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Month: May 2020

In the news

Target, Apple board up stores

May 31, 2020 6:29 pm

By the Daily Post staff Target this afternoon (May 31) temporarily closed 175 stores across the country — including those in East Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Mateo and Mountain […]

Palo Alto

UPDATED: City is considering closing parts of University and California avenues to allow for outdoor restaurant seating

May 31, 2020 2:44 pm

UPDATE, SUNDAY, 4:30 p.m.: The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce today (May 31) released a survey of businesses on University and California avenues showing strong support for creating pedestrian malls […]

Palo Alto

Car parade Wednesday for high school grads in Palo Alto

May 30, 2020 8:30 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Gunn and Palo Alto high schools will hold a joint car parade with Castilleja and Kehillah Jewish high schools on Wednesday to celebrate […]

San Mateo County

San Mateo County to allow church services, stores to reopen, beach access

May 29, 2020 6:07 pm

By the Daily Post staff San Mateo County Health Officer Dr. Scott Morrow today issued a new shelter-in-place order that allows churches and stores to reopen with restrictions starting on […]

Palo Alto

Palo Alto schools hit with a financial double whammy

May 29, 2020 7:20 am

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The Palo Alto Unified School District budget is facing a double whammy from COVID-19: At the same time the district is losing some of […]

Stanford

Stanford anticipates $267 million loss; layoffs likely

May 29, 2020 7:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford expects to lose $267 million by the end of August because of COVID-19 and will likely lay off employees. President Marc Tessier-Lavigne […]

Palo Alto

Kou announces she’s running for re-election

May 28, 2020 11:56 am

By the Daily Post staff Lydia Kou, part of the slow-growth bloc on the Palo Alto City Council, announced today that she will be seeking a second term in November. […]

Portola Valley

Portola Valley residents complain to council about Stanford housing proposal

May 28, 2020 7:45 am

By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Some Portola Valley residents are upset that a proposal by Stanford to build 37 homes near the Alpine Inn on Alpine Road is […]

Obituaries

Gerald Mervon Overman

May 27, 2020 10:44 am

April 11, 1927 – May 15, 2020 Gerald (Jerry) Overman, 93 years old, passed away peacefully on May 15, 2020. Jerry was born in Marion, Indiana and graduated from Marion […]

Menlo Park

City hopes to reopen pools by next month

May 27, 2020 7:01 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer As temperatures reached into the 90s yesterday (May 26), Menlo Park City Manager Starla Jerome-Robinson told the city council that she is trying […]

Portola Valley

Showdown tonight over Stanford housing proposal

May 27, 2020 6:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A showdown is expected tonight (May 27) between the Portola Valley Town Council and a community group that is perturbed over Stanford’s plans […]

One of the Palo Alto fire trucks that’s housed at Station 6 on the Stanford campus. Frame grab from www.fireapparatusmagazine.com.
Palo Alto

City may layoff 16 firefighters and cops if unions don’t give up raises

May 27, 2020 12:46 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto might have to lay off 16 police officers and firefighters if city unions don’t give up their raises. In total, the […]

Don Austin
Palo Alto

Palo Alto schools consider different scenarios for classes this fall

May 27, 2020 12:12 am

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Different scenarios are starting to take shape for what classes might look like in the Palo Alto Unified School District this fall in light […]

Apple

Apple reopening local stores

May 27, 2020 12:05 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Apple Store at 340 University Ave. and the Stanford Shopping Center Apple Store will reopen their genius bars today (Wednesday, […]

Palo Alto

Burglars take gas station’s ATM

May 26, 2020 10:43 pm

By the Daily Post staff Burglars took an ATM from the Shell station at 3601 El Camino Real, but the machine was recovered later in a Fremont park, Palo Alto […]

In the news

COVID 19 Update: Newsom allows barbershops and hair salons to reopen, no word on when it will happen here

May 26, 2020 6:35 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom today cleared barbershops and hair salons to reopen, though it’s unknown when officials in San Mateo or Santa Clara counties will allow those businesses to reopen locally. […]

Palo Alto

Palantir is thinking about leaving Palo Alto

May 26, 2020 9:16 am

By the Daily Post staff Alex Karp, CEO of data analytics firm Palantir, told “Axios on HBO” that his company is “getting close” to deciding whether to leave Palo Alto […]

Los Altos

State asked if Los Altos mayor has conflict on natural gas vote

May 26, 2020 7:01 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A state agency is looking into whether Los Altos Mayor Jan Pepper would have a conflict of interest if she votes on a […]

In the news

State will let churches reopen, now it’s up to the counties

May 25, 2020 2:34 pm

California churches can resume in-person services but worshippers will be limited to 100 people and they should wear masks, avoid sharing prayer books and skip the collection plate under state […]

Redwood City

Rest home where 13 died from coronavirus passed all inspections

May 25, 2020 9:00 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer State inspections as recently as January give no clue why 13 patients including former Stanford President Donald Kennedy would die from the coronavirus […]

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