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Council to carve up the city into districts
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Council on Tuesday night will pick a map to divide the city into five districts, with a council member elected […]
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Contractors who work on schools are backing bond measure campaign
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A campaign promoting a $350 million bond measure for the Los Altos School District has raised $48,000, with most of the money coming […]
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Los Altos candidates square off over police station and other issues
BY ELAINE GOODMANDaily Post Correspondent Finding a solution for Los Altos’ deteriorating police station should be a high priority for the city, council candidates said during a forum, but the […]
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Police release sketch of elder abuse suspect
Los Altos police have released a sketch of a man who allegedly hit an 89-year-old man in the head and left him unconscious on the ground, police said. The suspect […]
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Contractors contribute to bond measure
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer A campaign promoting a $350 million bond measure for the Los Altos School District has raised $48,000, with most of the money coming from […]
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Los Altos hires new police chief
The city of Los Altos announced today it has hired a new police chief who is a native of Los Altos and came up through the ranks in the Santa […]
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Lone dissenter to resign from board
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Christopher Chiang, often the only “no” vote on the board of the Mountain View Whisman School District, has announced that he is resigning because […]
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Town considers unusual park
The following story was first printed in Monday morning’s Daily Post. If you want to stay on top of local news, pick up the Post. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent […]
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High school district superintendent to leave amid lawsuits
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Nellie Meyer, the superintendent of the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District, has announced her retirement while two high-profile lawsuits are pending against […]
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City of Los Altos pays 2 workers to leave their jobs
By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer Two managers at Los Altos City Hall were paid three months’ salary to leave their positions and to not sue the city, according […]
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Councilwoman Lee Eng tries again to get her colleagues to reimburse her travel
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos Councilwoman Lynette Lee Eng has made a second request to take a city-funded trip, testing out a policy that her colleagues […]
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Councilwoman’s request for a $3,000 trip is rejected
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Council has denied Councilwoman Lynette Lee Eng’s request to go on a $3,000 city-funded trip to a conference in Washington, […]
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Fire destroys building on El Camino near Chef Chu’s
A three-alarm fire damaged the white two-story commercial building on El Camino Real next to Chef Chu’s in Los Altos early on Christmas morning. The fire was first reported at […]
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OpenAI brings back Sam Altman, company’s board is replaced
The ousted leader of ChatGPT maker OpenAI will return to the company that fired him just days ago, concluding a short but chaotic power struggle that shocked the tech industry […]
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Mideast dispute erupts at city meeting
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos Councilman Jonathan Weinberg’s push for the City Council to condemn the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks has highlighted the divide between […]
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Council to consider disciplining planning commissioner for memo about Rancho Shopping Center
By Braden Cartwright Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Council will consider removing or disciplining a planning commissioner who requested that council create new rules for the Rancho Shopping […]
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John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe, dies at 82
John Warnock, the co-founder of Adobe and a pioneer of computer software, and a Los Altos resident, has died at age 82. His vision and passion enabled Adobe to deliver […]
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Councilwoman under fire for out-of-state travel
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A meeting of Los Altos City Council descended into shouting and interruptions during a discussion about Councilwoman Lynette Lee Eng’s trips to out-of-state […]
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Group sues district for public records related to ethnic studies
This story was first published in the June 17 edition of the Daily Post. If you want to read the important local stories first, before they’re lifted by our competitors, […]
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Caged dogs found in smelly house; woman arrested
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A Los Altos woman has been arrested for allegedly locking seven dogs in cages with mounds of feces, mold and fur inside. Gretchen […]