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Ready for up to 8,500 new homes?
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The state will likely require Palo Alto to zone for 4,500 to 8,500 additional homes between 2022 and 2030. Every eight years, the […]
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Want more affordable housing? Expert: make projects profitable
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent If the city of Palo Alto wants to increase the percentage of affordable units required in new housing projects, it should look at reducing […]
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City plans to hire accounting firm Baker Tilly to serve as auditor
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Council is scheduled to vote on whether to hire the Chicago-based accounting firm of Baker Tilly to serve as city auditor — […]
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Proposal calls for schools to reopen between October and January
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto school Superintendent is proposing the district re-open for in-person teaching on the following dates: • Grades TK-1: Oct. 12 • Grades 2-3: Oct. […]
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Most council candidates come out in favor of business tax at election forum
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Most of the 10 candidates running for Palo Alto City Council said last night that they support some form of a new tax on […]
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ACLU sues Palo Alto over access to Foothills Park
By the Daily Post staff The ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the city of Palo Alto to remove the residents-0nly restriction at Foothills Park, which the group calls a […]
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City’s CalPERS pension liability increases 4.7% to $476 million
By the Daily Post staff The city of Palo Alto’s unfunded pension liability has increased by 4.7% to $476 million, according to CalPERS, the agency that runs the city’s pension […]
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Sales plunge 60-80% at Town & Country
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Sales at Palo Alto’s Town & Country Village shopping center are down 60-80% this month, landlord Jim Ellis of Ellis Partners told City […]
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City approves RV parking lot east of Highway 101
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council decided unanimously tonight (Sept. 14) to let homeless people living in cars and RVs park at 2000 Geng Road, […]
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State won’t investigate anonymous campaign allegation against Tanaka
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The California Fair Political Practices Commission will not investigate Palo Alto Councilman Greg Tanaka for campaign violations, the agency announced today. Someone filed […]
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Musk visited Nut House before it closed, spoke to owner
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Tesla CEO Elon Musk returned to the Nut House one last time for the bar’s second-to-last night open. Antonio’s Nut House, a beloved […]
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Police looking for suspect in two sex crimes
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police today released sketches of a man they believe exposed himself to a woman in a park and groped another woman in a […]
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Administrator involved in civil suit hired by school district
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto’s school board agreed unanimously to hire an administrator who was named in a lawsuit against the San Ramon Valley School District […]
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High hits 106 today, shattering record; Palo Alto opens cooling center
By the Daily Post staff The high this afternoon was 106 degrees in Palo Alto at 3:47 p.m. That’s 10 degrees higher than the record of 96 set in 1983. […]
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Sunday’s high of 102 set a record
Sunday’s high temperature in Palo Alto was 102 degrees, breaking a 26-year record. The previous high on Sept. 6 was 94 in 1998. The National Weather Service has issued an […]
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School district preparing for a big drop in enrollment
By SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Unified School District is preparing for a big drop in enrollment. Bond manager and retired Chief Business Officer Bob Golton […]
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In council race, Tanaka, Kou and Templeton rack up cash
This story was originally published Aug. 1 in the print edition of the Daily Post. To get all of the local news first, pick up the Daily Post in the […]
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A look at the 12 state ballot propositions voters will decide in November
• Candidates running in local elections this fall • City, school district and special district ballot questions By the Daily Post staff California voters this November will decide whether to […]
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Police arrest tutor, 74, suspected of molesting teenage girls
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a tutor on suspicion of sexually molesting teenage girls at his residence during private math lessons. Mark Allan Hodes, 74, […]
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More COVID-19 testing is on the way, but things won’t change much for six months, expert says
By ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent While it may be months until a COVID-19 vaccine is widely available, improved methods of coronavirus testing could be here in a matter of […]