Palo Alto
City pays cop $45,000 over leak
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Staff Writer A retired Palo Alto police sergeant who is currently serving as a reserve officer received a $45,000 settlement from the city over claims […]
Palo Alto
Five-story hotels approved on San Antonio Road over neighbors’ objections
This is a view of the proposed AC by Marriott in Palo Alto from San Antonio Road. Image courtesy of T2 Hospitality. BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Staff Writer Palo […]
East Palo Alto
Suit shines light on little-noticed EPA Sanitary District
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Stephanie Griffin, who was an accounting assistant at the East Palo Alto Sanitary District for 10 years, has performed a valuable public service […]
East Palo Alto
A surprise in East Palo Alto — city banks $18 million surplus
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I was surprised to learn that East Palo Alto banked an $18.8 million surplus in the budget year ending last June. City officials […]
Opinion
1,000 trees to fall along Caltrain line; will history repeat itself?
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Palo Altans were in an uproar in September 2009 when the city chopped down 63 mature trees along California Avenue. The view people […]
Redwood City
Cop cleared in fatal shooting of drunken gunman
By the Daily Post staff San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said yesterday (June 1) he won’t file criminal charges against a Redwood City police officer who shot a […]
Opinion
57% parking fee hike is an outrageous overreach
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The recommendation at Palo Alto City Hall to raise downtown parking permits 56.7% to $730 a year is an outrageous overreach by people […]
Opinion
Troubling questions in Palo Alto High School sex assault case
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I think people in Palo Alto have been shaken up by the report that a Palo Alto High School student, who was convicted […]
Palo Alto
Attorney says police dog “bit off a chunk” of boy’s leg
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Staff Writer The attorney representing the Palo Alto teen who claims he was attacked by a police dog as officers looked on told the Post […]
Palo Alto
Suit: Police dog mauled teen — officers accused of just standing by during attack
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto woman is suing the city and members of its police department, claiming her teenage son was attacked by a police […]
Opinion
DA should drop ridiculous plea deal
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The case of former CEO Abhishek Gattani at the Palo Alto Courthouse has been a real eyeopener about how Santa Clara County District […]
In the news
Where will we go if a nuke hits the Bay Area?
Water barrels are stacked in the fallout shelter below Hillsdale Shopping Center in 1964. Photo courtesy of the San Mateo County Historical Association. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer […]
Palo Alto
Castilleja has new expansion plan
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Staff Writer As Castilleja School in Palo Alto submits its most updated plans today to expand its campus, a look back shows years of contention […]
Palo Alto
Lawsuit accuses Young Jeezy of murder at Shoreline Amphitheater
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Staff Writer The three children of the man who was shot and killed backstage during a rap concert at Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View have […]
Opinion
Sex ed can be a touchy subject
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Mortified. That’s the best word I can summon to describe my feelings when, in sixth grade, my gym teacher had all the boys […]
San Mateo County
KCSM-TV: A public asset squandered and a cover-up
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Imagine how you’d feel if you missed out on an opportunity to collect $114 million? Now imagine a government agency that missed out […]
Opinion
Local legislators voted for flawed gas tax hike
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor One vote. That’s all it would have taken to stop the 12-cent per gallon gas tax increase and a $25 to $175 increase […]
Opinion
San Mateo County supervisors’ priorities are backwards
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor My jaw dropped when I learned that the San Mateo County supervisors were sitting on $700 million, and planned to spend it mostly […]
Amazon
Protesters target Facebook, Amazon in East Palo Alto protest
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer East Palo Alto and east Menlo Park residents last night aired their grievances about policing, gentrification and Amazon sidestepping East Palo Alto’s local […]
Menlo Park
The wrong way to expand a fire station
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Eminent domain is the nuclear bomb in the arsenal of local government. It’s the power of government to take away somebody’s house or […]