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Sex assault center to open at Stanford Hospital
A 24-hour center for victims of rape and sexual assault, which will include rape crisis advocates and a Sexual Assault Forensic Exam Team, is scheduled to open in February at […]
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City preparing to ban e-cigarettes
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Eviction, rent cap ordinance advances after power play by councilman
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer An ordinance to stop unjust evictions and rent hikes in Palo Alto will go into effect a week later than planned because Councilman […]
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AI can get you hamburgers, thousands of them if you’re not careful — ‘Silicon Valley,’ Season 6, Episode 6
BY JAMIE MORROW Daily Post Associate Editor Machine learning and artificial intelligence are the hottest areas of tech right now, and there are whole institutes, publications and forums devoted to […]
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City paid $250,000 to settle 2013 brutality suit against cop who has now been accused again
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer The Palo Alto Police Department’s Tom DeStefano, who was just named in a $3.8 million police brutality claim, was one of the officers […]
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Police hit with new brutality claim
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto just settled a $572,500 police brutality claim, and now it is facing another one. Julio Arevalo has filed a claim for […]
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Man who got $572,500 settlement over police beating has been arrested for burglary
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Man arrested on suspicion of burglarizing home and robbing the homeowner
This story first appeared in Tuesday morning’s Daily Post. Here’s an updated version of the story with information about the man who was arrested. To get all of the local […]
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Hotels want to leave visitors bureau
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Couple arrested for auto burglaries while kids, ages 2 and 3, sat in the back of their car with a loaded gun, police say
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a couple who allegedly drove around downtown looking for cars to break into while two children, ages 2 and 3, […]
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Former police sergeant must apologize to beating victim
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Former Palo Alto police Sgt. Wayne Benitez, who slammed a Buena Vista Mobile Home Park resident on the hood of a car and […]
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The Valley’s phony ethics and an HR revolt on ‘Silicon Valley,’ Season 6, Episode 5
BY JAMIE MORROW Daily Post Associate Editor Last night’s episode of HBO’s “Silicon Valley” took aim at an easy target — big tech’s enthusiastic embrace of toothless ethical platitudes. But […]
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Utilities truck sidelined after lineman’s electrocution
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City to pay $572,500 to settle suit over police beating caught on video
By the Daily Post staff The city of Palo Alto has agreed to pay $572,500 to a Buena Vista Mobile Home Park resident who was beaten by a Palo Alto […]
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Community opens wallets for family of lineman who was electrocuted
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer More than 550 people have donated $64,000 to the family of a Palo Alto Utilities lineman who was electrocuted. Donatus Okhomina, 42, an […]
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Locally-owned neighborhood pharmacy is closing
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Maximart Pharmacy at 240 Cambridge Ave. is shutting its doors tomorrow after four decades of filling the prescriptions of Palo Altans. Jack Morton, […]
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Programmers try clumsy power plays on ‘Silicon Valley,’ Season 6, Episode 4
BY JAMIE MORROW Daily Post Associate Editor In last night’s episode of HBO’s “Silicon Valley,” plot took a backseat while power plays took the stage. Weird, awkward power plays among […]
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Palo Alto’s HP Inc. rejects takeover offer from Xerox
HP Inc. said today (Nov. 17) its board rejected a $33.5 billion takeover offer from Xerox. The Palo Alto-based company said that the cash and stock deal undervalues its business […]
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Lineman who was electrocuted is identified, was a father of 4
The Palo Alto Utilities employee who was electrocuted yesterday has been identified as Donatus Okhomina, a father of four, Air Force veteran and seasoned electrical lineman. Okhomina, 42, of Dixon, […]
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Palo Alto Utilities worker electrocuted
By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto Utilities Department lineman was killed this morning (Nov. 16) while working on an electrical transformer at 670 E. Meadow Drive near Middlefield […]