Redwood City
Game show contestant headed to prison for reverse mortgage scam
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A woman who appeared on the game show “Deal or No Deal” and won $400,000 while police were looking for her was sentenced […]
Redwood City
Redwood City
Port board envisions ferry depot
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City Port Commission is looking to create a ferry depot that looks like a cruise ship terminal, based on San Francisco’s […]
Redwood City
Man arrested on charges of trying to lure kids, then released on bail
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A sex registrant was arrested in Redwood City after he tried to lure a 12 year old and 14 year old into his […]
Redwood City
Father sues school claiming bully attacked his daughter
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The father of a Roosevelt School student is suing the Redwood City School District, claiming administrators were aware of an ongoing bullying problem […]
Redwood City
Sex offender jailed after teen passes out and is dumped in parking lot
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A registered sex offender is facing new criminal charges after he texted and called a 17-year-old girl nonstop, provided her with alcohol, and […]
Redwood City
Suspected DUI driver flips car, runs home, CHP says
A Menlo Park man was arrested on suspicion of DUI after flipping a car on a ramp between Woodside Road and Highway 101 in Redwood City, according to the California […]
Redwood City
Young seal found in parking garage
Firefighters have rescued a young seal who was found in a Redwood City parking garage. The five-month-old northern fur seal, now named “Santos,” was found Sunday morning in the Marshall […]
Redwood City
Stanford buys Redwood City apartment complex
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford has bought a 175-apartment complex at Franklin and Monroe streets in Redwood City from Greystar Development to serve as housing for employees […]
Redwood City
School parcel tax loses by a thin margin
Only a fraction of the stories the Post publishes in its print edition appear on this website, padailypost.com. To get all of the local news, pick up the Post at […]
Redwood City
Sewer agency puts Dan Child’s former home on the market — two bidders
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The sewage processing agency that paid its former general manager $875,000 to leave his job without suing has now received two bids for […]
Redwood City
Babysitter gets nine years in prison for molesting young boys
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Redwood City babysitter has been sentenced to nine years in prison for touching two boys inappropriately and sending 14 others inappropriate messages, […]
Redwood City
Election Update: Redwood City school parcel tax a bit closer to passage
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A parcel tax that could bring in $3.4 million annually to Redwood City elementary and middle schools is inching closer to victory, being […]
Redwood City
Public helps find man suspected of abusing a dog
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City Police have arrested a man who had been seen slamming a dog into the pavement. On Oct. 27, a resident heard […]
Redwood City
Sheriff’s sergeant arrested for DUI, refuses breath test
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A San Mateo County Sheriff’s Sergeant is facing DUI charges after running into a tree when a Redwood City police officer tried to […]
Redwood City
Suspect in reverse mortgage scam appears on TV game show
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A woman wanted for allegedly cheating a 66-year-old Redwood City woman out of her home in a reverse mortgage scam appeared on the […]
Redwood City
Man throws knives, displays fake gun at Kaiser
Correction: An earlier version of this story said that the incident occurred in the Kaiser Redwood City Emergency Room. That was based on a statement from Redwood City police that, […]
Redwood City
Officer whose car killed pedestrian is named
By the Daily Post staff Authorities have revealed the name of the Redwood City police officer whose car accidentally killed a pedestrian on El Camino Real, but the investigation of […]
Redwood City
Appeals court scolds police, DA over juvenile case
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent An appeals court has ruled in favor of a former Redwood City high schooler, overturning the teenager’s convictions for battery and resisting arrest after […]
Redwood City
Critic takes aim at parcel tax ballot Measure H
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent The Redwood City School District is asking voters this November to approve a $149 parcel tax to help its schools, but an opponent is […]
Redwood City
17-story building proposed at Sequoia Station as part of a 1.6-million-square-foot development
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A developer has proposed Redwood City’s largest project yet — a complete replacement of Sequoia Station with six buildings, including a 17-story tower, […]
Redwood City
Police officer hits pedestrian while responding to home invasion robbery
A Redwood City police officer struck and seriously injured a pedestrian on El Camino Real while responding to a report about a possible home invasion robbery in progress this morning […]
Redwood City
Council doesn’t like requiring homeowners to buy parking permits
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City residents will likely not have to pay $60 to park in their neighborhoods as part of a parking permit program amid […]
Redwood City
Redwood City residents may have to buy permits to park in front of their homes
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent Some Redwood City residents may soon find themselves paying a $60 fee to park on the street in their own neighborhood as the city […]
Redwood City
Dentists plead no contest to billing fraud charges
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Two dentists in Redwood Shores pleaded no contest yesterday to charges that they committed insurance fraud by, among other things, billing an insurance […]
Menlo Park
Photographer accused of raping models
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park man who works as a photographer in a Redwood City studio is facing multiple criminal charges alleging that he raped […]
Redwood City
Is city going to FAR with house size limits, or not FAR enough? (If you don’t get the pun, read the story)
By Elaine Goodman Daily Post Correspondent Faced with residents’ concerns that houses are becoming too large and out of character with their neighborhoods, the City Council in Redwood City tonight […]
Belmont
New clues in $875,000 payout to former sewer chief — updated
Editor’s note: At the bottom of this story are links to the documents the Post obtained from Silicon Valley Clean Water through the California Public Records Act. BY EMILY MIBACH […]
Redwood City
City zoning allows a 12-story building, 2,500 apartments on Sequoia Station site
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A redeveloped Sequoia Station shopping center in Redwood City could be up to 12 stories tall and have up to 2,500 apartments, according […]
Redwood City
Stanford plans to build 9-story medical office building in Redwood City
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent Stanford is proposing a nine-story, 227,700-square-foot medical office building on Broadway in Redwood City, which, if built, would make it the tallest building in […]
Redwood City
Planning Commission looks at six-block development and asks for more housing
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City Planning Commissioners are worried a massive six-city block development will worsen the housing-jobs imbalance, and they want to see some alternative […]
Palo Alto
City hires new $180,000-a-year spokeswoman
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Current Redwood City spokeswoman Meghan Horrigan-Taylor will become Palo Alto’s new chief communications officer, City Manager Ed Shikada announced yesterday (July 30). Horrigan-Taylor […]
Redwood City
Redwood City development would span six city blocks
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent Residents will get the chance tonight (July 30) to weigh in on a massive development of homes, offices and stores spanning six blocks along […]
Redwood City
Parole officer cleared in shooting of parolee in Redwood City
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County District Attorney on Tuesday (July 23) cleared a parole officer of any criminal wrongdoing for shooting his parolee in […]
Redwood City
Combatant in fight at Hanky Panky will get up to a year in jail
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A patron of the Hanky Panky strip club who smashed a glass in the face of another man is facing up to a […]
Redwood City
Brush fire under control in Emerald Hills, west of Redwood City
By the Daily Post staff Redwood City firefighters report that they have put out a brush fire under in the Emerald Hills area. The fire was first reported at 5:17 […]