Palo Alto
City wins appeal over two-story house
BY JEN NOWELL Daily Post Correspondent A California appeals court shot down a lawsuit from a Palo Alto couple who argued negligence on the part of the city for allowing […]
Hillary Gitelman
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Deputy Palo Alto city manager leaves for job in another city
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Deputy City Manager Rob de Geus is leaving next month after 19 years to become the city manager of Westlake Village, […]
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City planning director resigns to join consulting firm
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto Planning Director Hillary Gitelman is leaving the city after four years for a San Francisco consulting firm, joining the ranks of […]
Palo Alto
First Baptist wins round in battle to rent space
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Despite months of complaints by neighbors over noise, traffic and parking problems at the First Baptist Church of Palo Alto, the city’s Planning […]
Stanford
How big should Stanford get? You can sound off at a meeting tonight
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Altans will have another opportunity at City Hall tonight (Jan. 23) to sound off on Stanford’s application to expand its academic facilities […]
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City getting more applications for granny units, but new law raises questions
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent The city of Palo Alto is looking to iron out some wrinkles in an ordinance passed last year aimed at encouraging construction of granny […]
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City settles with fired planner who alleged sex discrimination, whistleblower retaliation
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer The city of Palo Alto has agreed to pay a transportation planner it fired last year more than $47,000 after she filed a […]
Palo Alto
History stressed in planning for Fry’s site
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer It’s off to the slow and careful races for Palo Alto’s $888,000 redevelopment plan for the Ventura neighborhood, now that City Council has […]
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Former planner claims retaliation, discrimination in claim against city
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A former senior transportation planner has filed a claim against the city of Palo Alto, alleging sex discrimination and whistle-blower retaliation. Sarah Syed, […]
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Debate on office cap shows division on Palo Alto City Council
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto City Council fractured into pro- and anti-development factions last night as members debated the 50,000-square-foot annual limit on new office space […]