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ELECTION: Cupertino district’s parcel tax fails
By the Daily Post staff Update, May 7 — The Cupertino Union School District’s Measure A parcel tax has failed. The tax needed two-thirds of the vote to pass, and […]
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Mediator can’t settle beef over activist’s texts
Word Count: 372 BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer An attempt to mediate the dispute between Los Altos Councilwoman Lynette Lee Eng and activist Kenan Moos has failed. Each […]
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Adobe co-founder, Los Altos resident Charles ‘Chuck’ Geschke dies
By the Daily Post staff Charles M. “Chuck” Geschke, a Los Altos resident who co-founded Adobe Systems and later was kidnapped for four days until he was freed by the […]
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Off-leash dog park proposed at Hillview Baseball Field
The Los Altos City Council will consider an ordinance Tuesday to allow off-leash dogs to run at a community baseball field. The ordinance will approve the creation of the Hillview […]
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Trash containers set ablaze in Los Altos
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer One ore more arsonists set fire to a wooden dumpster and three trash cans on two different days at two separate locations in […]
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Mother sues school district, claiming it didn’t provide services to daughter struggling with depression, anxiety
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The mother of a Los Altos High School student is suing the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District for not providing special education […]
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Lawsuit claims city habitually violates open records law
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer A lawsuit against the city of Los Altos accuses the city of being a “habitual violator” of state public information law after the […]
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Civil rights group calls for resignation of councilwoman
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A local civil rights group on Friday (Dec. 4) called for the resignation of recently re-elected Los Altos Councilwoman Lynette Lee Eng after […]
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Opinion: How did Chris Jordan last four years as city manager?
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor I don’t understand how Chris Jordan survived for four years as city manager of Los Altos. Why City Council put up with him […]
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City council eliminates program that puts police into high school
By the Daily Post staff Los Altos City Council voted unanimously this morning to eliminate a program that sends a police officers into Los Altos High School after hearing complaints […]
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Chris Jordan gets $183,821 to resign as Los Altos City Manager
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Manager Chris Jordan announced Wednesday (Nov. 18) he is resigning after four years of leading the city, but he isn’t […]
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Top vote-getter courts opponents in council race
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Sally Meadows, a Realtor and planning commissioner who got the most votes in the Los Altos City Council race, said she wants to […]
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Lee Eng ahead in fundraising in council race, followed by Meadows and Spielman
By the Daily Post staff Incumbent Lynette Lee Eng leads the field of Los Altos City Council candidates when it comes to donations, followed by Sally Meadows and Scott Spielman. […]
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Details about proposed emergency center kept from City Council
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Manager Chris Jordan scheduled a public hearing for the City Council to look at designs for a new Emergency Operations […]
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Sally Meadows takes the lead in fundraising in City Council race
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Planning Commissioner Sally Meadows has taken the lead in the Los Altos City Council race when it comes to fundraising, with $23,318 in […]
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Challenger takes on two incumbents in high school district race
By SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos mother and city environmental commission member Laura Teksler is running against incumbents Sanjay Dave and Phil Faillace for a spot on […]
Election 2020
Seven candidates running for Los Altos City Council in a race where development and police are issues
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos residents will have at least two new council members after this month’s election — maybe three — which could change the […]
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Candidates for council square off — topics include police car stops, lawsuit against city
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer One of the seven Los Altos council candidates said he thinks police should be randomly stopping “suspicious vehicles” in town. “I believe as […]
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Critics of city government help candidate gain fundraising lead
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Council candidate and Parks and Recreation Commissioner Scott Spielman has out-raised his competitors by a long shot with $19,058 in […]
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City strikes a compromise over push for natural gas ban
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Council struck a compromise last night over a push by environmental activists to ban natural gas in new homes. Instead […]
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Los Altos to vote on natural gas ban next week
By the Daily Post staff Los Altos has scheduled a vote on a controversial ordinance to ban natural gas in new homes and businesses for next Monday, Sept. 22. On […]
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Los Altos drops appeal of court ruling; apartment and office building will go forward
By the Daily Post staff Los Altos City Council has voted 5-0 to drop its appeal of a ruling that said the city broke three state laws and acted in […]
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Offer of money for bocce ball courts sparks controversy
This story was originally published Aug. 27 in the print edition of the Daily Post. To get all the local news, including many stories that won’t appear online, pick up […]
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Council tells family to reduce size of tree house or city will tear it down
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Council decided last night that a tree house in the yard at 714 Arroyo Road needs to be reduced in […]
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City wants to regulate tree house, says it’s too tall
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A Los Altos family has run into trouble because the city says their kids’ tree house counts as an accessory unit, which makes […]
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Man pleads guilty in Los Altos backyard murder
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The man accused of shooting a mason in a Los Altos backyard in a possible dispute over a woman pleaded guilty today (Aug. […]
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Judge says Los Altos broke housing laws — an in-depth look at ruling that says city officials ‘acted in bad faith’
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Los Altos violated three state laws meant to encourage housing development and “acted in bad faith” when it denied an application […]
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UPDATED: Police arrest two suspects in a series of car burglaries
This story has been updated with new details from police. By the Daily Post staff Los Altos police announced Monday they’ve arrested two men who are suspected of a string […]
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Want to buy time on council’s agenda? City is taking $10,000 to put natural gas ban on agenda
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The nonprofit that procures electric power for customers and sends it to them through PG&E’s lines is offering cities $10,000 to put a […]
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UPDATE: Los Altos council puts off Black Lives Matter street mural vote
TONIGHT, JULY 14 — BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Council tonight postponed voting on whether to spend $15,000 in city funds to put a Black […]
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City to appeal ruling allowing housing and office development
By the Daily Post staff Los Altos City Council has voted to file an appeal of a decision by a judge who cleared the way for developers Ted and Jerry […]
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Looks like city will ban natural gas after councilwoman gets go-ahead from state agency
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer It appears likely Los Altos will ban the use of natural gas in new homes and businesses after a state agency ruled that […]
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Los Altos Planning Commission chair who got DUI in autopilot Tesla resigns
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Alex Samek, the Los Altos Planning Commissioner member who the CHP said was passed out drunk at the wheel of his Tesla as […]
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Hundreds ask mayor to remove councilwoman who made racist remark
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos Mayor Jan Pepper said last night (June 9) that hundreds of residents have sent her emails asking for the removal of […]
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Mountain View, Los Altos to close downtown streets to let restaurants have tables outdoors
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View City Council decided last night (June 9) to close four blocks of Castro Street to cars to let restaurants serve customers […]