Stanford testing the waters
Stanford is testing the waters to see if it can bring a renewed attempt at a general use permit, or GUP, after withdrawing it in 2019.
Last night, university officials asked a group of 21 local officials and nonprofit leaders, including Palo Alto Mayor Ed Lauing, to bring up concerns about any potential GUP Stanford brings in.
For renewed planning application
Stanford presented no official plan last night, instead, it laid out its timeline for preparing to submit a new GUP by the middle of next year after holding a handful of meetings with the 21-person group.
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Ideally, this new GUP, currently being referred to as “StanfordNext,” will be approved by the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors by 2028, according to a slideshow presented to the group.
Some attendees of last night’s meeting asked Stanford about housing, noting that the region is already in a housing crisis, and if Stanford expands its campus, that means more employees who will need places to live.
The group is purely an advisory body, said senior associate vice president and GUP project executive Whitney McNair. That doesn’t mean Stanford will act upon the input from the board.
Trump backs off, for now
For three years before withdrawing it in November 2019, Stanford attempted to get approval for a 3.5 million square foot expansion of the campus, BY
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After a tense night in the Bay Area, President Trump called off a planned “surge” of federal immigration agents in San Francisco after friends persuaded him to back down.
“Great people like (Nvidia president) Jensen Huang, (Salesforce chief executive) Marc Benioff and others have called saying that the future of San Francisco is great,” the president wrote on social media. “They want to give it a ‘shot.’ Therefore we will not surge San Francisco on Saturday.”
The announcement followed a nerve-wracking night for Bay Area
Council grapples with taller buildings
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT
Palo Alto City Council is grappling with how to plan for housing after the state Legislature passed a law to allow seven-story apartment buildings within a quarter mile of the city’s three Caltrain stations.
The new law, Senate Bill 79, allows
for cities to create alternative plans that shift the height around. For example, four-story buildings could be allowed on some properties while ten-story buildings are allowed on others, Planning Director Jonathan Lait said.
Council decided on Wednesday night to form a committee of two or three council members who will dis-
cuss whether to pursue alternative plans for each Caltrain station: University Avenue, California Avenue and San Antonio Road.
The law takes effect on July 1, but alternative plans wouldn’t be ready until the end of next year, Lait said. “It’s a heavy lift, and it’s going to take a
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In celebration and honor of caregivers, we will be watching a special viewing of the PBS Documentary.
In celebration and honor of caregivers, we will be watching a special viewing of the PBS Documentary.
Thursday, November 6th From 4:30pm - 7:00pm
if you’re a family caregiver, future care provider, working with senior living professionals, or a neighbor. Enjoy complimentary pre-movie treats at 4:30pm, as well as intermission snacks. The screening will begin at 5:00pm. Seating is limited and RSVPs by November 3 to: rd Molly: mjohnson@firstlighthomecare.com or Eleanor: elanuza@wqliving.com
if you’re a family caregiver, future care provider, working with senior living professionals, or a neighbor. Enjoy complimentary pre-movie treats at 4:30pm, as well as intermission snacks. The screening will begin at 5:00pm. Seating is limited and RSVPs by November 3 to: rd Molly: mjohnson@firstlighthomecare.com or Eleanor: elanuza@wqliving.com
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Caleb Xander Bi, a boy
Jordi Alejandro Lopez, a boy
Aarav Singhal, a boy
April 14
Claire Qitang Chen, a girl
Mia Parker Chung, a girl
Eloise Brooke Galloway, a girl
Neil Armaan Singh Hayer, a boy
Nessiah Isaias Ramirez Sanchez, a boy
Theodore Bien Ryan, a boy
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Jacob Joseph Liao, a boy
Garrett Ma, a boy
Chloe Yuna Moon, a girl
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Scott Albert Hammer, a boy
Charly Dawn Johnston, a girl
Emma Grace Milroy, a girl
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Kumar outsider in race for assessor
BY DANIEL SCHRAGER Daily Post Staff Writer
Former Saratoga City Councilman
Rishi Kumar is running as the outsider candidate in the race to replace longtime Santa Clara County Assessor Larry Stone, who recently retired after 30 years in the office.
“I believe Larry Stone failed in his three decades and it’s not the time to pass the baton from one failure to the next,” Kumar said in a phone interview with the Post.
Kumar, 58, will appear on the ballot alongside Neysa Fligor, who Stone has endorsed, Yang Zhao and Bryan Do. Kumar’s platform that centers on property tax reforms and exemptions.
“There is a revolution brewing, there is change happening around the country with property tax and the viewpoint on that, and that’s really what we have brought to the table,” Kumar said.
Kumar previously ran for Congress in 2024, 2022 and 2020. He lost to then-incumbent Anna Eshoo on his first two tries, earning 36.8% of the vote in 2020 and 42.2% in 2022. After Eshoo retired, Kumar received the sixth most votes in the race to replace her.
He served two terms on Saratoga’s council between 2015 and 2022. According to his social media, he’s the CEO of a company called EthosAI.
Senior exemption plan
Among his proposed property tax reforms is an exemption for seniors.
Kumar’s opponents have noted that the assessor doesn’t have the authority
to exempt seniors from property taxes. Kumar said he’s still looking into how feasible that would be, but has come up with four possible options: go through the state legislature, provide seniors with economic hardship-based deductions or propose a statewide ballot referendum to exempt seniors. Of those options, Kumar says a statewide referendum is most realistic.
“There are a few we have proposed and we are still sort of figuring out how to get it done,” Kumar said. “But the bottom line is I want to get it done.”
Other priorities
Kumar’s other property tax priorities include protecting Prop 13, which caps the property tax at 1%, and giving residents an easy way to report declines in property value.
“My objective is to send money back into the pockets of people,” Kumar said. Kumar isn’t concerned that the lost tax revenue will impact the county’s budget, since he expects pushback against county spending to force local leaders to trim the budget.
“You leverage the platform and now have a megaphone and now you’re shouting about it… As the county assessor, I’ll be yelling and screaming whenever I see county wastage of taxpayer dollars,” Kumar said.
Another priority of Kumar’s would be automating the office’s appraisals. He hopes to develop a model that can produce reliable assessments, although he knows it will likely need human oversight.
Kumar said he would aim to trim the office’s budget by $10 million, primarily through automation.
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Corpus’ attorneys call ouster ‘sham’
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
Fired San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus’ attorneys believe the two-week appeal hearing that led to her removal was a “sham.”
Corpus’ attorneys appeared in court in front of Judge Nina Shapirshteyn yesterday to ask her to stop the Board of Supervisors from filling the position of sheriff after firing Corpus on Oct.14 for various allegations, including having a conflict of interest, retaliation and false arrest. Corpus did not attend the hearing.
‘Performative’ hearing
Corpus’ attorney, W.S. Wilson Leung, said the appeal hearing on Aug. 18 through Aug. 29 in front of hearing officer James Emerson was a “sham” and was “performative” because he was controlled by the board.
Corzo and Mueller made statements between November and December, when retired Judge LaDoris Cordell’s report came out, showing their bias toward Corpus, Leung said. Corzo said Corpus was dividing the Hispanic community and led the department in fear, according to Leung. Mueller said he no longer believed Corpus was fit to be sheriff, according to Leung.
Now that Corpus has been fired, her Peace Officer Standard and Training certificate has been temporarily suspended, preventing her from working as a police officer, Leung said.
County attorney reacts
County attorney Travis Silva said he was surprised to hear Leung call the hearing a sham. During the hearing, Corpus’ attorneys had the opportunity to present evidence to defend Corpus from the allegations, Silva said.
Emerson’s recommendation “confirms that the entire removal proceeding was a charade” because it was tainted by Supervisors Noelia Corzo and Ray Mueller’s bias.
Emerson recommended the board remove Corpus from office for having a conflict of interest with her former chief of staff, Victor Aenlle, for retaliating against the deputy sheriff’s union president, Carlos Tapia, the unlawful arrest of Tapia and retaliation against former Capt. Brian Philip.
“I just want to point out that this hearing was public. It was covered by the press. Her lawyers were on TV every night. She had ample opportunity to clear her name,” Silva said.
As for Corpus’ POST certificate, it is handled by another entity that is not part of the removal proceeding or lawsuit, Silva said. Corpus can challenge the suspension by writing a letter arguing why she should still be able to serve as an officer, according to Silva.
Your Kid Can Become a Triathlete
The First Youth Triathlon Team is the Bay Area’s first and only dedicated triathlon program just for kids and teens, and they’re looking for new members to join a young team that is already making its mark.
