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 […]
Palo Alto
Report on PAUSD sex assaults is due to be released
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer An internal investigation into the Palo Alto Unified School District’s botched response to a string of student sexual assaults has wrapped up with […]
Menlo Park
City wants time to write marijuana regulations
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council tomorrow (Sept. 12) may vote to temporarily ban the selling and growing of marijuana for commercial purposes. Council will […]
Mountain View
School enrollment may double due to home-building boom
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View Whisman School District is projected to double its enrollment in the next five to 10 years, Superintendent Ayinde Rudolph told the […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto may hire $400,000 consultant to come up with Cubberley plan
This map, from the Cubberley Community Advisory Committee report, shows the community center site on Middlefield Road. The city owns 8 acres and the Palo Alto Unified School District owns […]
San Mateo County
Martins Beach bill advances — legislation would help state seize blocked road
AT THE BEACH — State Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, shakes hands with a supporter after speaking about a bill to restore access to Martins Beach in this Feb. 10, […]
San Carlos
San Carlos closer to cutting down eucalyptus trees
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Some 30 to 44 eucalyptus trees along San Carlos Avenue are one step closer to the wood chipper after the San Carlos Planning […]
Belmont
Belmont considers banning marijuana retailers
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Belmont’s City Council on Tuesday (Sept. 12) could become the latest city on the Peninsula to say no to pot shops. The council […]
East Palo Alto
Murderer gets 50-year sentence
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man was sentenced to 50 years in prison yesterday for fatally shooting another man during an argument in East Palo Alto, a […]
San Mateo
Closed ice rink returns
HITTING THE ICE — Six hockey teams competed in a tournament at the ice rink in the Bridgepointe Shopping Center. The rink will formally reopen on Oct. 1. Photo courtesy […]