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The 300 block of Curtner Avenue is identified with arrows. Source: Google Maps.
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Palo Alto woman finds burglar in her apartment — he was surprised to see her

July 3, 2018 2:30 pm

By the Daily Post staff A Palo Alto woman returned home to find a burglar inside her apartment. He shoved her and escaped on foot, and remains at large, police […]

Location of Monday's collision between a bicyclist and a car in Palo Alto. Google Maps
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Girl severely injured in accident with car on El Camino

June 19, 2018 12:42 pm

By the Daily Post staff A girl was rushed to a hospital with major injuries Monday (June 180 morning after a car hit her as she rode her bike on […]

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Teen tries to defy demands of armed robbers

May 7, 2018 5:51 pm

A 17-year-old boy was the victim of an armed robbery in downtown Palo Alto on Saturday (May 5) night, according to police. Officers are investigating the incident that took place […]

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Pedestrian in her 80s killed on E. Charleston Road

May 6, 2018 11:32 am

By the Daily Post staff A woman in her 80s was struck and killed while crossing E. Charleston Road in Palo Alto last night (May 5), police said. At 8:39 […]

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New police chief focused on recruiting

April 24, 2018 8:09 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer In a longstanding struggle to hire qualified recruits, Palo Alto police are still down 12 officers — but Chief Bob Jonsen has a […]

Janine De la Vega
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Channel 7 reporter hired as Palo Alto police spokeswoman

April 17, 2018 11:27 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Channel 7 reporter Janine De la Vega is leaving broadcast news to become the first civilian public affairs manager of the Palo Alto […]

Eduardo Antonio Chavarria-Diaz
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Man arrested in connection with sexual assault of jogger at gunpoint

April 9, 2018 8:17 am

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police have arrested an East Bay man suspected of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at gunpoint who was jogging on a path near […]

A Palo Alto police officer walks through Town & Country Village Shopping Center just after a lockdown ended at Palo Alto High School across the street. Post photo by Allison Levitsky.
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Hoax leads to lockdown at Paly, call made on phone that had been lost or stolen

March 29, 2018 1:24 pm

By the Daily Post staff 8:21 p.m. — Police haven’t found the man who called in the Palo Alto High School shooting hoax today, but they say the call was […]

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Jogger sexually assaulted at gunpoint, assailant at large

March 28, 2018 2:20 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A teenage jogger was pulled off a Palo Alto bike trail and sexually assaulted at gunpoint this afternoon (March 28), according to police. […]

John Patrick Root
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Music teacher may get a year in jail for sex misconduct

March 27, 2018 9:15 am

By the Daily Post staff A former Palo Alto music teacher who pleaded guilty yesterday (March 26) to two counts of lewd and lascivious acts with a teenage student will […]

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Auditor says police used excessive force on youth

March 23, 2018 10:43 pm

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police officers violated department policy when they used excessive force on a minor, according to a report by the department’s independent […]

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Thieves hit Victoria’s Secret for 4th time in a week

March 16, 2018 1:19 am

By the Daily Post staff For the fourth time this week, thieves have hit the Victoria’s Secret store in the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto. At about 4:30 p.m. […]

Police said the mugging happened in the 500 block of Homer Avenue in Palo Alto.
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Gunman at large after street robbery

March 11, 2018 11:25 am

By the Daily Post staff Police are looking for a gunman who robbed a pedestrian of his wallet and cellphone last night (March 10) in the 500 block of Homer […]

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Innocent man sues police over arrest

March 7, 2018 2:54 am

The following was originally published in the Daily Post on March 2. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man who was arrested for a felony that he didn’t […]

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UPDATE: High-speed police chase ends in Palo Alto neighborhood — 2 detained

February 26, 2018 1:06 am

By the Daily Post staff Update, 5 a.m. — Sunnyvale’s Department of Public Safety said via twitter the second suspect in the chase has been captured. Officers are trying to […]

A scene from a Palo Alto police recruitment video.
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Police to re-shoot recruitment video that was seen as too militaristic

February 20, 2018 9:00 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Palo Alto police are preparing to re-shoot a dramatic new officer recruitment video that’s been slammed as being overly aggressive, macho and militaristic. […]

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Palo Alto police get two reports of mountain lions in different neighborhoods

February 4, 2018 4:10 pm

By the Daily Post staff Palo Alto police received two reports of dog-size mountain lions last night (Feb. 3) — one in the Midtown neighborhood and another not far from […]

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Palo Alto police car totals SUV in San Jose, claim filed against city

December 3, 2017 2:31 pm

Above is a Palo Alto police car like the one involved in the accident described below. BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer A man has filed a claim for […]

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Woman robbed of cellphone at gunpoint in downtown Palo Alto

November 14, 2017 7:55 pm

Correction: Because of a typo in a Police Department news release, this story gave the wrong location for the robbery. The version below gives the correct address. By the Daily […]

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Palo Alto hires Menlo Park’s police chief

November 14, 2017 12:23 am

BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Menlo Park Police Chief Bob Jonsen will leave the department after almost five years to serve as Palo Alto’s new police chief, Palo […]

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