Triathlon — a sport that combines swimming, biking, and running — is growing across the country, with college scholarships available and numerous opportunities for kids to race. But before this team, there was no program in the Bay Area teaching kids how to train for it properly, said co-founder Anton Komarov, a seasoned triathlete and Ironman competitor.
He and Aleksei Averchenko, a former Russian national swim team member turned pro triathlete, started the team a year ago with 15 kids and the team
has since doubled in size. Together, the two coaches have created a training program that builds strong, disciplined and confident athletes in all three sports.
Triathlon is more accessible than people realize, said Komarov, since many kids already love swimming, biking or running. It’s also incredibly fun — offering travel opportunities and the chance to bond with new friends. Kids who are competitive swimmers start with a great advantage in triathlon, he said, and it’s easier to develop as a swimmer when you are young. In order to compete at a high level, the team spends a lot of time practicing at Belle Haven Pool in Menlo Park, but they also train in bike and running, with explicit coaching on transitions between the events.
“When you go from one activity to the other, you have to know how to change equipment and position,” Komarov explained. “It doesn’t matter how fast you are if you lose time getting on your bike.”
One of the highlights of the program is their weekly indoor bike trainer session, where their avatars all ride together in engaging virtual worlds while the trainers simulate hills and other conditions for the kids.
The team accepts children ages 7 and up, with kids grouped by age and ability. Beginners train three times a week, while the developing and advanced groups do four or five workouts per week. The work is already seeing results: About half of the team competed in races like Bay Kids Triathlon series and all of those kids got podiums this year, said Komarov. In November, they’ll host the Bay Area’s first Indoor Youth Triathlon Competition at Rinconada Pool in Palo Alto, and kids can apply to compete on their website.
said the team prepares their athletes not only for competitions but also to develop a lifelong passion for an active lifestyle.
“I want them to know the joy of the sport,” he said. “They can do it for fun for their whole lives. I want to get these kids ready for anything.”
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City backs 72-unit design for project
BY DANIEL SCHRAGER Daily Post Staff Writer
Palo Alto City Council favors a 72-apartment design for an affordable housing development planned for the parking lot on the corner of Kipling Street and Lytton Avenue, although it still needs to sort through funding roadblocks before the project is approved.
Council was presented with three options for the project Wednesday, which is being developed by Alta Housing, with council expressing support for a six-story, 72-apartment option.
Councilman Greer Stone said he preferred the proposal to the other options — a five-story, 54-apartment design and a six-story, 68-apartment one — because it would house more people and offers more family housing, which he called a “desperate need” in the city.
Size concerns
Stone was concerned about the size of the development, which replaces the parking lot behind downtown’s 7-Eleven, and suggested looking into a smaller design as long as it preserved the number of units. The project faces a streamlined review process, with only one Architectural Review Board meeting, but Councilman Pat Burt expressed concern that could inadequately address concerns about the development’s size.
“I am concerned about the massing on Kipling and if there (is) a way to be able to provide some reasonable stepbacks that doesn’t really cost us much on units, that would be great,” Stone said.
Funding questions
With a total cost a total of $78.3 million, council’s preferred option was the most expensive of the three. The city plans to contribute $5.5 million, $76,000 per unit, which it expects to finance through a low-interest loan. Alta says it needs an additional $2.27 million to complete the project and will look for additional funding sources.
Alta has proposed three options to fill the funding gap, according to City Manager Ed Shikada’s report: requesting money from the county, going through the Housing Accelerator Fund, a nonprofit lender, or adding higher-income homes to the project to qualify for a statewide program that encourages mixed-income housing.
The county would likely be able to contribute the last bit of money, Alta’s Vice President of Real Estate Development Carlos Castellanos said.
A group of downtown business owners sued the city over the plan earlier this year, saying that replacing the parking lot with housing will hurt business.
Forget colorful leaves. Any caregiver knows that the real signs of fall are kids with coughs, sneezes and sniffles. Autumn marks the start of respiratory virus season, when colds, flu and other bugs start circulating — especially among the very young.
A recent study confirmed what many families intuitively know: The littlest students harbor the most germs.
Children in pre-kindergarten and elementary school showed highest rates of virus detection compared with older students and staff, according to research published in the journal Pediatrics.
episode of acute respiratory illness — though not necessarily at the same time.
More telling, 92% of pre-K and elementary school kids had a virus detected, compared with about 86% of middle school students, about 77% of high school students and 76% of staff.
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The pre-K kids, ages 3 to 5, had the highest rates of actual illness, too, the study found.
“Young children can have up to 10 respiratory viruses a year as their immune systems are introduced to different infections for the first time,” said Dr. Jennifer Goldman, a pediatrician at Children’s Mercy hospital in Kansas City, Mo., who co-led the study.
Inside the results
Goldman and her colleagues analyzed nasal swabs and symptom reports from more than 800 students and staff in a large school district in Kansas City from November 2022 to May 2023.
They found that overall, more than 85% of all participants had at least one respiratory virus detected during that time and more than 80% had an
Most of the viruses were the kinds that cause the common cold, including rhinovirus, which was found in 65% of participants, and types of seasonal coronavirus detected in about 30%. The virus that causes Covid was found in about 15% of those studied.
Study confirms experiences
The new study provides a baseline look at the burden of viruses in school settings, Goldman said.
It also confirms the real-world experience of pediatricians who are parents, like Dr. Nicole Torres of the University of Miami Health System.
“I can say this for my own children, who are now in their teens: They were sicker when they were younger,” she said.
The study also squares with older research that found that young kids play a key role in spreading respiratory viruses at home.
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Covid shot could help fight tumors
The most widely used Covid vaccines may offer a surprise benefit for some cancer patients — revving up their immune systems to help fight tu
mors.
People with advanced lung or skin cancer who were taking certain immunotherapy drugs lived substantially longer if they also got a Pfizer or Moderna shot within 100 days of starting treatment, according to preliminary research being reported in the journal Nature. And it had nothing to do with virus infections.
Instead, the molecule that powers those specific vaccines, mRNA, appears to help the immune system respond better to the cutting-edge cancer treatment, concluded researchers from MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and the University of Florida.
The vaccine “acts like a siren to activate immune cells throughout the body,” said lead researcher Dr. Adam Grippin of MD Anderson. “We’re sensitizing immune-resistant tumors to immune therapy.”
Further research planned
The research team found its results so promising that it is preparing a more rigorous study to see if mRNA coronavirus vaccines should be paired with cancer drugs called checkpoint inhibitors — an interim step while it designs new mRNA vaccines for use in cancer. A healthy immune system often kills cancer cells before they become a threat. But some tumors evolve to hide from immune attack. Checkpoint inhibitors remove that cloak. It’s a powerful treatment — when it works.
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OCT. 13
12:23 p.m. — Don Allan Reese, 59, transient, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 400 block of Bryant St.
12:51 p.m. — Maurice Hanks, 60, transient, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 3200 block of Park Blvd.
2:01 p.m. — Nick Rodriguez, 53, transient, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 1000 block of E. Meadow Drive.
MONDAY
8:59 a.m. — Vehicle accident causes injuries, San Antonio Road and Highway 101.
3:34 p.m. — Jose Misael Campos, 55, transient, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 400 block of Bryant St.
4:38 p.m. — Steven Cary Taylor, 67, transient, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 1-99 block of Encina Ave.
9:59 p.m. — Craig Joseph Caron, 53, of Redwood City, arrested for violation of a protective order, 300 block of Channing Ave.
STANFORD
OCT. 14
7:19 p.m. — Vandalism, 300 block of Jane Stanford Way.
10:03 p.m. — Petty theft, 700 block of Serra St.
MENLO PARK
WEDNESDAY
7:16 a.m. — Vanessa Nicole Esparza, 41, cited on a warrant, 1300 block of Windermere Ave.
8:04 a.m. — Stolen vehicle recovered, 700 block of Santa Cruz Ave.
10:44 a.m. — Lisa Monique Hearne, 63, transient, arrested for shoplifting and falsely identifying herself to police, 700 block of El Camino.
11:31 a.m. — Dallas Joseph Moffett, 29, of Redding, cited on three warrants, 500 block of El Camino.
12:17 p.m. — Vehicle collision causes major injuries, Alma St. and Burgess Drive.
