Stanford
Brush fire hits the Dish area
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A CalFire helicopter and Palo Alto firefighters put out a brush fire that scorched five acres on the hillside east of Stanford’s Dish […]
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Stanford Healthcare cuts pay 20%
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Workers at Stanford Healthcare, the nonprofit that includes Stanford Hopsital, are upset because amid the COVID-19 crisis, the organization is cutting some employees’ […]
Stanford
COVID-19 kills former Stanford president Donald Kennedy
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Former Stanford president Donald Kennedy, the neurobiologist who led the school from 1980 to 1992, died yesterday (April 21) of COVID-19 at Gordon […]
Stanford
Stanford study shows coronavirus death rate lower than feared
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Stanford researchers have estimated that the coronavirus death rate in Santa Clara County is about 0.12% to 0.2% of those who have been infected […]
Stanford
Stanford study: Up to 81,000 Santa Clara County residents have been infected with COVID-19
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford researchers think about 2.5% to 4.2% of Santa Clara County residents, or 48,000 to 81,000 of the county’s 1.9 million people, have […]
Stanford
Stanford Cancer Institute will offer treatment with fewer side effects
The Stanford Cancer Institute will soon be the first hospital in the nation to use a new technology intended to reduce the number of radiation treatments for cancer patients. Stanford […]
Stanford
Stanford begins research to determine who is immune to COVID-19
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford Medicine has developed and started using a new blood test that can show whether a person has or has had COVID-19, Stanford […]
Stanford
Stanford experts say COVID-19 death estimates may be too high
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Although some have estimated that COVID-19 could kill millions of people, those projections — which are shaping government responses such as shelter-at-home orders — […]
Stanford
Resolution near in case of former Stanford official accused of stabbing girlfriend while on LSD
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The former assistant director of admissions at Stanford who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend while on LSD is out on bail and a prosecutor […]
Stanford
Stanford says employee who killed himself hadn’t been fired
This story originally appeared in Saturday’s print edition of the Daily Post. Most of the stories the Post prints aren’t posted on this website. If you want all of the […]
Stanford
Dad takes his own life after meeting with Stanford boss, family fears it will lose home
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A woman who says her partner killed himself after conflicts with his boss at Stanford is now worried she and her three young […]
Stanford
Stanford professor’s joke mentioning Barron Trump sparks controversy
A Stanford law professor who was called to testify at Wednesday ’s (Dec. 4) House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the impeachment of President Trump created a controversy when she made […]
Stanford
Stanford says review finds admissions fraud was limited to one coach
By the Daily Post staff Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne said today (Dec. 3) that an outside review has found no additional evidence of fraud in athletics admissions at Stanford in […]
Stanford
New Stanford hospital welcomes first patient
Stanford Health Care opened the doors to its new Stanford Hospital today (Nov. 17) and moved around 200 patients to the new facility across the skybridge that connects the new […]
San Mateo County
Stanford woke up the sleeping dragon, says county supervisor
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer If Stanford tries to bring back its proposal to expand campus by 3.5 million square feet, it should be prepared to fully mitigate […]
Stanford
Another Stanford student says her drink was drugged
By the Daily Post staff Another woman has reported being drugged at Stanford, university police said yesterday. The woman consumed alcohol Saturday night on campus on the 500 block of […]
San Mateo County
San Mateo County officials see Stanford’s withdrawal as a win
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County Manager Mike Callagy said Stanford’s decision yesterday (Nov. 1) to drop its General Use Permit (GUP) application may have been […]
Stanford
Stanford withdraws application to expand campus just 4 days before final decision
By the Daily Post staff It ended not with a bang but a whimper. Stanford announced this afternoon that it is withdrawing its application for a permit from Santa Clara […]
Stanford
Cause and manner of Stanford student’s death disclosed
By the Daily Post staff Norah Borus, a computer science student at Stanford who ran a coding camp for youth in her native Kenya, died by suicide from poisoning, the […]
Palo Alto
Public critical of Stanford expansion plan
This story originally appeared in Wednesday morning’s Daily Post. Only a fraction of the stories the Post prints appear on this website. To get all the local news, pick up […]
San Mateo County
New coalition from San Mateo County presses Stanford over growth
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A local government coalition in San Mateo County said it is looking at ways to force Stanford to address the impacts of the university’s […]
Stanford
Stanford crime: Somebody slipped a date-rape drug into a female student’s drink
By the Daily Post staff Somebody put a date-rape drug in the drink of a female Stanford student who lost consciousness while at a party on Fraternity Row, the Stanford […]
Stanford
Judge tosses Stanford lawsuit against the county over housing
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A federal judge yesterday (Oct. 10) dismissed Stanford’s lawsuit that attempted to knock down a Santa Clara County ordinance that requires the university, […]
Stanford
Opinion: Will Stanford accept ‘yes’ for an answer?
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It looks like Stanford is about to get a permit from Santa Clara County to expand the campus by 3.5 million square feet […]
Palo Alto
Stanford might have to fund schools if campus expansion is approved
This story originally appeared in the Sept. 26 print edition of the Daily Post. To get all the local news, including many stories you can’t find online, pick up the […]
Stanford
New rules exclude community members from Stanford clubs
This story originally appeared in the Sept. 4 print edition of the Daily Post. To get all the local news, including many stories you can’t find online, pick up the […]
Stanford
Stanford gives county ultimatum over growth permit
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford has threatened to walk away from its application to expand its campus if it doesn’t get exactly what it wants from the […]
Stanford
Stanford deputy injured near frat party
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A Stanford deputy was seriously injured by an intoxicated man who was apparently headed to a fraternity party. The officer was injured on […]
Stanford
Dates set for final round of hearings on Stanford’s growth permit
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Tentative dates have been set for hearings on Stanford’s proposed 3.5 million square foot expansion plan before the Santa Clara County Board of […]
Stanford
Stanford, Packard hospitals no longer in Anthem’s network due to contract dispute
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Customers of Anthem Blue Cross could end up with some surprise bills in the future from Stanford Hospital and Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital […]
Stanford
Noose found at Stanford might not have been new
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The noose that was discovered by a visiting scholar at Stanford over the summer may have been hanging from a bush on campus […]
Stanford
Woman sexually assaulted by Brock Turner reveals her identity and writes a book
By the Daily Post staff The woman who was sexually assaulted in 2015 by then-Stanford swimming star Brock Turner has written a new book and is scheduled to appear on […]
Stanford
Stanford ends ban on martial arts clubs, but tightens rules
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford will allow most of its martial arts clubs to return to campus this fall, as long as the groups comply with tighter […]
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 […]
Stanford
Noose found on Stanford campus
By the Daily Post staff Stanford officials said today (July 16) they have launched an investigation into the discovery of a noose hanging from a small tree on campus. Medical […]