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Two arrested for auto burglaries at Stanford Shopping Center
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police say they stopped a car with two men inside who had two window punch devices and were able to connect them to […]
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1,000 gallons of human waste spills on freeway
By the Daily Post staff About 1,000 gallons of human waste spilled onto Highway 101 in Palo Alto yesterday after a NorCal Sanitary truck flipped, hit another vehicle and landed […]
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‘Dent repairmen’ accost woman
By the Daily Post staff A woman sitting in her car on Colorado Avenue in Palo Alto’s Midtown neighborhood was accosted by two men who threw her phone across a […]
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Residents sound off on Castilleja expansion as first hearing approaches
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto is getting an earful from residents in response to a city report that determined the traffic caused by the […]
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102 homes proposed on San Antonio Road
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The developers behind the embattled Maybell housing project are proposing 102 apartments at 788 San Antonio Road, near Palo Alto’s border with Mountain […]
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Palo Alto may not get the rail crossing funds it was expecting from VTA
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto may not be getting as much money as city leaders had expected for Caltrain crossings from the half-cent Measure B sales […]
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Police are writing more tickets
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police, in a crackdown on speeders and other traffic scofflaws, wrote 40% more traffic tickets in 2018 than the previous year, […]
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No bail for man in 29-hour police standoff
By the Daily Post staff A man who was involved in a 29-hour standoff with Palo Alto police while he was armed is being held in jail without bail after […]
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City may settle suit accusing police of a botched arrest and Islamophobia
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council on Monday (Aug. 12) will review and possibly approve an out-of-court settlement with a man who alleged the police […]
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Suspected Peeping Tom arrested
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested a man they say was peeping into the windows of apartment complex on Los Robles Avenue, focusing on families where […]
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DA considering whether to open an investigation into police assault allegations
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is gathering information to decide if it will open an investigation into Palo Alto police Sgt. […]
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Plans to redevelop Compadres site receive final approval
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent More than 10 years after a popular Mexican restaurant on El Camino Real in Palo Alto abruptly shut down, the Palo Alto City Council […]
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Stephanie Munoz, advocate for the needy, dead at age 86
BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor Stephanie Munoz, a longtime Palo Altan who frequently spoke at City Council meetings to champion the cause of the less fortunate, has died at […]
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Gunman arrested after 29-hour standoff, tear gas used to get him out of house
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police used tear gas to arrest a gunman, accused of trying to strangle a woman, following a 29-hour standoff in a home in […]
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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 […]