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Trump due in Woodside on Friday
Former President Trump is scheduled to appear at a fundraiser in Woodside on Friday hosted by relatives of the wife of Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Los Angeles Times reports. Donors will […]
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Brothel kingpin gets 8 years in prison
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto couple that ran a network of brothels in Santa Clara County has signed a deal that will send the husband […]
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Liccardo ally files complaint against Low
An ally of San Liccardo, former Federal Elections Commission Chair Ann Ravel, has filed a complaint against Liccardo’s opponent, Evan Low, for allegedly violating federal campaign laws in the race […]
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Google kills bills that would have forced it to pay a fee for using local news
Google has killed a pair of bills that would have forced the company and other tech giants to pay news companies for using their stories. The state and the tech […]
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Congressional race: Liccardo and Low differ on progressive issues
The race for the Palo Alto-based congressional seat being vacated by Anna Eshoo is pitting two Democrats who are hoping to attract the votes of progressive voters. Here’s where former […]
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Backers of $20 billion housing bond issue re-write ballot measure after lawyer accuses them of using misleading figures
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A lawyer has accused a Bay Area housing agency of misleading voters on a regional bond measure, prompting the agency to consider revising […]
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A new Bay Area transit measure is in the works
BY ELAINE GOODMANDaily Post Correspondent After placing a $20 billion housing bond on the November 2024 ballot, Bay Area regional planners are now eyeing a public transit funding measure in […]
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Days when locals are competing in the Olympics
BY AMELIA BISCARDI Daily Post Staff Writer Olympians are looking to make a splash in Paris with 44 of 592 total athletes having connections to the Palo Alto and Mid-Peninsula […]
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Proposed tech tax to fund local news passes state Senate
A bill to tax Google, Facebook and Amazon to fund the local news outlets has been approved by the state Senate in a surprise vote. It now goes on to […]
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County government salaries top $1 million
BY ELAINE GOODMANDaily Post Correspondent Five Santa Clara County employees made more than $1 million each in total pay last year — all of them physicians at Santa Clara Valley […]
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Few property owners are using SB9, which allows lot splits
An attempt by the state Legislature to eliminate single-family home zoning and squeeze more people on the same lot hasn’t worked out as planned. Fewer 500 property owners in California […]
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Homeowners could pay hundreds more a year in taxes if housing bond measure passes
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Bay Area officials are getting closer to approving a November ballot measure that would ask voters for a property tax increase to raise up […]
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Bill to tax Big Data to fund local newspapers advances in Legislature
By the Daily Post staff A bill to tax Google, Facebook and Amazon to fund a tax to support the local news industry has survived a close vote in the […]
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AT&T proposal to end landlines suffers a setback
A California Public Utilities Commission administrative law judge on Friday rejected a proposal by AT&T to end landline phone service in a large part of California including San Mateo and […]
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Pete McCloskey, former Congressman and environmental pioneer, dies at 96
Former Palo Alto Congressman Pete McCloskey, a Republican congressman who was a founder of Earth Day and who challenged President Richard Nixon over Vietnam, died today at his home in […]
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Low to face Liccardo, Simitian loses Congressional bid
Long-time Palo Alto official Joe Simitian won’t be running for Congress this fall. Assemblyman Evan Low, D-Campbell, has narrowly defeated Simitian, a Santa Clara County Supervisor and a Democrat, for […]
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Court throws out pro-density law SB9
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Cities that are against state housing mandates have won their lawsuit against the state of California that challenged a controversial law allowing four […]
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Liccardo supporter willing to pay for recount of votes in House race
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer One of former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo’s supporters filed for a recount yesterday in the race for Congress, hoping to break an […]
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Update: Simitian & Low tied
Wednesday April 3, 1:30 p.m. — Supervisor Joe Simitian and Assemblyman Evan Low are now tied in the race secure a spot on the November ballot to replace Congresswoman Anna […]
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Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25-year prison sentence
Palo Alto native Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for a massive fraud on hundreds of thousands of customers that unraveled with the collapse of FTX, […]