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Police: Palo Alto man booked for throwing table at stranger
A Palo Alto man was arrested on Sunday morning after he allegedly threw a table at a stranger on a University Avenue sidewalk ...
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Masked, armed and forceful: Finding patterns in California immigration raids
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. CalMatters has partnered with Evident Media and Bellingcat to map and analyze videos of the immigration raids across ...
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Child drowns in Barron Park pool
An 8-year-old child drowned in a swimming pool in south Palo Alto on Sunday evening, according to the Santa Clara County ...
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Assessed value of county real estate is up, but growth sluggish
The assessed value of real estate in Santa Clara County grew sluggishly this year, largely due to persistent issues in the ...
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Palo Alto fights claim that it can’t convert parking lot to housing
Palo Alto officials are pushing back against a lawsuit from an attorney who is claiming that the city acted illegally when it ...
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Plea deal for killer sparks protest after woman’s death
A candlelight vigil was held last month in Redwood City to honor Marielos Martinez, a mother and grandmother who was killed ...
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The Girls’ Middle School looks to grow in new ‘forever home’
With only about 200 students, The Girls’ Middle School in Palo Alto is a small but ambitious community that hopes to foster a sense of agency and inclusivity among its students, including girls, ...
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Worksite immigration raids are supposed to free up jobs for citizens. Here’s what really happens
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Carlos was pulled out of a deep sleep by a series of frantic phone calls one Friday morning in June. By the time he ...
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Why nail salons are still being targeted in fights over California gig worker law
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Like thousands of other Vietnamese-American women in California, Emily Micelli started painting nails to support ...
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Valadao and other California GOP members of Congress might regret backing Trump’s megabill
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Last Thursday, just minutes after the House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” to ...
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California wants new education requirements for police officers. Are they watered down?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Amid calls for police reform in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, California lawmakers set out to raise ...
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CA nail salon industry wrestles with AB 5 fallout
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The end of a temporary exemption to a state law requiring many employers to classify their independent contractors as ...