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Missing 89-year-old Palo Alto man is found
By the Daily Post staff 7 a.m., April 14 — Tsuruji “Mike” Seto, 89, was found in the Baylands Nature Preserve off of Faber Place. He was taken to a […]
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Police to step up speed enforcement, city may close some streets to cars
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto is stepping up its speed-limit enforcement and the city may follow Oakland’s lead by prohibiting cars on certain streets to give […]
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Palo Alto City Council meeting Zoom Bombed
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council tonight became the latest government body to be hit with profanities over the teleconferencing platform Zoom. During a discussion […]
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Students hope to raise money for restaurant workers
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer A group of Palo Alto High School students has turned their annual swim-a-thon for charity into an online fundraiser for local restaurant workers. […]
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While city considers layoffs, some employees will get raises
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto might have to lay off workers because of the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but the city […]
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City quarantined first responders who were thought to have been exposed to COVID-19
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has had to pay for lodging to quarantine employees who may have been exposed to COVID-19 while on […]
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Man accused of pulling knife on CVS employee during robbery
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police said today that they arrested a man after he threatened a CVS employee with a knife in an attempt to steal $819 […]
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Council backs away from layoffs for now; talks about loaning money to businesses
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic had Palo Alto City Council going in two different directions last night — at one point […]
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Thief takes automated defibrillator from park bathroom
By the Daily Post staff Someone stole an AED from a public bathroom at Byxbee Park in the Palo Alto Baylands, police said. An automated external defibrillator is a portable […]
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Eshoo concerned about nursing home patients and workers during coronavirus outbreak
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, said during a telephone town hall meeting with constituents Friday (April 3) that due to the coronavirus outbreak, […]
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City expects tax revenue to plunge, expenses to rise due to coronavirus outbreak
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Schools in Santa Clara County, including Palo Alto, will stay closed for the rest of the academic year
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Schools in Santa Clara County will be closed for the rest of the academic year because of the COVID-19 outbreak. In Palo Alto, […]
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Businesses are boarding up their storefronts on University Avenue
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer All the windows and doors of the West Elm furniture store in downtown Palo Alto are boarded up with plywood, a sign of […]
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School board concerned students might not be able to get online
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto school board members said at last night’s meeting that they are worried some students will have trouble accessing online lessons because […]
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Property taxpayers who need to file late can submit a waiver
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Both San Mateo and Santa Clara County tax collectors are telling taxpayers if they cannot pay their property taxes by the April 10 […]
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Whole Foods ‘sick-out’ doesn’t reach Palo Alto
A national Whole Foods “sick-out” was planned for today, but Palo Alto’s Whole Foods appeared unaffected. Some Instacart and Amazon warehouse workers walked off the job yesterday demanding greater safeguards […]
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Xerox calls off bid for Palo Alto-based HP Inc.
By the Daily Post staff Xerox Holdings Corp. announced today (March 31) that it is withdrawing its hostile $36 billion bid for Palo Alto-based HP Inc., saying the economic downturn […]
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Witness helps police arrest 3 suspects in robbery
By the Daily Post staff A witness helped police arrest three suspects in the armed robbery of the Arco station at Middlefield and San Antonio roads in Palo Alto, police […]
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Tennis players break into closed Rinconada courts
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Mayor Adrian Fine took to Twitter today (March 30) to chastise residents who broke into tennis courts that were closed to […]
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Restaurant owner offers food to the needy
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Anatolian Kitchen in Palo Alto is delivering free meals to people who are struggling financially because of COVID-19, seniors who are afraid to […]