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Controversy erupts over how far e-cig ban should go
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Residents and business owners are sending Palo Alto City Council angry letters about a proposal to exempt smoke shops from the city’s ban […]
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It’s never too late to graduate — Palo Altan earns college degree at age 91
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto resident Rosemary Finnerty was supposed to walk across a stage Saturday as the oldest graduate of Notre Dame de Namur University […]
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Downtown Palo Alto Walgreens permanently closing
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Walgreens at 300 University Ave. in Palo Alto will permanently close on June 9, the company said today (May 13), leaving a major […]
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Councilman’s proposal to cut salaries to balance the budget goes nowhere
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Councilman Greg Tanaka said at Palo Alto’s council meeting yesterday (May 12) that the city would solve a lot of its budget problems […]
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City gives details about the closure of residential streets
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has rolled out its plans to ban cut-through traffic on three neighborhood streets to allow pedestrians more space […]
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Palo Alto requires masks, pastor asks for clarification
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A Palo Alto pastor, who is broadcasting his services over the Internet to observe social distancing, is worried he will have to give […]
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Supporters defend College Terrace library; proposal to cut city’s PR budget goes nowhere
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto residents who live in the College Terrace neighborhood begged the city not to shut down their library for two years at […]
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Ban on developer-friendly parking rule extended for nine months
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight (May 11) rejected City Manager Ed Shikada’s advice by extending the city’s ban on downtown developers paying cash […]
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City Council begins budget hearings — will anybody mention the union pay raises?
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Council tonight will hold the first of three evening hearings on cutting as much as $39 million from the city budget, but […]
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Musk threatens to pull Tesla out of California
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is threatening to move his electric car company — including its headquarters in Palo Alto — to either Texas or Nevada because Alameda County officials won’t […]
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City might bring back developer-friendly parking program
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto might start allowing developers of commercial buildings to write a check to the city if they don’t provide […]
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City manager breaks the $400,000 pay ceiling — UPDATED with list of 2019 city salaries
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto’s payroll grew by 2% last year, to $126 million, and for the first time an employee took home more than $400,000 in […]
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City to cut $39 million from budget
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council will be making $39 million worth of budget cuts in three special meetings next week in anticipation of the […]
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Burglar takes safe, security video from pizzeria
By the Daily Post staff A burglar stole a safe from Papa John’s at 3898 El Camino Real in Palo Alto and made off with the restaurant’s security footage. Sgt. […]
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City eyes three streets where car traffic will be reduced for social distancing
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto officials are rolling out “gentle” plans, as one council member put it, to ban cut-through traffic on three streets, while the […]
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Man shot to death in Los Altos; police looking for shooter
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Los Altos police are looking for the killer of a man who was shot in the backyard of a home at 1025 Highlands […]
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Man arrested in N95 mask scam
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Federal agents have arrested a man who is accused of using the coronavirus pandemic to scam people, including an immunocompromised Palo Alto resident, […]
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City meeting with businesses to discuss economic hardships; press not allowed
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto is holding group meetings with local businesses about their COVID-19 economic situations. The meetings are not open to the broader public […]
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Cities raising pay as economic recession begins
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The depths of the economic shutdown really haven’t registered in the halls of local government. Mountain View and Palo Alto city governments are […]
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School probably won’t be normal next fall, superintendent says
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer School is unlikely to return next fall as normal, Palo Alto Superintendent Don Austin said yesterday during a Webinar. He said district officials […]