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Teen with loaded gun arrested in robbery at Cubberley
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a 16-year-old with a loaded 9mm handgun and drugs who is accused of pulling a robbery on the path between […]
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Police release video of dog attack
To view the dog attack, here’s the video Palo Alto police released. And here’s a link to the eight videos Mountain View police released. BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff […]
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Council decides it can’t decide on Castilleja project right now; another hearing set
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council early this morning punted the Castilleja School expansion project and its contentious underground parking garage to its March 29 […]
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City council to discuss police dog attack behind closed doors
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department is withholding body camera footage of a police dog attack of an innocent Mountain View man at his […]
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City suffers setback in attempt to deal with mental crises
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council members want to send mental health workers to incidents that police would have responded to, similar to a program […]
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Opponents and supporters of Castilleja expansion sound off
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer In the first of two hearings on a proposal to expand Castilleja School, neighbors last night argued that a proposed 78-car garage would […]
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Council takes aim at retail vacancies
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The slow-growth majority of Palo Alto City Council last night (March 8) passed an ordinance minutely expanding some retail business zoning, but they […]
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City Clerk Beth Minor plans to retire in July
This story was originally printed in Saturday’s Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at 1,000 Mid-Peninsula locations. BY KYLE […]
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Mayor sees recovery, calls for unity in State of the City address
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Mayor Tom DuBois said people are “cranky” during the pandemic, but told the public the city is “hopeful and heading towards […]
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Lauing, Summa reappointed to planning commission; adds two new faces to historic board
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council yesterday (March 1) reappointed two incumbents to the city’s Planning and Transportation Commission and traded out two other incumbents […]
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Palo Alto teachers get vaccine priority
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school district teachers this week will all have the opportunity to schedule an appointment to get the Covid vaccine, the district […]
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Palo Alto schools may reopen sooner than expected
This story was first published in this morning’s print edition of the Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the mornings at […]
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Council agrees to use automated license plate readers for parking enforcement
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council last night (Feb. 22) unanimously approved spending $140,000 for automated license plate readers to catch cars without parking permits […]
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Council sets a $6 per car fee to enter Foothills Park with some exceptions
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council decided tonight that the city will charge $6 per car to enter Foothills Park, with some exceptions, as the […]
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Driver of carjacked BMW arrested after chase — he’s also a suspect in a downtown mugging
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a 16-year-old suspect who led them on a chase in a BMW that had been carjacked at gunpoint the night […]
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City to consider buying license plate readers for parking enforcement
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto might spend up to $140,000 on automated license plate readers to catch unpermitted vehicles parked in areas requiring […]
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City ordered to pay $1.9 million in back wages
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto is poised to pay certain Utilities Department employees a combined $1.86 million in back wages following a judge’s ruling […]
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Palo Alto’s Garden Court Hotel rebranded as el Prado
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto’s 62-room Garden Court Hotel, which opened in 1986, has a new name, el Prado, and is undergoing an interior redesign. El Prado, at […]
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Atherton couple donates $80 million to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and Stanford Medical School
An Atherton couple has donated $80 million to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and Stanford University’s School of Medicine to improve the services available to Bay Area mothers and babies. […]
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City may rename Foothills Park, offer annual passes
The Palo Alto City Council may change the name of Foothills Park and limit the number of visitors. Foothills Park would be renamed to Foothills Nature Preserve to better distinguish […]