Opinion
Opinion: Advice to council regarding its flawed business tax
Opinion BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Please note that this is not an editorial against the city of Palo Alto’s proposed business tax. I’ll wait to write an editorial […]
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Palo Alto’s three chiefs to take questions from public
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto’s police chief, fire chief and emergency services chief will take questions from the public during a meeting on May 10 at Mitchell Park […]
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Suspected Lululemon thieves hit truck during getaway, police say
By the Daily Post staff Four people have been arrested after stealing from Lululemon in downtown Palo Alto and hitting a truck as they fled, police said. Their BMW was […]
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Gunman robs man while child is nearby
By the Daily Post staff A man in a ski mask with a handgun robbed a Palo Alto resident at about 6:15 last night on Channing Avenue at Bryant Street […]
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Backyard prowler with ‘monster teeth’ mask brandishes knife before fleeing
By the Daily Post staff A prowler wearing a face mask with “monster teeth” brandished a small knife after a resident confronted him through a window in south Palo Alto […]
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Cops say portion of Black Lives Matter street mural made them sick
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer In an updated lawsuit, six Palo Alto police officers are claiming that a city-commissioned Black Lives Matter mural created a hostile workplace that […]
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‘Black Lives Matter’ lawn sign vandalized again
By the Daily Post staff A woman in the 3300 block of Park Boulevard in Palo Alto told police that somebody changed the wording on her yard sign from “Black […]
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Woman’s Ukrainian flag ripped down — police investigate as a hate crime
By the Daily Post staff A woman on Alma Street in Palo Alto got a surprise when she discovered that somebody had torn down her Ukrainian flag, and left it […]
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Man robbed after inviting woman home who he met online
By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto man who invited a woman he met online to his house early this morning (April 7) was robbed at gunpoint by the […]
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Macy’s security officer hit, sprayed; 3 women arrested
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police last night (April 5) arrested three women suspected of hitting and pepper spraying a Macy’s security officer at the Stanford Shopping Center. […]
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Teens accused of robbing woman at Stanford Shopping Center
Four teenage boys from Oakland were arrested after allegedly robbing a woman and trying to steal her vehicle at the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto on Monday evening, according […]
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Palo Alto sticks with police radio encryption, but will re-work online map showing incidents
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Instead of un-encrypting its police radios, Palo Alto City Council voted early this morning (April 5) to improve an online map that shows […]
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Police radio system has ‘dead spot’ — Fix could run between $1 and $3.5 million
UPDATE: After this article was printed on March 21 and posted online March 30, Eric Nickel, executive director of the Silicon Valley Regional Interoperability Authority (SVRIA), wanted us to point […]
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Homeless man found dead had been declared dead in 2003; family searched for him for years
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A homeless man who died in Palo Alto last month was declared to have died in 2003, after a long search by his […]
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City takes an historic approach to dealing with new housing law
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted tonight (March 21) to have the Historic Resources Board consider listing about 130 homes on a historic register, […]
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Council appoints 2 to Architectural Review Board
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Council filled two vacancies on the Architectural Review Board tonight. Yingxi Chen, a self-employed architect, received votes from six of the seven […]
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Council pushes forward with gym despite donor’s death
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council is moving forward with opening a public gym, despite a donation of up to $35 million from billionaire John […]
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Judge tentatively rules against police in lawsuit over Black Lives Matter street mural
This story was originally printed by the Daily Post on Thursday. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. […]
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Family of 80-year-old man stabbed at random speaks out against proposed sentence of assailant
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer The family of an 80-year-old man who was randomly stabbed in Palo Alto’s Crescent Park neighborhood is speaking out against a proposal that […]
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Arrillaga’s gym donation to city is now off the table
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A donation of up to $35 million to build a public gym in Palo Alto is no longer on the table after the […]