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An East Palo Alto man was sentenced yesterday to 15 years in prison for an attempted murder outside the 7-Eleven in Menlo Park, a prosecutor said. Sosefo Ahofono, 23, will only serve 10 years in prison after receiving five years of credit for his time served in custody while awaiting sentencing.

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Will serve 10 years in prison Ahofono opened fire with a long rifle on the 7-Eleven parking lot at 525 Oak Grove Ave. on Aug. 21, 2022, after his intended target left the neighboring J&J Hawaiian BBQ at 1170 Alma St., according to District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. Ahofono fired 16 shots, hitting the

man he was after, a 20-year-old from Newark, and a car. The incident was not gang-related but resulted from a personal dispute, the DA said at the time. Ahofono is also prohibited from any contact with the victim, and must pay restitution to the victim, Wagstaffe said.

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A Santa Clara County judge sided yesterday with a journalism advisor and student reporters in their lawsuit that alleges the Mountain View High School principal censored an article about sexual harassment. Judge Eunice Lee denied a motion to dismiss the lawsuit by Principal Kip Glazer and the Mountain View Los Altos High School District. The case is now headed for a trial on Nov. 23. Censorship claim Former advisor Carla Gomez and student reporters Hanna Olson and Hayes Duenow are claiming that Glazer pushed them to censor the article and reassigned Gomez in retaliation for the article being published in spring 2023. In response, Glazer said parents complained about the article accusing their son of sexual harassment. They were scared that their son would attempt suicide if the article was published, Glazer said. So Glazer visited the class and asked to get an advanced copy of the newspaper. She said she was “shocked” to read the article accuse multiple students of serious crimes, including harassment, stalking and attempted rape. “Even more concerning was that

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“In a world of constant digital distraction, these trees help me stay grounded Palo Alto City Council has allowed and stay off my phone, providing a a church to cut down four coast red- much-needed sense of peace and conwoods, despite an attempt by neighbors nection to nature,” Kim said in an email to council. to save the trees. Church member Helen Baumann Council approved the tree removal permit on Monday without any discus- said the church received complaints about tripping hazards, and an investision. Residents wanted the St. Thomas gation showed cracks in the foundation. “If we cut the roots in order to level Aquinas Church to prove that the trees were damaging the foundation at 751 the driveway or protect the foundation from further damage, we will destaWaverley St. bilize the trees,” Baumann said in an email to the city in April. Permit appeal Neighbor Hannah Ennerfelt filed an Arborist’s take appeal of the removal permit, backed Palo Alto’s top arborist said the trees by a petition with 771 signatures. She said the trees are habitat for humming- should be cut down because they’re birds and a great horned owl, and she growing three feet away from the church. “Given the mature size and growth asked council to have a full discussion potential of this species, this proximiabout the removal. “Mature redwoods grow close to ty represents an inherent and ongoing buildings throughout Palo Alto. Al- conflict between the trees and the structhough these trees require care and ture,” Urban Forester Peter Gollinger maintenance, they are an integral part said in a report. Gollinger said he saw a six-inch of our community’s character and environmental heritage,” Ennerfelt said in surface root growing directly against a crack in the foundation. an email to council on Friday. “The current conditions reflect a Resident Thomas Seay said the trees cool down the neighborhood and in- longterm incompatibility between the trees and the built environment and do crease property values. Sooyeon Kim said she looks at the not conform to right tree in the right trees every morning during breakfast. place principles,” he said. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer

