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School recovering from RVs After dwellers wreaked havoc BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
A private high school in Mountain View is getting ready for a peaceful school year since the city pushed RV dwellers away from the campus with “no parking” signs and red paint. The school has dealt with RV dwellers defecating on campus and cat-callDYLAN RICH, of Palo Alto Preparatory School, points out how students’ sight-lines have improved as they leave the campus on bikes now that RVs no longer park in front. Post photo by Braden Cartwright.
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CORRECTION: The Post yesterday printed the wrong professional background and photo of Ashwin R. Rao, 62, who was arrested by Palo Alto Police. There are apparently two Ashwin Raos in the community, and the one who teaches at Stanford wasn’t arrested by police. Instead, Ashwin R. Rao who lives on St. Francis St. was arrested. The Post regrets the error. PLATNER OUT: Graham Platner, Maine’s Democratic nominee for Senate, yesterday announced he will withdraw from the senate race after an allegation of sexual assault. Platner also faced controversy for having a Nazi tattoo. CEASEFIRE OVER: President [See THE UPDATE, page 4]
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Man sues over dress code club’s bylaws that say men have to “Appropriate length for shorts, skirts wear tucked-in collared shirts, turtle- and dresses shall be defined by current fashion.” A man is suing a Palo Alto coun- necks or mock turtlenecks. “Tommy Bahama, Untuckit and Hong said he purchased a club try club for revoking his membership because his male guests didn’t wear other similar types of collared shirts membership for $56,000 on June 1, designed to be worn untucked may be 2017, and paid a $2,152 monthly fee. collared shirts. The club has tennis and pickleball Miao Hong, 60, said the Palo Alto worn untucked,” the bylaws say. Women can wear “shirts with or courts, a gym, a pool and a spa at Hills Golf & Country Club didn’t make women wear collars, and his without collars, casual slacks, golf 3000 Alexis Drive. trousers, Capri style pants, shorts, Hong said he received six dress membership was worth $150,000. In his lawsuit, Hong included the skorts and dresses,” the bylaws say. [See DRESS CODE, page 18] BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
Officials skeptical of rent control BY STEPHANIE LAM Daily Post Correspondent
Redwood City council members say they are concerned a new rent control measure will be too costly to the city and deter future affordable housing projects.
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ing girls, and its enrollment dropped from 65 to around 40 students. But since the signs went up, 14 new students have enrolled. “We can get back to teaching,” said Chris Keck, founder and CEO of Palo Alto Preparatory School at 2462 Wyandotte St. Keck said RVs moved in front of the school after Mountain View voters passed a measure banning RVs from narrower streets in November 2020. The new neighbors were respectful and friendly, and the school offered them food and water, Keck said. But about a year ago, “vanlords” started moving in old RVs that were rented out to people without access to water or sewers. “It brought an element that was just [See RVS, page 18]
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