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Village Stationers to close after 53 years
This story was first printed in Friday’s Daily Post. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Unable to survive profitably in the face of high rents and competition from Amazon, […]
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Proposed 66-foot building in downtown Los Altos is dealt a setback
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A long-contested development panned by Los Altos residents as “horrendous” and an “atrocity” hit another speed bump last night, with City Council rejecting […]
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Bullis drops plans for Mountain View this fall
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Bullis Charter School announced yesterday that it would not expand into the Mountain View Whisman School District this fall as planned, claiming that […]
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Los Altos man arrested on suspicion of child porn possession
A Los Altos man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing child pornography, police said today (March 5). Police said they received reports about the suspect, Jeffrey Rowland, in January […]
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Gunpoint robbery near downtown Los Altos
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A person walking home near downtown Los Altos was robbed at gunpoint by two people in a car, police said today (Feb. 25). […]
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Councilwoman, resident at odds over alleged cigarette odor
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A bizarre situation at Los Altos City Council has pitted Councilwoman Jeannie Bruins’ asthma against the cigarette habit of one of her political […]
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After commissioner’s autopilot DUI arrest, city grapples with firing policy
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos Planning Commission Chair Alex Samek has attended just one meeting since he was arrested zooming down Highway 101 while allegedly passed […]
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Man wins battle to stop city from putting flashing lights in front of home
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Mark Goodman wept with relief after convincing the Los Altos City Council to drop the idea of installing stop signs with constantly flashing […]
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Man arrested in Los Altos for spreading substance in VTA bus and tampering with food at Safeway
By the Daily Post staff Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man suspected of spreading white powder and hydrogen peroxide on a VTA bus and tampering with food […]
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Fire strikes Los Altos home
Fire officials are investigating the cause of a fire that damaged the upper portion of a home in Los Altos early this morning (Jan. 21). The blaze was first reported […]
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Opinion: Los Altos council can start the year by sending the right message
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor With the new year and two new City Council members in Los Altos, here’s an opportunity to get off on the right step. […]
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FBI serves warrant at lice removal salon
By the Daily Post staff FBI agents served a federal search warrant at a lice removal salon in Los Altos Wednesday (Dec. 5) morning, but declined to say what the […]
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School district settles schoolyard sex assault suit for $225,000
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Los Altos school district will pay $225,000 to the family of a 10-year-old girl who sued for $5 million after she was […]
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Closed-door meeting on pay raises dropped
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer This sounds like a question from a bad cop show: What were the members of the Los Altos City Council, City Manager Chris […]
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Mountain View reports $99.5 million surplus
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The good economic times continue to roll for the city of Mountain View, which posted a $99.5 million surplus for the fiscal year that […]
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Mountain View-Los Altos High School District superintendent to retire
By the Daily Post staff Mountain View-Los Altos school district Superintendent Jeff Harding will retire June 30 after four years in the district, school officials said yesterday. Harding has been […]
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Four candidates running for El Camino Healthcare District board — updated
Editor’s note: At the end are the comments of candidate Jim Davis, who wasn’t able to respond before the Post’s deadline for the printed version of this story on Thursday. […]
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School district in talks to settle suit over schoolyard assault
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Lawyers for the Los Altos School District are trying to settle a $5 million lawsuit filed by the parents of a 10-year-old girl […]
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Watch the video of the thief stealing the ‘Yes on C’ sign
Video from a surveillance camera of the sign theft. Courtesy of the Los Altos Police Department. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Los Altos police yesterday released […]
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Lawyers argue about what jurors should be told about Los Altos schoolyard attacks
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Attorneys for the Los Altos School District want to banish the terms “sexual assault,” “sexual attack” and “attack” from the courtroom as jurors […]