Serving Atherton, East Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Portola Valley, Stanford, Sunnyvale, Woodside

Jul 26, 2008

Local News Archives

Friday Jul 25

Redwood City cafe to close

Report targets Atherton council members

Palo Alto landfill blaze contained

Los Altos hit with string of break-ins

Judge upholds key evidence in Ayres trial

Stinking rose to fully bloom at festival

Rep. Tom Lantos' AIDS bill passes Congress

Port business up slightly

Thursday Jul 24

Stanford puts lab on the market

Bike tour coasts by Palo Alto

SLAC-ING OFF

'Compost fire' breaks out at landfill

Pharmaceutical could bolt from Palo Alto

Supervisors trying to preserve watersheds

SEC to freeze assets of adviser

Law targets school finance schemes

Recycling center price tag questioned

Trash truck takes out power lines

CORRECTION

Wednesday Jul 23

BREAKING NEWS: 'Tour' bypassing Palo Alto

Law casts shadow over solar panels

Inking innovation in detention

New photo of homicide suspect released

Supes: Committee clarity needed

Creek authority selects new executive director

Tesla Motors opens doors

Decision on suspect's competency delayed

East Palo Alto facing three legal suits

Teen arrested on suspicion of assault, hit-and-run, drugs

Airport companies protest proposed taxes

Residents fume over sewer hikes

Tuesday Jul 22

BREAKING NEWS: Palo Alto police release new photo of homicide suspect

City settles with theater director

City council seeing 'green'

Solar program exceeds goals

Police rule VTA death a suicide

Cheap seats, easy scores

Aiming to keep students out

Supes to vote on tax initiatives

City's charter proposal criticized as inadequate

Big rig crash, diesel spill closes Highway 92

Hearing delayed for man suspected of killing friend

Monday Jul 21

BREAKING NEWS: Palo Alto settles with theater director

Sunday Jul 20

Developer launches political group

From wrappers to tote bags

Man shot, killed in East Palo Alto

Taking notes

Driver crashes into family car

The Phantom

CORRECTION

On the Docket

Saturday Jul 19

BREAKING: Man shot, killed in East Palo Alto

City manager contract complete

Shooting victim remembered

Charter school disputes state dropout findings

Menlo Park kicks off summertime street fest

The 100-day whirlwind

Turtle tracking

50 states, 50 triathlons, one man

Friday Jul 18

Time to improve plaza - but how?

Tapping into veggie power

Peninsula high in human development

Union targets tax practices

Authorities say no fines for lion 'victim'

