Menlo Park
Police help man suffering mental health crisis
Menlo Park Police tonight were able to convince a 32-year-old man who was mutilating himself in the middle of a street to drop his scissors so he could be taken […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto father dies after rescuing child at Lake Powell
A Palo Alto man drowned after rescuing his child who was struggling to swim in Lake Powell on the Arizona-Utah border. The man was identified as Phil Chiang, 49. The […]
Palo Alto
Customer erupts into an anti-Asian tirade at Fuki Sushi
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Lumi Gardner, the owner of Fuki Sushi, was the victim of a racist tirade from one of her customers, who screamed at her […]
Mountain View
Mother arrested in death of newborn boy
By the Daily Post staff A baby boy was killed Monday in Mountain View and police have arrested his mother, police said today (Aug. 5). The newborn’s body was found […]
In the news
Post wins awards for investigative reporting
Aug. 4, 2021 By the Daily Post staff The Daily Post won three awards for investigative reporting in the San Francisco Press Club’s annual Excellence in Journalism Contest. Overall, the […]
In the news
Kaiser to require its unvaccinated employees to get the jab
Kaiser Permanente will require all of its employees nationwide get vaccinated against Covid-19 by Sept. 30. Roughly 22% of Kaiser employees and 5% of Kaiser physicians haven’t been vaccinated as […]
Redwood City
Two shootings in one day in Redwood City
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City police are investigating two shootings in one day — in one case, a 16-year-old boy was arrested for an attempted drive-by […]
Mountain View
School employee arrested on suspicion of DUI, hate crime
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer An intoxicated employee of the Mountain View Whisman School District has been arrested on suspicion of a hate crime after he assaulted and […]
Palo Alto
Homeless reject offers of shelter, police say
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer When Palo Alto Police tell the people who have been living in the downtown parking garages to move along and offer to secure […]
In the news
Masks required inside public places, regardless of vaccination status
Health officials in seven Bay Area counties — including Santa Clara and San Mateo — issued a new indoor mask mandate today as the region faces a wave of new Covid-19 cases […]
Los Altos
MVLA schools pick two administrators
This story originally appeared July 29 in the print edition of the Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at […]
Opinion
Opinion: Why vaccine hesitant people are hesitant
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I’m fully vaccinated. So is my wife and son. Everybody I work with has been vaccinated. I can’t think of a friend who […]
Google
Google delays return to office, will require all employees to have vaccinations
Google is postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-October and rolling out a policy that will eventually require everyone to be vaccinated once its sprawling campuses […]
In the news
Police departments across the state flooded DOJ with correspondence about police radio encryption
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent In the months before the California Department of Justice issued a bulletin that prompted many police departments in the state to encrypt their radio […]
East Palo Alto
Judge getting close to a decision in EPA San District trial
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The court may soon decide if three members of the East Palo Alto Sanitary District’s board broke open meetings laws, which led to […]
Opinion
Opinion: Save on downtown parking
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor If you want to avoid paying the $806 annual fee to park in the downtown Palo Alto parking garages, here’s a tip. Dress […]
Santa Clara County
County working toward getting its own employees vaccinated; will ask businesses to do the same
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County officials asked employers yesterday to consider requiring that their employees have vaccines for Covid. And the county is taking its […]
Menlo Park
City considering ban of natural gas appliances in existing homes
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park officials are considering whether to require residents to remove natural gas appliances from their homes, such as stoves, heaters and dryers, […]
San Carlos
Shoplifter pulls gun on Home Depot employee
By the Daily Post staff More about that robbery of the Home Depot store in San Carlos that was mentioned in Post’s Update column today. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s […]
Menlo Park
Applicant for fire chief says selection process is unfair
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Menlo Park Fire Board member told the rest of the board that he’s worried about the fairness and integrity of the search […]