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Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. License Numbers 01527235, 01527365, 01991628. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only and is compiled from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified. Changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footage are approximate. * MLS Sales, Palo Alto Years 2016-2026.

Compass is a real estate broker licensed by the State of California and abides by Equal Housing Opportunity laws. License Numbers 01527235, 01527365, 01991628. All material presented herein is intended for informational purposes only and is compiled from sources deemed reliable but has not been verified. Changes in price, condition, sale or withdrawal may be made without notice. No statement is made as to accuracy of any description. All measurements and square footage are approximate. * MLS Sales, Palo Alto Years 2016-2026.

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COLLINS

Ex-board members warn

to have a plan for sustaining its costs and maintaining reserves into the 2027-2028 school year, Two former Palo Alto school Because of the contracts, the Yu said. board members are warning of jobs will be lost and children’s education disrupted,” former board district’s $104.1 million in re“The question is how the district “immediate and traumatic” laymembers Todd Collins and Ken serves will be depleted to $24.8 will fund this ongoing obligation, offs because of a new contract that gives teachers a 10.4% raise Dauber said in a letter to the cur- million by the end of next school year after year, while maintaining rent board on Tuesday. year, Chief Business Officer Char- fiscal solvency,” Yu said, suggestand $10,000 in bonuses. The tentative contract with en Yu projected at a board meeting ing that layoffs are on the table. “The brief good feeling of teachers’ follows a May 27 deal to on June 2. Collins and Dauber opposed giving people what they want give employees who aren’t teachThe Santa Clara County Office an $800 parcel tax that would’ve will quickly be replaced with of Education requires the district [See TEACHER, page 22] the grim reality that hundreds of ers a 10.2% raise. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT

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Bank robber lowers demand

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a teller at the PNC Bank at 796 El Camino Real on Tuesday at approxA man who was arrested after imately 12:30 p.m., District Attorney threatening to rob a San Carlos bank Steve Wagstaffe said. The teller told Mirandaorozco that lowered his demands after being told the bank didn’t have that much money, the bank didn’t have $10,000, a prosso he lowered his request to $5,000, ecutor said yesterday. Wagstaffe said. Gilberto Mirandaorozco, 45, of Mirandaorozco pretended to have Millbrae, demanded $10,000 from BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer

INFLATION PEAKS: Rising gas prices pushed inflation to its highest level in three years last month. New data showed yesterday that consumer prices rose 4.2% in May from a year earlier, the third straight monthly increase. Prices have now risen faster than wages for several months.

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TRUMP LOVES INFLATION: President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office yesterday “I love the inflation.” because it means the U.S. is “taking out” Iranian oil. He said once the war in Iran is over, oil prices and inflation will drop rapidly.

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer

Palo Alto City Council has extended a permit for an unfinished downtown building that was approved nearly a decade ago. The building at 429 University Ave. is 90% complete but tied up by a legal battle between property owner Elizabeth Wong and her contractors. The city will give Wong until March 31 to finish her four-story building, which was first approved in March 2017. Planning Director Jonathan Lait recommended re-extending Wong’s permit, which initially gave [See BUILDING, page 22]

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a gun in his pocket while demanding the money, the DA said. Mirandaorozco then tried to access the bank’s vault, and the teller pressed the panic alarm, notifying the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. Mirandaorozco was arrested, and while he was being taken to jail, he [See BANK, page 22]

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