Menlo Park
Car smashes into business
Someone drove through the front glass of Mike’s Camera in downtown Menlo Park this morning and took over $13,000 in cameras and lenses, the store manager said. The break-in happened […]
Menlo Park
Menlo Park
City opens cooling centers
By the Daily Post staff Today’s high in the mid-Peninsula is expected to reach 95 today, and that has prompted the city of Menlo Park to open four cooling centers. […]
San Mateo County
6 cities and 1 county make wishes known to Stanford
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The proposed 3.5-million-square-foot expansion of Stanford won’t just have an impact on Palo Alto, but also on neighboring cities as far away as […]
In the news
SB50 will make housing development more profitable here, study says
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer If Senate Bill 50 passes, a developer building a four-story apartment building in Menlo Park would net 3.5 times more profit than would […]
East Palo Alto
Menlo Park mayor proposes having Sequoia High School District absorb Ravenswood district
This story was originally printed in the March 6 edition of the Daily Post. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A proposal by Menlo Park Mayor Ray Mueller to […]
Palo Alto
City backs plan to help Midpeninsula Media Center
The following story was printed in Tuesday’s (Jan. 29) Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A proposal that should help fund the Midpeninsula Media Center with fees […]
Redwood City
Lawyer demands Redwood City switch to district elections for council
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Malibu attorney has sent a letter to Redwood City officials saying they better switch from at-large to district elections for City Council […]
In the news
Mid-Peninsula residents’ top concerns: Housing, traffic, regulating commercial development
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Creating affordable housing, reducing traffic congestion and regulating commercial development are the three top issues for residents across the mid-Peninsula, according to a series […]
Facebook
Facebook expects to have 35,000 employees in Menlo Park in 10 years
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Within 10 years, the number of Facebook employees in Menlo Park will reach 35,000, more than the city’s current population. That prediction came […]
Menlo Park
The Oasis in Menlo Park is closing
By the Daily Post staff After decades in business, the Oasis Beer Garden at 241 El Camino Real in Menlo Park is closing, according to an announcement on the restaurant’s […]
In the news
Local cities rack up hefty surpluses
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post correspondent When the city of East Palo Alto posted an $18.8 million budget surplus for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2016, the city finance […]
Menlo Park
City revises plan for elections
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park voters won’t get to decide on a City Charter to change how council members are elected until 2020 or even 2022, […]
Stanford
Menlo Park appeals Stanford project — will new med school building worsen Sand Hill Road traffic?
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Menlo Park’s attempt to block a Stanford development project that officials fear will worsen traffic on Sand Hill Road will be […]
Menlo Park
World War II hero’s name may be put on park
Above, Karl Clark and Enna Anulau at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu in December 2016. Photo from the website of the group Spirit of 45. BY […]
Menlo Park
Police say robber hit CVS twice — is arrested the second time
By the Daily Post staff and Bay News Service A man suspected of stealing prescription narcotics at gunpoint at a Menlo Park pharmacy returned two days later for another heist […]
Menlo Park
County delays decision on proposed Stanford building near medical center
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The county delayed a new Stanford development yesterday (Oct. 26) after a Menlo Park councilman raised concerns about increased traffic on Sand Hill […]
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 […]
Menlo Park
Man loses home, police blamed in federal lawsuit
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man with multiple health issues has been forced to live in his car for almost a year after he was evicted by […]
Menlo Park
Blunt Stanford official unloads on neighbors
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Steve Elliott, Stanford’s top real estate executive, was blunt when he responded at a Menlo Park City Council meeting to a request by […]
Menlo Park
Stanford offers Menlo Park $6 million for El Camino project
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford is offering to give $6 million for schools and a bicycle and pedestrian bridge over the train tracks in Menlo Park in […]