Stanford
Forcible rape reported at Stanford
By the Daily Post staff A woman was forcibly raped somewhere on the Stanford campus late on Sunday night or early on Monday morning, according to an alert issued this […]
Stanford
Palo Alto
City to pay Stanford $5.5 million in dispute over fees for fire-paramedic services
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After a five-year dispute and more than two years of negotiations, the city of Palo Alto has agreed to pay Stanford $5.5 million […]
Opinion
A bit of Silicon Valley history — the Ampex sign — is about to disappear
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor What would happen if somebody bought the house at 367 Addison Ave. in Palo Alto and decided to tear down the outdated garage […]
Palo Alto
Peace may be at hand in dispute over how much Stanford pays Palo Alto for fire-paramedic services
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto appears to have made peace with Stanford in a years-long dispute over the cost of its firefighting and […]
Santa Clara county
Turner only committed ‘sexual outercourse,’ his attorney tells appeals court
The attorney for a former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assaulting a female student in 2016 argued this morning (July 24) in an appeal of the jury’s verdict that it […]
Palo Alto
Two Trump cabinet members to visit Stanford on Monday, Tuesday
By the Daily Post staff Two of President Trump’s cabinet officers, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary James Mattis, are scheduled to be at Stanford on Monday and […]
Stanford
Nobel Prize-winning Stanford physicist Burton Richter dies
Stanford Professor Emeritus Burton Richter, winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in physics, died Wednesday (July 18) in Palo Alto, the university announced today. He was 87. Richter’s Nobel Prize-winning […]
Palo Alto
Stanford, school district at odds over funding after campus expansion
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer New faculty and graduate student rental housing planned at Stanford could bring hundreds of new students to the Palo Alto school district without […]
Stanford
Stanford drops ACT-SAT essay requirement
By the Daily Post staff Stanford has dropped its requirement that students submit an essay score from the ACT or SAT when applying for admission. Princeton, Yale and Harvard have […]
Opinion
Guest Opinion: A solution to Stanford’s housing dilemma
GUEST OPINION BY LENNY SIEGEL AND CORY WOLBACH As early as April 1969, Stanford University’s Moulton Committee — made up of students, faculty and staff — found that the university […]
Santa Clara county
Suspect in 1974 Stanford murder kills himself as deputies were about to confront him
From staff and wire reports A man linked by DNA to a 1974 ritualistic church killing on the Stanford campus killed himself this morning (June 28) after detectives arrived at […]
Stanford
Stanford raises housing offer
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford has upped its offer of affordable housing funds to Santa Clara County from $45.5 million to $56 million in exchange for the […]
Election 2018
Sheriff candidates address policing issues at Stanford
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer One of the few ways that mid-Peninsula residents interact with the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office — other than visiting the Palo Alto […]
Stanford
How much should Stanford pay to offset its impact on housing shortage?
This story was originally published April 23 in the Daily Post. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Stanford University has contributed more than $25 million in affordable housing funds to […]
Stanford
Simitian criticizes Stanford over its response to housing concerns
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian is sharply criticizing Stanford officials after university President Marc Tessier-Lavigne said that paying 0.2% of the university’s […]
San Mateo County
San Mateo County wants a piece of Stanford’s housing money
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County’s Board of Supervisors is sending a letter to its counterparts in Santa Clara County in hopes that the two counties […]
Guest Opinion
The facts about Stanford Health Care’s record on patient safety
GUEST OPINION BY JULIE MORATH As president and CEO of the Hospital Quality Institute, which provides oversight and guidance to help California hospitals provide the safest possible environment to deliver […]
Santa Clara county
Berkeley law dean, Stanford law professor debate Persky recall tonight
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer For the third time in a week, the question of whether voters should recall Judge Aaron Persky will be debated tonight (April 24). […]
Stanford
Stanford student scammed out of a ‘large sum’ of money
By the Daily Post staff A Stanford student wired a “large sum” of money to a scammer claiming to be a law enforcement officer from outside the U.S., campus police […]
Stanford
Stanford’s admit rate falls to lowest percentage in university’s history
Stanford accepted 2,040 students to its incoming class for Fall 2018, the undergraduate admissions office announced. The admission rate of 4.29% is the lowest in Stanford’s history. The university said […]