Accused gets 21 to life for bar shooting

The flight to save a life

Reps. host town hall meetings

County reveals oversight options

Pelican hooked by fishing line may face euthanization

AIDS walk aims to end spread of HIV

Thursday Jul 17

Suspect named in shooting

Nearly 1 in 4 students drop out of school

Atherton official cleared in crime probe

Police to question man who cried lion

Sights set on Ravenswood Business District

Tax measure likely to see ballot

The new look of county bus service set for reveal today

Officials: Health care district should stay

Summer camps with dash of spirit

Temple to host Buddhist festival

Wednesday Jul 16

Parks reopen after mountain lion scare

Council approves fiber network

Blazes keep local fire departments hopping

City Hall shooting victim dies

Fergusson announces re-election bid

Woman in stabbing trial pleads not guilty

Menlo Park council OKs gym contract

City council passes lien on man's property

Summer bummer

Schools urged to hike online learning

SFO named best airport

Stanford awards climate grants

Tuesday Jul 15

BREAKING NEWS: Palo Alto City Hall shooting victim dies

Council approves ultra-high-speed broadband plan

Fees waived in evicted woman's case

Candidates line up for November election

Sudden oak death moving into San Mateo County

$6M drone a boon for firefighters

Attempted Wal-Mart beating leads to arrest

Justices: Land fee can't be charged

La Honda man killed in tractor accident

Students' unruly behavior targeted

Correction

Body part claim rejected

Monday Jul 14

Sunday Jul 13

One-bedroom with a view

Man faces possible property lien by city

Middle-schooler wins trip to Australia

Big rig kills woman on Highway 101

New GI bill gears up veterans for colleges

On the Docket

Saturday Jul 12

Developer plans to make city greener

Armed suspect arrested after officers hear shots

Coding for fun

Slain person ID'd as Millbrae man

Report: Copter struck power lines in fog

Pot manhunt called off in Saratoga

Cancer survivor walks to save others

Friday Jul 11

Probe: Theater director's records spotty

Speier proposes speed limit

Citizens' claims clog city council

Barn hands settle for $600,000

Double trouble

Brothers take over Bell Market

Coroner IDs two men in homicide

Nutrition ordinance heads to supervisors

One killed in Saratoga pot bust shootout

District OKs wood-burning rules

Game over

Thursday Jul 10

City employees get sizable raise

A plea for safer walking spaces

EPA woman jailed in Habitat killing

Officials close trails, parks for fire risk

Police still seeking mother and child

Council passes on greenhouse gas resolution

Woman faces attempted murder charges

Man faces 20 year term in molest case

Homelessness czar visits county

17 stray dogs found unclaimed last weekend

Engineers prepare breakwater for ferry service

Wednesday Jul 9

Measure sent to ballot

City responds to Frost's complaint

Home burglarized 4 times in 3 weeks

City opts to use land for fire station

Search is launched for a hotel developer

Security alarm ends break-ins for now

Summer camp burglarized, vandalized

Woodside Priory teacher founding school in Kenya

No one injured in drive-by shooting

Clerk's error led to huge debt to Genentech

Couple pleads not guilty to fraud charges

Tuesday Jul 8

BREAKING NEWS: Library bond measure sent to November ballot

Investors pitch broadband concept

Gordon Biersch toasts 20 years

Police: Woman tried to torch parents' home

Council weighs greenhouse gas measure

Two wounded in separate pellet gun attacks

Fundraiser aims to boost Special Olympics coffers

Council delays Open Space vote

Volunteers rescue stranded sea lion

Marina fees may go up at Coyote Point

Sunday Jul 6

Council to discuss two audits

A fun road toward high school

Project to help women

Hot dog champ prepares for Bay Area return

County takes stock of celebrations

Menlo Park celebrates summer festival

On The Docket

Saturday Jul 5

FLAVORFUL FIREWORKS

Police beef up presence on streets

Officials release name of victim

Hit parade

San Jose's Chestnut retains hot dog title

Friday Jul 4

Group introduces Internet plan

A Patriot Act

Wildfires cast smoky backdrop on fireworks

Fourth of July is no picnic for pets

Benefits put Atherton in red

Tax roll sees third year of slow growth

1 killed in car crash

Thursday Jul 3

BREAKING NEWS: Police: One person dead following car crash

Sexual assault case continues

Foundation worker nabbed on fraud suspicion

Company pays $568,138 to customers

School board approves bond resolution

Union, city agree Menlo Park workers to get retirement boost

City changing course over resident opposition

21 sickened at Palo Alto hotel

Daly City police search for armed rape suspect

Orange jumpsuits, 'green' mentality

Area food banks to get $46K infusion

Wednesday Jul 2

E. Palo Alto celebrates 25 years

Blood center celebrates anniversary

Researchers closer to fertilization predictions

A diamond in the rough

Man pleads no contest to sexual assault

21 sickened at Palo Alto hotel

Bon appetit, weevil

County becomes moth quarantine area

Tuesday Jul 1

Children's Theatre director fired

Zero-tolerance on all fireworks

Murder victim attempted to call police

Stanford cancels fireworks show

Senator worked hard for bill

Hands-free cell phone law goes into effect today

Thieves target Little League

Gov.'s tax break keeps Tesla local

Tesla sees $30K car by 2012

Woman killed by Caltrain in San Bruno

SFO Airport service workers rally

Monday Jun 30

Sunday Jun 29

Police probe double slaying

Cleaning up a carbon footprint

Peninsula Dems rally for Obama

Community of miniatures shrinks

Changing lives with skateboards

Wrongful plagiarism or legitimate borrowing?

