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UPDATE — Arrest ends standoff with barricaded man
Saturday, 9:50 p.m. — Police said they have taken the man who was barricaded inside a house on Tennessee Lane to a hospital. Police said they will book him into […]
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Former city manager’s house doubles in value
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Former Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene’s house has sold for $3.9 million, double what he paid for it in 2010. Keene, who […]
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City has fewer workers but payroll cost has gone up (2018 salaries listed)
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent Even though it reduced its workforce by 113 employees, the city of Palo Alto spent 26.8% more on salaries last year compared to the […]
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City Auditor: Business Registry is unreliable, producing inaccurate data
This story was originally published in the Daily Post on Sept. 4, 2018. Since the audit of the Business Registry is back on City Council’s agenda on Monday, we’re re-posting […]
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City hires new $180,000-a-year spokeswoman
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Current Redwood City spokeswoman Meghan Horrigan-Taylor will become Palo Alto’s new chief communications officer, City Manager Ed Shikada announced yesterday (July 30). Horrigan-Taylor […]
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Subcontractor on fire station replacement project was crushed by debt
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The subcontractor that went bankrupt, delaying the completion of Palo Alto’s Rinconada Park fire station, was overwhelmed with outstanding credit card and equipment […]
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Amid city restrictions on new office space, an old office park sells for $205 million
By the Daily Post staff Investors in the national commercial real estate company KBS have reaped a major dividend thanks to Palo Alto’s decision to slap a cap on office […]
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Septic tank worker who was cleared of dumping grease is suing the city
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent A Hayward man has taken to the U.S. Court of Appeals his case accusing the city of Palo Alto of maliciously prosecuting him in […]
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Commission to consider options for easing up on ‘Palo Altans only’ rule in Foothills Park
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Parks and Recreation Commission wants to look at options for easing up on the rule that only Palo Alto residents […]
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Video released of Palo Alto police beating — ‘So you think you’re a tough guy?’
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A video showing a Palo Alto police sergeant hitting and slamming a resident of the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park has been released […]
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Armstrong and Aldrin came to Palo Alto for different reasons
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin led very different lives after their historic walk on the moon 50 years ago today (July 20), and each […]
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Palo Alto woman drowns while hiking with family
A Palo Alto woman who had been hiking with her family in Feather Canyon in Plumas County drowned after falling into a creek, according to the Plumas County Sheriff’s Office. […]
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Raging driver throws coffee and pulls gun
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man’s cellphone was stolen after he was threatened with a gun and was doused with cold coffee during a road rage incident […]
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A look at the new Stanford Hospital, opening this fall
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor The new Stanford Hospital is nearly complete and 4,000 employees are preparing to move from the current hospital next door. Workers on Wednesday were […]
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Groping on Castilleja Ave. leads to prison
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A man who attempted to sexually assault a woman walking on Castilleja Avenue in Palo Alto has accepted a plea bargain that will […]
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Castilleja expansion will create “significant and unavoidable” traffic problems, environmental report says
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Traffic caused by the expansion of Palo Alto’s Castilleja School was identified as a “significant and unavoidable” impact to the neighborhood, according to […]
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Front page from the 1969 moon landing inside today’s Post
Pick up a print copy of today’s Daily Post for a special treat. The Post has reprinted the front page of the Palo Alto Times from July 21, 1969, which […]
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Report on Castilleja expansion due this week
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer An environmental report for the proposed expansion of Castilleja School on Bryant Street in Palo Alto, which has caused neighborhood strife, is expected […]
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Transient attacks man on University Ave. with a skateboard, police say
By the Daily Post staff Police have arrested a man after he allegedly attacked a pedestrian in downtown Palo Alto with a skateboard. The victim called police at 11:40 a.m. […]
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Feared fruit fly lands in mid-Peninsula
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Peach Fruit Fly — which kills peaches, pears and citrus fruits — has landed in the mid-Peninsula. A male fly was found […]