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son of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s energy minister. Heneghan claims he has the right to The city of Palo Alto is teaming up with Menlo Park to fight a Russian bil- build the development under state law, lionaire’s proposal for towers reaching and he’s supported by a letter to Menlo 39 stories in height at the former Sunset Park from Californian Attorney General Rob Bonta. Magazine headquarters. Palo Alto City Council voted unanPalo Alto concerns imously Monday to authorize City AtThe development is up against the torney Chris Jensen to file a brief with the court to support Menlo Park in a San Francisquito Creek, which is the border between Menlo Park and Palo lawsuit. Alto. Palo Alto Councilman Pat Burt said Application dispute he has three major concerns about the Menlo Park City Council was sued project: slowing down firefighters and by developer Oisin Heneghan of N17 ambulances, harming the creek, and Development after rejecting his appliadding traffic on Middlefield Road and cation for an expedited review on Sept. University Avenue, which already get 29. backed up during commute times. Heneghan demanded in August that the city approve his project by the end Funding sources of October, which is what the city deCongressman Sam Liccardo asked nied. Heneghan’s proposal calls for three the U.S. Department of Treasury on towers at 80 Willow Road in Menlo Sept. 24 to look into the funding sourcPark, including the tallest building be- es behind the development. “Public sources raise serious questween San Francisco and Los Angeles. The development would have 665 tions about Vitaly Yusufov’s ties to the apartments, a hotel, office space and a Russian government and individuals linked to organized crime, warranting preschool. The property is owned by Russian immediate review,” Liccardo said in a billionaire Vitaly Yusufov, who is the letter. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer

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The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors yesterday approved a grant so Woodside and CHP can increase traffic patrols at the Four Corners intersection. A $125,000 Measure K grant sponsored by Supervisor Ray Mueller was approved at a board meeting yesterday to target speeding and racing along highways 35 and 84. Measure K is a general half-cent sales tax that is used to fund a variety of projects in the county. Supervisors are able to pick some of the projects to fund. The grant will fund two extra CHP officers to patrol the area on weekends. The area near the intersection of Skyline Boulevard and La Honda Road

has seen 28 fatalities over the last six years, according to a Caltrans report. Safety concerns caused residents to form a group called “The Safe Corridor Initiative” to advocate for a safe corridor, and Caltrans began making changes to the intersection of Skyline Boulevard and La Honda Road in September. The Safe Corridor Initiative’s founder called yesterday for state Senator Josh Becker and Assemblyman Marc Berman to help secure permanent enforcement on the highways, which must be arranged and funded at the state level. “Ray Mueller has been doing what he can, but these are state highways,” the initiative’s founder, Walker Wells said in an email.

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PALO ALTO 4151 El Camino Way #J, 94306, 1 bedroom, 639 square feet, built in 1987, Yun Living Trust to Yuwen Sun for $600,000, closed Sept. 25 (last sale: $750,000, 02-08-22) 722 Ramona St., 94301, 2 bedrooms, 1088 square feet, built in 1978, Zwicky Living Trust to Wu Trust for $1,350,000, closed Sept. 25 (last sale: $200,000, 04-01-86) 1863 Hamilton Ave., 94303, 2 bedrooms, 1750 square feet, built in 1950, Mit Real Estate Foundation Inc to Ting and Zhengang Chen for $3,538,000, closed Sept. 23 (last sale: $2,780,000, 10-03-16)

MENLO PARK 25 Willow Road #47, 94025, 2 bedrooms, 960 square feet, built in 1976, Yu Living Trust to CraigDvo Family Living Trust for $868,000, closed Sept. 10 (last sale: $595,000, 0507-07) 525 6th Ave., 94025, 3 bedrooms, 1050 square feet, built in 1936, Guadalupe Villasenor to Giardi LLC for $1,225,000, closed Sept. 11

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ua Mason for $470,000, closed Sept. 22 (last sale: $356,000, 12-06-12) 701 North Rengstorff Ave. #6, 94043, 3 bedrooms, 1332 square feet, built in 1969, David Bushnell to Joungyim and Steve Cho for $607,500, closed Sept. 21 (last sale: $435,000, 0429-04) 21 Moonbeam Drive, 94043, 2 bedrooms, 1302 square feet, built in 1976, Davis Mutsuko 2021 Trust to Wei and Eugene Liu for $1,050,000, closed Sept. 25

