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Guest opinion: Wrong kind of budget in an emergency

April 29, 2021 11:50 pm

GUEST OPINION BY MARK OLBERT I see the city of San Carlos appears on track to continue its habit of significantly exceeding budget projections. Overall revenues were higher than expected […]

San Carlos

San Carlos takes first step toward closing part of Laurel St. to cars

May 11, 2020 11:19 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Carlos City Council decided tonight (May 11) to move forward with the idea to close down the first three blocks of Laurel […]

Menlo Park

Car bans proposed for Santa Cruz Ave. downtown, Menalto, West Menlo and San Carlos’ Laurel St.

May 11, 2020 5:33 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer City councils in Menlo Park and San Carlos are considering the idea of closing prime downtown streets to cars to allow restaurants to […]

San Carlos

San Carlos may get 7,000 more workers from proposed biotech campus

November 28, 2019 7:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A proposed biotech campus in east San Carlos will be the mid-Peninsula’s third largest project seeking approval and would double the city’s work […]

San Carlos

San Carlos minimum wage to rise; council backs away from rent caps

November 14, 2019 8:30 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Carlos City Council has passed a law requiring landlords to only evict tenants for “just cause,” and it took a step toward […]

Opinion

Guest opinion: Protecting the public’s right to know

August 15, 2019 8:30 am

BY MARK OLBERT Earlier this year I became San Carlos’ representative on the Silicon Valley Clean Water commission. SVCW operates the sanitary waste treatment system serving Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood […]

In the news

Becker takes lead in fundraising in 5-way state Senate race

August 2, 2019 7:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park resident and entrepreneur Josh Becker has taken the lead in fundraising among the five candidates running for the state Senate seat […]

In the news

Sewer agency chief got $875,000 in severance

July 29, 2019 7:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The sewage processing agency that serves Menlo Park, San Carlos, Belmont and Redwood City paid its former general manager $875,000 as part of […]

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San Carlos

Housing bill SB50 called ‘terrifying’

April 11, 2019 5:03 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Carlos residents and the city’s mayor are weighing in on the controversial housing bill SB50, which could pre-empt city zoning rules and […]

San Carlos

City looks to outlaw Juul sales

January 30, 2019 1:52 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Carlos may soon ban e-cigarettes such as Juul, which adults use to quit smoking but kids are buying to get a nicotine […]

East Palo Alto

Two mid-Peninsula city councils to get a raise

October 23, 2018 4:59 pm

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 […]

East Palo Alto

Close race for San Mateo County school superintendent

May 29, 2018 11:06 am

This story was originally published on May 26. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The race for San Mateo County superintendent of schools is tight, with just $6,000 in […]

San Carlos

City council to decide whether to pay gun store chain’s claim

May 11, 2018 3:46 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Carlos City Council will vote Monday (May 14) on whether to deny a $295,301 claim against the city made by a Southern […]

The members of the San Carlos City Council are, from left, Mayor Bob Grassilli, Vice Mayor Cameron Johnson, Mark Olbert, Ron Collins and Matt Grocott. Photo from the city website.
San Carlos

Councilmen won’t face ethics probe over gun store meeting

February 16, 2018 3:53 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Carlos Mayor Bob Grassilli has decided the city will not pay $15,000 for an ethics investigation into councilmen Ron Collins and Mark […]

San Carlos

City stops gun store from opening

November 14, 2017 12:16 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After hearing from about 100 residents last night, San Carlos City Council voted 4-1 to delay the opening of a new gun store […]

San Carlos

Moratorium proposed to stop new gun store

November 13, 2017 12:01 am

Above is from the website of Turner’s Outdoorsman. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The debate over gun control, which has heightened after mass shootings in Las Vegas and […]

San Carlos

City passes pot store ban, though council isn’t united

October 26, 2017 5:36 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer San Carlos City Council has passed a ban on pot shops in the city but two of the five councilmen still want to […]

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