Stanford
Stanford football season canceled
The Pac-12 Conference announced today (Aug. 11) that it has postponed all sports through the end of the year due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, which means the Stanford and […]
Palo Alto
Street closures to help restaurants extended; council likes Covid surcharge on bills
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council last night (Aug. 10) approved extending the street closures of University and California avenues until the end of the […]
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County to decide whether to fine those who don’t wear masks
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A week after San Mateo County officials approved fines for people caught not wearing a mask in public, Santa Clara County’s Board of […]
Mountain View
Landlords group pulls ballot measure that would have trimmed back rent control
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The supporters of what was called a “sneaky repeal” of rent control in Mountain View are withdrawing their ballot measure, saying it would […]
San Mateo County
County health officer critical of state’s COVID-19 ‘watch list’
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Mateo County’s top health official says that the state’s restrictions on the county are “flawed,” and that there is no evidence that […]
Menlo Park
7-Eleven clerk attacked with knife; suspect arrested
By the Daily Post staff Menlo Park police have arrested a man they believe stabbed a clerk at the Oak Grove Avenue 7-Eleven during a robbery this afternoon (Aug. 9). […]
Menlo Park
Firefighters rescue kitten after search of home’s heating ducts
By the Daily Post staff Menlo Park firefighters rescued a kitten who had crawled into a missing heater register and dropped into ducting beneath a home under construction on Gordon […]
Palo Alto
Gunmen rob 7-Eleven of cash, cigarettes
By the Daily Post staff Two men, each with a handgun, robbed the Midtown 7-Eleven store on Colorado Avenue in Palo Alto last night, getting away with cash and cigarettes, […]
Mountain View
A look at who has been raising money for the City Council race
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Tech worker and housing advocate Alex Nunez snagged the most donations, $15,024, in the Mountain View City Council race, with support from fellow […]
Atherton
Video surveillance helps police arrest man and woman accused of home burglary
By the Daily Post staff Atherton police say they have arrested two people who were caught on video burglarizing a home on Parker Avenue, near Stockbridge Avenue. Police said a […]
Santa Clara County
Sheriff’s captain, 2 lawyers, businessman indicted by grand jury in alleged gun permit scheme
By the Daily Post staff A Santa Clara County grand jury has indicted a county sheriff’s captain, two local lawyers and the owner of a gun parts manufacturer in an […]
Palo Alto
Mayor Fine calls it quits, won’t run for second term on council
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Mayor Adrian Fine, who campaigned four years ago as an advocate for more housing, announced today that he will not seek […]
Palo Alto
Teen arrested in violent attack man in his 80s in the Crescent Park neighborhood
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion of violently assaulting and stabbing an 80-year-old pedestrian in the Crescent Park neighborhood. The victim […]
Mountain View
Man pleads guilty in 2004 sex assault
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A man arrested for breaking into a Mountain View motel room and sexually assaulting a woman in 2004 has pleaded guilty in a […]
Redwood City
Innocent victim loses his memory of brutal attack, DA says
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man brutally attacked by a stranger at the Sequoia Station Caltrain stop in Redwood City has lost his memory of what happened […]
Palo Alto
Part of Ramona Street to close to help restaurants
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto will close part of Ramona Street starting Friday to give restaurants space for outdoor tables, City Manager Ed […]
San Mateo County
County will fine people who don’t wear masks
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors today (Aug. 4) unanimously approved fining people and businesses for not obeying state and county health […]
Los Altos
Man pleads guilty in Los Altos backyard murder
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The man accused of shooting a mason in a Los Altos backyard in a possible dispute over a woman pleaded guilty today (Aug. […]
Caltrain
Deal between three counties clears way for Caltrain tax to reach ballot
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer It looks like voters this fall in Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco counties will decide whether to approve a new 0.125% […]
Redwood City
Caltrain hits, kills person near Whipple Avenue
The San Mateo County Sheriff’s Transit Police Bureau has launched an investigation into a Caltrain fatally striking a person on the tracks in Redwood City this morning (Aug. 4). Just […]