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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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Suit over Edgewood Shopping Center and its grocery store goes to appeals court
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Neighborhood residents are again rallying to preserve a grocery store in the Edgewood Shopping Center in Palo Alto. As part of a 2012 agreement […]
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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. […]
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Plans to redevelop Compadres site receive final approval
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent More than 10 years after a popular Mexican restaurant on El Camino Real in Palo Alto abruptly shut down, the Palo Alto City Council […]
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Stephanie Munoz, advocate for the needy, dead at age 86
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Stephanie Munoz, a longtime Palo Altan who frequently spoke at City Council meetings to champion the cause of the less fortunate, has died at […]
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Gunman arrested after 29-hour standoff, tear gas used to get him out of house
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police used tear gas to arrest a gunman, accused of trying to strangle a woman, following a 29-hour standoff in a home in […]
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UPDATE — Arrest ends standoff with barricaded man
Saturday, 9:50 p.m. — Police said they have taken the man who was barricaded inside a house on Tennessee Lane to a hospital. Police said they will book him into […]
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Former city manager’s house doubles in value
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Former Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene’s house has sold for $3.9 million, double what he paid for it in 2010. Keene, who […]
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City has fewer workers but payroll cost has gone up (2018 salaries listed)
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent Even though it reduced its workforce by 113 employees, the city of Palo Alto spent 26.8% more on salaries last year compared to the […]
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City Auditor: Business Registry is unreliable, producing inaccurate data
This story was originally published in the Daily Post on Sept. 4, 2018. Since the audit of the Business Registry is back on City Council’s agenda on Monday, we’re re-posting […]