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Most say it’s time to pull the plug on high-speed rail
By the Daily Post staff A new Los Angeles Times poll finds that only 31% of California voters want to continue building the high-speed rail project. The poll, which was […]
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Tom Wolfe gathered material locally for his books
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Tom Wolfe, the journalist and novelist known for his inventive chronicling of Bay Area counterculture in the 1960s, died in New York on […]
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Simitian, Siegel won’t back toll hike
This Post originally published this story on April 23. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Regional Measure 3, the bridge toll hike on the June ballot that would raise […]
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Controversial housing bill SB827 dies in committee, would have bypassed city ordinances
A controversial state senate bill that would have increased housing near public transit by allowing larger buildings that would have violated city ordinances won’t move forward this year after it […]
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Earthquake strikes during thunder and lightning
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer As thunder and lightning rumbled through the mid-Peninsula, an earthquake struck the South Bay at 9:39 a.m. Monday. It wasn’t a big one […]
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Housing bill amended to reduce maximum heights of buildings from 85 feet to 55 feet
From staff and wire reports The author of a bill in the Legislature that would have allowed 85-foot tall apartment buildings on El Camino Real reduced the maximum height in […]
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Local politicians visit China; mayor felt he was used as ‘window dressing’
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View Mayor Lenny Siegel said he felt that he and other local officials were used as “window dressing” during a trip to […]
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Pick up today’s 72-page Daily Post
In today’s edition: A Mountain View rent control board member is accused of conflict of interest; A local family bought a piglet and thought it wouldn’t get bigger; A Palo […]
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Ethics investigations of two local political figures taking an unusual amount of time
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The state agency that fines politicians for ethics violations has been investigating Palo Alto Mayor Liz Kniss and Redwood City Councilman Jeff Gee […]
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Man arrested on suspicion of threatening Speier’s staff
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Deputies have arrested a man who left 12 threatening voicemails at Congresswoman Jackie Speier’s San Mateo office including one in which he promised […]
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YouTube shooter angry company had stopped paying her for videos
Update 10:20 p.m. — The father of a woman suspected of shooting three people at YouTube’s headquarters says she was angry at the company because it stopped paying her for […]
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Woman wounds 3 at YouTube in San Bruno before killing herself
Correction: Police Chief Ed Barberini initially said there were four shooting victims but later clarified that a fourth person suffered an ankle injury. This story has been updated to reflect […]
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Mid-Peninsula residents’ top concerns: Housing, traffic, regulating commercial development
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Creating affordable housing, reducing traffic congestion and regulating commercial development are the three top issues for residents across the mid-Peninsula, according to a series […]
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Arrest in white powder scare
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man accused of sending letters with white powder to five people, including Donald Trump Jr. and Stanford law professor Michele Dauber, was […]
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Gas station, hotel are latest local targets of frequent ADA litigant
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man behind hundreds of Americans with Disabilities lawsuits has filed cases against two more businesses — a gas station in Menlo Park […]
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Housing bill could result in 85-foot tall buildings on El Camino
Published in the Daily Post on Feb. 12, 2018. Follow-up story appears below. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A bill introduced in the California Legislature would ease restrictions on […]
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Local entrepreneur who almost won Assembly seat drops Republican label for statewide bid
From staff and wire reports Silicon Valley entrepreneur Steve Poizner, who came within 5,800 votes of representing Palo Alto and the mid-Peninsula in the state Assembly in 2004, has ditched […]
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High cost of living is driving out locals — families are being crushed
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY and EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writers Terri McKinsey, a Palo Alto High School grad, bought the house where she raised her family on Sierra Court — […]
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Preventing another flood has been a long, frustrating process — Part 2 on the 1998 Flood
LAST IN A TWO-PART SERIES BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Two decades after a flood forced 500 residents to evacuate their homes in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto […]
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Storm, high tide combined to create a disaster 20 years ago — Part 1
UNDER WATER — Residents of an East Palo Alto apartment complex succeed in pulling this car out of a flooded carport in the 1998 flood. The image is from a […]
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Timeline of what’s happened since the 1998 flood
By the Daily Post staff Feb. 3, 1998 — Fierce rains and high tides combined to make San Francisquito Creek overflow its banks at 1 a.m., inundating houses, cars and […]
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Local cities rack up hefty surpluses
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post correspondent When the city of East Palo Alto posted an $18.8 million budget surplus for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, the city finance […]
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Former Hobee’s co-owner Peter Taber dies
By the Daily Post staff Longtime Hobee’s co-owner Peter Taber has died at his Los Altos Hills home following a yearlong battle with melanoma. He was 63. His husband and […]
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What do we get if we vote to raise bridge tolls?