LOS ALTOS 8 Almendra Lane, 94022, 3 bedrooms, 3042 square feet, built in 1990, Pratt Family Trust A to Nicholette and Ted Kraus for $4,300,000, closed Sept. 25 1964 Deodara Drive, 94024, 4 bedrooms, 2430 square feet, built in 1961, Wu Family Trust to Tyler and Perry Trust for $4,589,000, closed Sept. 23

ATHERTON 57 Stockbridge Ave., 94027, 4 bedrooms, 3200 square feet, built in 1949, Clair Trust to Sanjay Kapoor for $9,000,000, closed Sept. 9 (last sale: $610,000, 09-01-85)

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REDWOOD CITY 2921 Calvin Ave., 94063, 2 bedrooms, 790 square feet, built in 1956, Kellie and Brian Moore to Nitabahen Panchal for $875,000, closed Sept. 11 (last sale: $825,000, 06-02-22) 1501 Chelsea Way, 94061, 2 bedrooms, 1480 square feet, built in 1985, Wuppermann Trust to Scholin Living Trust for $1,298,000, closed Sept. 10 (last sale: $705,000, 0818-12) 146 San Carlos Ave., 94061, 2 bedrooms, 400 square feet, built in 1925, Campos Family Trust to Abraar Karan for $1,300,000, closed Sept. 9 (last sale: $60,000, 0101-79)

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school had against him due to previous Moorpark, cited for DUI, El Camino and Sylvan Ave. negative interactions. No students 2:43 a.m. — Hayder Camilo were present at the time of the incident. 8:19 a.m. — Jason Erick Perez, 48, Primiciero Penaranda, 24, of Redwood City, cited for DUI, Villa and Hope of Redwood City, arrested for illegal streets. lodging, 3500 block of W. Bayshore 10:40 a.m. — Battery, 2600 block Road. of N. Shoreline Blvd. 1:35 p.m. — Stephen Martin, 74, 10:56 a.m. — Grand theft, 1900 of Palo Alto, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 3200 block of Ash St. block of Amalfi Way. 4:33 p.m. — Home burglary, Irene Court. 5:22 p.m. — Anthony Otanez, SUNDAY 38, of Lakewood, arrested for public 12:35 a.m. — Jivonte Hilliard, drunkenness, 800 block of E. El 33, transient, arrested for shoplifting, Camino. possession of drugs and drug 9:01 p.m. — Carlos Antonio paraphernalia and on a warrant, 500 Flores Cortez, 37, arrested for driving block of El Camino. under the influence of both alcohol 3:29 a.m. — David Hernandez and drugs, 1-99 block of W. El Hernandez, 34, of East Palo Alto, Camino. arrested for public drunkenness and 9:13 p.m. — Pablo Depaz Morales, resisting police, 1-99 block of Politzer 43, of Mountain View, arrested for Drive. driving under the influence of both 10:15 p.m. — Robert Lattimer, alcohol and drugs and driving with a 48, of Belmont, cited for driving suspended or revoked license, 1-99 with a suspended or revoked license, block of W. El Camino. Bayfront Expressway and Chilco St. 9:33 p.m. — Cruz Venegas, 41, MONDAY of San Jose, arrested for domestic 5:25 p.m. — Wallet found and violence, 800 block of E. El Camino. turned in to police, Menalto and OCT. 11 Gilbert avenues. 12:21 a.m. — Angel Hernandez Almaraz, 23, of San Jose, arrested on a warrant, 100 block of Hope St. 12:27 a.m. — Beth Ann Dietrich, OCT. 12 47, of Mountain View, arrested on a 8:30 a.m. — Burglary, 400 block warrant, 500 block of Showers Drive. of Via Ortega. 2:45 a.m. — Burglary, 1-99 block 1:18 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, 200 of W. El Camino. block of Ayrshire Farm Lane. 10:36 a.m. — Jesus Robledo 3:20 p.m. — Ricardo Roberto Beltran, 20, of Palo Verde, cited for Ibanez, 60, of Palo Alto, arrested for driving without a license, Central theft, 700 block of Escondido Road. Expressway. 1 p.m. — Grand theft, Alamo Court. OCT. 10 2:26 p.m. — Vandalism, 200 block 12:37 a.m. — Robert Lonzo of E. Middlefield Road. Norman Jr., 65, arrested for DUI, 500 3:57 p.m. — Vandalism, 200 block block of N. Shoreline Blvd. of Bush St. 2:31 a.m. — Joana Munoz, 28, of 5:36 p.m. — Robert Scott Fisher,