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CITY OF LOS ALTOS PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Zoning Administrator of the City of Los Altos will hold Public Hearings to consider the following projects:
1. SC25-0006 – Nasir Khan – 299 Langton Avenue
Request for Design Review to construct a new 2,538 square-foot, two-story house. The project site is located on the north side of Langton Avenue, between Laurel Drive and Los Altos Avenue. The project is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Existing Structures) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Project Planner: Gallegos
2. SC25-0001 – Mike Ma – 260 Hawthorne Avenue
Request for Design Review to construct a new 2,556 square foot two-story home. The project site is located on the southwest corner of Waverly Lane and Hawthorne Avenue. The project is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Existing Structures) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Project Planner: Whitehill
3. SC25-0015 – Le Tang – 682 Panchita Way
Request for Design Review to construct a new 3,554 square foot two-story home. The project site is located on the west side of Panchita Way between Alvarado Avenue and Marich Way. The project is categorically exempt from environmental review pursuant to Section 15303 (New Construction or Conversion of Existing Structures) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Project Planner: Whitehill
The Zoning Administrator public hearing will be held on Wednesday, November 5, 2025, starting at 4:00 PM in person at the Community Meeting Chambers, Los Altos City Hall, 1 North San Antonio Road, Los Altos, CA and via conference call. Please go to the following link: https://ca-losaltos.civicplus.com/527/Zoning-Administrator
Questions can be answered by calling the Development Services Department at (650) 947-2750 or sent via email to planning@losaltosca.gov.
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2:11 p.m. — Ernest Trujillo, 51, of San Jose, arrested for shoplifting, being under the influence of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia, 700 block of El Camino.
5:13 p.m. — Luis Angel Cuevas, 19, of East Palo Alto, arrested for hitand-run resulting in injuries, recklessly evading police in a vehicle, resisting police, possession and transportation of marijuana for sale and telling tobacco products without a license, Ringwood and Coleman avenues.
6:05 p.m. — Electric bike stolen, 1300 block of Henderson Ave.
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SEPT. 12
10:28 p.m. — Joel Enoki, 40, of Union City, cited for drug possession and having marijuana in a vehicle, San Antonio Road and Nita Ave. SEPT. 13
2:53 a.m. — Enrique Rodriguez, 23, of San Jose, cited for DUI, Villa and View streets.
9 p.m. — Angeli Edhammer, 64, of Foster City, cited for DUI, Sierra Vista Ave. and Old Middlefield Way. SEPT. 14
1 a.m. — Doris Padilla, 76, cited for DUI, 100 block of Farley St.
SEPT. 27
2:07 p.m. — Quoc Huynh, 41, of Mountain View, cited for prowling and entering a building, 1600 block of Morgan Court.
OCT. 2
12:35 a.m. — Eric Brown, 64, transient, cited on a warrant, El Camino and El Monte Ave.
1:25 a.m. — Vasil Penchev, 33, transient, cited on a warrant, 2500 block of California St.
7:31 p.m. — Christopher Hixson, 36, of San Francisco, cited on warrants, 2100 block of Showers Drive.
OCT. 4
11:41 p.m. — Montai Glaspie, 53, of Palo Alto, cited on a warrant at Walmart, 600 Showers Drive.
OCT. 5
8:41 a.m. — Gabriel Ortiz, 34, of Mountain View, cited for driving without a license, possession of drug paraphernalia and theft of someone else’s lost property, Moffett Blvd. and Cypress Point Drive.
4:07 p.m. — Rafael Montoya, 56, of Mountain View, cited on a warrant, Shoreline Blvd. and Wright Ave. OCT. 6
9:29 p.m. — Juan Hernandez Cabrera, 27, transient, cited on
CITY OF LOS ALTOS PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE
NOTICE IS GIVEN that the Planning Commission of the City of Los Altos will hold Public Hearings to consider the following projects:
1. D22-0013, CUP22-0003 and TM22-0005 –996 Loraine LLC – 996 Loraine Avenue
Request for Design Review and Conditional Use Permit to construct a three-story mixed-use development with 12 residential units and 962 square feet of ground floor commercial with a State Density Bonus with a concession and waivers and a Tentative Map application to create 13 condominium lots and one common lot. The project site is located on the southwest corner of Loraine Avenue and Miramonte Avenue. The Project meets all the criteria pursuant to Pub. Res. Code § 21080.66 statutory exemption and is thus exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Project Planner: Gallegos
2. D25-0004, CUP25-0001 and TM25-0001 – Subhendu Datta –4898 El Camino Real
Request for Design Review and Conditional Use Permit to construct an eight (8) story, multiple-family development with eighty-five (85) residential units with a State Density Bonus with a concession and waivers and a Tentative Map application to create 85 condominium lots and one common lot. The project site is located on the southeast corner of Jordan Avenue and El Camino Real. The project is categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15332 (In-Fill Development Projects) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. Project Planner: Gallegos
The Planning Commission public hearing will be held on Thursday, November 6, 2025, starting at 6:00 PM in person at the Community Meeting Chambers, Los Altos City Hall, 1 North San Antonio Road, Los Altos, CA and via conference call. Please go to the following link: https://ca-losaltos.civicplus. com/524/Planning-Commission
Questions can be answered by calling the Development Services Department at (650) 947-2750 or sent via email to planning@losaltosca.gov.
Yvonne Dupont, Management Analyst I
warrants, Junction and Thompson avenues.
OCT. 7
3:06 a.m. — Charles Williams, 58, of El Centro, cited on a warrant, 900 block of El Monte Ave.
OCT. 10
5:23 p.m. — Xavier Rascon, 25, cited on a warrant, 1900 block of Leghorn St.
OCT. 14
1:15 a.m. — Tasheena Gaulden, 32, of San Jose, arrested on warrants at Walgreens, 121 E. El Camino.
8:34 a.m. — Auto burglary, 1100 block of W. El Camino.
10:09 a.m. — Grand theft, 400 block of Clyde Ave.
10:41 a.m. — Home burglary, 2200 block of Mora Place.
11:03 a.m. — Theft, 800 block of Avery Drive.
12:40 p.m. — Auto burglary, Loreto St. and Calderon Ave.
3:09 p.m. — Shawn Thompson, 39, of Auburn, arrested for battery and possession of a dirk or dagger and drug paraphernalia, as well as on warrants, 1100 block of Armand Drive.
4:47 p.m. — Robbery at Mountain View Healthcare Center, 2530 Solace Place.
6:13 p.m. — Home burglary, 1600 block of Morgan St.
9:19 p.m. — Grand theft, 2600 block of Fayette Drive.
10:46 p.m. — Edgar Lopez, 35, of San Jose, arrested for violation of a restraining order and driving with a suspended or revoked license, 400 block of N. Shoreline Blvd.
10:50 p.m. — Mario Portillo, 54, of San Francisco, arrested for public drunkenness, Shoreline Amphitheater.
11:51 p.m. — Anothai Boonyagarn, 45, of San Jose, arrested for theft of someone else’s lost property and on a warrant, 800 block of California St.
LOS ALTOS
OCT. 11
8:34 a.m. — Two vehicles stolen, 1000 block of Dartmouth Lane.
12:26 p.m. — Vehicle tampering, 1200 block of Brentwood St.
8:06 p.m. — Auto burglary, 1000 block of N. San Antonio Road.
OCT. 13
10:46 a.m. — Theft, 2000 block of Kent Drive.
2:13 p.m. — Theft, 1200 block of Larnel Place.
OCT. 17
7:59 a.m. — Ramiro Chaparro, 45, of Redwood City, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, San Antonio Road and Edith Ave.
10:47 a.m. — Theft, 200 block of Main St.
3:34 p.m. — Leopoldo Dominguez, 26, of Mountain View, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Springer Road and Raymundo Ave.
5:34 p.m. — Burglary at a residential complex, 4800 block of El Camino.
MONDAY
8:06 p.m. — Auto burglary, 1000 block of N. San Antonio Road.
9:12 p.m. — Home burglary, 700 block of Alvina Court.
NORTH FAIR OAKS
MONDAY
1 a.m. — Melvin Aldana Posadas, 34, of Redwood City, arrested for possession of meth and driving with a suspended or revoked license, 3200 block of Middlefield Road.
2:33 p.m. — Jose Gregorio Arias, 38, of unincorporated San Mateo County, arrested for possession of meth and hallucinogens and for resisting police, 2700 block of Devonshire Ave.
REDWOOD CITY
SATURDAY
6:36 a.m. — Vehicle accident causes minor injuries, Charter St.
10:09 a.m. — Electric bike stolen, Redwood Ave.
3:56 p.m. — Man gropes a woman and then runs away, Main St.
7:39 p.m. — Intoxicated man harassing customers at a business, Middlefield Road. An arrest is made.
9:29 p.m. — Burglary, Barcelona Circle.
9:32 p.m. — Woman says a man walked up to her holding a switchblade knife, said “I’m sorry, I can’t do it,” and then left in a vehicle, Wayne Court East.
11:18 p.m. — Hugo Pelaez Mayen, 40, of Redwood City, cited for possession of meth and drug paraphernalia, 1100 block of Broadway. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
SUNDAY
2:09 a.m. — Security guard reports being assaulted by three men and one woman, El Camino.
