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$105,000 taken in Apple Store heist
Correction: The heist happened on Wednesday (Sept. 18) night. This morning’s print edition of the Post gave the wrong date. This version has been corrected. BY SARA TABIN Daily Post […]
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Two council members want to raise city fees on new office space to build more housing
This story originally appeared in Tuesday’s print edition of the Daily Post. To get all the local news, including many stories you can’t find online, pick up the Post every […]
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Palo Alto will consider limits on natural gas this fall
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Berkeley banned natural gas appliances in new buildings in July. Earlier this month, Menlo Park partially banned gas appliances in new homes. Palo […]
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Trump picks up $3 million in visit to Palo Alto hills
President Trump held a $3 million luncheon today for donors at the Los Trancos Road estate of tech billionaire Scott McNealy in the Palo Alto hills. About 100 protesters lined […]
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Former Stanford coach John Ralston dies
John Ralston, who coached Stanford to two Rose Bowl victories and spent five seasons leading the Denver Broncos, has died. He was 92. San Jose State, where Ralston finished his […]
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Council member questions city artwork of fish painted in crosswalk
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent A Palo Alto intersection featuring “attractive” fish painted in the crosswalks may be stopping children in their tracks in the middle of the road, […]
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School board drops plan to eliminate two hearings on controversial topics
This story was printed on Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the Daily Post. BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board members on Tuesday night gave up on […]
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Apartment building’s balcony collapses, minor injuries reported
By the Daily Post staff Update, 10 a.m. — The Mountain View Fire Department reports that after separating from the exterior wall, the balcony seen above “gradually” descended to the […]
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Three men rob people in broad daylight in downtown Palo Alto
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Three men snatched a laptop from under its owner’s nose at Starbucks and attempted to take an iPad from an Apple Store employee […]
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City delays releasing report on cop’s use of N-word
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has delayed the release of an independent auditor’s report about Palo Alto police Capt. Zach Perron’s use of […]
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Paly and Stanford graduates killed in dive boat fire
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Graduates of Palo Alto High School and Stanford were among the 34 people who died in a dive boat fire off the coast […]
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City auditing fundraising claims of museum backers
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto is auditing proponents of the proposed Palo Alto History Museum to make sure they have raised as much […]
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Labor shortage grips city
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto restaurateurs say the region’s housing crisis is contributing to a severe labor shortage, which is harming their businesses. As high-paid tech […]
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Highlights from the agendas of local government meetings
MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY COUNCIL 6:30 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 3), 500 Castro St. Drones: Council will decide whether to approve or reject a proposed policy that will allow city departments to […]
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Police take teen into custody after school shooting threat
By the Daily Post staff A 14-year-old who threatened to “shoot up” Gunn High School has been taken into police custody and sent to a hospital for a mental health […]
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School administrator who left PAUSD for health reasons joins county ed office
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A top administrator in the Palo Alto school district who announced he was leaving the district because of health problems began a new […]
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Fry’s closing Palo Alto store in January
By the Daily Post staff Fry’s Electronics, a mecca for tech hobbyists and one of Palo Alto’s largest retailers, will be closing its doors in January. “We’re sorry to say […]
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Investigation led to doctor’s firing at Stanford and VA
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Stanford Medical School has terminated a professor of cardiovascular medicine after an investigation prompted by a complaint, a school spokeswoman told the Post. […]
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Goose blamed for power outage in Palo Alto
10:30 p.m. — Palo Alto Utilities says a goose flew into a power line and caused tonight’s outage. Power should be restored shortly for most customers. However, for about 300 […]
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DA: Child molested in a church — new details in Haldeman case
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer West Menlo Park resident Randy Haldeman is charged with sexually abusing a child in the bathroom at St. Denis Catholic Church, a prosecutor […]
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Junk frustrates neighbor
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Houses on Roosevelt Circle in Palo Alto’s Fairmeadow Neighborhood are generally tidy, with trim lawns and neat gardens. One house, 18 Roosevelt, stands […]
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City looks at options for new tax
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto Council committee is looking at the options for a tax the council may put on the 2020 ballot to fund […]
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City pushes for reform of VTA
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto wants a stronger voice on VTA’s board of directors following a scathing Santa Clara County Civil Grand jury report […]
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Caltrain hits empty vehicle in Palo Alto
A southbound Caltrain hit an unoccupied vehicle at the Charleston Road crossing in Palo Alto at 8:41 p.m. Friday (Aug. 16). The train, No. 190, was carrying 306 passengers when […]
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Two arrested for auto burglaries at Stanford Shopping Center
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police say they stopped a car with two men inside who had two window punch devices and were able to connect them to […]
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1,000 gallons of human waste spills on freeway
By the Daily Post staff About 1,000 gallons of human waste spilled onto Highway 101 in Palo Alto yesterday after a NorCal Sanitary truck flipped, hit another vehicle and landed […]
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‘Dent repairmen’ accost woman
By the Daily Post staff A woman sitting in her car on Colorado Avenue in Palo Alto’s Midtown neighborhood was accosted by two men who threw her phone across a […]
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Residents sound off on Castilleja expansion as first hearing approaches
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto is getting an earful from residents in response to a city report that determined the traffic caused by the […]
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102 homes proposed on San Antonio Road
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The developers behind the embattled Maybell housing project are proposing 102 apartments at 788 San Antonio Road, near Palo Alto’s border with Mountain […]
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Palo Alto may not get the rail crossing funds it was expecting from VTA
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto may not be getting as much money as city leaders had expected for Caltrain crossings from the half-cent Measure B sales […]
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Police are writing more tickets
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police, in a crackdown on speeders and other traffic scofflaws, wrote 40% more traffic tickets in 2018 than the previous year, […]
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No bail for man in 29-hour police standoff
By the Daily Post staff A man who was involved in a 29-hour standoff with Palo Alto police while he was armed is being held in jail without bail after […]
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City may settle suit accusing police of a botched arrest and Islamophobia
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council on Monday (Aug. 12) will review and possibly approve an out-of-court settlement with a man who alleged the police […]
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Suspected Peeping Tom arrested
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a man they say was peeping into the windows of apartment complex on Los Robles Avenue, focusing on families where […]
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DA considering whether to open an investigation into police assault allegations
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is gathering information to decide if it will open an investigation into Palo Alto police Sgt. […]