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Paly, Gunn principals stepping down
By the Daily Post staff In a Friday afternoon bombshell, Palo Alto School Superintendent Don Austin announced that the principals of both of the city’s high schools are stepping down […]
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Poll: Palo Altans OK with tax on big business, but want small business exempted
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A majority of Palo Alto residents said they would support a business tax, but 69% of people think small businesses should be exempt […]
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Update: Murder victim identified
By the Daily Post staff Thursday, 11 a.m. — The victim of Tuesday morning’s fatal shooting in Palo Alto has been identified by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner as […]
Palo Alto
Mayor Fine’s letter controversy — how the city’s stationery got messed up
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Turns out the janky-looking letterhead that Palo Alto Mayor Adrian Fine used to send a letter in support of SB50 to state Sen. […]
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Council will decide if auditor should report to city manager; conflict concerns raised
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council could decide tonight (Jan. 21) whether they want to have the city auditor report to the city manager, a […]
Palo Alto
Mayor says he was only speaking for himself when he came out in favor of SB50
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Mayor Adrian Fine angered some residents when he sent a letter on city letterhead to state Sen. Scott Wiener in support […]
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Pastor arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot members of another church
A San Mateo pastor has been arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot members of another church in San Carlos, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. Paul Michaelson, 79, […]
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Former teacher who appeared in adult video is going to prison
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A former Palo Alto school teacher was sentenced Friday to six years and eight months in prison for performing sex acts on an […]
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Palo Alto school district asked to add Hindi as a foreign language
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House of Foam closing; were sales soft?
This story was originally printed in Wednesday morning’s Daily Post. To see all the local news first, before it’s on the internet, pick up the Daily Post every morning at […]
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City criticized over closure of College Terrace grocery store
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Altans are calling upon City Council to take action following the news that Khoury’s Market in the First Republic Bank building is […]
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Palo Alto Human Relations Commission gets into a bitter debate over its leadership
This story was first printed in Monday morning’s Daily Post. Only a fraction of the local news stories covered by the Post are posted online. To get all of the […]
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Witness records large theft at Macy’s; 4 arrested
By the Daily Post staff Police have arrested four women after a shopper recorded them on video taking a large amount of merchandise from Macy’s at the Stanford Shopping Center, […]
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School district’s tax vote will cost $740,000
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s school board will discuss Tuesday (Jan. 14) whether to pay $740,000 to put a new, 6-year $868 parcel tax on a […]
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Council may designate much of downtown as a priority area for new housing and jobs
This story was originally printed in the Daily Post on Jan. 6. Most of the local news reported by the Post is only available in our print edition. Get into […]
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$10,000 reward offered for Safeway robbers
By the Daily Post staff Mothers Against Murder, a Los Altos-based nonprofit, is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the three men who robbed the […]
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Three men rob Midtown Safeway, take prescription drugs
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police are looking for three men with a gun who robbed the Midtown Safeway store early this morning (Jan. 10) and grabbed prescription […]
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Police nab 5 suspected car burglars thanks to call from witness
Five car burglary suspects were arrested in Palo Alto thanks to a 911 call by a witness who saw them banging on car windows, police said today (Jan. 7). The […]
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Fine, DuBois to lead council; suspenseful battle for vice mayor
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Adrian Fine became Palo Alto’s mayor on Monday night, but the real suspense came when Tom DuBois was selected as vice mayor, edging […]
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Housing bill SB50 roars back to life
This story originally appeared in the Dec. 30 print edition of the Daily Post. Most of the local news stories the Post prints don’t appear online. The only way to […]
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Police release sketch of bicyclist who grabbed at woman’s purse
Palo Alto Police have released a sketch of a man who grabbed a woman’s purse and dragged her several feet on University Avenue in Palo Alto. The woman was looking […]
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Neighborhood grocery store on El Camino to close
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor A construction project that covered the First Republic Bank building in Palo Alto with scaffolding and black netting is forcing the year-old market on […]
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Police step up patrols of churches and temples in wake of attacks nationally and local vandalism incident
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Minimum wage goes up in 4 cities; One city starts collecting head tax
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Minimum-wage workers will make 40 cents an hour more in three mid-Peninsula cities because of laws that took effect on Wednesday, Jan. 1. […]
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Village Cheese House at Town & Country temporarily closes; new owner wanted
By the Daily Post staff The Village Cheese House in Palo Alto’s Town & Country Village Shopping Center has closed and the landlord is looking for a new operator to […]
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Police scanner listener in East Palo Alto helps cops find shooting suspects
By the Daily Post staff Somebody listening to a police scanner in East Palo Alto helped police arrest two suspects wanted in connection with a shooting, authorities said today (Dec. […]
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San Mateo County serial killer dies in prison
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man who killed five women and was likened to Hannibal Lector by the San Mateo County District Attorney has died in his […]
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Palo Alto school board trustee volunteers to record Ravenswood meetings
BY SONYA HERRERA Daily Post Staff Writer Todd Collins, president of the Palo Alto school board, has an additional volunteer job few people know about: camera operator for Ravenswood City […]
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Police arrest masseur accused of sexually assaulting customer
By the Daily Post staff A masseur at Body Kneads Day Spa in Palo Alto was arrested yesterday (Dec. 27) on suspicion of sexually assaulting a customer, according to police […]
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City auditor may lose autonomy
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council will consider outsourcing city auditing and having the auditor report to the city manager rather than council. The auditor […]
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City leaning toward a head tax on businesses, uses could include rail crossings or housing
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto leaders have been talking for years about putting a business tax on the November ballot, but now we’re getting a clearer […]
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Palo Alto street becomes the ‘Hanukkah Highway’
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer In a city filled with Christmas decorations, a group of neighbors in Palo Alto’s Crescent Park neighborhood have dubbed their street the “Hanukkah […]
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3,300 electric customers lose power
By the Daily Post staff 9:30 p.m. — Power has been restored to nearly ever customer who lost their lights at 5 p.m. today. 9 p.m. — The Utilities Department […]
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Teen arrested in two downtown street robberies
By the Daily Post staff Police announced today they have arrested a 16-year-old who is accused of robbing two pedestrians in an 18-minute span in downtown Palo Alto. At 12:38 […]
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City wasn’t able to collect $200,000 in fines from developer
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The owner of the College Terrace Center was able to avoid $200,000 in city fines for not having a grocery store because the […]