Opinion
Opinion: Palo Alto may soon lose its courthouse
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor It looks like Palo Alto is going to lose its courthouse. That’s not the final decision, but the place suffering the death of […]
Santa Clara County Superior Court
Palo Alto
Septic tank worker who was cleared of dumping grease is suing the city
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A Hayward man has taken to the U.S. Court of Appeals his case accusing the city of Palo Alto of maliciously prosecuting him in […]
Stanford
Stanford linebacker was accused of rape before going on to NFL
This story was printed in the Post on June 6. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Weeks after Brock Turner sexually assaulted an unconscious woman outside a party at […]
Palo Alto
The story behind the story: Why it took 7 years for a rape-kidnapping to make the news
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer It took seven years for the public to learn about the kidnapping and rape of a young woman who was found the next […]
Palo Alto
School district asks for help settling robotics team sex harassment case
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school district is asking a judge to turn down a Gunn High School student’s request to permanently remove a boy […]
Palo Alto
Judge to decide if school discipline in student sex harassment case was appropriate
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The parents of a Gunn High School student have gone to court to ask that a boy who allegedly sexually assaulted their daughter […]
Stanford
Stanford sues over county housing requirement
A link to Stanford’s lawsuit. By the Daily Post staff Stanford today (Dec. 20) filed both state and federal lawsuits challenging a new Santa Clara County ordinance that requires the […]
Los Altos
Lawyers argue about what jurors should be told about Los Altos schoolyard attacks
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Attorneys for the Los Altos School District want to banish the terms “sexual assault,” “sexual attack” and “attack” from the courtroom as jurors […]
Santa Clara County
Group aims to make it harder to recall judges
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Two months after Judge Aaron Persky was recalled from the Santa Clara County bench, 30 judges and legal professionals have teamed up to […]
Palo Alto
Appellate court denies Brock Turner’s appeal
A state appellate court today (Aug. 8) denied an appeal from Brock Turner, the former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assault, upholding the jury’s verdict from 2016. The three-judge panel […]
Santa Clara County
Turner only committed ‘sexual outercourse,’ his attorney tells appeals court
The attorney for a former Stanford swimmer convicted of sexual assaulting a female student in 2016 argued this morning (July 24) in an appeal of the jury’s verdict that it […]
Santa Clara County
Dauber seeks attorney’s fees from Judge Persky
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Michele Dauber, the Stanford law professor who led the campaign that removed so-called “Brock Turner judge” Aaron Persky from the Santa Clara County […]
San Mateo County
Voters recall Judge Persky
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After a two-year crusade to avenge a six-month county jail sentence seen as too lenient for sexual assault, the so-called “Brock Turner judge,” […]
Opinion
Opinion: Momentum shifts in recall campaign
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The recall of Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky will be one of the closer races on election night. Momentum has shifted from […]
Palo Alto
Palo Alto judge appointed to appeals court
By the Daily Post staff Allison Danner of Palo Alto, currently a Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge, today (June 1) was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to become an […]
Santa Clara County
Judge facing recall speaks out for judicial independence
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In an interview with the Post yesterday (May 2), embattled Judge Aaron Persky said the recall threatens more than his career — it’s […]
San Mateo County
Two lawyers vie to replace Judge Persky
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Voters in Santa Clara County, take note: whether or not you vote to recall Judge Aaron Persky on June 5, you can answer […]
Stanford
Feds arrest man accused of sending white powder to Stanford professor
From staff and wire reports A Massachusetts man was arrested today (March 1) and charged with sending letters with white powder to five people, including one to Donald Trump Jr. […]
Palo Alto
Owners of now defunct College Terrace Market sued for $460,000
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The owners of the shuttered College Terrace Market in Palo Alto have been sued by their building’s real estate developer for $460,000 of […]
Palo Alto
Former teacher found guilty of child molestation
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A jury today (Feb. 14) found a former Palo Alto elementary school teacher guilty of molesting his ex-girlfriend’s daughter for three years starting […]
Santa Clara County
Law professor leading judge recall isn’t an attorney
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Critics of the movement to oust Judge Aaron Persky from the Santa Clara County Superior Court have raised concerns about the fact that […]
Palo Alto
Boy’s parents sue school district over potato gun mishap
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The family of a Palo Alto middle-schooler has sued the school district after the boy accidentally shot himself in the eye with a […]
Santa Clara County
Campaign to remove Judge Persky will go to voters; signatures validated
By Bay City News Service The question of whether to remove Judge Aaron Persky from his position with the Santa Clara County Superior Court, and who should replace him, will […]
Palo Alto
Judge sides with developer in dispute over empty grocery store at Edgewood Plaza
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto will have to return almost $250,000 in fines levied to the real estate developer behind Edgewood Plaza, where […]
Palo Alto
Blowup over Brock Turner song
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A song called “F*** Brock Turner,” calling for the former Stanford student and convicted sex offender to “get tossed in a Dumpster” and […]
Palo Alto
Manager claims racial bias at Children’s Theater
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The managing artistic director of the Palo Alto Children’s Theater has filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging racial discrimination and retaliation from […]
Palo Alto
Persky to become the “night judge”
By Bay City News A Palo Alto judge whose 2016 sentence of a former Stanford student-athlete convicted of sexual assault drew nationwide criticism has requested a new court assignment next […]
Palo Alto
Suit claims Jordan student bullied, threatened with knife
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The parents of an eighth-grader with special needs have filed a lawsuit against the Palo Alto Unified School District, alleging that district employees’ […]
Palo Alto
Trial over Edgewood Plaza fines to begin; new grocery opens in early November
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A trial is scheduled for Tuesday to decide if the owner of the Edgewood Shopping Center in Palo Alto should pay the city […]
Palo Alto
Man guilty of torching his boss’ house
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto man has been found guilty of arson after he set his ex-boss’s house on fire in the Palo Verde neighborhood […]
Mountain View
City fires back at police dispatcher who is suing police chief
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Strip poker, strip clubs and lewd hot tub behavior paint a lurid picture of the Mountain View Police Department’s SWAT team after-hours. The […]
Palo Alto
A big year for local news — take the quiz
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor This is the time of year when newspapers look back at the year’s biggest news stories. But I thought that instead of telling […]