One of the most shocking local stories in the past few days was how Palo Alto’s Community Cubberley Community center is becoming, in the words of city manager James Keene, a “de facto homeless shelter”. The Cubberley parking lot is where car campers spend the night. They’re attracted by the bathrooms and showers at...
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Palo Alto police said yesterday they have arrested a Vespa scooter rider who threatened to hurt a woman driver after the two got into a road rage fight on Alma Street. Police said a Palo Alto woman call them on May 1st after she and the man on the scooter, later identified as Patrick Little,...
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Release Date: May 8, 2013 On May 7 th,2013 at approximately 2pm, the Menlo Park Police Department’s Narcotic Enforcement Team along with East Palo Alto’s Special Investigations Bureau, and the San Francisco Office of the FBI served a search warrant in the 2300 block of Menlato Avenue in East Palo Alto. The search warrant...
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Menlo Park Police Chief Robert Jonsen said last night that he wants to follow a consultant’s recommendation to dramatically increase police camera surveillance throughout the city and equip officers with Tasers. Among other things, the report recommended that the city install cameras in high-crime areas as well as a “ShotSpotter” system like the one...
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At a time when city governments are telling us that they have to cut back on services because they don’t have the money, it’s funny that they have the money to buy dinners for council members. Los Altos, for instance, spends $130 to $150 before every meeting feeding its five council members. Receipts reviewed...
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The Magical Bridge, a proposed playground in Palo Alto for children with disabilities, took one step closer to reality yesterday when the Peery Foundation announced a $1 million matching grant to build the park. The first-of-its kind playground will be designed specifically for children and adults with disabilities, including special equipment that will make...
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“It’s a newspapers duty to print the news and raise hell” (Wilbur F. Storey of the Chicago Times, 1861). No newspaper hereabouts is upholding those aims better than the Daily Post. Examples include the Post’s: . fearless exposure of out of control salaries and retirement benefits of public officials; . publishing hard-to-ferret-out salaries of...
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Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen has found a loophole to compensate his employees for a 5% pay cut by giving attorneys paid time off that doesn’t impact their accrued vacation time, his office confirmed yesterday. In order to skirt 5% cuts for upper management And, after Rosen said he was not only...
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One of the reasons many VTA bus drivers make more than $100,000 a year is that transit agencies have a difficult time filling the often grueling positions, VTA General Manager Michael Burns told the post. VTA boss says such jobs are tough to fill “It’s the toughest job in the industry,” Burns said. According...
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A new era – The Daily News. Since Dec. 7, 1995, The Daily News has been a key part of our vibrant region. For nearly 18 years, we have reported the stories of the Peninsula— the stories of our community, our home. Like our ever-evolving communities, The Daily News has also evolved during that...
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