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City manager was paid to leave previous job
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Manager Chris Jordan, who has ignited controversy for ignoring a 4-1 council directive, was paid $141,652 to leave his last […]
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City manager clashed with council members in his previous job
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Manager Chris Jordan, who disregarded a 4-1 council decision, has a history of clashing with the council members to whom […]
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Developer sues city over rejected plans for homes
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A developer is suing the city of Los Altos after the City Council rejected a proposal to build two single-family homes in the Montebello […]
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Los Altos father, daughter killed in dive boat fire
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Scott Chan of Los Altos and his adult daughter, Kendra Chan, went on snorkeling trips near the Channel Islands off the coast of […]
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City spends $50,000 on councilwoman’s asthma claims; City manager overrides council decision
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A dispute over Councilwoman Jeannie Bruins’ asthma has cost Los Altos $50,000 and spurred the city manager to override a council majority vote. […]
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‘Boy Next Door Killer’ convicted of murdering Los Altos native
From staff and wire reports A jury has found an aspiring actor who prosecutors called “The Boy Next Door Killer” guilty of fatally stabbing two Los Angeles-area women, including a […]
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Fentanyl exposure sends cop to hospital
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Los Altos police officer who was investigating a drug related crime was taken to a hospital yesterday (Monday, Aug. 12) after being […]
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Los Altos bans ‘node’ antennas for the most part in residential areas
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos became the first city in the mid-Peninsula to largely ban small cell antennas, or “nodes” in residential neighborhoods, but not all […]
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Los Altos council to vote on ordinance that mostly keeps small cell antennas out of neighborhoods
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos City Council tonight (Aug. 5) will vote an ordinance that nearly bans small cell antennas, or “nodes,” in residential neighborhoods. Cellphone […]
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Neighbor helps police catch home burglary suspects
By the Daily Post staff A sharp-eyed neighbor helped Los Altos police catch two suspected home burglars, authorities said. The neighbor saw two people exiting a home on the 500 […]
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City of Los Altos sued by pro-housing group
This story first appeared in Friday’s print edition of the Daily Post. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Los Altos City Council will meet behind closed doors on […]
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Los Altos woman killed in suspected DUI crash
A Los Altos woman was killed in a suspected DUI crash in Paso Robles in San Luis Obispo County on Saturday, according to the California Highway Patrol. The crash happened […]
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Councilwoman Bruins calls Mayor Lee Eng’s lobbyist idea ‘naive’
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos Councilwoman Jeannie Bruins said she thinks other council members are being “naive” when they say the city should hire its own […]
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AT&T wants to put small antenna 10 feet from girl’s bedroom window
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Los Altos man said Monday (July 8) he was shocked to get a letter from AT&T telling him that the company planned […]
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Some city employees to clam up about Planning Commission chairman’s DUI arrest
By the Daily Post staff A number of Los Altos city employees were told not to say anything to the public or news media when Los Altos Planning Commission Chairman […]
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Council considers nicer chambers, but decides to look at city’s priorities first
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Some Los Altos City Council members obviously aren’t happy with their current council chambers. Six months after deciding to spend $1.2 million to […]
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Los Altos residents turn down new fee for storm drains
By the Daily Post staff Los Altos residents have voted down a $1.1 million storm drain fee that city officials said was a critical need, and critics said was unnecessary […]
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Fire erupts inside cluttered house
By the Daily Post staff A fire struck a two-story home in Los Altos in the pre-dawn hours this morning (May 29) but both people inside got out safely. At […]
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Will ankle bracelet stop this guy from stalking woman?
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Los Altos man has been outfitted with an ankle monitor after pleading no contest to stalking and threatening to rape and murder […]
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Cost jumps for Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District headquarters
Correction: This meeting begins tonight at 7, not 6. The closed session of the board starts at 6. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A new office building for […]