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Persky fired from new job as high school tennis coach

September 12, 2019 1:30 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Former Judge Aaron Persky was fired yesterday from his new job as a tennis coach at Lynbrook High School in San Jose because […]

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City pushes for reform of VTA

August 19, 2019 5:03 pm

BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto wants a stronger voice on VTA’s board of directors following a scathing Santa Clara County Civil Grand jury report […]

Stanford defends its lawsuit against the county over housing requirements

July 16, 2019 6:00 am

BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent Stanford is fighting back against Santa Clara County’s motion to dismiss the university’s lawsuit challenging an ordinance forcing the school to build a certain […]

Homeless numbers jump 46% in Mountain View, 13% in Palo Alto

July 15, 2019 7:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View has the fourth largest homeless population in Santa Clara County, according to numbers released by the county. During a one-day count […]

Two Peach Fruit Flies have been caught in Palo Alto. Photo by Curtis Takahashi, California Department of Food and Agriculture.

Feared fruit fly lands in mid-Peninsula

July 10, 2019 8:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Peach Fruit Fly — which kills peaches, pears and citrus fruits — has landed in the mid-Peninsula. A male fly was found […]

Public Defender Jaime Alvarez in a hospital room in Spain. AP photo.

Bulls in Spain gore Santa Clara County public defender

July 10, 2019 6:00 am

The desire to have a selfie as a souvenir from running with the bulls in Spain turned into a near-death experience a Santa Clara County public defender says he’ll never […]

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Grand jury says VTA is expensive and inefficient

July 5, 2019 5:50 am

This story was originally printed in the Daily Post on June 22. Don’t be the last to know — pick up the Daily Post every morning at more than 1,000 […]

Simitian not impressed by Stanford’s offer to mitigate impacts of expansion

June 25, 2019 5:33 pm

By the Daily Post staff Stanford yesterday asked Santa Clara County to approve its 3.5 million-square-foot proposed development on the university’s terms, in exchange for a $4.7 billion package of […]

Opinion: DA should have reached out to the community before changing drug policy

June 21, 2019 8:00 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Santa Clara County has taken a big step toward normalizing the use of dangerous drugs. District Attorney Jeff Rosen has decided to stop […]

Despite murder, supervisors stick with sanctuary policy

June 5, 2019 6:45 am

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors refused Tuesday (June 4) to change its sanctuary policy despite criticism that the county jail released an undocumented, violent felon who broke into […]

Santa Clara County wants Stanford housing lawsuit thrown out of court

May 3, 2019 9:30 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County officials are urging a judge to dismiss Stanford’s lawsuit challenging an ordinance forcing the university to build a certain amount […]

County halts talks with Stanford over development agreement for expansion

April 17, 2019 12:11 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County leaders yesterday (April 16) halted talks with Stanford over a development agreement related to the university’s proposed 3.5 million-square-foot expansion […]

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A tax that never happened — Simitian said he couldn’t justify it to the voters

February 26, 2019 5:10 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post correspondent Bay Area voters face a steady stream of tax increases proposed each election by cities, counties and school districts. For the most part, elected […]

Judge lets Santa Clara County buy two struggling hospitals

February 23, 2019 9:34 am

Santa Clara County will be able to move forward with its purchase of two hospitals after a judge on Friday (Feb. 22) dismissed the state attorney general’s second attempt to […]

VTA wants to end all-night bus that the homeless use as a shelter

February 2, 2019 11:19 am

Editor’s note: This story has been clarified to explain how some homeless people get free passes to ride the bus. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer VTA is considering […]

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VTA tax survives court challenge; state supreme court won’t hear appeal

January 23, 2019 6:56 pm

By the Daily Post staff The California Supreme Court today (Jan. 23) refused to hear an appeal of a case challenging VTA’s Measure B from 2016, which means the transit […]

0-for-16: No sex cases Stanford police submitted to the DA were prosecuted

January 8, 2019 5:08 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Some 84 sex offenses were reported on the Stanford campus in 2016 and 2017. But between January 2016 and Dec. 1, 2018, police […]

Schools may be part of development agreement county will negotiate with Stanford

December 19, 2018 4:27 pm

By the Daily Post staff Talks have stopped between Stanford and the Palo Alto school district over whether the university should build a new school if it’s allowed to expand, […]

Sheriff arrests suspect in 1973 murder of Stanford grad

November 21, 2018 9:10 am

By the Daily Post staff Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith announced this morning (Nov. 21) that her deputies have arrested a 74-year-old man in connection with the 1973 murder […]

Santa Clara County Election Update: Showalter moves up in MV council race; Dharap’s lead grows for PA school board

November 13, 2018 5:30 pm

By the Daily Post staff Mountain View Councilwoman Pat Showalter today (Nov. 23) passed newcomer Alison Hicks in the race for the third open seat on City Council. As of […]

Proposal sparked by Stanford violation moves forward

November 4, 2018 12:42 pm

By the Daily Post staff A proposal to notify the public of zoning violations by Santa Clara County landowners has been ushered ahead by the Board of Supervisors, weeks after […]

Simitian wants county to alert the public about zoning violations

October 29, 2018 10:29 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After Stanford was fined $7,937 by Santa Clara County for storing 4.8 million gallons of dirt in the wrong part of campus, county […]

County fines Stanford over moving dirt; infraction could have delayed faculty housing development

October 27, 2018 1:47 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A controversial new faculty housing development at Stanford couldn’t move forward until the university addressed another land-use issue: a $7,937 penalty from Santa […]

Ex-Judge Persky ordered to pay $161,000 in legal fees to group led by Dauber

October 24, 2018 9:43 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Ousted judge Aaron Persky will have to pay $161,825.68 to attorneys representing the Michele Dauber-led recall campaign that booted him from office, a […]

Local names appear on list of priests ‘credibly accused’ of sex abuse

October 19, 2018 6:31 am

From staff and wire reports The Catholic Diocese of San Jose yesterday (Oct. 18) released a list of 15 priests, most of whom have died or been banned from the […]

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