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Month: July 2020

Palo Alto

Environmental report says Castilleja expansion will create “significant, unavoidable” traffic increases

July 31, 2020 10:15 pm

CORRECTION: The original version of this article said an alternative design for Castilleja School’s expansion that would meet traffic standards limits enrollment to 490 students and reduces the school’s proposed […]

Obituaries

Margot Wrenn Beckett

July 31, 2020 11:10 am

January 9, 1923 – July 25, 2020 Margot (Peggy) Beckett January 9 1923-July 25th 2020 passed away peacefully of natural causes at home. Margot Wrenn Beckett was born Margot Lucile […]

Palo Alto

City’s decision to close streets for restaurants draws criticism

July 30, 2020 3:39 pm

By SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Some business owners on streets surrounding Palo Alto’s University Avenue say the city’s decision to close the street for the summer is a […]

Menlo Park

City picks retired Pleasanton police chief to serve as its interim chief

July 30, 2020 1:23 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park’s new interim police chief is Pleasanton’s former top cop, David Spiller, City Manager Starla Jerome-Robinson announced today. Today is Chief Dave […]

Palo Alto

Local father gets 6 months in college bribery scam

July 29, 2020 2:06 pm

The founder of a Palo Alto venture capital firm was sentenced today to six months behind bars for paying about $450,000 in bribes to boost his two daughters’ entrance exam […]

Palo Alto

Mac’s and other tobacco shops sue city, saying ban will destroy their businesses

July 29, 2020 1:53 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The owners of five Palo Alto retailers including Mac’s Smoke Shop today filed a lawsuit against the city, saying City Council’s flavored tobacco […]

Stanford

Swastikas found in Stanford Memorial Church

July 29, 2020 1:00 pm

By the Daily Post staff An office inside Stanford’s iconic Memorial Church at 450 Serra Mall was vandalized with swastikas, according to the university. Two swastikas that were six to […]

Menlo Park

Menlo Park police chief leaves on Thursday, city manager to pick interim replacement

July 29, 2020 11:53 am

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park is set to have an interim police chief by the end of the week to replace Dave Bertini, who unexpectedly announced […]

Palo Alto

Black Lives Matter signs vandalized

July 28, 2020 10:02 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer At least two Black Lives Matter signs in Palo Alto have been vandalized, police said today. A Black Lives Matter yard sign on […]

Caltrain

San Mateo County official says Caltrain tax is dead, shut down of train predicted

July 28, 2020 9:52 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today (July 28) agreed to put an eighth-of- a-cent sales tax measure on the November ballot, but […]

Palo Alto

Parents say remote learning hurts poor, disabled

July 28, 2020 9:28 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto parents said at a school board meeting tonight that they are worried remote learning will put children with disabilities or those […]

Atherton

Burglar sneaks inside Atherton home and steals wallet

July 28, 2020 9:02 pm

By the Daily Post staff An intruder swiped a wallet from an Atherton home last night while the resident of the home was asleep, police said today (July 28). Around […]

Palo Alto

Tax on billionaires won’t appear on ballot

July 28, 2020 8:30 am

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect additional information from Palo Alto City Clerk Beth Minor. BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A proposed tax on billionaires […]

Palo Alto

Two more candidates pull papers to run for school board

July 28, 2020 6:00 am

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Two first-time candidates have pulled papers with the county to run for the Palo Alto school board, which has three open seats this […]

los altos police
Los Altos

UPDATED: Police arrest two suspects in a series of car burglaries

July 28, 2020 5:30 am

This story has been updated with new details from police. By the Daily Post staff Los Altos police announced Monday they’ve arrested two men who are suspected of a string […]

Portola Valley

Black Lives street mural removed over confusion, city official says

July 27, 2020 10:53 pm

BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City Manager Melissa Stevenson-Diaz said tonight (July 27) that the city removed the Black Lives Matter mural on Broadway in front of […]

Santa Clara County

Call it anti-social distancing: Backyard get-togethers forbidden

July 26, 2020 7:26 pm

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Santa Clara County residents who want to invite that couple they haven’t seen in a while to come over for a backyard barbecue might […]

Palo Alto

Who is the group that’s fighting the Black Lives Matter banner?

July 26, 2020 7:15 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Few local law enforcement officials have ever heard of the Indianapolis-based National Police Association, the group that started a petition condemning Palo Alto’s […]

The Los Altos City Council dais. Photo courtesy of the city.
Los Altos

Want to buy time on council’s agenda? City is taking $10,000 to put natural gas ban on agenda

July 26, 2020 7:06 pm

BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The nonprofit that procures electric power for customers and sends it to them through PG&E’s lines is offering cities $10,000 to put a […]

Redwood City

Firefighter claims he was racially harassed, sent explicit photos

July 25, 2020 11:00 am

The following story was printed in the Daily Post on July 2. Pick up the Post to read important local stories first, before they appear anywhere else. BY EMILY MIBACH […]

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