Redwood City
Sobrato office, housing development up for approval
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City Council on Monday (May 20) is set to approve a project that would result in 1,680 jobs and put 3,777 […]
Redwood City
Caltrain
Caltrain engineer hit by rock as train rolls through Redwood City
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man threw a rock at a moving Caltrain in Redwood City yesterday (May 10), hitting the train’s engineer in the head, causing […]
Redwood City
Redwood City settles on map for council districts
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City Council has selected a map to divvy up the city into seven voting districts, so in the 2020 council election […]
Redwood City
Ex-con wounded by his parole officer during late-night encounter
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A parole officer in Redwood City shot his parolee when the parolee ran toward the officer holding a dumbbell above his head, a […]
Redwood City
Probation for mom in McDonald’s birth
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A woman who was accused of attempting to drown her newborn boy after giving birth in a McDonald’s bathroom in Redwood City was […]
Redwood City
Mom accused of trying to drown baby in a McDonald’s toilet faces sentencing
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City woman accused of trying to drown her newborn baby boy after giving birth in a McDonald’s bathroom is expected to […]
Redwood City
Office development will put 3,777 cars on the road, add 1,680 jobs and 520 apartments
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A development that will put 3,777 cars on the road each day and result in 1,680 jobs won the unanimous approval of the […]
Redwood City
Historic house has been put on wheels, will be moved down the street
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The historic Lathrop House in downtown Redwood City will soon be rolling down the street to its new home. The house will be […]
Redwood City
Local CSU campus proposed
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Canada College in Redwood City may eventually be called CSU Silicon Valley if state legislators Jerry Hill and Kevin Mullin’s plans work out. […]
East Palo Alto
Sequoia Union High School District sues charter over $4 million loan
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An East Palo Alto charter school is slowly winding down its high school program, and because of that, the Sequoia Union High School […]
Redwood City
Nita Spangler — journalist, conservationist, activist, mother, wife — dies at age 96
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Nita Spangler, a conservationist and former journalist at the Redwood City Tribune and Country Almanac, died yesterday (April 18), a day after turning […]
Redwood City
Sequoia High replaces Cherokee mascot with raven
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Sequoia High School in Redwood City is dropping the Cherokees as their mascot following a 17-year-long debate. The Sequoia Union High School District […]
Mountain View
Gunman hits four 7-Elevens
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An armed man held up at least four 7-Elevens on the mid-Peninsula, a Redwood City police officer said. A robber tried to hit […]
Redwood City
Babysitter accused of touching boys inappropriately
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Redwood City babysitter may get life in prison for touching two boys inappropriately and sending 14 others inappropriate messages, a prosecutor said. […]
Redwood City
Townhouses to replace Mountain Mike’s
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City Planning Commission on Monday (April 1) will review plans to replace the old Mountain Mike’s Pizza on El Camino near […]
Redwood City
Woman killed, man injured in house fire — Updated
By the Daily Post staff A Redwood City woman was killed after she was trapped by a fire in her kitchen. The 57-year-old woman has not been identified by the […]
Redwood City
Helicopter makes an emergency landing at Kmart
No one was injured Saturday when a helicopter made an emergency landing in a Kmart parking lot in Redwood City about two miles from the San Carlos airport, Redwood City […]
Palo Alto
DA says fatal police shooting of Palo Alto teacher was justified — updated
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The District Attorney decided yesterday (March 20) that two Redwood City police officers will not face criminal charges for shooting Palo Alto teacher […]
Redwood City
Man gets two years in jail for defrauding Redwood City senior
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man has been sentenced to two years in jail after he tricked an 80-year-old Redwood City man into signing over the deed […]
Redwood City
Speier blamed Trump for decision made by Obama administration over Saltworks, attorney says
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Congresswoman Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, blasted the Trump administration this week for a ruling by the Environmental Protection Agency that favors the development […]
Menlo Park
Homeless digging in, literally
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The homeless living in the marsh southwest of the Dumbarton Bridge have dug out homes for themselves and live underground, Menlo Park police […]
Redwood City
Speier blasts EPA ruling in favor of saltworks development
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Congresswoman Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, yesterday (March 12) ripped into the Environmental Protection Agency’s ruling that has the potential to bring back […]
Redwood City
‘Despicable’ youth counselor gets 8 years in prison for sex with girls
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A youth counselor from Mountain View who had sexual relationships with two girls aged 13 and 14 was sentenced to eight years in […]
Redwood City
Council unhappy with office development that would replace Malibu Grand Prix
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City Council wants a developer to make changes to the office project proposed at the former Malibu Grand Prix site, including possibly […]
Redwood City
Group wants to preserve Ampex’s legacy and maybe its famous sign
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Redwood City councilwoman and some former Ampex employees are working to memorialize the videotape machine company, and perhaps find a new home […]
Burlingame
Retired cop avoids jail for 17-hour standoff with police
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The retired Redwood City police officer who was in a standoff with police for 17-and-a-half hours was sentenced Friday (Feb. 8) to only […]
Redwood City
ADA lawyer goes after Nazareth Ice Oasis
This story was originally printed in the Post on Jan. 24. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The attorney who sued the Dutch Goose in west Menlo Park and […]
Redwood City
Car slams into pet food store
By the Daily Post staff As if Mondays were not bad enough, employees at Pet Food Express at Sequoia Station in Redwood City had to clean up spilled pet food […]
Redwood City
Six marijuana distributors seek city permits — four would be near the CHP
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City officials, who originally refused to release the applications of companies that wanted to open marijuana-related businesses, yesterday backtracked and gave the […]
North Fair Oaks
Redwood City man jailed in connection with robbery of 4 teenagers
By the Daily Post staff A Redwood City man was charged yesterday (Jan. 17) with two counts of robbery after he and two others robbed four teenagers in a car […]
Redwood City
New development will add 4,579 employees but no housing
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The office development that will replace Malibu Grand Prix in Redwood City will add 4,579 employees and worsen the housing-jobs imbalance by 2,043 […]
Redwood City
Woman loses home in reverse mortgage scam — one suspect is a film actor
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Prosecutors yesterday charged two Southern California residents with conning a 66-year-old woman out of her Redwood City home in a reverse mortgage scam. […]
Redwood City
Mother accused of drowning newborn in McDonald’s toilet reaches a plea bargain
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Redwood City woman accused of trying to drown her newborn baby boy after giving birth in a McDonald’s bathroom yesterday (Jan. 14) […]
Redwood City
Caltrain says train death in Redwood City was an ‘intentional act’
Authorities believe a woman struck and killed by a train in Redwood City Friday morning may have been trying to commit suicide. “While it is early in the investigation, this […]
Redwood City
CHP needed a warrant in autopilot DUI case
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Los Altos planning commissioner, who was arrested for DUI after he fell asleep in his Tesla as it barreled down Highway 101 […]