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their two boys. “I would have had my partner still. We’d be a family of four. Jenny would have seen Dylan and Tyler graduate from high school,” Chow said. “She would have seen so much if only the DMV had done what any person in his right mind would have done, which is to suspend the license.”

posed to receive a three-year license revocation. But criminal cases can drag out, sometimes for years. Singh wasn’t convicted of manslaughter in Kern and Fresno counties until 2024. It was only then that the DMV took his license. Singh and his attorney did not respond to requests for comment. State law empowers the agency to investigate drivers involved in fatal and serious-injury collisions and suspend their licenses, with or without a conviction. But the DMV routinely does nothing. Even when the agency does act, records show it can take years to do so. We examined court filings and DMV records for more than 130 commercial licensees charged with vehicular manslaughter from 2019 to early 2024 following a fatal crash on the job or off-duty in a personal vehicle. Nearly half had a valid Class A or Class B license as of late May. That includes a dozen drivers who got a ticket for unsafe driving in a com-

DMV lets it slide Previous death A CalMatters investigation found That’s because in July 2021 — 11 that the DMV often lets professionmonths before he killed Chow — Singh al drivers with a history of dangerous let his semitruck drift over the median behavior behind the wheel stay on the on Merle Haggard Drive in Kern Coun- road and command massive vehicles ty on his way to an Amazon distribu- — buses filled with passengers, semis tion center, killing a 26-year-old man packed with goods, and tankers loaded on a motorcycle. with hazardous chemicals — even after The collision report from that crash a fatal crash. shows police found pages from a log Under California law, a truck driver book, meant to keep track of Singh’s convicted of manslaughter is disqualihours behind the wheel, “ripped into fied from driving big rigs for 12 months. Obsessed with quiet small pieces” in an overhead compart- And any driver convicted of felony veMinkoff’s former attorney Dan Bar- ment. hicular manslaughter is generally supton previously said Minkoff lost all Investigators with the California human connection when the pandem- Highway Patrol alleged that Singh was ic started, aside from with his mom, fatigued at the time of the crash after and became obsessed with getting the driving more than the 12-hour limit and school to be quieter. recommended he be charged with ve“Both in his mind and in his environ- hicular manslaughter. Honoring all Pre-need Arrangements ment, Brad had no peace and no escape But while the DMV knew about the Cremations and Burials Services ~ Before need Planning from his discomfort,” Barton said in earlier fatal crash and had the authority a motion. Minkoff acted as Rum Tum to suspend Singh’s driving privileges, Tugger in “Cats” on Broadway in the it let him continue to drive a big rig un1980s. His brother is Rob Minkoff, the til he killed again. director of “The Lion King” and “StuFamily owned. Serving all faiths and funeral traditions since 1949 art Little.” ‘Completely avoidable’ Woodside Chapel “The death was completely avoidCarlmont Chapel (One block from El Camino Real) able. That accident never should have (Only blocks from San Carlos) 400 Woodside Rd, Redwood City happened,” Chow said, barely choking 1111 Alameda de las Pulgas, Belmont (650) 369-4103 FD 879 Freightliner smashed into the back of back grief during an interview in his (650) 595-4103 FD1825 their SUV and flipped it. Jenny Chow Los Altos living room, which is blanw ww.cr ippenflynn.com died. Law enforcement said Singh keted in smiling photos of Jenny and

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Sacramento and in another collision in Amador. The DMV didn’t suspend his commercial driver’s license until September, after we asked about the case. Another driver with five prior collisions — including one in 2021 in which he veered onto the shoulder in a semitruck and killed someone in Riverside County — was able to renew his license last year and almost immediately racked up two tickets for speeding in a commercial vehicle. He had a valid trucking license as of September. While regular drivers can easily drive on a suspended license, a trucking company isn’t likely to turn over a loaded semi to a driver without a valid commercial license, experts said. That means DMV action would be all the more meaningful. But the agency often acts only when it’s legally required to and doesn’t use its immense discretionary power to ensure that unsafe drivers get off the road.

