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Developer Harold Hohbach left his mark on Palo Alto
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto developer and Silicon Valley patent lawyer Harold Hohbach has died, marking the end of an era in a city that will […]
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A reader’s guide to local races on Tuesday
If you’re just now catching up on the campaign leading up to Tuesday’s election, we’ve provided links to some of the stories and editorials that have appeared previously in the […]
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Paly streakers frolicking at Sunken Diamond
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Five naked Palo Alto High School students were stopped and interviewed by Stanford public safety deputies after being spotted streaking through the Sunken […]
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Kniss in line to become next mayor; choice of vice mayor is up in the air
This story was originally printed by the Daily Post on Dec. 30. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Vice Mayor Liz Kniss may soon be stepping up […]
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Blood deliveries by drone proposed — city submits unique ideas to FAA
This story was originally printed Dec. 11 in the Daily Post. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Drones might soon be buzzing overhead to deliver units of blood from Stanford […]
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City getting more applications for granny units, but new law raises questions
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto is looking to iron out some wrinkles in an ordinance passed last year aimed at encouraging construction of granny […]
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College Terrace Market closing after six months
By the Daily Post staff College Terrace Market, 2100 El Camino Real, is closing after six months in business, the third grocery store to shut down in Palo Alto in […]
Menlo Park
Growth cap in Menlo Park plan nearly exhausted 14 years early
This story was originally published in the Daily Post on Dec. 4. BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Menlo Park is already approaching a development cap set […]
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City settles overtime dispute, a group of firefighters could get up to $1.5 million
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A group of Palo Alto firefighters who sued the city for additional overtime wages last year have settled with the city, which has […]
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Not everyone is sold on roundabouts
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In a bid for safety, the city of Palo Alto is building a roundabout to slow traffic on Ross Road at East Meadow […]
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City settles with fired planner who alleged sex discrimination, whistleblower retaliation
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has agreed to pay a transportation planner it fired last year more than $47,000 after she filed a […]
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Police critic raises questions about new chief’s record, selection process
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A police critic is bashing the city of Palo Alto for what he calls a secretive process in hiring its new police chief, […]
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Judge sides with developer in dispute over empty grocery store at Edgewood Plaza
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto will have to return almost $250,000 in fines levied to the real estate developer behind Edgewood Plaza, where […]
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Palo Alto man pleads guilty to shipping hazardous materials
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto man pleaded guilty in federal court yesterday (Dec. 20) to illegally transporting hazardous chemicals and failing to declare imports of […]
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Courthouse escape plotted over the phone
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Two inmates may have outsmarted the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office when they slipped away from the Palo Alto courthouse last month, but […]
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Demolition gets started on El Camino office building
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The six-story, 81-foot-tall building at 2600 El Camino Real in Palo Alto is coming down, and will be replaced by a four-story office […]
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City extends Palo Alto History Museum’s lease for Roth Building
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The group behind the proposed Palo Alto History Museum will be allowed to lease the dilapidated Roth Building from the city for $1 […]
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School board establishes donation policy that avoids Brown Act violations
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto school board has fashioned a controversial new workaround to keep the identities of anonymous donors secret to the public while […]
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Blowup over Brock Turner song
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A song called “F*** Brock Turner,” calling for the former Stanford student and convicted sex offender to “get tossed in a Dumpster” and […]
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Palo Altan charged with conspiracy to steal trade secrets from Applied Materials
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto man is one of four Silicon Valley executives charged with conspiring to steal trade secrets from their former employer and […]