2:17 a.m. — Caller says assailants attacked the caller’s friend and left the victim unconscious, Woodside Road.
3:29 a.m. — Child calls police and says her stepdad is hitting her mom and her baby sister. Location not disclosed.
7:45 p.m. — Peweli Ariel Pinkston, 34, of East Palo Alto, arrested for shoplifting at Target, 2485 El Camino.
9:02 p.m. — Toyota Prius stolen, El Camino.
EMERALD HILLS
MONDAY
9:43 a.m. — Caroline Peace Latu, 33, of Redwood City, arrested on a warrant, 500 block of Lakeview Way.
SAN CARLOS
MONDAY
7:39 a.m. — Charles Verner Holmquist, 71, of Menlo Park, cited for possession of meth and drug paraphernalia, 1400 block of El Camino.
2:44 p.m. — Truck hits a fire hydrant, damaging it and causing water to flow out, El Camino and Cherry St.
5:34 p.m. — Jose William Gonzalez, 57, of Portola Valley, cited for having a false registration sticker on his vehicle, 1100 block of Old County Road.
CAMINO COINS - VOGT STAMPS
PALO ALTO
3179 Stockton Place, 94303, 4 bedrooms, 2133 square feet, built in 2001, Barley Trust to Xiaoxin and Lei Bao for $4,480,000, closed Sept. 24 (last sale: $535,000, 04-01-99)
1494 Kings Lane, 94303, 6 bedrooms, 2528 square feet, built in 1950, Blum Trust to Wangda and Feiyi Zuo for $4,850,000, closed Sept. 25
EAST PALO ALTO
2235 Menalto Ave., 94303, 4 bedrooms, 1500 square feet, built in 1967, Sandeep Kumar to Singh Family Trust for $1,310,000, closed Sept. 2 (last sale: $1,175,000, 12-17-19)
MENLO PARK
4112 Fair Oaks Ave., 94025, 2 bedrooms, 1039 square feet, built in 1947, Dov Mor to Wendi and Li Li for $1,850,000, closed Sept. 5 (last sale: $535,000, 08-21-02)
641 10th Ave., 94025, 3 bedrooms, 1380 square feet, built in 1951, Aaron Flores to Forwood Properties LLC for $2,000,000, closed Sept. 3 (last sale: $1,380,000, 04-03-15)
2 (last sale: $535,000, 0501-03)
MOUNTAIN VIEW
1905 Stella St., 94043, 3 bedrooms, 1609 square feet, built in 2017, Yanzhen Deng to Jun and Yiming Qi for $1,780,000, closed Sept. 23 (last sale: $1,630,000, 12-21-18)
2381 Adele Ave., 94043, 3 bedrooms, 1384 square feet, built in 1958, Pugh Trust to Eun and Moonseok Kim for $2,000,000, closed Sept. 22 (last sale: $1,250,000, 04-10-14)
LOS ALTOS
743 Santa Rita Ave., 94022, 3 bedrooms, 1962 square feet, built in 1949, Kinell Family Trust to Shaodan and Chenyang Zhao for $4,900,000, closed Sept. 22
LOS ALTOS HILLS
26792 Robleda Court, 94022, 4 bedrooms, 2657 square feet, built in 1963, Edward J Yarolin Family Lp to Johri Family Trust for $5,401,000, closed Sept. 25
543 8th Ave., 94025, 3 bedrooms, 2622 square feet, built in 1949, John and Laura Redmond to Quan and Xinhe Geng for $3,000,000, closed Sept.
PORTOLA VALLEY
760 La Mesa Drive, 94028, 5 bedrooms, 2800 square feet, built in 1967, Carey Family Trust to Meenu and Vinay Molasi for $3,850,000, closed Sept. 4
REDWOOD CITY
48 Turnsworth Ave., 94062, 3 bedrooms, 2810
square feet, built in 1933, Oneill Family Trust to Megan and Paul Wilkins for $3,840,000, closed Sept. 5
3909 Pepper Tree Court, 94061, 3 bedrooms, 1740 square feet, built in 1968, Wright Living Trust to Rostampisheh Family Trust for $2,728,000, closed Sept. 2
337 Roble Ave., 94061, 3 bedrooms, 1340 square feet, built in 1962, Straubel Living Trust to J and A Prosperity for $1,365,000, closed Sept. 3
130 Cypress St., 94061, 3 bedrooms, 920 square feet, built in 1952, Jackson Living Trust to Weinong Lai for $1,395,000, closed Sept. 5
SAN CARLOS
1949 Brittan Ave., 94070, 3 bedrooms, 1500 square feet, built in 1958, Peterson Family Trust to Tammy and Woojin Kim for $2,045,000, closed Aug. 28
1025 Walnut St., 94070, 3 bedrooms, 1850 square feet, built in 1938, Asaf Zvi to Zhu Family Trust for $3,900,000, closed Sept. 3 (last sale: $1,550,000, 08-22-23)
BELMONT
1101 Continentals Way #104, 94002, 1 bedroom, 740 square feet, built in 1967, Sayumi Yamazoe to Elizabeth Fairfax for $499,000, closed Sept. 5 (last sale: $575,000, 0311-22)
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Steve Neithammer is pleased to present 235 Alma Street in Palo Alto.
Steve Niethammer (650) 520-6290
This exceptional mixed-use property features 3 bed/3.5 bath with 3,940 sf of total space on a 5,625 sf lot. The fully remodeled 2,560 sf front house showcases residential or commercial purposes, with a lower level ready for customization. The restaurant, or studio use.
and Sunday 1:00pm-4:00pm.
This serene 3 bed, 2 bath home blends subtle Japanese design elements with modern comfort, creating a sense of calm and balance. The spacious living room features a built-in bookcase
John James is pleased to present 1523 Ashcroft Way in Sunnyvale. Open house Saturday and Sunday 12:30pm-5:30pm
This beautifully updated 6 bed, 4.5 bath Monterey sf of elegant living on a Sunnyvale’s most desirable neighborhoods. Timeless details include spotted gum moldings, and beamed cathedral ceilings.
Carol Carnevale, Nicole Aron, and James Steele are pleased to present 402 Sand Hill Circle in Menlo Park. Open house Sunday 1:30pm-4:30pm
Set amongst the
wood accents. The chef’s kitchen boasts custom Eggersmann cabinetry from Germany, while Italian Rimadesio closets and Konnen GlasHaus windows highlight bespoke design.
Tim Allen (831) 214-1990
Monterey Coast Realty is pleased to present 1360 Josselyn Canyon Road #40 in Monterey.
Desirable two-story home with an attached two-car garage, located in the sought-after Monterey Woods Community. This private and just steps from the community pool, perfect blend of tranquility and convenience.
Monterey Coast Realty (831) 250-6616
Overlooking the 14th fairway of Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club, this beautifully remodeled end-unit townhome sf, the home features 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, a formal dining room, a gourmet kitchen, and a living room with expansive sliding glass doors opening to a tiled deck—perfect for indoor-outdoor living.
Alex Wang is pleased to present 1285 Hamilton Ave in Palo Alto.
Extensively remodeled 3-bedroom, 3-bath home living on a 10,400 sf lot in prestigious Crescent Park. The gourmet kitchen features chef-grade appliances, while the
Alex Wang (650) 800-8840
Carnevale (650) 465-5958
Keri Nicholas is pleased to present 705 Evergreen Street in Menlo Park.
Elegant and inviting, this spacious 5-bedroom, exceptional living on a beautifully landscaped 10,010 sf lot near downtown Menlo Park. The an elegant living room with room with built-in cabinetry, and a separate family room
Attention, Realtors: To showcase your special listing on this page, email Mike Ireland at mireland@padailypost.com
Carol
Karen Fryling and Rebecca Johnson are pleased to present 375 La Cuesta Drive in Portola Valley. Open house Saturday
stainless steel counters with a breakfast bar.
Rebecca Johnson (650) 438-2331
Tim Allen is pleased to present 53 Marguerite in Carmel.
rolling hillsides of Clint Eastwood’s worldrenowned Tehama Golf Club, this exceptional 6,949 SqFt
NOW, IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR a unique and special gift for someone, you might want to check out the Shady Lane Gift Shop in Sharon Heights. It’s a fun and fascinating little shop located in the Sharon Heights Shopping Center in Menlo Park. The owner, Alice, is super friendly and always ready to help. They have a wide variety of gifts made by local artists and craftsmen, including silver jewelry, wood carvings, masks, intricate boxes, and much more. If you’re in the area, give Alice a call at (650) 321-1099 or check out their website for more crafty new information about this great little place.
LEAPIN’ LIZARDS!