Man to lead team sailing to Hawaii

Officials to enforce fireworks limits

Menlo Park resident McLoughlin turns 85

Saturday Jun 28

Library backers start campaign

New city manager ready for challenge

Mountain View readies recreation plan

Cuesta Park Annex may harbor oasis

Police arrest two alleged burglars

Resident suffers burns while escaping fire

Jury needed one day before finding Cua guilty

Murder defendant's competency weighed

Friday Jun 27

City picks new manager

Alleged murderer has violent past

Girl gets heart-liver transplant

Street widening project riles locals

Redwood City auto shop owners arrested

Downtown Palo Alto bank robbed

Local dancer ready for his close-up

Free or low-cost HIV test available today

Lawmaker questions professor's project role

Air pollution regulators forecast 'smoky' skies

Triple homicide suspect in S.F. charged by DA

Fire burns pallets in Redwood City

BABE RUTH'S BEST

Imperiled snake to get habitat makeover

Thursday Jun 26

BREAKING NEWS: Palo Alto picks new city manager

Police arrest man in fatal stabbing

Program two-steps to health

Palo Alto festival to be scaled back or delayed

Photos released in debit card scam

Board adopts new rent rules

Detectives find car that fled scene of triple slaying

San Carlos teen pleads not guilty

BART-to-SFO getting up to speed

Menlo priest bids goodbye to his flock

Missing Sierra hikers turn up safe at store

Supes put $840M bond on ballot

Developers: Suit won't save Bay Meadows

Jun 25, 2008

BREAKING NEWS: Man fatally stabbed today in Mountain View

BREAKING NEWS: New city manager announced tomorrow

Facebook moving its campus?

Wine, beer bar steams ahead

Children's Theatre's Curtis will challenge termination

Youngest-ever board president elected

Robbery attempt may have led to slaying

Admitted rapist seeks lighter sentence

Agency urges cutbacks on water use

Former EPA manager nets $375,000

E. Palo Alto business park on hold

BART-to-SFO getting up to speed

Council clears way for mixed-use plan

Jun 24, 2008

BREAKING NEWS: Robbery attempt may have preceded homicides

City fires theater employee

Triple slaying shocker

Contractor swindles woman

City targets sign violations

Arrillaga to fund local gymnasium

Friends mourn killing of man, son

Lead in artificial turf targeted

Jun 23, 2008

BREAKING NEWS: City fires Palo Alto Children's Theatre employee

City officials respond to residents

Walking the Shoreline

McCain and Obama descend on cash-heavy California

School board to make appointments

Microwave tower being built in Los Altos

Twitter: Waste of time or next big thing?

Stanford grads get shunned

Jun 22, 2008

Here come the brides

2 projects' impacts to be weighed

Packard's group helped shape valley

Police raise money for second K-9

Jun 21, 2008

Apartment owners settle suit

Scholarship program gives money, mentors

Up to the Challenge

Alleged child molester nabbed

Woman robbed of purse at knifepoint

Parks react to global warming

Jun 20, 2008

Officials to follow the money trail

Hotel plan praised by city board

School district expects deficit

Teens suspected of Menlo Park burglary

Arco ATM theft reports continue

Jehovah's Witnesses reach out

Redwood Shores developer gets OK approval

Deputy to face charges in fatal crash

CORRECTION

Jun 19, 2008

Officials find errors in state report

New novel plucks from city's past

Study finds development shortcomings

Caltrain victim ID'd as Newark woman

Alleged shooter pleads not guilty

Man could go free in shooting case

Lantos' daughter fights for AIDS bill

Change to charter possible

Boxing club founder fights for funds

CORRECTION

Jun 18, 2008

Dad angry at health department

Constant work angers College Terrace residents

Poker champ donates winnings

Man pleads no contest in DUI crash

Fake bomb threat clears supermarket

A historic 'I do' in California

Rides free on local transit

30 to 40 vehicles vandalized this week

County to receive tsunami readiness award

Jun 17, 2008

Second hike for East Palo Alto renters

Page Mill still negotiating state fine over worker's death

Council backs public-private partnership

Women say 'I do' - again

CHP set to enforce hands-free law in July

Man suspected of molesting 5-year-old

Police seeking suspect in service station robbery

Jun 16, 2008

'I should be helping'

