Palo Alto
Car parade for high school graduates is Tuesday
By the Daily Post staff All four Palo Alto high schools will participate in a city-wide car parade on Tuesday (June 1) between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m. to celebrate graduation. […]
Opinion
Opinion: Find a middle ground on housing; city attorney creates unnecessary mystery, and city examines its cybersecurity
Originally published May 17, 2021 in the Daily Post. If you missed this in print, get in the habit of picking up the Post in the mornings. Only a fraction […]
Palo Alto
La Comida needs new dining room
This story was originally printed in the Daily Post on May 19. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula […]
Redwood City
Missing cat found, a purr-fect ending
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The kitten who was stolen from the cage he shared with his mother at a Redwood City shelter returned home yesterday (May 27) […]
Menlo Park
Skunk family rescued from deep hole
Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA employees have rescued a family of skunks that fell into a deep hole at a construction site in Menlo Park. Three skunks fell into the […]
Santa Clara County
D.A. Rosen disqualified from prosecuting defendant in donations-for-gun-permits case
By the Daily Post staff A state appeals court on Friday ruled that District Attorney Jeff Rosen and his office should be disqualified from prosecuting one of the defendants charged […]
East Palo Alto
Attempt to fire city attorney fizzles out
This story was originally printed in the May 21 Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the morning at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. […]
Los Altos
No reports of scanners aiding crime – Argument for encryption loses steam
By the Daily Post staff One of the arguments people make in favor of encrypting police radios is that if police dispatch calls were broadcast over the air, criminals would […]
Santa Clara County
Employers must become vax cops and submit reports to county by Tuesday
This story was originally printed in the May 21 print edition of the Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings […]
In the news
Former mayor Mickie Winkler running for governor
This article was originally printed in the Daily Post on May 14. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula […]
Palo Alto
Geraldine Steinberg, first woman elected to board of supervisors, dies
Geraldine Steinberg, a Palo Alto resident who was the first woman appointed to the Santa Clara County Planning Commission and the first woman elected to the Santa Clara County Board […]
Opinion
Opinion: 55 days later and state DOJ hasn’t complied with records request for information on police radio encryption
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor When a government agency is proud of what it’s done, they’ll have a PR person send the media a press release to trumpet […]
Palo Alto
City didn’t alert residents to diesel spill in creek
By the Daily Post staff When the Palo Alto VA discharged diesel into Matadero Creek, the city didn’t put out an alert to residents in the area. “While the spill […]
In the news
Nine dead including the shooter at VTA rail yard
An employee opened fire this morning at a VTA rail yard on West Younger Avenue in San Jose, killing eight people. The suspect is also dead. The attacker was identified […]
Los Altos
Council passes resolution about Lee Eng; she says she’s being canceled due to her race
By the Daily Post staff Los Altos Councilwoman Lynette Lee Eng slammed others on council as hypocrites just before they voted 3-2 early this morning to pass a resolution intended […]
Palo Alto
Parolee accused of assault and robbery of a man in his 70s
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police announced today that they have arrested a parolee after he allegedly assaulted and robbed a man in his 70s at the downtown […]
Palo Alto
Council takes next step toward building a fiber-to-the-home system
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer City Council decided last night to direct City Manager Ed Shikada to prepare a plan to bring fiber optic cables to every home […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto may reopen streets sooner than planned
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council next month will consider reopening all city street in July, earlier than the previous reopening date of Oct. 31, […]
Redwood City
Two downtown redevelopment projects advance
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City Council last night (May 24) allowed two redevelopment projects featuring mostly offices to enter the city’s planning process. But council members […]
Palo Alto
San Francisco finds an alternative to full encryption of police radios
CORRECTION: In an earlier version, the last paragraph had the wrong price for a police radio. It has been corrected. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent As Palo Alto police […]