Get ready to be inspired by Annie, the heartwarming Broadway classic. Follow the adventures of plucky little orphan Annie as she escapes the cruel Miss Hannigan’s orphanage, searches for her parents, and strikes up an unexpected friendship with billionaire Oliver Warbucks. With unforgettable songs like “Tomorrow,” “Maybe,” and “It’s A Hard Knock
Life,” alongside a story full of hope, resilience, and heart, Annie is a must-see for all ages. Production will run from November 7 to 23. Tickets on sale now and available at Palo Alto Players website. For more information call the box office at (650) 329-0891. Don’t miss this timeless musical that continues to captivate audiences around the world!
HAVE YOU STOPPED BY THE United Nations gift shop recently to see their beautiful gift items, carefully selected by Caroline and volunteer staff? They have amazing assortment of handwoven baskets, musical instruments, alpaca scarfs, children’s books and toys and unique gift items to choose from. They are unique handcrafted creations made by local artisans and shipped in from around the world. UNA gift store helps to support artisans in the developing world by buying mainly fair trade items. At holiday time, receipts from the sale of UNICEF cards and gifts go to UNICEF, enabling it to carry on its humanitarian work around the world. Remember to shop local. UNA Gift store, is located at 552 Emerson St. in downtown Palo Alto.
WILLOWS MARKET IN MENLO PARK is home
to the OMG tri-tip sandwich. Many say this is the best sandwich in the neighborhood. Are you a barbecue lover? You don’t want to miss out on the hardwood smoked ribs, 14 hour smoked brisket, chicken and hot links they serve daily. And don’t forget the unbelievable craft beer selection. They are home to more than 1,063 craft beers, including the newly added Field Works brewing along with the very popular Russian River Pliney the Elder. Stop into Willow’s Market today in Menlo Park at the corner of Middlefield and Willow roads, across from the old Sunset Magazine building. You can also give them a call for catering at (650) 322-0743.
JOIN SYMPHONY SAN JOSE AND everyone’s favorite vampire, Peter “the Count” Jaffe, for a musical journey into the darker side of the Great White Way as they explore Broadway’s most haunting harmonies. Think Wicked,
Sweeney Todd, The Phantom of the Opera, Little Shop of Horrors, Jekyll & Hyde, Into the Woods, Cats, The Little Mermaid, the unforgettable Thriller from MJ: The Musical and many others! October 25 & 26 at the California Theatre.
JOIN
OCEANICA BALLET FOR FESTIVE autumn vibes in an evening of story ballets inspired by Halloween and Día de los Muertos!
Oceánica Ballet’s two-act family-friendly production of The Headless Horseman + Viva La Vida. Saturday, Oct. 25 at 4 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 26 at 2 p.m. at the College of San Mateo Theatre,1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd. Tickets: https://www.tix.com/ticketsales/oceanicaballet/7592. Discount: $10 off the price of each ticket for Saturday, Oct. 25 at 4 p.m. automatically applied at checkout. Valid for online ticket purchases only.
SPEND A THRILLING
HALLOWEEN
EVENING at The Ameswell Hotel with Midnight at the Masquerade, an interactive Murder Mystery dinner in our Apollo Pavilion on the event lawn. Doors open at 6 p.m. Arrive in costume
or your best Venetian mask and step into a world of glamour, secrets, and suspense. Enjoy a chef-curated three-course meal and themed cocktails as you unravel the mystery. It’s the perfect way to kick off your Halloween night before heading out to the city. rogerbarandrestaurant.com/halloween/
A GLOBAL CONSERVATION EVENT: PROTECTING Our Endangered National Parks and Marine Ecosystems. Join Global Conservation for a fascinating evening with heroes in planet protection working throughout Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Thursday, Nov. 6th from 6:30 to 11:00 p.m. at the Guild Theatre in Menlo Park. Distinguished speakers include Dr. Greg Asner, Dr. Dadang Mujiono and Michael Kigwin. Shown in the photo is Notorious, the evening’s featured band. Please RSVP to Kelsey Tatum at ktatum@ globalconservation.org or call (810) 542-0913.
BUILDING RELATIONSHIP WITH EVERY CLIENT. At Altos Bank, you’ll find a businessfocused community bank that offers personalized, flexible white-glove service to each and every client. The bank provides tailored banking solutions to small- and medium-sized local businesses and individuals whose needs have been increasingly ignored by the bigger banks over the last few years, said CEO Tom Vertin. At Altos Bank, clients each have their own banker they can call. You never
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have to deal with an 800 number and a phone tree. Altos Bank serves customers both online at AltosBank.com and from its headquarters at 467 First St., 3rd Floor, in downtown Los Altos. For more information, feel free to call them at (650) 830-8089 or email RelationshipManagers@ AltosBank.com. In addition to English, they currently offer service in Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Tagalog.
TWO SMILES FOR THE PRICE of one. We’re talking about the smiles you get from Brooklyn and Alejandra as you enter Sundance the Steakhouse in Palo Alto. There is also the surf and turf combo dinner of prime rib and fresh lobster. You receive one dinner for the price of one dinner but there is a slice of prime rib and a fresh out lobster on your plate. Sound confusing? It’s not, and it’s not for the faint of heart and yet just the thing if you’re really hungry. Add a glass of wine and you are set for an adventure you won’t soon forget, Sundance style. Of course you have the age old problem of red wine with red meat and white wine with seafood. Just have a martini and think it over. Go for an evening of fun at 1921 El Camino real. Check the website and then call Brooklyn or Alejandra at (650) 321 6798 for a smile and a reservation.
1. Recommend City Council approval of the proposed Massage and Hot Tub/Sauna Ordinance; CEQA status - not a projectment and Materials Inventory Management Audit
Advocacy Process Manual and for Committee Recommendation of changes, if any, to the City Council for Adoption; CEQA - Not a Project
MEETINGS ARE HELD IN-PERSON AND BY TELECONFERENCE
City Council meetings will be held as hybrid meetings with the option to attend by teleconference/ video conference or in person. To maximize public safety while still maintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can choose to participate in the meeting from home or attend the meeting in person. Public Comments will be accepted both in person and via Zoom Written public comments can be submitted in advance to city.council@paloalto gov and will be provided to
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‘Bugonia’ is a darkly comic gut punch
BY JAKE COYLE Associated Press Writer
The twisted filmography of Yorgos Lanthimos has by now trained us to expect darkly comic visions of contemporary life, both savage and mundane. His movies have perhaps inspired the most “What?!” reactions of the last decade, partly because they’ve tried so hard to do so.
His movies — farces, fables, experiments — reside in surreal worlds of their own. But his latest, “Bugonia,” is thrillingly, if tragically, tied to our reality. It might even be his best film.
Bees, aliens and delusion
Though I’ve been apprehensive about the flamboyant severity of Lanthimos’ movies, I found “Bugonia,” a chamber-piece gut punch, hard to shake. For starters, it’s difficult to resist any movie with a line in it like: “There’s Andromedan code all over your Instagram.”
That’s one of the things that Teddy (Jesse Plemons), an incel eco-terrorist, says to Michelle (Emma Stone) after kidnapping her with his neurodivergent cousin Donny (newcomer Aidan Delbis) and tying her up in their basement. Teddy and Donny live together in a fairly remote, rundown old house. There, Teddy tends to both his bees and to unhinged conspiracy theories.
But as Plemons so deftly plays him, Teddy doesn’t seem like a lunatic. He might reach wildly insane conclusions, such as that Michelle, a pharmaceutical company chief executive, is an alien. But he’s thoughtful in nature and sweetly cares for his cousin. It’s a feat of Plemons’ innate good nature that we kind of like Teddy, even as he shaves Michelle’s head, to prevent “it,” as he calls her, from contacting the mothership.
Corporate overlord
While Stone’s abilities alone might legitimize extraterrestrial suspicions, there’s more to why Teddy has pin-
pointed Michelle. She’s a lauded corporate leader; her office includes a framed Time magazine with her on the cover and a photograph with Michelle Obama. Her company, Auxolith, operates out of a sleek office building where Michelle presides over her workforce like a queen bee. She has the corporate lingo of “transparency” and “diversity” down pat, but whether she actually adheres to any of those ideals is dubious, at best.
Before Teddy and Donny jump her, she announces a “new era” at Auxolith where employees leave at 5:30 p.m. But not if they haven’t met their quota. And not if they’re, you know, busy.
In that way, Michelle is a camera-ready cover for whatever Auxolith is up to, which, as the movie goes along, teases out a poisonous history, including opioid manufacturing that affected Teddy’s mother (Alicia Silverstone).