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Bay Area residents will vote in June on whether to raise tolls by $3 for all Bay bridges in the region, except the […]
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USGS to close, VA stays open as federal shutdown hits the Peninsula
UPDATE, 3 P.M.: Congress sped toward reopening the government late Monday as Democrats reluctantly voted to temporarily pay for resumed operations. They relented in return for Republican assurances that the […]
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2 flu deaths in San Mateo County, 5 in Santa Clara County
From staff and wire reports Flu deaths have soared among those younger than 65 in the state, including two deaths in San Mateo County and five in Santa Clara County, […]
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As deadline looms, a look at the local impact of a federal shutdown
From staff and wire reports A divided House voted yesterday to prevent a government shutdown after an eleventh-hour deal brought conservatives aboard. But the GOP-written measure faced gloomy prospects in […]
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Events planned to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Several events are planned on Monday (Jan. 15) to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2018. • A Day of Service is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at […]
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Flu hospitalizations rise
By the Daily Post staff There has been an increase in flu hospitalizations, prompting San Mateo County health officials to urge residents to get a flu shot, even though it’s […]
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2 local restaurants settle ADA lawsuits brought by frequent litigants
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Americans With Disabilities Act lawsuits filed by serial litigators against the Fish Market in San Mateo and the City Pub in Redwood City […]
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Two earthquakes wake people up
By the Daily Post staff A pair of earthquakes — one in the East Bay and another in Cupertino — jolted some people out of their sleep this morning. The […]
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Rep. Speier says she won’t run for governor
By the Daily Post staff Congresswoman Jackie Speier said today (Jan. 3) she won’t be running for governor this fall. Speier, D-San Mateo, shot down a rumor that Willie Brown […]
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Lots of local news in 2017 — take the quiz (answers at the end)
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It’s that time of year when newspapers look back at the year’s biggest news stories. But instead of repeating the news you’ve already read, […]
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Rep. Jackie Speier considers running for governor
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Congresswoman Jackie Speier D-San Mateo, is apparently thinking about jumping into the race for governor. The rumor mill regarding Speier’s possible run went […]
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Marijuana’s legal tomorrow but good luck finding a place to light up
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Residents will be able to buy recreational marijuana under a new state law that takes effect tomorrow (Jan. 1) but if they light […]
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Cities pick new mayors for 2018 — more diversity this year
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Most of the city and town councils in the Post’s circulation area have picked their new mayor and vice mayor for 2018, half […]
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Counties won’t let you prepay 2018 property taxes to beat tax bill changes
By the Daily Post staff Some residents in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties want to pay their 2018 property taxes now before the new federal tax bill goes into […]
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Tax bill to hit at least 200,000 locally
Palo Alto Congresswoman Anna Eshoo said yesterday (Dec. 19) that nearly 200,000 of her constituents will take a hit with the reduction in the deduction for state and local taxes […]
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CVS runs out of flu shots for people under 65
By the Daily Post staff Those hoping to get pre-Christmas flu shots from CVS on the Peninsula better re-think their plans. Employees at several CVS pharmacies in Palo Alto and […]
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Feinstein proposes new bridge across the Bay
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is pushing to have a new bridge constructed across the Bay, midway between the Bay Bridge and the San […]
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Eshoo, Speier say Conyers should step down; they offer opinions on Franken
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Peninsula Congresswomen Anna Eshoo and Jackie Speier both called on Detroit Rep. John Conyers yesterday to resign amid revelations that he settled a […]
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Local Congresswomen won’t say if Conyers should stay or go
By the Daily Post staff Peninsula Congresswomen Anna Eshoo and Jackie Speier didn’t return phone calls from the Post yesterday (Nov. 29) to see if they thought fellow Congressional Democrat […]
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Live aquarium fish shipped through the mail; 12 die
