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A look at local government agendas
A look at the agendas of different government boards in the Mid-Peninsula. PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL 5 p.m., Monday New grocer: The council may approve a new grocery store in […]
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How Biden’s win will be felt locally
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent President-elect Joe Biden lists among his top priorities a sweeping infrastructure plan that would inject federal funding into roads and bridges, clean energy, and […]
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Is 10,000 more homes too many? Now is your chance to object
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto would be expected to accommodate an estimated 10,058 new homes between 2023 and 2031, under a housing quota formula […]
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Proposal calls for 60% of employees to work from home
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Metropolitan Transportation Commission yesterday (Sept. 23) approved a plan that would require employees to work from home 60% of the week if […]
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Daily Post wins 17 awards in regional journalism competition
By the Daily Post staff The Daily Post has won 17 awards from the San Francisco Press Club including first-place honors for commentary, column, editorial, entertainment review, headlines and series […]
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Why the sky is orange today
By the Daily Post staff Mid-Peninsula residents awoke to red, smoky skies this morning. The National Weather Service says smoke particles from the wildfires in the region scatter blue light […]
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PG&E restores power to most of Redwood City, but nearly other 6,000 customers still in the dark
By the Daily Post staff PG&E crews have reduced the number of customers without power in Redwood City from 3,474 at 5:45 p.m. to 117 at 10:30 p.m. But the […]
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Smoke and smog expected to linger for at least the next two days
The murky haze of smoke and smog over the Bay Area is expected to linger for at least two more days and a Spare the Air alert has been extended […]
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No print edition of the Post on Labor Day
The Post isn’t printing on Labor Day in observance of the holiday. The Post is also off on Tuesday and Wednesday due to our abbreviated COVID-19 distribution schedule. We’ll return […]
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Rolling blackouts possible if consumers don’t conserve
By the Daily Post staff The high hit 102 degrees in Palo Alto this afternoon and state power grid authorities are asking people to conserve power. The California Independent System […]
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Protest planned over closed schools — list of schools that will be allowed to open
Scroll to the end to see which schools have applied to waivers from the lockdown order. BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos mom Jenny Fedorova is leading […]
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Bill to allow more homes in neighborhoods dies
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A controversial housing bill that would have allowed more homes to be packed into single-family neighborhoods has fizzled out, not because of massive […]
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UPDATE: Firefighters, National Guard make progress on containing CZU fires
Monday, Aug. 31, 7 p.m. — Firefighters and National Guard troops made progress containing the CZU Lightning Complex fires in northern Santa Cruz and southern San Mateo counties today. The […]
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A look at Mid-Peninsula government agendas
PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL 6 p.m., Monday, Aug. 31 Commissions: The council will interview applicants for the Public Art and Human Relations Commissions. How to participate: The public can tune […]
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Barbershops, salons to reopen as Newsom announces another reopening plan
Hair stylists and barbers in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties on Monday (Aug. 31) will be able to flip over their open sign and let customers back inside their […]
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Disabled and special needs children slowly being let back into classrooms
Schools in California are slowly allowing more children back into classrooms, some because of disabilities and special needs that can’t be met through distance learning and others in areas reporting […]
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All lanes on Highway 101 may become toll lanes
By ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Transportation agencies are developing a plan for a $3.7 billion network of pay-to-use express lanes throughout the Bay Area — a plan that could […]
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Cow Palace becomes temporary home to animals displaced by fires
From chickens to donkeys to rabbits, cats, dogs and even llamas, organizations and individuals are offering free shelter to animals displaced by fires raging in the Bay Area. In a […]
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Lightning returns Sunday
The National Weather Service has issued a fire watch for the entire Bay Area and Central Coast, as strong winds, lightning, and thunderstorms forecast Sunday through Tuesday could lead to […]
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Blackouts averted but power shortage angers Newsom
8:10 p.m., Monday — Widespread blackouts to reduce pressure on the electric grid — which could have included the Palo Alto area — were averted Monday night after regulators warned […]
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Unusual spike in violent crime – Stabbings, shootings, street attacks
By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The mid-Peninsula normally has a low crime rate. But in the past two weeks, there’s been an uncharacteristic spike in violent crimes. Menlo […]
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China’s mailing seeds to local residents; county warns of viruses
By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer At least 20 San Mateo County residents have received unsolicited plant seeds in the mail from China, a trend that’s been logged throughout […]
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A look at bills legislators have submitted for police reform
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The death of George Floyd during his arrest by Minneapolis police and the wave of protests that followed have sparked a bevy of bills […]
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Santa Clara County drops COVID-19 tax, new proposal for Caltrain tax
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A sales tax measure proposed by Santa Clara County Supervisor Cindy Chavez effectively died yesterday (July 21), after two other supervisors said they […]
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High school sports season won’t begin until December or January
By the Daily Post staff Football and the other sports played in the fall by high school students will be delayed until December or January because of the coronavirus pandemic, […]
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Local students won’t return to classrooms this fall, Newsom decides
Gov. Gavin Newsom declared today that public and private schools in counties that are on his coronavirus “watch list” won’t be reopening classrooms this fall but holding school via distance […]
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100,000 ballots went uncounted in March primary; San Mateo County had fifth highest ballot rejection rate
From staff and wire reports More than 100,000 mail-in ballots were rejected by California election officials during the March presidential primary, according to data obtained by The Associated Press that […]
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Agendas of upcoming government meetings
PALO ALTO PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION 6 p.m. Wednesday Housing Quotas: The commission will have a study session about state-mandated housing requirements for the region. How to participate: Zoom Meeting […]
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No fireworks on this Independence Day
No firework displays or parades will take place on the mid-Peninsula today, Independence Day 2020. Local and state officials are urging people to stay home in order to slow the […]
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Newsom reverses himself, shuts down bars and indoor dining
Gov. Gavin Newsom today ordered bars and indoor dining at restaurants to close in most areas of the state for the next three weeks amid a troubling surge of new […]
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Officials look for ways to stop illegal fireworks
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Starting a fireworks buyback program, creating safe zone for people to set off fireworks and having residents talk to each other about the […]
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Cities to meet in the hopes of finding a way to curtail illegal fireworks
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Complaints about illegal fireworks popping off have been proliferating both in the mid-Peninsula and across the country, and on Monday, some local officials […]
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Former eBay employees charged for allegedly sending spiders, coachroaches, bloody pig face mask to bloggers who criticized company
Six former eBay employees have been charged with waging an extensive campaign to terrorize and intimidate the editor and publisher of an online newsletter with threats and disturbing deliveries to […]
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What’s opening today
Santa Clara County is behind most of the other counties in California when it comes to reopening after the pandemic. Starting today (June 5) the county will allow the following: […]
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Teens march across Highway 101 bridge, head to downtown
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer More than 100 Palo Alto teenagers crossed Highway 101 during a protest against police brutality against black people this afternoon. The teens then […]