The bulk of “Bugonia” is the ideological dialogue between her and Teddy back in the basement. It’s a conversation, laced with contemporary divides, that is comical for its impossibility. One is addled by paranoia and extremism, the other knows only heartless corporate speak. Understanding each other is futile.
The movie drags in the middle, when it’s locked in a prisoner drama that grows a little tiresome and predictable. But the payoff is immense. Teddy calls his torture chamber “the headquarters of the human resistance.” By the time “Bugonia” reaches its unforgettable finale, it’s made chillingly clear just how feeble any such movement might be, and the movie’s apocalyptic air of resignation, of fait accompli, sounds a chastening death knell.
Release info
“Bugonia,” a Focus Features release in theaters today, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for bloody violent content including a suicide, grisly images and language. Running time: 118 minutes.
IN THE BASEMENT — Emma Stone, from left, Aidan Delbis, and Jesse Plemons in “Bugonia.” Focus Features via AP.
NFL: Bad Bunny to stay
The NFL is not considering dropping Bad Bunny as its Super Bowl halftime headline performer, Commissioner Roger Goodell said, reaffirming a decision to put the Grammy-winning Puerto Rican artist on the league’s biggest stage that led to criticism from President Trump and some of his supporters.
Goodell addressed the Bad Bunny controversy at his news conference following the annual fall owners meeting. It is the first time
he has commented on the move announced in late September that garnered worldwide attention, including an increase in streams of Bad Bunny’s music, along with backlash.
“It’s carefully thought through,” Goodell said. “I’m not sure we’ve ever selected an artist where we didn’t have some blowback or criticism. It’s pretty hard to do when you have literally hundreds of millions of people that are watching.”
Vocal Trump critic
The 31-year-old born Benito Antonio Martinez Ocasio has been
vocal in his opposition to Trump and his policies. He decided to do a 31-day residency in Puerto Rico, avoiding stops in the mainland U.S., citing concerns about the mass deportation of Latinos.
He performs in Spanish and is expected to do so at the Super Bowl.
“We’re confident it’s going to be a great show,” Goodell said, acknowledging there could be more talent added to the lineup along with Bad Bunny.
The San Francisco 49ers are hosting the Super Bowl on Feb. 8 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara.
BAD BUNNY
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE 618 AMENDING ARTICLE 6 OF CHAPTER 2, TITLE 10 (ZONING AND SITE DEVELOPMENT) OF THE LOS ALTOS HILLS MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND REGULATIONS RELATED TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 PATHWAY IMPACT FEE UPDATE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the Town of Los Altos Hills has introduced, on September 18, 2025, and has adopted, on October 16, 2025 pursuant to an adjourned regular meeting, an Ordinance amending Title 10 of the Los Altos Hills Municipal Code concerning the pathway fee and pathway fund. If adopted, this Ordinance would amend Section 10-2.606 “Payment of pathway fees and/ or dedication of pathway easement” and Section 10-2.608 “Pathway Fee” to remove the reference to accessory dwelling units (ADU’s) for pathway fee and requirements, update the definition of “habitable floor area” to only exclude improvements to garages and outdoor patio spaces, and to allow the Town to waive the pathway impact fee for properties designated on the Master Path Plan for a public path if the property owner or developer constructs a public pathway per Town standards and grants the pathway to the Town as part of the Town’s pathway system in accordance with the Pathway Element of the General Plan. These changes would align the Town policies and regulations with the most recent Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Pathway Impact Fee Update based on the 2024 Pathway Fee Nexus Study and would help address the rising costs of pathway construction by providing additional avenues for sustaining pathway construction needs for the Town. Once adopted, the proposed Ordinance would become effective thirty (30) days from adoption.
Adoption of the proposed Ordinance is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4) and 15061(b)(3), as such guidelines and statutory provisions are applicable.
This Ordinance Summary was prepared pursuant to Government Code Section 36933. The full text of the ordinance is available from the Town’s City Clerk’s Office at 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, CA, or on the Town’s website at www.losaltoshills.ca.gov.
CITY CLERK’S CERTIFICATION AFTER ADOPTION
I, ARIKA BIRDSONG-MILLER, City Clerk of the Town of Los Altos Hills, CERTIFY that this Ordinance was adopted on the 16th day of October, 2025. 13 days thereafter (1) the Summary of this Ordinance, a copy of which is attached, was published in the Daily Post, a newspaper of general circulation published and circulated in the Town, and (2) a certified copy of this Ordinance, with the names of those City Council members voting for or against this Ordinance, or otherwise voting, was posted in my office, all in accordance with Government Code Section 36933.
DATE: October 23, 2025
/s/Arika Birdsong- Miller, City Clerk
CERTIFICATION AND POSTING AFTER ADOPTION
This Ordinance was adopted on the 16th day of October, 2025, and a certified copy of the full text, together with the names of the City Council members voting for and against the Ordinance, or otherwise voting, is posted in the Office of the City Clerk.
The vote was recorded as follows:
FOR: Mayor Tankha, Vice Mayor Bhateja, Council Member Mok, Council Member Swan, Council Member Tyson
AGAINST: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
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Adopt a Resolution approving a Vesting Tentative Map (Application No. TM22-0005) to create 13 condominium lots and one common lot at 996 Loraine Avenue, per the recommended
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Songwriters HOF noms include Swift, LL Cool J
Taylor Swift, Kenny Loggins, LL Cool J, Pink, Sarah McLachlan and Talking Heads’ David Byrne are among the impressive list of nominees for the 2026 Songwriters Hall of Fame class, an eclectic mix of pop, hip-hop, folk and rock innovators.
Also on the ballot are Charlotte Caffey, Kathy Valentine and Jane M. Wiedlin of The Go-Go’s, Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings of The Guess Who, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell of America and Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of the glam rock band KISS.
News of Simmons and Stanley’s inclusion comes days after the death of Ace Frehley, KISS’ original lead guitarist and founding member. Frehley, 74, died Oct. 16 in New Jersey.
Rounding out the performer-songwriter category is Richard Carpenter of The Carpenters (no-
table hits include “Goodbye To Love,” “Top Of The World” and “Yesterday Once More”), Harry Wayne Casey, better known as KC of KC and the Sunshine Band (“Rock Your Baby,” “That’s The Way (I Like It)” and “(Shake Shake Shake) Shake Your Booty”) and guitarist Boz Scaggs.
Non-performer nominees
The Hall annually inducts performers and non-performers alike. The latter category’s nominees this year include disco songwriter Pete Bellotte (known for his work with Donna Summer on “Hot Stuff,” “I Feel Love” and “Love To Love You Baby”), Swedish pop producer of the legendary Cheiron Studios, Andreas Carlsson (Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way,” NSYNC’s “Bye Bye Bye,” Katy Perry’s “Waking Up In Vegas”) and Steve Kipner (Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical,” Christina Aguilera’s “Genie In A Bottle.”)
The list also includes longtime Madonna collaborator Patrick Leonard (“Like A Prayer,” “Live To Tell”), Vini Poncia (The Ronettes’ “Do I Love You?,”), Martin Page (Starships’ “We Built This City”), Kenny Nolan (La-
belle’s “Lady Marmalade”) and the duo Terry Britten and Graham Lyle (Tina Turner’s “What’s Love Got To Do With It.”)
Eligible voting members have until midnight Eastern on Dec. 4 to turn in ballots with their choices of up to three nominees from the songwriter category and up to three from the performing-songwriter category.
Induction criteria
The Songwriters Hall of Fame was established in 1969 to honor those creating the popular music. A songwriter with a notable catalog of songs qualifies for induction 20 years after the first commercial release of a song.
Some already in the hall include Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Brian Wilson, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Carole King, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Lionel Richie, Bill Withers, Neil Diamond and Phil Collins.
The 2025 class included George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers, Ashley Gorley, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, The Beach Boys’ Mike Love and Tony Macaulay.
The 2026 inductees will be announced in early 2026.
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immigrants and others. Wednesday afternoon, Trump deployed about 100 federal agents to a military base in the East Bay in preparation for a high-profile and long-threatened immigration crackdown.
Agents were expected to raid local Home Depot stores, where undocumented workers often congregate, over the next few days, local news outlets reported.
“We’re going to go to San Francisco,” Trump told a Fox News reporter on Sunday. “The difference is, I think they want us in San Francisco. San Francisco was truly one of the great cities of the world, and then 15 years ago, it went wrong. It went woke.”
Protestesters gathered
Protesters throughout the Bay Area began amassing yesterday, starting with a pre-dawn gathering blocking the entrance to Coast Guard Island in Alameda, where the federal agents were expected to arrive. Agents deployed an apparent flash-bang grenade to disperse the crowd, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Elsewhere, protesters planned to gather at San Jose City Hall, San Francisco’s Justin Herman Plaza and other locations.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie said on social media that Trump called him Wednesday night.
