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How do I get a vaccination? They don’t make it easy
Word Count: 704 BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer With vaccine eligibility opening up to everyone 16 and older next week and the number of vaccines available less than […]
Menlo Park
Councilman suggests putting city’s all-electric goal to a vote
Word Count: 486 BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park Councilman Ray Mueller is worried that portions of council’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 are […]
Palo Alto
Library won’t pull disputed Dr. Seuss books
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Word Count: 394 Palo Alto and other Santa Clara County libraries will keep six Dr. Seuss books in circulation after the late author’s […]
Redwood City
City gets $1.5 million from county over hotel tax loss
By the Daily Post staff The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday (April 6) unanimously approved paying Redwood City $1.5 million to make up for lost taxes from […]
Palo Alto
Public sharply critical of police dog attack and police radio encryption
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Altans expressed outrage over the attack of a sleeping man by a Palo Alto police dog and they called upon City Council […]
Menlo Park
City’s climate plan targets cars, natural gas; hearing tonight
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent After banning natural gas water heaters, clothes dryers and space heaters in new buildings starting last year, the city of Menlo Park is now […]
East Palo Alto
Council to review 3,400-employee Cooley Landing office project tonight
A preliminary application for a 918,000-square-foot office project near Cooley Landing in East Palo Alto will go to City Council tonight (April 6) for a review. Harvest Properties, an Oakland […]
Redwood City
County offers to pay city $1.5 million for lost hotel tax revenue
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors today (April 6) is expected to approve paying Redwood City $1.5 million to make up for […]
Palo Alto
Residents outraged over police dog attack and they want encryption to end
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Altans expressed outrage over the attack of a sleeping man by a Palo Alto police dog and they called upon City Council […]
Palo Alto
Police release additional video of police dog attack on victim of mistaken identity
By the Daily Post staff The city of Palo Alto tonight (April 5) released additional video of the June 25 police dog attack of a man who was mistaken for […]
Stanford
Parade celebrates champion Stanford women’s basketball team
By the Daily Post staff Fans cheered for the NCAA Champion Stanford women’s basketball team who took a victory lap around campus and into downtown Palo Alto this afternoon. Stanford […]
Opinion
Opinion: Council tonight can make the Police Department more transparent
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor One of the messages from last summer’s George Floyd marches was that police departments need to be more accountable. But in the months […]
Palo Alto
May Fete will be a ‘reverse parade’ this year
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto’s May Fete Parade, when the town’s children walk with their pets in a parade downtown, will be different this year because of the […]
Palo Alto
Police ask state if they can temporarily drop encryption
This story was printed in Saturday’s Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 mid-Peninsula locations. BY KYLE MARTIN […]
Palo Alto
From the archives: Palo Alto to spend $4 million on new radio system; Redwood City’s experience was a fiasco
The following story appeared in the June 16, 2017, edition of the Daily Post. We’re posting the story today because it provides some background for tonight’s Palo Alto City Council […]
Palo Alto
Blown transformer causes power outage
By the Daily Post staff Monday — The Palo Alto Utilities Department says a blown transformer caused last night’s power outage in the Crescent Park neighborhood. The department said the […]
Mountain View
Three arrested in theft of rubber duck statue
Three people suspected in the theft of a rubber duck statue from a front yard last month were arrested Thursday, Mountain View police said. The theft of Rubberta, the statue […]
Palo Alto
Carjacking foiled, would-be victim holds suspect for cops
By the Daily Post staff A driver in the North Fair Oaks neighborhood this morning stopped a carjacker from taking his car, and held him until deputies could arrive and […]
Opinion
Opinion: Police scanners and Civil Rights
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Police scanners played an important role in the Civil Rights and anti-Vietnam War movements, according to Mountain View City Councilwoman Sally Lieber. And […]
Palo Alto
A city policy kept police dog attack secret
To view the dog attack, here’s the video Palo Alto police released. And here’s a link to the eight videos Mountain View police released. BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff […]