Ridder appointed a publisher, Shareef Dajani, who, only days after taking over, fired Diamond and replace her with a former colleague from the East Bay weekly newspaper. Diamond's departure was reported by Dajani's Daily News as being a mutual "parting of the ways," but Diamond said she was "shocked" by the decision. Her dismissal triggered numerous letters to the editor and the Weekly picked up her column. In addition to writing for the Weekly, she is also a special sections editor at the San Jose Business Journal. In May 2008, Mrs. Diamond announced that she was leaving the Weekly to join the Palo Alto Daily Post, founded by the Daily News’s founders and located in its original offices. She was a columnist for the Post until August 22, 2011, when her final column appeared. Five months later she was once again a columnist for the Daily News, her first column appearing January 25, 2012. In addition to her newspaper work, Ms. Diamond serves on the Palo Alto board of the American Red Cross. She is also a member of the Rotary Club of Palo Alto and served as its President in 1999. She started the local Rotacare program, a Saturday morning clinic staffed by volunteer doctors and nurses in East Palo Alto. She has also served on a number of other nonprofit boards over the years. Notes External links Diana Diamond's blog on the Palo Alto Online site Diana Diamond's out at Daily News Living people American women journalists 1937 births University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni People from Floral Park, New York The Mercury News people 21st-century American women