […]
From staff and wire reports More than 100,000 mail-in ballots were rejected by California election officials during the March presidential primary, according to data obtained by The Associated Press that […]
PALO ALTO PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION 6 p.m. Wednesday Housing Quotas: The commission will have a study session about state-mandated housing requirements for the region. How to participate: Zoom Meeting […]
No firework displays or parades will take place on the mid-Peninsula today, Independence Day 2020. Local and state officials are urging people to stay home in order to slow the […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom today ordered bars and indoor dining at restaurants to close in most areas of the state for the next three weeks amid a troubling surge of new […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Starting a fireworks buyback program, creating safe zone for people to set off fireworks and having residents talk to each other about the […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Complaints about illegal fireworks popping off have been proliferating both in the mid-Peninsula and across the country, and on Monday, some local officials […]
Six former eBay employees have been charged with waging an extensive campaign to terrorize and intimidate the editor and publisher of an online newsletter with threats and disturbing deliveries to […]
Santa Clara County is behind most of the other counties in California when it comes to reopening after the pandemic. Starting today (June 5) the county will allow the following: […]
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer More than 100 Palo Alto teenagers crossed Highway 101 during a protest against police brutality against black people this afternoon. The teens then […]
By the Daily Post staff Police are warning businesses in the mid-Peninsula to prepare for the violence that has ravaged cities from California to New York following the death of […]
By the Daily Post staff Target this afternoon (May 31) temporarily closed 175 stores across the country — including those in East Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Mateo and Mountain […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom today cleared barbershops and hair salons to reopen, though it’s unknown when officials in San Mateo or Santa Clara counties will allow those businesses to reopen locally. […]
California churches can resume in-person services but worshippers will be limited to 100 people and they should wear masks, avoid sharing prayer books and skip the collection plate under state […]
This story was originally printed April 24, 2020, in the Daily Post. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A California law that gives the governor sweeping powers during a state […]
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A federal grand jury has indicted a former top heart doctor at the Palo Alto VA Hospital and Stanford on a charge of […]
The state wants restaurants to screen guests for symptoms, have servers wear masks and keep diners at least 6 feet apart under guidance released today (May 12) to prevent the […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed today that his electric-car company has restarted its Fremont factory, a move that defied local government orders to contain the coronavirus. In a tweet, Musk […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A former San Mateo police officer who is facing charges in Santa Clara County for trying to set up a date with a […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s attempt to allow some businesses to reopen was blocked on Thursday by health directors in six Bay Area counties — including San Mateo and Santa Clara — […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer It looks like the decision to switch to pass/fail grades in the Sequoia Union High School District is final despite the efforts of […]
Readers of the Daily Post’s Police Blotter know that there’s been a jump in catalytic converter thefts in Palo Alto and San Mateo County. Now, three men have been arrested […]
APRIL 30 — The news hit Orange County like a cold wave: California’s governor was shutting down the beaches. A “hard close” order took effect today (May 1) for seashores […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A new stay-at-home order issued by San Mateo and Santa Clara counties yesterday (April 29) allows gardeners to go back to work. The […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom said today he plans to allow the state to reopen in phases and students could return to school in July. Newsom made his announcement as a smattering […]
Public health officials in six Bay Area counties said today that they plan to announce later this week that the coronavirus stay-at-home order set to expire this coming Sunday will […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced today (April 22) that the state will allow hospitals to resume scheduling surgeries unrelated to the coronavirus pandemic, after original fears that hospitals would be overwhelmed […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County residents and workers are now required by law to wear masks when in public in an attempt to slow the […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Housing-production quotas for cities are now being developed for 2022 to 2030, and some officials said they’re worried that the quotas won’t account for […]
On March 10 and 11, 2020, we published an article referencing Ayden Hector. The headline of the article may have created an impression that Hector was accused of or suspected […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom today unveiled an outline for what it will take to lift coronavirus restrictions in California, asking more questions than answering them as he seeks to temper the […]
By the Daily Post staff Neither San Mateo or Santa Clara counties is seeing a surge in new COVID-19 cases, according to figures put out by each county. In Santa […]
California judicial leaders approved today a statewide emergency order suspending evictions to help deal with the COVID-19 crisis that has crippled the court system. It was one of eleven temporary […]
California schools should plan on teaching from afar for the rest of the academic year because it’s unlikely the coronavirus will allow them to reopen before summer, Gov. Gavin Newsom […]
By the Daily Post staff The federal government has reclassified the real estate business as an “essential industry” during the coronavirus outbreak. The California Association of Realtors said Saturday that […]
The stay-at-home order resulting from the coronavirus outbreak is making life challenging for everyone, including the local news media. As a result, the Post has temporarily switched to a four-day-a-week […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom today (March 27) banned all evictions of renters for the next two months, his latest effort to offer a lifeline to the many millions in the state […]
See the correction at the end of this story. By the Daily Post staff Several companies in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties have notified the state that they plan […]
The First Baptist Church in Providence, R.I., may be expressing the feeling many people have about the outbreak. AP photo.
By the Daily Post staff Offices of Education in six Bay Area counties, including San Mateo and Santa Clara, have decided that public schools will remain closed through May 1 […]
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent State and county department orders for residents to shelter at home to curb the spread of the COVID-19 respiratory illness are fueling debate over […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer State Controller Betty Yee announced that the state’s tax board is allowing for individuals to submit their state income taxes by June. 15. […]
By the Daily Post staff A local author with 25 published books is offering a free talk on Wednesday about what you need to know in order to get your […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer During a luncheon with the Palo Alto Rotary Club, state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, equated Facebook to a strip mining company. Hill […]
This story originally appeared in the Saturday, Nov. 16, print edition of the Daily Post. Only a fraction of the stories the Post prints wind up on this website. If […]
Most of the stories the Daily Post publishes can’t be found on this website. They can only be found by picking up the Daily Post every morning at 1,000 locations […]
By the Daily Post staff The Daily Post has won 15 awards from the San Francisco Press Club including first-place honors for investigative reporting, news series, feature story, entertainment review […]
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Two Burlingame councilwomen retained their seats on council, the San Mateo-Foster City School Board welcomed a new trustee and the Redwood City School […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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’ […]
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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