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Palo Alto police are looking for a man who allegedly tried to grope a teenager while she was walking through the Homer Tunnel on Tuesday afternoon, according to a news release from the Palo Alto Police Department. The post Police…
Read original sourceThis story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This article is also available in English. Read it here. Julia Feinberg siente que vive en una versión siniestra del Día de la Marmota. Por segundo…
Read original sourceCandidates running for Palo Alto City Council almost always profess nonpartisanship, yet the vast majority hold liberal values, raising an important question: How do voters tell the difference between what usually amounts to diff…
Read original sourceThis story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Garbed in purple and holding signs that read “Fair contracts now!” and “Here to serve, not to starve,” thousands of state workers rallied at govern…
Read original sourceThis story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The state workers who are planning the first-ever statewide walkout in 44 years this week once were on much better terms with their boss, Gov. Gavi…
Read original sourceThis story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. If Proposition 3 looks familiar, it’s because this is the third time the income tax measure has appeared on California ballots. But this time might…
Read original sourcePalo Alto leaders will consider implementing a one-year moratorium on new and expanded ICE detention facilities next week, a move that aligns with the city’s recent track record of opposing the aggressive immigration enforcement…
Read original sourceThis story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s top attorney called on a federal judge to block the Trump administration’s efforts to force the state to set aside up to 20,000 ballot…
Read original sourceThis story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Tens of thousands of state government workers are expected to walk off the job Wednesday in a one-day strike that could affect services at the DMV,…
Read original sourceAlthough Caltrain is looking down the barrel of fiscal disaster, agency representatives who spoke to the Palo Alto City Council on Monday night highlighted their recent efforts to raise revenues and lauded the city as a regional…
Read original sourceThis story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The science research institute that would likely receive $4.2 billion in public taxpayer money if voters approve Proposition 38 this November had o…
Read original sourceThis story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. It’s a bond, but not like any other bond on the ballot. It promises to provide homebuyers with mortgages, but not your typical mortgages. It would…
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