Not held accountable The cases CalMatters examined suggest the state is not holding them to that level. A truck driver killed a 55-yearold man in Bakersfield in 2023, four years after court records show he allegedly injured a woman with his semi in a Sacramento crash. There’s nothing on his driving record to indicate that the DMV did anything in response. He got in yet another truck collision in 2025. One driver was convicted of reckless driving and a hit-and-run, got in a collision in San Joaquin County in 2023, failed to show up to court in Sacramento on a traffic ticket and killed someone while driving in Amador County. Just this year he got a speeding ticket in

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Police in California are investigating the theft of trading cards worth nearly $1 million that were taken from a FedEx truck parked outside of a company that verifies memorabilia. The truck was broken into on Oct. 13 near Professional Sports Authenticator, also known as PSA, which authenticates trading cards, autographs, comic books, and other memorabilia and grades their condition, Santa Ana Police Department spokeswoman Natalie Garcia said in a news release. Pokemon and sports cards were among the items that were stolen, the release said.

The truck’s lock was gone and two pallets were taken, she said. A third pallet was disturbed. “The estimated value of the stolen cards at the time of the incident was $963,000. However, the exact value of the stolen items has not yet been determined,” Garcia said in the news release.

Cards’ value could be higher Nick Andrews, a card collector near Boston, told the AP the value of what was taken could be much higher. He said one person who submitted cards for grading on behalf of several people told him that they lost half a Truck left unattended million dollars in declared value. The driver had left the truck unatPSA’s parent company, Collectors, tended, Garcia said in an email yester- said it contacted affected customers diday. How long the driver was gone is rectly and arranged for compensation part of the investigation, she said. based on fair market value.

TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING FOR MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town of Los Altos Hills, State of California, will hold the following public hearing in the Council Chambers of Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, California: Planning Commission – Regular Meeting Date: Thursday, November 05, 2026 Time: 6:00 P.M., or as soon as thereafter practicable Purpose:

Consideration of Recommending an Ordinance making amendments to Title 10, Chapter 1, Article 14 (Accessory Dwelling Units) of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code. Review and adopt a resolution making a recommendation to the City Council on proposed Municipal Code amendments.

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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89964765820?pwd=pLoRnhRwqLTCoAKJeIp8PtjJz 7jRkY.1 Meeting ID: 899 6476 5820 Password: 609916 Or go to https://app.zoom.us/wc/join and enter the Webinar ID and Password above. _________________________________________________________________ If you have any questions or need additional information about the foregoing actions for consideration, please contact Jay Bradford, Community Development Director at (650) 559-2244 or jbradford@losaltoshills.ca.gov. All interested persons may appear and be heard at said time and place. Written communications should be filed at Town Hall prior to the date of the hearing. Court challenges to the action of the Planning Commission, or City Council may be limited to issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence received at Town Hall at, or prior to, the time of the public hearing. Further details may be obtained from the City Clerk’s Office at 650-947-2513. To attend the meeting in person: City Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 To provide Public Comment: 1. If you wish to submit a public comment on agenda items in advance of the meeting, email the staff member for the project. If you choose to email your comments, indicate in the subject line “FOR PUBLIC COMMENT” and specify the agenda item. Written comments will be posted on the City website at www.losaltoshills.ca.gov subject to Staff ’s ability to post the documents before the meeting. 2.

If you wish to provide public comment during the meeting in person, please complete a speaker card and submit it to the City Clerk at the meeting.

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