Menlo Park
Fire breaks out just two doors from fire station
By the Daily Post staff Firefighters in Menlo Park’s Belle Haven neighborhood were quick to respond to a house fire just two doors away from the fire station on Saturday […]
Palo Alto
Teacher arrested for inappropriate contact with minor
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A teacher in Redwood City and Palo Alto has been arrested after a Woodside High School student watched an adult video and recognized […]
Menlo Park
Developers contribute to campaigns of incumbents Keith, Ohtaki
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park council incumbents Peter Ohtaki and Kirsten Keith have both seen bumps in their campaign war chests from developers, according to financial […]
Menlo Park
Pharmacy robber gets 12 years in prison
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man who stole prescription narcotics at gunpoint from a Menlo Park pharmacy was sentenced to 12 years in prison yesterday (Oct. 26), […]
Atherton
In fire board race, retiring board member Carpenter gives money to 3 challengers — not fellow board member
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Three of the four candidates running for the Menlo Park Fire Protection District board have received a bulk of their funding from a […]
Mountain View
Unions favor Kamei, Showalter, Siegel while Inks gets developer money
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer None of the five candidates for Mountain View City Council have raised more than $30,000 in contributions, although donations from real estate developers, […]
Santa Clara County
County fines Stanford over moving dirt; infraction could have delayed faculty housing development
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A controversial new faculty housing development at Stanford couldn’t move forward until the university addressed another land-use issue: a $7,937 penalty from Santa […]
In the news
Tips for navigating open enrollment for buyers of Covered California and individual plans
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Californians whose health insurance is not provided by their employer or a family member have until Jan. 15 to decide if they want […]
Menlo Park
Future of red-light cameras is up in the air
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council last night (Oct 23) extended a contract with a company to operate its red-light cameras for six months, but […]
Palo Alto
5 Palo Alto City Council candidates raise a combined $253,186
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The five candidates for Palo Alto City Council have raised a total of $253,186.70 in campaign contributions — an impressive amount historically, but […]
Mountain View
City approves construction of 635 homes
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View City Council last night (Oct. 23) approved the first 635 housing units planned for the North Bayshore neighborhood, an area set […]
Palo Alto
Man loses $2,450 in Amazon scam
By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto man lost $2,450 to a scammer who called him claiming to be a fraud investigator for Amazon, according to police. Around 1:10 […]
Opinion
Opinion: SamTrans has a lot of chutzpah rolling out expensive new buses before Measure W vote
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor You’ve got to hand it to the people at SamTrans. They have a lot of chutzpah. They’re asking people to approve Measure W, […]
Palo Alto
Editorial: Yes on Measure Z, the Palo Alto school bond measure
DAILY POST EDITORIAL In the past, this newspaper hasn’t supported school bond measures for two reasons. • The interest payments and fees usually exceed the amount spent on school construction. […]
Palo Alto
Car flips over on El Camino
By the Daily Post staff A father and son climbed out of this 2017 Toyota Camry uninjured after broadsiding a 2006 Toyota Sienna minivan around 8:05 a.m. yesterday (Oct. 23) […]
Santa Clara County
Ex-Judge Persky ordered to pay $161,000 in legal fees to group led by Dauber
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Ousted judge Aaron Persky will have to pay $161,825.68 to attorneys representing the Michele Dauber-led recall campaign that booted him from office, a […]
Caltrain
Train nearly kills woman trapped on tracks
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A woman miraculously survived after her car — which was trapped between backed-up traffic and a railroad crossing arm — was hit by a […]
East Palo Alto
Two mid-Peninsula city councils to get a raise
By the Daily Post staff East Palo Alto and San Carlos city council members have voted to increase their pay, but neither council decided to give itself the largest raise […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto want to use more realistic assumptions about pension costs, but that would raise city’s expenses
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto officials want to start budgeting for employee pension costs based on financial estimates that they think are more realistic than those used […]
Palo Alto
Measure Z would bring improvements to Palo Alto’s elementary schools
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district will go to voters on Nov. 6 with another school bond measure to fix up long-neglected elementary school […]