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Menlo Park resident has startling morning as a truck crashes into his yard

January 12, 2026 3:31 pm

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park resident was on his way to work this morning when a truck rammed into his yard, he told the Daily Post. […]

Menlo Park

Fire kills two dogs, displaces family

December 30, 2025 4:32 pm

Menlo Park fire officials are investigating what caused the house fire that displaced a family and killed their two dogs.  Neighbors alerted the family living at 1304 Hill Ave. in […]

Atherton

$160 cake first, now a new tax?

December 30, 2025 3:48 pm

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer  The same school district where a former superintendent charged a $160 birthday cake to taxpayers is now considering a tax increase. The Las Lomitas […]

Menlo Park

Heavy rain causes flooding in part of Menlo Park

December 24, 2025 7:31 am

Wednesday, 3 p.m. — Crews have opened up storm drain blockages that caused flooding in the 1300 block of Hamilton Avenue between Willow Road and Henderson Avenue overnight. The city […]

Menlo Park

Menlo Park gets three proposals for housing on downtown parking lots

December 19, 2025 8:41 am

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park has received three proposals from developers to build housing on downtown parking lots, despite a citizens’ initiative on the November 2026 […]

Menlo Park

Pro-development group threatens to sue city for not moving Sunset towers along faster

December 18, 2025 12:39 pm

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer A nonprofit pro-housing group is threatening to sue Menlo Park for not moving forward with a proposed 40-story complex at the former Sunset […]

Menlo Park

School lockdowns lifted after call of man with a gun

December 16, 2025 1:46 pm

Update 3:35 p.m. — Menlo Park Police issued an update to the incident saying that the man who died was a missing and suicidal person from outside of the county that […]

Menlo Park

Officer, don’t forget your spike strip

December 15, 2025 5:10 pm

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer A driver who got flat tires after Menlo Park Police left a spike strip out is now asking the city to pay for his […]

Menlo Park

Supporters of magnet high school angry over possible closure

December 12, 2025 6:43 am

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer Teachers, parents and students of TIDE, a tech-focused magnet school in Menlo Park, yelled their frustrations of the possible closure to the Sequoia Union […]

Menlo Park

Residents to decide next November on whether to build public housing downtown

December 5, 2025 11:22 am

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council has decided to put a citizens initiative to repeal plans for public housing downtown on the November 2026 ballot. Council […]

Menlo Park

Townhouses proposed for Cuckoo’s Nest site

December 2, 2025 11:18 am

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park may get 50 new townhouses where a former controversial techie social club once operated. Chase Rapp, owner of 68 Willow Road, is […]

Atherton

$160 birthday cake among things superintendent charged to district

November 5, 2025 7:08 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A $160 birthday cake that former Las Lomitas School District Superintendent Beth Polito charged to a district credit card in August 2022 is one […]

Menlo Park

Council decides to ‘kick the can down the road’ and postpones decision on referendum to replace parking lots with public housing

November 4, 2025 10:35 pm

This story was originally printed in the Wednesday, Nov. 5, edition of the Daily Post. Other publications have posted their own versions of the story, but if you want the […]

Menlo Park

Men hit with charges after police sting

September 29, 2025 9:00 am

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Reporter  The three men who traveled to Menlo Park to meet up with a 13-year-old, who was really a police officer, were charged today by […]

Menlo-Atherton High School's sign as seen from Middlefield Road. Google photo.
Atherton

Menlo-Atherton High School put on lockdown, ex-student detained

September 10, 2025 3:35 pm

Menlo-Atherton High School was put on lockdown this afternoon (Sept. 10) due to a threat to the school and a former student was detained, Atherton police said.  Someone called the […]

Menlo Park

Police say suspect attempted to flee cops on a bike

September 6, 2025 12:02 pm

A 42-year-old man on probation for stolen vehicle offenses has been arrested after fleeing police in a stolen car and attempting to escape on a bicycle, authorities said. The Menlo […]

Menlo Park

Smoke shop shuts down under county pressure

August 20, 2025 10:26 am

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer A smoke shop that sparked anger and worry among West Menlo Park residents has permanently closed, county Supervisor Ray Mueller has confirmed. Blazin Gifts’ […]

East Palo Alto

Valley Water holds back funds for preventing floods on San Francisquito Creek

August 18, 2025 10:03 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Valley Water board has voted to wait on funding the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority until getting answers about its plans to […]

Menlo Park

Developer to host meetings about USGS campus

August 11, 2025 2:39 pm

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer Presidio Bay Ventures, the development company that bought the USGS campus in Menlo Park will start hosting meetings to determine what to build on […]

Menlo Park

Smoke shop opens in West Menlo Park, gets visit from supervisor

July 28, 2025 9:53 pm

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer A new smoke shop in West Menlo Park has drawn mixed reactions from residents and a visit from San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller […]

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