Menlo Park
SRI testing a robotic cop that can be used for traffic stops
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An engineer at SRI International in Menlo Park has come up with a prototype of a robotic cop who emerges from a police […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park
Local father pleads guilty in college admissions scam
A Menlo Park father pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston today (May 22) to a charge of fraud conspiracy in a college admissions cheating scandal. Peter Sartorio, 54, the […]
Menlo Park
Council to look at bike lane plans that would reduce parking
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council tonight (May 21) will look at two plans that would eliminate 135 street parking spaces in order to […]
Atherton
Student drops lawsuit over M-A wrestling team
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The family of a Menlo-Atherton High School student has dropped a lawsuit that complained about the coaching of the girls wrestling team, including […]
Menlo Park
Boarding house proposed on Willow Road
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park’s Planning Commission Monday (May 20) will review plans to build a three-story, 16-bedroom boarding house on Willow Road, near the VA […]
Menlo Park
City council approves removal of trees
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council voted Tuesday (May 14) to approve the removal of seven redwood trees at Ravenswood Avenue and El Camino […]
Menlo Park
Construction of new Pope-Chaucer bridge could start next year or in 2021
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Replacing the Pope-Chaucer bridge as part of a flood control project for San Francisquito Creek would result in an approximately nine-month closure of the […]
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City Council tells Facebook to add housing to Village development
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council members told Facebook officials that they want to see more housing in the company’s 56-acre Willow Village development. Facebook […]
Menlo Park
Cuckoo’s Nest successor asks for a permit to throw creekside parties
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The controversial techie social club the Cuckoo’s Nest may be defunct, but the incubator business that ran the club is now seeking a […]
East Palo Alto
Menlo Park, EPA and Palo Alto councils meet tonight (May 6) to talk about housing
By the Daily Post staff For the first time in recent memory, the city councils of Palo Alto, East Palo Alto and Menlo Park will get together to hold a […]
East Palo Alto
New Chaucer-Pope bridge proposed in report on flood prevention projects
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A long-awaited environmental report recommends a new Pope-Chaucer Bridge to prevent another catastrophic flood like the one that hit Palo Alto, East Palo […]
Menlo Park
Cafe closes after third ADA lawsuit
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Jason’s Cafe in Menlo Park closed yesterday (April 30) after 11 years in business after the cafe was hit with three Americans with […]
Menlo Park
Man damages cars, yells racial slurs, authorities say
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man was arrested after he damaged 10 cars along Bohannon Drive in Menlo Park and called one of the owners a racial […]
East Palo Alto
East Palo Alto motorcyclist killed on Highway 101
By the Daily Post staff An East Palo Alto man was killed in a motorcycle accident on Highway 101 near the Willow Road exit in Menlo Park. Fredrick Mahoni, 34, […]
Amazon
Village Stationers to close after 53 years
This story was first printed in Friday’s Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Unable to survive profitably in the face of high rents and competition from Amazon, […]
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Proposal is designed to give Belle Haven traffic relief
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Belle Haven residents for years have been coming to Menlo Park City Council meetings to complain that during commute hours, they aren’t able […]
Menlo Park
Commission recommends eliminating 135 parking spaces to make way for bike lanes
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park Complete Streets Commission last night (April 10) recommended eliminating parking along parts of Santa Cruz Avenue and Middle Avenue in […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park pulls the plug on red-light cameras
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The red-light cameras in Menlo Park, which send motorists tickets for $480, will be shut off at the end of this month. City […]
Menlo Park
City Council to consider fate of red-light cameras
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Menlo Park City Council tonight (April 9) will consider possibly dropping its controversial red-light camera operator, and if it does, that would […]
Menlo Park
Local parents agree to plead guilty in college admissions scheme
A total of 13 parents — including actress Felicity Huffman and two parents from Menlo Park — have agreed to plead guilty to fraud charges in the nationwide college admissions […]