Belmont
Belmont bans marijuana retailing
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Pot shops will not be coming to Belmont anytime soon. City Council passed an ordinance Tuesday that bans retail marijuana in Belmont but […]
Palo Alto
Planning Commission recommends 101 bike-ped overpass
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer If the city of Palo Alto builds a bridge over Highway 101 that could get tech commuters out of their cars, should Google […]
San Mateo
Ex-cop’s consensual sex defense rejected
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A judge yesterday (Sept. 13) threw out former San Mateo police officer Noah Winchester’s attempt to discredit the testimony of one of his […]
San Mateo County
Secrecy surrounding KCSM-TV sale slammed
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The lawyer for a Wall Street-backed firm that subsidized KCSM-TV to keep it running contends the owner, the San Mateo County Community College […]
Palo Alto
2 of 5 school board members say it’s time for McGee to go
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After two confidential meetings about the Palo Alto Unified School District superintendent’s performance, two school board members called for Max McGee’s removal from […]
Palo Alto
Under fire from critics, school board reduces public comment time
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Amid public outrage over mishandling of money and sexual misconduct complaints in the Palo Alto Unified School District, the school board last night […]
San Mateo
Palo Alto woman attacked on sidewalk in San Mateo
A 67-year-old Palo Alto woman was the victim of what police say was an unprovoked assault by another woman in San Mateo, and a suspect was arrested last night (Sept. […]
Redwood City
Charter school proposal rejected
Rocketship wanted to use this building at 860 Charter St. for its campus. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Nearly 70 parents, students and business owners last night (Sept. […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park holds off on allowing marijuana retailers
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer When retail marijuana becomes legal on Jan. 1, it won’t be in Menlo Park. City Council decided last night (Sept. 12) to wait […]
Palo Alto
Power outage hits part of Palo Alto
NO POWER — Austin Wong, who works in downtown Palo Alto, found that this parking gate arm wouldn’t go up during the power outage. Post photo by Emily Mibach. The […]
Palo Alto
School board slammed over $4.4 million error
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Unified School District parents gave the board an earful last night (Sept. 12) after the district lost at least $4.4 million […]
Redwood City
Police Chief JR Gamez to retire
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City’s police chief for the past six years, JR Gamez, announced yesterday he is retiring due to a medical condition. “It is […]
Los Altos
Councilwoman flies to Amsterdam, Barcelona to study transit
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Taxpayers and a political advocacy organization paid for Los Altos Mayor Jeannie Bruins and other officials to go to Barcelona and Amsterdam this […]
Palo Alto
Police offer signing bonuses of up to $25,000 to attract new officers
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police are 12 officers short of the 92 they’re budgeted for, so the department is offering up to $25,000 bonuses for […]
Mountain View
Many Mountain View tenants may be eligible for refunds
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Almost 15,000 tenants in Mountain View may be eligible for refunds, the city’s Rental Housing Committee ruled last night, ending a dispute over […]
Palo Alto
Councilman Greg Tanaka hit with campaign fine
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In a City Council race that hinged on development in Palo Alto, now-Councilman Greg Tanaka failed to identify several donors as real estate […]
Opinion
Taxpayers stuck with bill for junket
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor First thing, let’s call the trip by the Sequoia Healthcare District to San Diego by its correct name — a junket. As you […]
Opinion
Big changes coming to El Camino Real
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor In Palo Alto, 2018 will be the year of El Camino Real. City Councilwoman Lydia Kou recently rattled off a list of 11 […]
Redwood City
DA says mom tried to drown newborn in toilet after giving birth in McDonald’s bathroom
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Redwood City woman delivered a baby boy in a bathroom at the McDonald’s near Harry’s Hofbrau’s in Redwood City and tried to […]
San Mateo County
Sequoia Healthcare District board heading to San Diego resort
The view of the Marina Terrace at the Kona Kai Resort and Spa in San Diego. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Four members of the Sequoia Healthcare District […]