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Portola Valley voters considering a tax on home sales

October 15, 2026 6:13 pm

BY NORAH SHEPPARD-HUTCHINSDaily Post Staff Writer If voters pass Measure N in Portola Valley, the sale of a home will be subject to a special “property transfer tax” of $10 […]

North Fair Oaks

Sheriff names new chief for towns

April 2, 2026 4:23 pm

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer  San Mateo County Sheriff Ken Binder has appointed a new captain to act as police chief in North Fair Oaks, Portola Valley and Woodside.  […]

Portola Valley

Portola Valley has a new city manager

July 19, 2025 6:27 pm

This story first appeared in Saturday morning’s Daily Post. If you want to get the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings. Portola Valley’s town council has […]

Portola Valley

After car kills Mountain Lion in Portola Valley, wildlife workers rescue 3 cubs

January 30, 2025 5:43 am

Wildlife workers have rescued three lion cubs whose mother was killed by a car on Portola Valley Road. The cubs, who are about 3 months old, are now at the […]

Portola Valley

Amid financial crisis, candidates run for Portola Valley council

November 1, 2024 11:20 am

Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to accurately state Helen Wolter’s opinion of financing options. BY AMELIA BISCARDI Daily Post Staff Writer Portola Valley Town Council will have a […]

Portola Valley

Wealthy community’s town government running out of money

October 21, 2024 8:21 pm

This story originally appeared in the Oct. 16 edition of the Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings. Our competition […]

Portola Valley

State revokes Portola Valley’s housing plan

April 4, 2024 11:45 am

By Braden CartwrightDaily Post Staff Writer The town of Portola Valley has had its housing plan revoked by the state for allegedly failing to allow housing as the plan described.  […]

Portola Valley

Firefighting plan may pit neighbor against neighbor

March 11, 2024 5:07 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The Woodside Fire Protection District might soon require property owners to clear plants from parts of their property to help protect their neighbor’s home […]

Portola Valley

Burglary suspect caught in Portola Valley

April 30, 2023 2:12 pm

A 34-year-old East Palo Alto man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into a Portola Valley home, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. At 5 a.m. Friday, deputies […]

Portola Valley

120 fires a year linked to homeless encampments; another one happened two days ago

May 13, 2022 2:50 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Redwood City fire official said yesterday that the city sees an average of 120 fires a year due to homeless encampments, and […]

Portola Valley

ELECTION: Portola Valley approves school parcel tax

May 8, 2021 10:17 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Update, May 8: Portola Valley voters have overwhelmingly approved a school parcel tax. Measure S needed two-thirds of the vote for passage. It […]

Portola Valley

Planning Commission to review Stanford’s plans in Portola Valley

January 18, 2021 10:30 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Portola Valley Planning Commission on Wednesday (Jan. 20) will review plans for a housing development proposed by Stanford not far from the […]

Portola Valley

Residents in the hills were ready to evacuate

August 24, 2020 7:06 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Portola Valley resident Jeanne McGinnis packed her family’s documents and got her cats’ medicine and carriers ready to go when the forecast called […]

Portola Valley

Black Lives street mural removed over confusion, city official says

July 27, 2020 10:53 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City Manager Melissa Stevenson-Diaz said tonight (July 27) that the city removed the Black Lives Matter mural on Broadway in front of […]

Portola Valley

Portola Valley residents complain to council about Stanford housing proposal

May 28, 2020 7:45 am

By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Some Portola Valley residents are upset that a proposal by Stanford to build 37 homes near the Alpine Inn on Alpine Road is […]

Portola Valley

Showdown tonight over Stanford housing proposal

May 27, 2020 6:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A showdown is expected tonight (May 27) between the Portola Valley Town Council and a community group that is perturbed over Stanford’s plans […]

Portola Valley

Child molestation suspect arrested — Update

April 27, 2020 7:20 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto man has been arrested on charges accusing him of molesting his girlfriend’s daughter over the span of three years, the […]

Portola Valley

Man robbed on Los Transcos Road

April 14, 2020 8:40 pm

By the Daily Post staff A man was robbed on Los Trancos Road in Portola Valley, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said today (April 14). Just before 3 p.m. […]

Portola Valley

Windy Hill shut down, hikers didn’t observe social distancing

March 30, 2020 8:19 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Windy Hill Nature Preserve has been shut down because too many people went hiking and didn’t stay at least six feet from each […]

Atherton

Parole denied for Chowchilla kidnapper

October 9, 2019 7:00 am

State officials again rejected parole yesterday (Oct. 8) for the last of three Peninsula men convicted of kidnapping a bus full of Chowchilla schoolchildren in 1976 and burying them in […]

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