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City loses lawsuit over utility rates, residents may get refunds in the millions
This story was originally printed Dec. 7 in the Daily Post. To make sure you get all of the local news, pick up a copy of the Post in the […]
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Cars only on Christmas Tree Lane this year, no strolling
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer It used to be that Palo Altans had the choice of either walking or driving along Christmas Tree Lane to see how the […]
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Council trims contract of Downtown Streets Team after nonprofit refuses to release harassment report
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council last night cut the funding contract it has with the Downtown Streets Team from three years to just one […]
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Report investigating sex harassment claims at Downtown Streets Team is withheld from city
This story originally appeared in the Nov. 23 edition of the Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Post in the morning. BY ELAINE […]
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City reports $34 million surplus thanks to utilities
The city of Palo Alto’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020 By ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the city of […]
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Robber hits Midtown 7-Eleven
By the Daily Post staff A man claiming to have a gun robbed the 7-Eleven at 708 Colorado Ave. in Palo Alto’s Midtown neighborhood. At 10:40 p.m. Saturday, the man […]
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Petition drive to force Foothills Park vote needs 2,600 sigatures
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Those who want to sign the referendum petition to challenge Palo Alto City Council’s decision to open Foothills Park to nonresidents have to […]
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Families sue school district over math class
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Two parents have sued the Palo Alto Unified School District for not placing their sons in higher-level freshman math classes, in a case that […]
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Target no longer interested in Fry’s site
By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Target is no longer interested in opening a store in a portion of the old Fry’s Electronics site on Portage Avenue in Palo […]
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Newsom warns he might impose a new lockdown order
Gov. Gavin Newsom, who made headlines for flaunting Covid restrictions in order to attend a birthday dinner for a lobbyist at the pricey French Laundry restaurant in Napa, suggested today […]
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Council puts Downtown Streets Team’s contract on hold until it gets more information about sexual harassment investigation
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council voted last night to postpone renewing a $323,244 contract with Downtown Streets Team, which hires homeless people to clean […]
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Lame-duck pro-growth majority on council will pick new planning commissioners
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The lame-duck pro-housing majority on Palo Alto City Council will appoint new members to the Historic Resources Board and Planning and Transportation Commission […]
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Sobrato wants to put townhouses on part of Fry’s lot
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Sobrato Organization is proposing to build 85 townhouses on a portion of the old Fry’s Electronics lot on Portage Avenue in Palo […]
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Couple start petition drive to put Foothills Park access issue to voters
This story was originally published in the Nov. 19 edition of the Daily Post. If you want to stay current with all of the local news, pick up a copy […]
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Jenny, one of two Bol Park donkeys, dies of old age
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Jenny, one of the donkeys who lives in Palo Alto’s Bol Park, has been euthanized because illnesses related to aging, the Palo Alto […]
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Council broadens the role of police auditor
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council decided last night (Nov. 16) to widen the authority of the independent police auditor and have the auditor report […]
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Tightening of Covid restrictions may delay return to classroom for 6th through 12th graders; restaurants react to dining room closures
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s sixth- through 12th-grade students may have to postpone their return to in-class instruction because of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s order Monday returning […]
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Council to consider plans for 102 apartments on San Antonio Road
By the Daily Post staff City Council is scheduled to vote Monday (Nov. 16) on whether to approve 102 apartments on San Antonio Road at Leghorn Street in south Palo […]
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Suspect arrested following burglaries in College Terrace neighborhood
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police, with the help of homeowners’ surveillance cameras, have arrested one of two suspects in a string of home burglaries in the College […]
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School board gets an earful over plan to bring students back to school
BY KYLE MARTIN Daily Post Staff Writer Teachers, students and parents called in last night (Nov. 10) to express their disapproval of the Palo Alto school district’s plan to bring […]