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Council rejects study of rent control
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After 60 people pleaded for and against rent control in Palo Alto, City Council split 4-3 last night (Oct. 16) and rejected the […]
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Trial over Edgewood Plaza fines to begin; new grocery opens in early November
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A trial is scheduled for Tuesday to decide if the owner of the Edgewood Shopping Center in Palo Alto should pay the city […]
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Deputy fire chief sues city in dispute over use of fire engine
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer One of the Palo Alto Fire Department’s deputy fire chiefs has taken legal action against the city after she was suspended without pay […]
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College district to re-do vote on selling KCSM-TV; trickery alleged
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The San Mateo County Community College District board on Wednesday (Oct. 11) will have to vote on something it already voted on in […]
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City may eliminate 11 fire positions, union says cuts are ‘dangerous’
Above, Palo Alto firefighters a hiker who fell down a ravine off Los Trancos Trail in Palo Alto’s Foothills Park on Aug 11, 2016. Photo from Palo Alto Fire Department. […]
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Grades of Palo Alto High School students posted on ‘rogue’ website
A data breach exposed information about Palo Alto High School students, including details about their grade-point average, names and other information that appeared on a “rogue” website, school officials warned […]
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Police say man threw hot coffee at officer
A Menlo Park biotech executive was cited for allegedly throwing a cup of hot coffee at a Palo Alto parking enforcement officer who had just written him a ticket, police […]
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Two fights reported at Gunn High School in four days
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In the first of two on-campus fights reported to Palo Alto police in four days, a 13-year-old Gunn High School student was arrested […]
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School board picks interim superintendent
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer An assistant superintendent who joined Palo Alto Unified School District in July was tapped to take over for Superintendent Max McGee last night […]
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McGee will get $153,459 upon resignation
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Following his sudden resignation, Palo Alto school Superintendent Max McGee will receive six months of his $306,918 annual salary, or $153,459, and health […]
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Man guilty of torching his boss’ house
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto man has been found guilty of arson after he set his ex-boss’s house on fire in the Palo Verde neighborhood […]
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Palo Alto school Superintendent Max McGee resigning effective Friday
Palo Alto school Superintendent Max McGee resigned today (Sept. 26) after two school board members called for him to step down following criticism over how the district handled sexual assault […]
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City pension woes hit home as shortfall hits $405 million
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post correspondent As the city of Palo Alto looks for ways to reduce its massive employee pension shortfall, residents might soon start feeling the impact, officials […]
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School district has a ‘general practice’ of avoiding documentation, investigators find
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A failure by school and district administrators to properly document an on-campus sexual assault last year was rooted in a Palo Alto Unified […]
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Palo Alto’s high school principals under fire over sex assault investigation
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The principals of both of Palo Alto’s public high schools were under fire yesterday as both were named among the administrators who dropped […]
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Outside attorneys: Administrators didn’t follow law or board policy when investigating sex assault at Paly
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Administrators failed to promptly or thoroughly investigate an on-campus sexual assault at Palo Alto High School last year, according to a scathing report […]
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Wrong place to end a bender — in front of the police station
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Probably the last place where you want to pass out after getting schnockered is in front of the police station. But Palo Alto […]
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Young chef competes on Food Network
Anna Ghai, 12, on the set of “Chopped Junior,” where she’ll premiere at 8 p.m. on Sept. 26. Photo by her mother, Maria Orvell. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff […]
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Housing to replace Compadres on El Camino
Compadres Mexican Bar and Grill at 3877 El Camino Real in Palo Alto has been closed since 2008. Post file photo. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A plan […]
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Parks & Rec master plan delves into park bathroom controversy
The Magical Bridge Playground in Mitchell Park, part of the Palo Alto Parks and Recreation Department. Photo from the department’s master plan. By Elaine Goodman Daily Post Correspondent A large […]