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KRON Channel 4 goes dark on AT&T U-verse and DirecTV
By the Daily Post staff KRON Channel 4 has gone dark on AT&T U-verse cable and AT&T’s DirecTV in a dispute over money. KRON’s owner, Nexstar, and AT&T have not […]
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Jerry Hill pulls church confession bill; heavy opposition from Catholics
A bill by state Sen. Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, that would require Catholic priests to report their colleagues’ confessions of child abuse or neglect has been put on hold amid […]
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The Post is looking for your stories about watching the moon landing
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor In the next couple of weeks, I suspect a lot of people will be thinking back to 50 years ago when man first landed […]
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State leaders propose housing plan with rewards and fines
Faced with a crippling housing shortage that is driving prices up while putting more people on the streets, California’s governor and legislative leaders agreed today (June 27) on a plan […]
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Assemblyman Berman has no position on major housing bills
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Assemblyman Marc Berman, D-Palo Alto, has not taken a position on some of the most hotly debated housing bills in the Legislature. The […]
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Eshoo bill on biohazards passes and heads to Trump’s desk
By the Daily Post staff A bill to strengthen the country’s defenses to biological, radiological and chemical attacks and pandemics, co-authored by Palo Alto Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, has been passed […]
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Newsom endorses state Senate candidate Josh Becker
By the Daily Post staff Josh Becker of Menlo Park, one of four candidates running for the state Senate seat being vacated by Jerry Hill, has landed perhaps the biggest […]
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Sen. Wiener uses ‘gut and amend’ maneuver to introduce legislation to help move housing projects along; SB50 is still on hold
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A 37-year-old California housing law is receiving a fresh wave of attention from Sen. Scott Wiener, one of the biggest housing proponents in the […]
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Cooling centers opened in some cities
By the Daily Post staff The unusually hot weather has prompted local officials to open a number of cooling centers for people who don’t have air conditioning at home. Yesterday […]
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No resolution in Kniss or Gee ethics cases
By the Daily Post staff State ethics investigations into the 2016 campaigns of Palo Alto Councilwoman Liz Kniss and former Redwood City Councilman Jeff Gee still haven’t been resolved, according […]
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Regional housing plan boomerangs
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent More than a decade ago, Bay Area regional planning agencies launched a growth strategy intended to concentrate new jobs and housing at designated sites […]
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Dumbarton rail trestle burns again
BY EMILY MIIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A fire has destroyed the Fremont side of the out-of-service rail bridge that runs parallel to the Dumbarton Bridge. A fire also destroyed […]
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Frequent ADA plaintiff Scott Johnson indicted for tax fraud
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Scott Johnson, who has filed thousands of lawsuits against businesses — including many in the Palo Alto area — claiming violations of the […]
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Police chief apologizes for raid on journalist
San Francisco’s police chief apologized on Friday (May 24) for raiding a freelance journalist’s home and office to find out who leaked a police report into the unexpected death of […]
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Cops feel heat after raiding home and office of reporter
From staff and wire reports San Francisco’s police chief yesterday (May 21) acknowledged the uproar over the raids of a reporter’s home and office by sledgehammer-wielding police officers. Chief William […]
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Judge may unseal warrants in raid of journalist’s home, office; police criticized
By the Daily Post staff Pressure is building on the San Francisco Police Department over its raid of a journalist’s home and office in an attempt to discover his source […]
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Local reaction to temporary demise of housing bill SB50
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Senate Bill 50, state Sen. Scott Wiener’s controversial pitch to preempt local zoning and allow denser housing near transit and jobs, has been […]
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SB50 dies in this year’s session of the Legislature
State Sen. Scott Wiener’s bill to build denser housing in single-family neighborhoods and closer to transit stations and jobs died this morning (May 16) in the state Legislature. The Senate […]
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Housing bill SB50 goes to local lawmaker’s committee today (May 16)
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer State Sen. Jerry Hill, who represents the mid-Peninsula including Palo Alto, will consider Senate Bill 50 at the Senate Appropriations Committee today (May […]
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Leaders of three cities meet but don’t agree about housing bill SB50
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer At Palo Alto City Hall Monday night, some visiting East Palo Alto City Council members did something unthinkable for many Palo Altans: voice […]
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News website sues over withheld records regarding new regional housing agency
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A San Francisco-based news website, 48 Hills, is suing the Metropolitan Transportation Commission because it has repeatedly slow-walked or flat out denied public […]
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Book details water board director’s racy past battling for domain sex.com
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer If the 1990s were the Wild West of the internet age, a new book portrays Match.com founder Gary Kremen as the white-hat good […]
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College admissions scandal: Parents who didn’t agree to plead guilty are hit with more charges
It appears federal prosecutors gave the parents implicated in the college admissions cheating scandal a choice — plead guilty and face a minimal prison sentence or get hit with an […]
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SB50 will make housing development more profitable here, study says
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer If Senate Bill 50 passes, a developer building a four-story apartment building in Menlo Park would net 3.5 times more profit than would […]
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2 bills pushing tall, dense housing advance in Legislature
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer City officials and neighborhood activists on the mid-Peninsula have been worried about Senate Bill 50, which would pre-empt local zoning to force cities […]
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Court: Police must release past disciplinary files on officers
From staff and wire reports In a case that may have ramifications for Palo Alto, a state appeals court has ruled that six Contra Costa County police agencies must release […]
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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College counselor says some wealthy parents are hiring lawyers, fearful they’ll be arrested in admissions scam
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The head of a mid-Peninsula college counseling firm said yesterday (March 28) that a number of his clients are “proactively lawyering up” because […]
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Kleiner Perkins partner Doerr says his kids only got ‘typical services’ from fraudster Rick Singer, no bribery
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Admitted college admissions fraudster William “Rick” Singer bragged on social media about having helped get Kleiner Perkins venture capitalist John Doerr’s daughter into […]
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Joe Montana admits hiring fraudster, but says services were ‘minimal’
By the Daily Post staff Retired 49er Joe Montana said yesterday (March 14) that he had hired admitted college admissions fraudster Rick Singer, explaining that Singer provided “minimal consulting services” […]
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Big local names linked to college admissions fraudster
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Admitted college admissions fraudster Rick Singer claimed in a 2014 Facebook post that his clients included the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs, Kleiner […]
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List of local residents charged in college admissions scandal
By the Daily Post staff The former head sailing coach at Stanford, John Vandemoer, is among 50 people who were charged yesterday (March 12) in the college bribery scheme. Mid-Peninsula […]
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School board members stay in 4-star SF hotel and charge it to taxpayers
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Top officials at the Palo Alto, Mountain View Whisman and Los Altos school districts stayed in a San Francisco hotel on the taxpayers’ […]
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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 […]