“I told him the same thing I told our residents: San Francisco is on the rise,” Lurie wrote. “We have work to do, and we would welcome continued partnerships with the FBI, DEA, ATF and U.S. Attorney to get drugs and drug dealers off our streets, but having the military and militarized immigration enforcement in our city will hinder our recovery.”
“In that conversation, the president told me clearly that he was calling off any plans for a federal deployment in San Francisco,” Lurie continued. “Secretary
of Homeland Security Kristi Noem reaffirmed that direction in our conversation this morning.”
Raids anticipated
State and local authorities had been anticipating the raids and had stern words for the Trump administration and vowed to take action to protect residents.
“We’re a nation of laws and accountability — not a nation that turns a blind eye to abuse of power,” Newsom said in a statement. “We don’t bow to kings, and we’re standing up to this wannabe tyrant. The notion that the federal government can deploy troops into our cities with no justification grounded in reality, no oversight, no accountability, no respect for state sovereignty — it’s a direct assault on the rule of law.”
Newsom characterized the deployment as an attempt at voter suppression, as Californians vote on Proposition 50 to redraw congressional maps in favor of Democrats. Newsom put the measure on the ballot to counter Republican gerrymandering in Texas that was meant to help Trump keep a GOP majority in the House of Representatives. Less than two weeks before Election Day, the race remains close.
Ready to sue
Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta promised to sue the federal government to stop National Guard troops from deploying to San Francisco. So far, the administration’s heightened presence in the Bay Area appeared limited to immigration enforcement.
“There is no basis to send National Guard troops to San Francisco. No emergency. No rebellion. No invasion. Not even unrest,” Bonta said in a statement. “Trump has made no secret of his intentions: To use our National Guard as his own Royal Army and our cities as a training ground for the military. This is outrageous, indefensible and most importantly illegal.”
San Francisco, Oakland and several other cities in the Bay Area are so-called sanctuary cities, which
limits how local law enforcement officers interact with federal immigration agents. San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins said she would prosecute federal agents who used excessive force or otherwise violated local laws.
Sent to left-leaning cities
Trump has used crime data as a justification for potentially sending troops to San Francisco and other left-leaning cities. But San Francisco’s crime rate is down significantly in most categories. Oakland, which historically has had some of the country’s highest violent crime rates, has also seen a steep drop in most types of crime this year.
One of the most diverse regions in the country, the Bay Area has a robust immigrant population – roughly 30%, according to the Bay Area Equity Atlas. The majority come from Latin America and Asia, but thousands also come from Iran, Russia and Canada. At least 457,000 lack legal status, according to the Migration Policy Institute.
long time,” he said. With an alternative plan, the city might be able to steer taller buildings away from single-family neighborhoods, Lait said. But the city will also need its plans approved by the state, and there may be winners and losers when taller buildings are shifted around, Lait said.
Mayor Ed Lauing said he wants to aggressively pursue an alternative plan, “in fairness to all of our neighbors in all of the neighborhoods that are impacted.”
Councilman Pat Burt said the city’s rules against combining lots in residential neighborhoods could limit the impact of SB79 to more commercial areas.
“We have a hypothetical impact, and then we might have a very different market-based impact,” he said. Burt has been sounding the alarm about SB79’s
impact on Palo Alto neighborhoods. “We have the prospect of thousands of new units in a concentrated area, at heights and … densities that we’ve never envisioned, with potentially tremendous impacts on traffic and our infrastructure needs,” he said.
The council committee will also look at ditching or modifying the city’s downtown housing plan that consultants and planners are currently working on, funded by an $800,000 grant from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission.
Scrap downtown plan?
Planners are looking at downtown’s rules for building heights, densities, property sizes and design rules as well as infrastructure impacts and the reasons why housing development has been lacking.
“SB79 kind of upends that process because it answers for us how much and where the growth takes place,” Lait told council.
Councilman George Lu said he would support dropping the downtown housing plan.
“It’s almost entirely superseded by SB79,” he said.
Council previously opposed SB79, saying it would impose a “rigid, one-size-fits-all framework.”
Under SB79, Caltrain and BART stations are considered Tier 1 transit stops, and housing can be 65 to 95 feet tall depending on its distance from the station. Greater density is also allowed. The transit-oriented housing may be built on land zoned for residential, commercial or mixed uses.
Go up to six stories
If the housing is between a quarter and a half mile from a Caltrain station, buildings can be six stories tall.
SB79 also has subsidized-housing requirements. A transit-oriented housing development must have either 7% of units for extremely low-income residents; 10% of units for very low-income residents; or 13% of units for low-income residents.
Assemblyman Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, voted in favor of SB79 in its final vote on the Assembly floor on Sept. 11; Assemblywoman Diane Papan, D-San Mateo, didn’t vote on the bill. Sen. Josh Beck-
er, D-Menlo Park, didn't vote on SB79 on the Senate floor on Sept. 12 but voted in favor of it in June.
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but faced blistering public criticism. During that three-year fight, Stanford fought with Santa Clara County officials, and in particular then-Supervisor Joe Simitian of Palo Alto, over requirements about housing and traffic. County leaders insisted that the university fully mitigate the impact of its growth. Stanford revoked its application four days before the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors was set to vote on the permit.
Why county approval?
Because Stanford occupies an unincorporated part of the county, the Board of Supervisors signs off on all major expansions.
But the land isn’t subject to zoning limitations on density per parcel, so the county has been approving the university’s growth in increments. The county issued Stanford’s last General Use Permit, or GUP, in 2000, allowing for more than 2 million square feet of academic facilities and 3,018 housing units.
This time around, McNair said Stanford is willing to give back to the community.
The next meeting will be on Nov. 19, the meetings are not publicly announced, but are open to the public if they RSVP at the StanfordNext website.
Legal Notices
President Gitanas Nausėda says Russian military planes violated Lithuania’s airspace yesterday. Lithuania’s foreign ministry will summon Russian Embassy representatives to protest the violation, Nausėda said in a post on the social media platform X. The Baltics are increasingly worried by neighboring Russia’s aggression on Ukraine as a series of mysterious drone incidents and airspace violations by Russian war planes in recent weeks.
CRYPTO PARDON: President Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Zhao served prison time after failing to stop criminals from using the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism. Zhao and Binance have been key supporters of some of the Trump family’s crypto enterprises.
VADER ARREST: A man who says he was detained by police for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader’s theme song from “Star Wars” on his phone sued the District of Columbia yesterday, claiming the officers violated his constitutional rights.
FED WORKER PAY REJECTED: The Senate yesterday rejected dueling partisan bills to pay federal workers during the government shutdown, with both Republicans and Democrats deflecting blame as many employees are set to miss their first full paycheck at the end of this week.
WORRIED ABOUT AI: A new poll finds that as the United States rapidly builds massive data centers for the development of artificial intelligence, many Americans are concerned about the environmental impact. The AP-NORC/EPIC poll finds that worries about how AI will affect the environment surpass concerns about other industries that worsen climate change.
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Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN718198
is (are) doing business as: Bharat Social, 839 Morrison Park Dr, Apt 125, San Jose, Ca 95126, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Kettle & Kulhad, LLC, 839 Morrison Park Dr, Apt 125, San Jose, Ca 95126. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on N/A. /s/ Prakshatkumar M Shah / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 9/23/25.
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720072
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Landmark Construction & ADU, 97 E Brokaw Rd, Ste 110, San Jose, CA 95112, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: An Indivdual The name and residence address of
is (are): Xudong Li, 97 E Brokaw Rd, Ste 110, San Jose, CA 95112. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on 9/25/25. /s/ Xudong Li / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 9/26/25.
(POST Oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14, 2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720474
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Los Altos Liquor, 301 1st Street, Los Altos, CA 94022, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: A corporation. The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Los Altos Spirits INC, 301 1st Street, Los Altos, CA 94022.
Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on 08/15/2025. /s/ Sukharaj Singh / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 10/14/2025.
(POST Oct 24, 31, Nov 7, 14, 2025)
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Tanto, 1063 E. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, Ca 94087, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: A corporation. The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Ryuzo, Inc, 1063 E. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale, Ca 94087. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on 5/17/07. /s/ Yasumitsu Yamamoto / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 7/24/25.
(POST Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720146
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PlayCircle Therapy, 621 E Campbell Ave, Suite 11A, Campbell, Ca 95008, Santa Clara County.
The business is owned by: An Individual The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Tatyana Shkolnikov Klebanov, 1034 Lois Ave, Sunnyvale, Ca 94087. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on N/A. /s/ Tatyana Shkolnikov Klebanov / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 9/30/25.