Town looks at options to run barn

Baath Party documents arrive at Hoover Institution

Firefighters reach across borders

1 injured in Redwood City shooting

Student to return to Japan on tour

Teen arrested in fatal crash

Local resident achieves film success

Jun 15, 2008

Dumbarton rail faces financial fight

Swimmers compete in memorial meet

Delivering a Father's Day lesson

Police seeking help to ID robbers

Plugging in to hybrids' extra power

Firm offers online missing pet alerts

SCU president says goodbye

The Phantom takes a break

Jun 14, 2008

Crime rings hurting retail stores

Car crash kills well-regarded teen

Palo Alto readies to pick manager

Cyclists raise money for research

Trial date expected in assault case

In the judge's hands now

In the judge's hands now

Simitian taking work to the sidewalks

Jun 13, 2008

Expert: Suspect is competent

Highest gas prices in U.S.

Firefighter helps ignite teen dreams

Oprah adds glitz to graduation

Teen shot, wounded in East Palo Alto

Supes OK quake bond for ballot

Election turnout dismal

Caltrain unwraps $20.5M birthday gift to Burlingame

Woman, care provider hurt in robbery

Jun 12, 2008

Class of 2008 on its way

Counties prepare for weddings

Psychiatrist: Dalton not competent

Report: Mistakes were made in escape

City's budget passes easily

Complaints about blight increase

Lantos to receive posthumous honor

Santa Cruz blaze forces evacuations

Officials quickly contain Woodside grass fire

Jun 11, 2008

Tunnel plan digging up debate

Celebrated school session

Auditor will judge police investigation of children's theater

Four injured in big rig crash

SamTrans gets $8M for new buses

Residents outline their priorities

Palo Alto approves utilities rate hike

Communing with 'The Land'

City wants county to slow jail talks

Jun 10, 2008

BREAKING NEWS: Highway 101 opens after big-rig crash

City knows when to fold 'em

A moment of silence

Council starts budget approval process

Providing a morale boost

Research park plans moving forward

Law school dropping letter grades

Ritchie will face Liroff in fall

Political 'godfather' steps up

On the Docket

Correction

Jun 9, 2008

Council to discuss police audit

Familiar faces seek city seats

City mulling possible bicycle library system

Thieves steal car, children's art

Medicine can ease kidney transplants

City fights speed limit changes

On the Docket

Jun 8, 2008

California Avenue's road to future

Business going Whole House

Woodside fire scorches carport, deck

Murder case not forgotten

Facebook 'em, Danno!

Summer camp of love

Discovery Museum hosts book festival

Correction

Jun 7, 2008

Palo Alto may host Tour of California race again

Sensitive Stanford laptop stolen

Briggs' attorney attacks police

Northbound Caltrain strikes, kills man

Toddler survives drop of 12 feet

Man denied entry to rehab program

Cracks sideline 14 rail cars

German school hosts summer festival

Briones home given a reprieve

Jun 6, 2008

Nursing home cited

Death sought in police killing case

Daily News takes home 17 journalism awards

Theater workers defend themselves

Memorial service to honor officers

Supervisors trounce opponents

Neighbors, board slam hotel plan

Officials approve Alma Plaza

Seminarians ready to serve Lord

Climbing for a cause

Airline baggage fees cutting into skycaps' income

Jun 5, 2008

School board chooses projects

Cantor shows art saved from Katrina

Google signs lease with NASA

Blood center asks public for help

Dobbie not a big change for council

Officers nab suspected bike thief

Sugar fix

CORRECTION

Jun 4, 2008

School bond nabs easy victory

First tallies show Measure C favored

Dobbie wins race for council

Few voters show up at polls

Low turnout for local races

Runoff likely in supervisor race

Fong leads slightly over Caserta

Ritchie leads pack for county judge post

Community questions police theater probe account

Day worker center changes hands

Defense points to mental illness

Teen raped in Mountain View Park

Swimming hare MIA from zoo

Board abandons expansion outline

County requires calorie counts on some menus

Jun 3, 2008

Records imply deliberate theft

Making some noise

Program to hire young adults

Homicide suspect's mental state to be decided by judge

School gets behind Great Turtle Race

East Palo Alto students track creek pollution