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Menlo Park, Palo Alto mayors have lunch and talk about issues
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The mayors of Palo Alto and Menlo Park — two city governments that haven’t always been in lockstep — met for the first […]
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3 mid-Peninsula Starbucks close in 3 months
This story was printed in the Post this morning, Feb. 28. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Starbucks’ plan to close 150 “underperforming” stores nationwide this year has struck […]
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Citrus-killing insect found in mid-Peninsula
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The only type of insect that carries a disease known to kill citrus trees has been found in Redwood City and Foster City, […]
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Rep. Eshoo flips, now favors merger of Sprint-T, Mobile
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Congresswoman Anna Eshoo appears to have flipped her position on big telecommunications mergers, giving a glowing endorsement of a plan to […]
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Gatepath, Abilities United in merger talks
By the Daily Post staff Two mid-Peninsula-based nonprofits that help people with developmental disabilities, Gatepath and Abilities United, have begun merger talks to reduce administrative costs. “This decision is designed […]
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Sinkhole surprised Caltrans — One lane of Skyline Blvd. to reopen soon
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Caltrans officials are planning to partially reopen a 2-1/2 mile stretch of Skyline Boulevard by the end of the month, after a “surprise” […]
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Asians now outnumber whites in Valley, says a report on social and economic trends
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Twenty-four percent of local renters and 15% of mortgage holders spend more than half their gross income on housing, according to a new […]
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Brian Copeland sues KGO radio over firing, claims race and age bias
By the Daily Post staff Former KGO 810 radio talk show host Brian Copeland has filed a scathing lawsuit over his firing last year, claiming race and age discrimination. The […]
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Midpen open space district to spend $50 million on new offices
This story was originally published Jan. 22 in the Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has quietly made plans to spend […]
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Midpen open space district begins public outreach on new $50 million building
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District is standing by its decision not to widely publicize the $50 million purchase and planned renovation of […]
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Menlo Park man raises most in state Senate race
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer More than $500,000 has been raised between the four Democrats running to replace Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, in the state Senate, but […]
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Guardino forum emphasizes denser housing, less local control
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer With state Sen. Scott Wiener front and center, tech lobbyist Carl Guardino’s event on the Bay Area housing crisis yesterday (Jan. 25) championed […]
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Businesses, philanthropists to raise $500 million for housing
By the Daily Post staff Major employers and philanthropists in the Bay Area — including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg — announced yesterday (Jan. 24) that they plan to raise $500 […]
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Local events planned for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
By the Daily Post staff A number of events are planned locally for Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 21), which this year commemorates what would have been the civil […]
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Regional housing agency that will push rent control moves ahead
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A group of officials from the nine-county Bay Area have signed off on a plan to start a regional agency to build housing […]
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Total lunar eclipse and supermoon on Sunday night
Here comes a total lunar eclipse and supermoon, all wrapped into one. The moon, Earth and sun will line up on Sunday (Jan. 20) for the only total lunar eclipse […]
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Comedian Louis C.K. greeted by protesters including Michele Dauber
Hundreds of people last night (Jan. 16) streamed past a group of protesters led by Stanford law professor Michele Dauber to watch comedian Louis C.K. perform at the San Jose […]
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PG&E to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over wildfire liabilities
PG&E said today (Jan. 14) it is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy because it faces at least $30 billion in potential damages from lawsuits over the catastrophic wildfires in Northern […]
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New regional agency wants more taxes for housing
This story was originally published in the Monday, Jan. 7, edition of the Daily Post. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent As lawmakers in Sacramento prepare to attack the state’s […]
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Take the 2018 Daily Post News Quiz — the strangest answers are often the correct ones
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor With the new year beginning, many newspapers are taking a look back at 2018’s biggest news stories. But instead of repeating the news you’ve […]