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Council reduces rail crossing options, tunnel still alive
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The idea of putting Caltrain in a tunnel in Palo Alto is still alive. City Council on Tuesday (Jan. 22) rejected Ed Shikada’s […]
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Three teens attack man near University Ave. train station
By the Daily Post staff Three teens are at large after they robbed a man of his phone and kicked him near the University Avenue Caltrain station last night (Jan. […]
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Four tracks possible for a large portion of Palo Alto
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Caltrain is studying the idea of adding two more tracks from Palo Alto’s California Avenue station to Mountain View, bringing the number of […]
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Musk won’t dig a tunnel in Palo Alto
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Elon Musk, who once lived in Palo Alto and put his electric car company’s headquarters here, isn’t interested in digging a tunnel for […]
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Man who attempted to throw woman on tracks sent to prison
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man who attempted to throw his estranged girlfriend onto the Caltrain tracks in Belmont was sentenced yesterday to five years in state […]
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Council may kill the idea of a citywide Caltrain tunnel
By the Daily Post staff The idea of putting Caltrain in a tunnel from one end of Palo Alto to the other could come to a screeching halt on Monday […]
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Caltrain tunnel is unlikely
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer With San Francisco getting a train tunnel in Chinatown and San Jose getting a BART tunnel, some Mid-Peninsula residents might be wondering, where’s […]
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Caltrain misses another deadline to install safety system
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Caltrain has pushed back the date by which it will install a federally mandated $239.9 million safety system meant to prevent deadly crashes […]
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Investigators looking into death of man killed on Caltrain tracks
Correction: An earlier version of this story said that Caltrain spokesman Dan Lieberman said that the victim was hit when the train was rushing through the Menlo Park train station. […]
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Caltrain, eying a tax in two years, is hosting meetings on its long-term plans
From staff and wire reports Caltrain, which is eying a new tax in two years, is hosting a series of community meetings on a business plan to define the long-term […]
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Train nearly kills woman trapped on tracks
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A woman miraculously survived after her car — which was trapped between backed-up traffic and a railroad crossing arm — was hit by a […]
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Proposed county transportation tax hike won’t provide much money for Caltrain bridge projects
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A proposed sales tax increase in San Mateo County this fall is intended to fund transportation projects and programs to reduce traffic congestion. […]
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Woman says that if she were white, Caltrain conductor would have been charged with sex assault
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The woman who has filed a claim saying she was sexually assaulted by a Caltrain conductor said yesterday (July 4) that if she […]
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Here’s why the investigation into claim a Caltrain conductor raped a passenger was stopped
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Prosecutors decided not to file charges against a Caltrain conductor accused of sexually assaulting a drunken passenger because she appeared sober enough to […]
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Councilman says Caltrain might have to close during construction
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent As Peninsula cities begin making decisions on how to separate the railroad tracks from car traffic ahead of Caltrain electrification and high-speed rail, one […]
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Reported rape on Caltrain slips through the cracks
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The Post printed a startling story Wednesday about a Caltrain conductor accused of raping a 22-year-old Mountain View woman in an employees-only area […]
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Caltrain conductor accused of rape
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A 22-year-old Mountain View woman has filed a claim against Caltrain, alleging that a conductor raped her in an employees-only area of the […]
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Redwood City lagging behind other cities when it comes to rail bridges
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Redwood City is still working on options to separate train tracks from roads with bridges, lagging behind other mid-Peninsula cities. City and San […]
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Caltrain hits empty car at Charleston Road crossing
A Caltrain hit an unoccupied car Sunday (March 25) night in Palo Alto at the Charleston Road crossing, the second time in six weeks such an incident has happened there. […]
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Palo Alto to replace track watch guards with cameras
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Video cameras that will eventually replace the guards who watch the train tracks in Palo Alto to prevent suicides will begin to be […]