Above, an umbee cichlid. By the Daily Post staff A concerned postal worker discovered that nearly 40 South American aquarium fish were being sent in a Styrofoam ice chest from […]
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City leaders head to N. Carolina despite California’s ban of the state
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer City leaders from Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and Mountain View are getting ready to fly to a conference in North […]
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Wildfires destroy much of Hewlett Packard’s early archives
Above, David Packard, left, Bill Hewlett in a 1964 photograph from HP’s archives. By The Associated Press Wine Country’s deadly wildfires destroyed much of an archive from tech pioneers William […]
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Python found on seat of VTA bus
By Bay City News. Passengers on a VTA bus in Menlo Park discovered an abandoned python on a seat, an animal welfare official said yesterday. The snake, which has been […]
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Tech blogger Robert Scoble says he feels ashamed after he’s accused of sexual harassment
Above, tech blogger Robert Scoble wears Google Glass at a Dublin, Ireland, web summit on Oct. 31, 2013. AP photo. A Daily Post staff report In the wake of the […]
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Mid-Peninsula cities offer help to victims of Wine Country fires
Above, a San Mateo firefighter fights a blaze in the North Bay. Photo from the San Mateo Fire Department’s Twitter page. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Cities on […]
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Worst air pollution levels ever in Bay Area
Above, NASA satellite image showing the massive smoke plumes from the wildfires burning in Wine Country. By the Daily Post and Bay City News The North Bay wildfires are causing […]
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Local first responders head to Wine Country fires
The San Mateo Fire Department tweeted this picture of one of their firefighters battling a blaze in the North Bay. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY AND EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writers […]
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Locals line up to give blood following Las Vegas tragedy
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Stanford Blood Center hadn’t even planned to open yesterday, but donors eager to help the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting in Las […]
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Bills regarding Martins Beach, Caltrain, other local topics passed by Legislature
Bills to reopen access to Martins Beach and allow voters to decide whether to raise sales taxes for Caltrain have passed the Legislature and are headed for Gov. Jerry Brown’s […]
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Menlo Park Fire Protection District to pick new board member
Menlo Park Fire Station No. 1 at 300 Middlefield Road. Photo from district’s website. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Fire Protection District board could appoint […]
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Local rat population surging
By Matthew Niksa Daily Post Correspondent A rapidly-increasing rodent population has created constant demand for exterminators, to the point where some rodent specialists aren’t accepting any new customers, according to […]
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You can go to Martins Beach — Sheriff won’t ticket you
BY MATTHEW NIKSA Daily Post Correspondent The gate to Martins Beach, south of Half Moon Bay, remains locked but people looking to enter it will not be cited for trespassing, […]
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Speier’s idea for ousting Trump
Congresswoman Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, says it’s time to remove President Trump from office by invoking a rarely used constitutional amendment. Speier said in a tweet, “POTUS is showing signs […]
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Increase in yellow jackets
By Matt Niksa Daily Post Correspondent San Mateo County residents have reported seeing more wasp and yellow jacket nests this year, likely because of the wet winter, an official from […]
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FBI arrests former employee of Rep. Jackie Speier
A Capitol Hill IT worker who was arrested by the FBI as he was trying to leave the country worked for more than 20 members of Congress including Jackie Speier, […]
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Legendary Channel 7 anchor Van Amburg dies
‘THIS JUST IN’ — Legendary Channel 7 anchor Van Amburg reports on the kidnapping of newspaper heiress Patty Hearst in 1974. BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor If you lived […]
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Where will we go if a nuke hits the Bay Area?
Water barrels are stacked in the fallout shelter below Hillsdale Shopping Center in 1964. Photo courtesy of the San Mateo County Historical Association. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer […]
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Flood protection priorities change; agency wants to build, not litigate
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Faced with the prospect of a contentious process that could drag on for years, a multi-city creek authority has scaled back expectations for its […]