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School board makes move to heal racial divide
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Ethnic tensions in the Palo Alto school district, laid bare this year with the tense fight over the proposed school name Fred Yamamoto, […]
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Ruby restaurants fined $5 million for alleged wage violations
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The restaurants Rangoon Ruby and Burma Ruby have been fined $4.96 million for wage theft, the state Labor Commissioner’s office announced yesterday (June […]
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Palo Altans voted against the recall, but it passed in San Jose
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The recall of Judge Aaron Persky passed by a wide margin in Santa Clara County but a majority of voters in Palo Alto, […]
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Recall wins, Sheriff Smith to face a runoff, Waddell-Magee race too close to call, one school measure losing
Santa Clara County results San Mateo County results By the Daily Post staff 12:30 a.m. — The battle for superintendent of San Mateo County Board of Education is too close […]
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City puts soda tax on hold but charges forward with increase in hotel tax
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto voters may be asked to decide whether to boost the hotel tax to the highest rate in the state in November […]
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Yamamoto controversy may result in committee to discuss diversity, inclusion in the schools
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Rattled by a nasty fight over the renaming of Jordan and Terman middle schools, a group that supported the rejected school name Fred […]
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Mylar balloons cause major power outage in Palo Alto
By the Daily Post staff Update, 3:15 p.m.: Power has been restored to more than 4,381 Palo Alto residents and businesses after mylar balloons caused touched power lines and caused […]
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Paly seniors tell powerful stories at graduation
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Another 478 Palo Alto High School seniors walked the stage in green caps and gowns yesterday, with hundreds of families packed onto campus […]
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Gunn graduates told it’s OK to buck the status quo
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer It’s no secret that students at Gunn High School are in a four-year competition to get into the best college — however, the […]
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Tunnel idea is still alive as city narrows down list of rail crossing options
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto may still consider burying the Caltrain tracks in a citywide tunnel, even though it would cost as much […]
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Palo Alto judge appointed to appeals court
By the Daily Post staff Allison Danner of Palo Alto, currently a Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge, today (June 1) was appointed by Gov. Jerry Brown to become an […]
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Tom DuBois running for re-election to City Council
By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto City Councilman Tom DuBois announced today (May 30) that he will be running for re-election, becoming the third candidate for the three seats […]
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City boosts Avenidas project by approving transferable development rights
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council took action last night (May 29) to help fund multimillion-dollar renovations for the senior services nonprofit Avenidas and the […]
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City narrows the list of options for rail crossings
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After years of back-and-forth over how to separate the Caltrain tracks from the four Palo Alto streets they intersect, City Council on Tuesday […]
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Big business funds campaign to convince voters to raise tolls
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer Some of the biggest employers in the Bay Area, including Facebook and Google, are throwing their weight behind Regional Measure 3, which would […]
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School board drops plan for solar panels in front of Paly
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer After an uproar from faculty and alumni, the Palo Alto school board has dropped plans to obstruct the view of Palo Alto High […]
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Pastor doesn’t regret his criticisms of Palo Alto
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The Rev. Gregory Stevens, who resigned from the First Baptist Church of Palo Alto after his public tweets calling Palo Alto “disgusting” and […]
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$327,691 is top pay at Palo Alto City Hall — 2017 city salaries listed
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Palo Alto City Manager Jim Keene remained the city of Palo Alto’s highest paid employee in 2017, receiving $327,691 in total pay — a […]
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Backers of initiative to limit office space growth collect more than enough signatures to make ballot
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The slow-growth group working to crack down on office development in Palo Alto has collected the signatures of more than 2,800 Palo Alto […]
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Council approves Verizon’s plan for 11 “node” antennas over objections of residents
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Eleven planned “small cell nodes” intended to improve Verizon coverage in Palo Alto will spring up after all, angering dozens of residents who […]