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Principal balks at release of her discipline record
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The principal of Palo Alto High School is seeking to prevent the Palo Alto school district from complying with a Public Records Act […]
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Innocent man sues police over arrest
The following was originally published in the Daily Post on March 2. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man who was arrested for a felony that he didn’t […]
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Could city’s move toward labor-negotiation transparency spread to school district?
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After the city of Palo Alto voted to move forward on a proposal to make union negotiations more transparent by posting offers and […]
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Hundreds say stop traffic project that includes roundabouts
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer More than 460 people have signed an online petition urging the city of Palo Alto to stop its traffic improvements at busy intersections […]
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Neighborhood leaders balk at city proposal to contract with neighborhood organizing program
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto neighborhood umbrella organization has raised concerns about redundancy and a lack of transparency in a proposed $100,000 contract with a […]
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City to disclose more about labor negotiations
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A call for greater transparency when the city of Palo Alto negotiates with employee unions has won the support of City Council. The […]
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Teachers give back bonus, school board aims to manage class sizes
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After a missed union contract deadline led the Palo Alto school district to pay out $6 million in raises and bonuses to employees […]
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County Board of Education race adds local drama to June primary
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer While a number of elected officials in San Mateo County are technically slated to go before the voters in June, most incumbents are […]
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Woman’s joy ride ends when car runs out of gas
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A woman’s drug-fueled joyride came to a screeching halt in Palo Alto when a car she’s accused of stealing out of Oakland ran […]
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The Digital DNA egg’s days are numbered
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer “Digital DNA,” the condemned circuit board egg sculpture in downtown Palo Alto, has another three weeks to seek a new home before the […]
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Gunn High School students call for gun control
Students at Gunn High School in Palo Alto and their supporters teamed up with a widely known activist organization to call for national gun law reform at a protest near […]
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Price of Palo Alto parking permits shoots up 57%
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The cost of an employee parking permit in downtown Palo Alto has shot up from $466 per year to $730. The increase was […]
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UPDATE: High-speed police chase ends in Palo Alto neighborhood — 2 detained
By the Daily Post staff Update, 5 a.m. — Sunnyvale’s Department of Public Safety said via twitter the second suspect in the chase has been captured. Officers are trying to […]
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Auction house selling Daily Post article autographed by Steve Jobs
By the Daily Post staff A Boston auction house is selling Steve Jobs memorabilia including this autographed article from the front page of the June 10, 2008, edition of the […]
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Committee proposes nine names for middle schools
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Jordan and Terman middle schools in Palo Alto could soon bear the name of a Silicon Valley luminary, the 19th-century “mother of Palo […]
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Victim of fatal car accident in Palo Alto identified
The woman who died after a head-on collision on Oregon Expressway in Palo Alto on Thursday morning was identified today as a 65-year-old Merced County resident, according to the Santa […]
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Woman killed in crash near Oregon Expressway-101 interchange
A woman who died in a crash on Oregon Expressway in Palo Alto early this morning was the passenger and wife of the man driving the vehicle that crossed over […]
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Fine critical of city letter opposing housing legislation
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Councilman Adrian Fine criticized Mayor Liz Kniss yesterday (Feb. 19) for opposing a pro-housing state Senate bill on behalf of the […]
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Push for more housing might make parking problems worse
Clarification: This story has been updated to explain that Councilwoman Lydia Kou referred to the former Los Altos Water Treatment Plant site at the east end of San Antonio Road […]
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Police to re-shoot recruitment video that was seen as too militaristic
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police are preparing to re-shoot a dramatic new officer recruitment video that’s been slammed as being overly aggressive, macho and militaristic. […]