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Local companies starting to reveal layoffs
See the correction at the end of this story. By the Daily Post staff Several companies in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties have notified the state that they plan […]
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Lee’s Comics closing, victim of the coronavirus shutdown
By the Daily Post staff When Lee Hester set up his first comic book store in 1982, he was 21 years old. “I was the youngest man in the business,” […]
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Cafe selling toilet paper
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Cafe Venetia in downtown Palo Alto is selling toilet paper, potatoes and onions from its own supplies in order to make ends meet. […]
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Helicopter will spray for mosquitoes today in Baylands
By the Daily Post staff The County of Santa Clara Vector Control District will use a helicopter to spray for mosquitoes in the Palo Alto Baylands this morning (March 26). […]
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School district switches to pass/fail for this semester
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Unified School District announced today that all grades will be switched to credit/no credit for the semester. The announcement came after […]
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City to close parking lots at open space preserves including Arastradero to ensure social distancing
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto will close the parking lots at all of its open space preserves including Arastradero, said city spokeswoman Meghan Horrigan-Taylor. Horrigan-Taylor said […]
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Commercial landlord is helping his mom-and-pop retail tenants
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer One Palo Alto developer is trying to set a good example for others in his industry by waiving April rent for small businesses […]
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Stay-at-home order turns Palo Alto into a ghost town
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto businesses shut their doors and the city’s business districts were eerily quiet Tuesday (March 17) during the first day of an […]
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UPDATE — Young bicyclist killed in collision with truck identified
By the Daily Post staff UPDATE, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11 — The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Corner today identified the young bicyclist killed by a truck on Friday night as Paul […]
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City releases report on n-word case and it says very little
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto yesterday (Thursday) finally broke its silence about a 2014 incident in which a police supervisor used the n-word […]
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City withholds police arrest video — chief says case still under investigation
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto is holding back on releasing video footage from the alleged police beating of a man who police say […]
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A voter’s guide to local candidates and issues in today’s primary
Stories the Post has printed about the candidates and issues on the ballot in the March 3 primary. State Senate, District 13 • Senate candidate Annie Oliva is focused on […]
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10 years ago, a small plane crashed and knocked out Palo Alto’s power — what’s been done to prevent a repeat?
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Around 8 a.m. on February 17, 2010, multiple 911 calls began coming into the Palo Alto Police Department from people on the border […]
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Becker dropped ballot designation after state said it wasn’t justified
By EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Josh Becker, who is running for state senator, had to change his ballot designation because the Secretary of State’s office did not think […]
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Governor pushed for provision in ballot measure to cut fees developers pay to schools
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A California ballot measure that would provide $15 billion in funding for school facility projects was modified to eliminate developer fees for multi-family housing […]
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The Prop. 13 on this ballot would deprive schools of fees from housing projects near transit
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Proposition 13 on the March 3 ballot would raise $15 billion for schools across California, but it comes with a catch — school districts […]
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Cops to release alleged beating video
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police said they will release video footage in March from the alleged police beating of a man. Julio Arevalo filed a […]
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Palo Alto Human Relations Commission gets into a bitter debate over its leadership
This story was first printed in Monday morning’s Daily Post. Only a fraction of the local news stories covered by the Post are posted online. To get all of the […]
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Police investigate stabbing at tech company, man arrested
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police yesterday (Dec. 11) arrested a man who is suspected of stabbing a co-worker at a tech company off Page Mill […]
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City considering rules for small antennas
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent As wireless companies look to install more small cell antennas or “nodes” to improve wireless service, the Palo Alto City Council next week will […]