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Local father gets 6 months in college bribery scam
The founder of a Palo Alto venture capital firm was sentenced today to six months behind bars for paying about $450,000 in bribes to boost his two daughters’ entrance exam […]
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Mac’s and other tobacco shops sue city, saying ban will destroy their businesses
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The owners of five Palo Alto retailers including Mac’s Smoke Shop today filed a lawsuit against the city, saying City Council’s flavored tobacco […]
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Black Lives Matter signs vandalized
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer At least two Black Lives Matter signs in Palo Alto have been vandalized, police said today. A Black Lives Matter yard sign on […]
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Parents say remote learning hurts poor, disabled
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto parents said at a school board meeting tonight that they are worried remote learning will put children with disabilities or those […]
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Tax on billionaires won’t appear on ballot
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect additional information from Palo Alto City Clerk Beth Minor. BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A proposed tax on billionaires […]
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Two more candidates pull papers to run for school board
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Two first-time candidates have pulled papers with the county to run for the Palo Alto school board, which has three open seats this […]
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Who is the group that’s fighting the Black Lives Matter banner?
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Few local law enforcement officials have ever heard of the Indianapolis-based National Police Association, the group that started a petition condemning Palo Alto’s […]
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Neighbor sues city over proposed Newell Road bridge
By the Daily Post staff A neighbor of the Newell Road bridge is suing the city of Palo Alto, saying officials skipped an important step in preparing an environmental report […]
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Tanaka running for re-election to council
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Councilman Greg Tanaka, who often blows the whistle on what he believes is excessive city spending, announced today that he […]
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Mayor Fine defends letter sent to San Francisco officials over Caltrain tax
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer In a personal letter to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, Palo Alto Mayor Adrian Fine defended the letter he sent in support […]
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Palo Alto Mayor Fine sends letter supporting Caltrain tax, then Vice Mayor DuBois says Fine doesn’t represent council
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer On the eve of a vote by the San Francisco County Board of Supervisors which could sink an eighth-of-a-cent sales tax for Caltrain […]
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Steven Lee, attorney and Human Rights Commission member, intends to run for council
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Human Rights Commission member Steven Lee has filed papers indicating his intent to run for City Council with the city clerk. […]
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Two-way race opens up for county board of education
This story was originally printed in Friday’s Daily Post. Not all of the Post’s stories are available online. If you want all of the local news, pick up the Daily […]
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Racial dispute on Menlo Park fire board — ‘Those Jim Crow days are over’
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Staff Writer The first African American to serve as board president for the Menlo Park Fire Protection District has accused his board colleagues of not […]
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DA won’t charge officer in videotaped beating
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen won’t charge Palo Alto Police Agent Thomas DeStefano for a violent arrest that shattered the bones […]
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Judge quickly stops frequent ADA plaintiff from suing three local businesses
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer This story about an Americans With Disabilities Act lawsuit has a different ending than others you’ve read. A former lawyer in Arizona, who […]
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National police organization objects to painting of cop-killer on Black Lives Matter mural
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A national police supporters organization says a portion of the Black Lives Matter painted on the street in front of Palo Alto City […]
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Baten Caswell to run for county Board of Education
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Melissa Baten Caswell won’t seek a fourth term on the Palo Alto school board this fall and is instead running for a seat […]
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Palo Alto’s Palantir files for an IPO
By the Daily Post staff Palantir, a Palo Alto-based data analytics company that has been the focus of protests for its work with federal law enforcement agencies, has filed confidential […]
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School parcel tax will need help if it is to pass, pollster says
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto School Board tonight (July 7) voted unanimously to ask voters in November to extend the current $836-per-parcel tax for another […]