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By Emily Mibach Daily Post Staff Writer Update, June 14, 2023 — After a bumpy start, the Las Lomitas School Board yesterday (June 14) officially selected school volunteer Laura Moon […]

The Post first published this story in Thursday morning’s edition. An update based on Thursday afternoon’s meeting of the creek authority is on the front page of Friday’s Post. To […]

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 […]

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 […]

BY MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer As Elizabeth Holmes prepares to report to prison on Tuesday (May 30), the criminal case that laid bare the blood-testing scam at the heart […]

About 1,000 employees of First Republic Bank are being let go about a month after it was seized by regulators and acquired by JP Morgan Chase. The vast majority of […]

This story originally appeared in the Post’s print edition on April 22. By Emily Mibach Daily Post Staff Writer The 2024 election may seem like a long time away, but […]

The Federal Deposit Insurance Company announced early this morning that it had seized First Republic Bank and sold all of its deposits and most of its assets to JPMorgan Chase […]

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer According to state law, cities, counties and other local agencies are required to do after-action reports anytime they declare an emergency. But in […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A former spokesman for the San Mateo County Community College District pleaded guilty yesterday to lewd acts with two girls who were 14 […]

From staff and wire reports Palo Alto utility crews are working to restore power in just about every part of town after a windstorm uprooted trees today. At 3:55 p.m., […]

Another Bay Area bank was affected Monday by uncertainty in the financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank. First Republic Bank shares sank nearly 62% on Monday and […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom said this morning (March 11) that he is working with “the highest levels of leadership” at the White House and the U.S. Treasury to stabilize the situation […]

The FDIC at 9 a.m. today seized the assets of Silicon Valley Bank after it experienced a run on the bank, the largest failure of a financial institution since Washington […]

By the Daily Post staff Winds hitting maximum speeds of 40-55 mph caused many trees to fall on the Mid-Peninsula — sometimes on cars, homes or power lines. Due to […]

Feb. 10, 2023 By the Daily Post staff Daily Post reporter Emily Mibach will receive the James Madison Freedom of Information Award for her expose into a sewage-processing district’s attempt […]

Published Jan. 16, 2023 By Elaine Goodman Daily Post Correspondent Four Southern California cities are suing the state over a law that allows up to four homes to be built […]

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Monday (Feb. 6) is the deadline for residents to send their comments to the agency that is considering rules that would require residents to […]

The San Mateo County Coroner’s office today named six of the seven victims who were shot dead at two mushroom farms near Half Moon Bay. They are: • Zhishen Liu, […]

The Half Moon Bay farm worker who is accused of killing seven people and injuring one person at two farms had legally purchased the handgun he used to commit what […]

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Lawyers for Elizabeth Holmes said in a motion today (Jan. 23) that federal prosecutors were lying when they told a judge that Holmes […]

Jan. 19, 2023 By Emily Mibach Daily Post Staff Writer The Bay Area Air Quality District board will vote March 15 whether to ban new gas-powered furnaces and water heaters, […]

By the Daily Post staff Workers earning the minimum wage are making more money starting this month, but in most Mid-Peninsula cities the increase won’t cover inflation. The state’s minimum […]

By the Daily Post staff For the first time since 2020, Caltrain is bringing back the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Train. Those who RSVP will get a free […]

By the Daily Post staff Somebody programmed hundreds of thousands of bots to visit the Daily Post’s webpage, padailypost.com, early this morning in an attack that appears to be designed […]

This story was originally printed in the Daily Post on Thursday morning. Get in the habit of picking up the Post in the mornings for important local news stories. BY […]

December 29, 2022 By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer A rogue YouTuber is visiting local government offices and recording employees, which causes some to become upset and call police. […]

By the Daily Post staff Menlo Park and Redwood City are among the communities whose police departments are warning residents about driving in the heavy rains.  In Mountain View, there […]

A federal judge-magistrate in New York released disgraced cryptocurrency king Sam Bankman-Fried on $250 million bond today and ordered him to stay with is parents in Palo Alto until he […]

By the Daily Post staff From investigative reporting to column-writing, the Daily Post won nine awards in the San Francisco Press Club’s Excellence in Journalism Contest. The annual contest drew […]

In the first batch of results tonight: • Measure V, which would have made it more difficult to build apartments in single-family zoned neighborhoods in Menlo Park, was headed for […]

By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Voters in almost all cities in the Post’s circulation area will have to weigh in on at least one ballot measure. This year’s […]

California voters will weigh in on seven ballot measures in the upcoming election, covering a variety of issues, including abortion, sports betting and school funding. Here’s a brief look at […]