(POST Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2025)
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Bafang Yunji Restaurant Group LLC, 2855 Michelle Dr, Ste. 270, Irvine, CA 92606. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on N/A. /s/ Stephanie Peng / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 10/08/2025.
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720370 (POST Oct 11, 17, 24, 31, 2025) The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Eye Sight Solutions Optometry, 644 San Antonio Road, Mountain View, Ca 94040, Santa Clara County.
The business is owned by: A corporation. The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): YK Optometry, Inc, 644 San Antonio Road, Mountain View, Ca 94040. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on 9/15/25. /s/ Yura Kim / Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 10/06/25.
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720291 (POST Oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14, 2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720653
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Marvel Cake Franchise LLC, 1614 W. Campbell Ave, Campbell, Ca 95008, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company
The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Marvel Cake Franchise LLC, 1614 W. Campbell Ave, Campbell, Ca 95008. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on 10/21/25. /s/ Reza Mirzadeh / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 10/21/25.
(POST Oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14, 2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN719576
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JH Garage Remodeling, 14850 Oka Road, Apt. 47, Los Gatos, CA 95032, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: A corporation. The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): JH Garage Remodeling Inc, 14850 Oka Road, Apt. 47, Los Gatos, CA 95032. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on N/A. /s/ Jamil Hasanov /
County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 9/9/25.
(POST Oct. 17, 24, 31, Nov. 7, 2025)
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Round The Clock Care, 5201 Great America Pkwy, Suite 320, Santa Clara, Ca 95054, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Harmony Care Cooperation LLC, 1055 Stewart Drive, Unit 509, Sunnyvale, Ca 94085. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on 08/15/25. /s/Nazanin Salehpour / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 10/20/25.
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720595 (POST Oct. 24, 31, Nov. 7, 14, 2025)
is (are) doinging, 1725 Wright Ave, Apt#29, Mountain Individual Calderon Recinos, 1725 Wright Ave, Apt #29, Mountain View, Ca 94043. Registrant/owner began transacting
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720369
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Pristine Beauty, 188 W Saint James St, Unit 10806, San Jose, Ca 95110, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: A corporation. The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Samantha T Dao MD Inc, 188 W Saint James St, Unit 10806, San Jose, Ca 95110. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on N/A. /s/ Samantha T Dao / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 10/08/25.
(POST Oct. 17, 24, 31, Nov. 7 2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720498
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Jingle Home, 1825 Seville Way, San Jose, Ca 95131, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: An Individual The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Qiong Wang, 1825 Seville Way, San Jose, Ca 95131. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on 10/15/25. /s/ Qiong Wang / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 10/15/25.
(POST Oct. 17, 24, 31, Nov. 7, 2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720490
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720234
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Heler Ventures, Heler Group, Heler.AI, Heler Consulting, Heler Vending, 1070 Mercedes Ave, Apt 28, Los Altos, CA 94022, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: A individual. The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Jean-Michel Heler, 1070 Mercedes Ave, Apt 28, Los Altos, CA 94022. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on 09/25/2025. /s/ Jean-Michel Heler / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 10/03/2025.
(POST Oct 10, 17, 24, 31, 2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN719833
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Menard USA, 3025 Venture Road, Placerville, Ca 95667, El Dorado County.
The business is owned by: A corporation. The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Farrell Design-Build Companies, Inc, 3025 Venture Road, Placerville, Ca 95667. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on N/A. /s/ Richard Hammers / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 9/17/25.
(POST Oct. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720094
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AAMCHI MUMBAI, 470 Doyle Rd #2, San Jose, Ca 95129, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Patil Group LLC, 470 Doyle Rd #2, San Jose, Ca 95129. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on 11/01/25. /s/ Sagar Patil / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 9/26/25.
(POST Oct 3, 10, 17, 24, 2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN719856
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Felicity, 2626-B Alum Rock Avenue, San Jose, Ca 95116, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: A corporation. The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Remo Zenith Corporation, 887 Valenica Dr, Milpitas, Ca 95035. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on 9/18/25. /s/ Michelle Delos Reyes / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 9/18/25.
(POST Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720215
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Circle K of Mountain View, 1968 W El Camino Real, Mountain View, Ca 94040, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: An Indivdual The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Calvin Wei, 1968 W El Camino Real, Mountain View, Ca 94040. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on 2/5/25. /s/ Calvin Wei / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 10/02/25.
(POST Oct. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN719025
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: BottleKit, 15365 Monterey Rd, Morgan Hill, Ca 95037, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Garibaldi Industries LLC, 15365 Monterey Rd, Morgan Hill, Ca 95037. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on N/A. /s/ Ridge Bauer-Garibaldi / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 8/20/25.
(POST Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720113
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Forno Alla Spina, Oven & Taps, 1420 Olympic Drive, Milpitas, Ca 95035, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Forno Alla Spina LLC, 1420 Olypic Drive, Milpitas, Ca 95035. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on 9/29/25. /s/ Michael Garcia / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 9/29/25.
(POST Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720066
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Nativos, 5486 Lan Ave, San Jose, Ca 95123, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: A General Partnership
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720086
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Lymphedema-Services, 3398 Saint Marys Place, Santa Clara, Ca 95051, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: An Individual The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Amy Louise Schawan, 3398 Saint Marys Place, Santa Clara, Ca 95051. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on 7/15/25. /s/ Amy Louise Schawan / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 9/26/25.
(POST Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN720248
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Floor Coverings International #554744, 137 Blake Ave, Santa Clara, Ca 95051, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: A Limited Liability Company The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Apurba Floor Coverings LLC, 137 Blake Ave, Santa Clara, Ca 95051. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on 9/29/25. /s/ Ahmad Rahman / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 10/03/25.
(POST Oct. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2025)
Fictitious Business Name Statement File No. FBN719842
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Travel Inn, 590 N. Mathilda Ave, Sunnyvale, Ca 94086, Santa Clara County. The business is owned by: An Individual The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Jupiter Inc, 292 Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on 7/1/25. /s/ Prafula Patel / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 9/17/25.
(POST Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2025)
Statement of Abandonment of Use of Fictitious Business Name File No. FBN720247
The following person(s) / registrant(s) has / have abandoned the use of theIndividual.
(POST Oct. 10, 17, 24, 31, 2025)
The Mountain View City Council will hold a public hearing to consider the following: Certifying the Mountain View Public Safety Building Environmental Impact Report and the following related matters in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA):
• Adoption of Findings Related to Environmental Impacts, including the fol-
Coelho St, Milpitas, Ca 95035. I/we declare that all information in this statement is
and
level through implementation of mitigation measures recommended in site that is eligible for listing in the California Register under Criterion 3 as
• Adoption of Findings Related to Mitigation Measures, including the followBuilding Survey Level II documentation completed for the Mountain View Police Services - Fire Administration building and its setting. Mitigation Mountain View Police Services - Fire Administration building and a dethe proposed Public Safety Building.
The name and residence address of registrant(s) is (are): Jorge Eliecer Acero Perez, 5486 Lan Ave, San Jose, Ca 95123. Registrant/owner began transacting name(s) listed above on N/A. /s/ Jorge Eliecer Acero Perez / County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 9/26/25. Fictitious Business Name Statement of Withdrawal File No. FBN719275 (POST Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2025) The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Black and Brown Empowerment Clothing, 185 Coelho St, Milpitas, Ca 95035, Santa Clara County. Filed in Santa Clara County on 12/30/20 The name and residence address of registrant(s) withdrawing as partners is: Sandra Olivera,
(POST Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24, 2025)
SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA PETITION OF: ROHIT PRASAD AND SAMRUDHI PATIL FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER 25-CV-468835
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner(s) ROHIT PRASAD & SAMRUDHI PATIL
RYAN ROHIT PRASAD VAYU PRASAD PRITHVI ROHIT PRASAD PRITHVI PRASAD
• Adoption of a Statement of Overriding Considerations (SOOC): Council been reduced to acceptable levels through feasible mitigation or alterna-
• Adoption of a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP): Council will consider a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP) that has been prepared for the proposed Mountain View Public
suant to the California Environmental Quality Act. For more information, visit public-safety-building
DATE & TIME: as the matter can be heard
This meeting will be held with a virtual component in Council Chambers located at mountainview.legistar.com, on YouTube at MountainView.gov/YouTube, and to the City Council may:
3) attend the meeting in person.
NOTICE OF HEARING Date: Nov 4, 2025: Time 8:45 am, Dept. N/A, Room: Probate Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara 191 N.
tions raised at the public hearing orally or in written correspondence delivered to the City during, or prior to, the public hearing.
The City of Mountain View does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, of its policies, procedures or
/s/ Sandra Olivera / Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on 8/28/25.
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