Los Altos
Opinion: How did Chris Jordan last four years as city manager?
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I don’t understand how Chris Jordan survived for four years as city manager of Los Altos. Why City Council put up with him […]
Palo Alto
City reports $34 million surplus thanks to utilities
The city of Palo Alto’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020 By ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the city of […]
Palo Alto
Robber hits Midtown 7-Eleven
By the Daily Post staff A man claiming to have a gun robbed the 7-Eleven at 708 Colorado Ave. in Palo Alto’s Midtown neighborhood. At 10:40 p.m. Saturday, the man […]
Redwood City
Docktown plaintiff loses court appeal but may keep fighting to save what’s left of floating community
Appeals Court decision in Alison Madden v. City of Redwood City By ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Despite a setback in the state Court of Appeal last week, the battle […]
In the news
Sequoia Union High School District superintendent paid $256,000 to quit
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Sequoia Union High School District paid former Superintendent Mary Streshly $256,276 to leave her position in September, according to a resignation and […]
Palo Alto
Petition drive to force Foothills Park vote needs 2,600 sigatures
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Those who want to sign the referendum petition to challenge Palo Alto City Council’s decision to open Foothills Park to nonresidents have to […]
Santa Clara County
What’s open, what’s closed under the lockdown order
Starting Sunday night, the following will be temporarily closed in Santa Clara County: • All indoor and outdoor sit-down dining • Bars, breweries and distilleries • Wineries • Personal care […]
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County goes into full lockdown on Sunday night, San Mateo County doesn’t
By the Daily Post staff Restaurants operating outdoors in Palo Alto, Los Altos, Mountain View and other Santa Clara County communities will have to switch to take-out only under a […]
Mountain View
2,600 signs for RV parking ban will cost city $980,000
By the Daily Post staff Mountain View Mayor Margaret Abe-Koga told the Post that residents can expect signs enforcing the new voter-approved RV parking ban to pop up on narrow […]
In the news
Newsom: Most of state nears stay-home order
California will likely order most of its businesses to close or limit capacity in the coming days, Gov. Gavin Newsom said today, part of new rules triggered when fewer than […]
Palo Alto
Families sue school district over math class
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Two parents have sued the Palo Alto Unified School District for not placing their sons in higher-level freshman math classes, in a case that […]
Palo Alto
Target no longer interested in Fry’s site
By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Target is no longer interested in opening a store in a portion of the old Fry’s Electronics site on Portage Avenue in Palo […]
San Mateo County
UPDATE: Body of East Palo Alto man found on side of Skyline Boulevard
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Dec. 2, 2:10 p.m. Wednesday — The San Mateo County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who was found dead on Skyline Boulevard […]
In the news
Pandemic puts high school sports on hold
By the Daily Post staff The rise in positive coronavirus cases has prompted the California Interscholastic Federation, or CIF, to postpone high school sports — both practice and competition — […]
East Palo Alto
$20,000 reward offered in double murder
By the Daily Post staff Mothers Against Murder announced today (Dec. 1) that it is offering $20,000 for information leading to the conviction of Julian Rico Santana, who is suspected […]
Stanford
Health order forces Stanford’s football team to hit the road
By the Daily Post staff Stanford’s football team, fresh from winning the Axe in the Big Game against Cal, will spend at least the next two weeks on the road […]
Stanford
Dr. Scott Atlas leaves White House job, will return to Stanford
Stanford’s Dr. Scott Atlas, a science adviser to President Trump who was skeptical of measures to control the coronavirus outbreak, is leaving his White House post. A White House official […]
Santa Clara County
VTA considers cutting road repair money to pay for BART-to-San Jose
By the Daily Post staff VTA is floating the idea of using 75% of the money from 2016’s Measure B sales tax over 10 years to fund construction of the […]
Palo Alto
Newsom warns he might impose a new lockdown order
Gov. Gavin Newsom, who made headlines for flaunting Covid restrictions in order to attend a birthday dinner for a lobbyist at the pricey French Laundry restaurant in Napa, suggested today […]
Palo Alto
Council puts Downtown Streets Team’s contract on hold until it gets more information about sexual harassment investigation
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted last night to postpone renewing a $323,244 contract with Downtown Streets Team, which hires homeless people to clean […]