Palo Alto
Thieves hit Apple Store twice in a matter of hours
By the Daily Post staff The downtown Palo Alto Apple Store has been hit twice by thieves in the past 24 hours. Yesterday (Sept. 22) at 7:05 p.m., eight men […]
Palo Alto
Mayor Kniss reveals she was sexually assaulted twice, supports Christine Blasey Ford
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Alto Mayor Liz Kniss, upon hearing the story of local professor Christine Blasey Ford’s alleged sexual assault by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, […]
Mountain View
Cities wrestle over funds for rail crossings
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The cities of Palo Alto and Mountain View are at odds with the city of Sunnyvale over how to allocate funds for rail […]
Atherton
Family gets a month to come up with plan to finish house under construction since 1978
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The children of the man who spent the better part of four decades building a house in Atherton said they have no idea […]
Redwood City
Ex-cop in 17½-hour standoff may get charged with a misdemeanor
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A retired Redwood City police officer who was in a police standoff for 17½ hours could walk away with a single misdemeanor charge, […]
Santa Clara County
VTA wants longer hours for carpool lanes and wants to charge drivers of EVs and two-person cars
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer VTA is seeking to extend the hours during which drivers have to pay a toll to use express lanes — and to start […]
Palo Alto
School board candidates debate — Jordan questioned about her criticism of student press
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer At a Palo Alto school board candidate debate tonight (Sept. 20), a high school journalist took the opportunity to confront a candidate about […]
Stanford
San Jose supervisor proposes new process for reaching a deal on Stanford’s expansion
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Santa Clara County leaders, who are set to decide the terms of Stanford’s 2.3 million-square-foot expansion, could end up negotiating a deal […]
Palo Alto
Eggleston promoted to public works director
By the Daily Post staff Brad Eggleston, Palo Alto’s assistant director of public works, today (Sept. 19) was named head of the department, pending approval by City Council. Eggleston has […]
Palo Alto
Neighbor rallies support for Palo Alto professor who is accusing Kavanaugh
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer When Kristen Podulka saw the news vans outside and read the vitriolic attacks online about her neighbor, she decided to help out. Podulka […]
Palo Alto
Christine Blasey Ford and her family forced to leave their home due to harassment, death threats
Christine Blasey Ford and her family have been forced to leave their south Palo Alto home because of “vicious harassment and even death threats,” her attorneys said today (Sept. 18) […]
Atherton
House has been under construction for 40 years
Editor’s note: The printed version of this story gave the wrong day for the hearing on this house. The hearing is set for Wednesday, Sept. 19. The version below has […]
Belmont
Woman falls prey to Chinese consulate scam
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A person claiming they were from the Chinese consulate has pulled a phone scam on a Palo Alto woman, police said, in a […]
Menlo Park
Man arrested for attempted rape
By the Daily Post staff An East Palo Alto man was arrested yesterday (Sept. 17) for attempting to rape a Menlo Park woman, police said. Rogelio Artiga, 19, grabbed the […]
Palo Alto
It’s started — the media begins to descend upon Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford
By the Daily Post staff TV trucks began to arrive this afternoon at the south Palo Alto home of Christine Blasey Ford, the professor who has accused Supreme Court nominee […]
Palo Alto
Who is Christine Blasey Ford, the Palo Alto professor accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct?
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Christine Blasey Ford is a professor at Palo Alto University who teaches in a consortium with Stanford, training graduate students in clinical psychology. Her […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct comes forward, passes polygraph test
Christine Blasey Ford, a Palo Alto University professor who teaches in a consortium with Stanford, has gone public with sexual misconduct accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, alleging in […]
Menlo Park
Split at Kleiner Perkins — partner Mary Meeker to start her own VC firm
By the Daily Post staff The storied Sand Hill Road venture capital company Kleiner Perkins is splitting into two firms, with a new company led by KP’s Mary Meeker, known […]
In the news
Reports: Peninsula woman claims Kavanaugh held her down
From staff and wire reports Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh yesterday (Sept. 14) denied an allegation of sexual misconduct from a Peninsula woman, seeking to avoid a threat to his […]
Mountain View
Mountain View looks for a place for RVs to park
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The 250 to 400 people who live in cars, vans and RVs in Mountain View could get a place to park in a […]