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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 […]
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Outcry delays vote on whether to give Egan to Bullis Charter School
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After an outcry from parents in the Los Altos School District, the school board has decided to postpone voting on a proposal to […]
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Council to ask Los Altos residents for money to fund work on storm drains
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Despite a number of protests from residents, Los Altos City Council decided Tuesday (April 23) to hold a mail-in vote about whether to […]
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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 […]