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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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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, […]
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DA: In-home aides stealing
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A company that provides in-home care has paid $100,000 in civil penalties after being caught placing unscreened caregivers into the homes of the elderly […]
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Personal information of 27,000 stolen by Stanford police hackers
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Hackers of Stanford police have social security numbers, credit card information with security codes, email account passwords, medical information and biometric data from thousands […]
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The inside story of a rotten Hewlett Packard deal to be told in trial of fallen British tech star
An $11 billion acquisition that backfired on Hewlett Packard more than a decade ago will be resurrected today during a trial that will explore whether the deal was an illegal […]
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Low squeaks past Simitian for No. 2 spot
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Assemblyman Evan Low of Campbell is now 59 votes ahead of Supervisor Joe Simitian of Palo Alto in the primary for the House […]
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Mystery candidate Karl Ryan emerges
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Congressional candidate Karl Ryan hasn’t participated in any debates, raised any money for his campaign or done any interviews talking about his politics — […]
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A look at who is bankrolling the candidates for Congress
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer More than $10 million could be spent in the race to replace Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, with four candidates breaking six figures and getting Super […]
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PG&E is buying TV commercials to support Evan Low
This article was printed by the Daily Post on Feb. 10, but we’re posting it now because some people missed the print edition of the Post on that date. If […]
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Bezos helping House candidate Peter Dixon
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Jeff Bezos and his parents are behind a $1.5 million Super PAC to get former Marine Peter Dixon elected to Congress, campaign finance […]
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AT&T wireless service restored
1:50 p.m. — AT&T said its wireless network was back after an outage knocked out cellphone service for its users across the U.S. for hours. Some iPhone users saw SOS […]