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Meta shelves Willow Village plans
A week after announcing it will lay off 8,000 employees, Meta is shelving plans for Willow Village. The project approved in December 2022 would have resulted in as much as […]
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Bill requiring Big Tech to pay for news passes state Assembly
A bill that would force Big Tech companies to pay media outlets for posting and using their news content cleared another critical hurdle Thursday (June 1). Assembly Bill 886 is […]
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Zuckerberg wins medals in jiu-jitsu tournament
Facebook and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg has won gold and silver medals at his first jiu-jitsu tournament in Redwood City, the London Guardian reports. The 38-year-old tech billionaire, who has […]
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Bill would make Google, Meta pay for local news they distribute
Big Tech companies such as Google and Meta might soon have to pay media outlets for posting and using their news content under a proposed California measure attempting to save […]
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Sheryl Sandberg, longtime No. 2 exec at Facebook, steps down
Sheryl Sandberg, the No. 2 executive at Facebook owner Meta, is stepping down. Sandberg has served as chief operating officer at the social media giant for 14 years. She joined […]
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Opinion: And now a word from our sponsor
OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor In the next couple of months, you’re going to be hearing from the heads of nonprofits about that wonderful Willow Village project Facebook hopes […]
East Palo Alto
Nighttime protesters blocked from police station, then they head to Zuckerberg’s house
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Protesters from East Palo Alto walked, biked, skateboarded and drove throughout their town, and made forays into Palo Alto and Menlo Park last […]
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Three fires in one week at homeless encampment near Facebook
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A grass fire in the homeless encampments along Bayfront Expressway, across from Facebook, cast smoke into Palo Alto and East Palo Alto on […]
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Facebook is rethinking its commitment to help fund Dumbarton Rail Corridor study
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Facebook may be backing away from funding a study that would bring the Peninsula one step closer to seeing the Dumbarton Rail Corridor […]
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Facebook scales back village project
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park’s largest development proposal just got a little smaller. Facebook announced yesterday that it is reducing the office space in its Willow […]
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City considers making Facebook build a home for every job it creates
This story was originally published in the print edition of the Daily Post on Tuesday. Only a fraction of the local news stories covered by the Post appear on this […]
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Opinion: How bribery works in today’s world
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor America has come a long way from the days of Tammany Hall, when a developer would have to lug a briefcase full of […]
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Facebook promises $25 million for teacher housing
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Facebook, which is trying to improve its public image as it seeks approval for a huge office complex in Menlo Park, said yesterday […]
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Facebook’s ‘Village’ project may have more housing than first thought
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The pressure on tech companies to help allieviate the housing crisis may result in more housing on Facebook’s proposed Willow Village campus than […]
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City Council tells Facebook to add housing to Village development
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park City Council members told Facebook officials that they want to see more housing in the company’s 56-acre Willow Village development. Facebook […]
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Man extorted after sending sexually explicit video to stranger
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto man was almost extorted out of $300 after he sent a racy video to a stranger he met on Facebook, […]
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Proposal is designed to give Belle Haven traffic relief
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Belle Haven residents for years have been coming to Menlo Park City Council meetings to complain that during commute hours, they aren’t able […]
East Palo Alto
7 developments would add 40,000 jobs but only 11,424 homes
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Mid-Peninsula will possibly see a 10.1 million-square-foot increase in office space in coming years. That number comes from just seven projects proposed […]
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Updated: Facebook unveils new plans for massive Willow Village development
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer After disappearing from the public eye for just under a year, Facebook today (Feb. 8) submitted new plans to Menlo Park for its […]
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Whatever happened to Facebook’s Willow Village proposal?
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer One of the most talked about issues during the Menlo Park Council race — Facebook’s Willow Village proposal — has not been discussed […]