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Knock, knock. Who’s there?
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
A process server has had a difficult time serving court papers on fired San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus and her former chief of staff Victor Aenlle.
“This is all very strange. I cannot recall any other cases where a de-
THE UPDATE
Ms. Corpus, I’m a process server and you’ve been sued
fendant attempted to evade service like Christina and Victor appear to be trying to evade it here. And it’s not going to get them anywhere,”
said attorney Zak Franklin, who is representing Valerie Barnes, Corpus’s former assistant, in a civil suit.
For a civil suit to begin, the defendant needs to receive a notice about the case. The notice can be handed to the defendant by a process server, who is hired by the plaintiff’s lawyer, or by a deputy sheriff.
A process server tried to contact
[See KNOCK, page 18]
GAS TAX HOLIDAY: The Trump administration is considering a temporary pause on the 18.4-cent-pergallon federal gas tax to combat rising prices due to the Iranian war.
TRUMP TO CHINA: President Trump is gearing up for a visit to Beijing this week to meet with Xi Jinping, aiming for economic gains amid a volatile international landscape.
AIRPORT DEATH: A trespasser who jumped a fence at Denver International Airport was hit and killed by a Frontier Airlines Airbus A321 that was preparing to take off.
OFFER REJECTED: President Trump yesterday rejected Iran’s response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal as “totally unacceptable.” Meanwhile, Iran says it will attack vessels that use the Strait of Hormuz.
DIAPER GIVEAWAY: Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to provide 400 free diapers to every newborn, starting at 65 to 75 hospitals that largely serve low-income families. The program will cost $20 million in its first year.
DON’T PANIC
World Health Organization officials say the Hantavirus outbreak on a Dutch cruise ship doesn’t pose much risk to the public. The ship arrived in Tenerife and passengers are flying back to their homes. A passenger from that ship is sprayed with disinfectant before leaving. SEE STORY ON PAGE 10. AP photo.
Schools settle sex suit
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
A mother has settled her lawsuit against the Palo Alto Unified School District that said her daughter was touched inappropriately by three boys in kindergarten at Ohlone Elementary School, and teachers and administrators did nothing to help.
The district allegedly downplayed the touching as “a game” and assumed the girl was exaggerating, the suit said.
The girl “experienced profound institutional betrayal” that result-
[See SCHOOLS, page 18]
Police chief rules out substation
BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent
Menlo Park residents worried about home burglaries have asked the city to open a police substation in Sharon Heights.
But such a substation wouldn’t be worth the expense given current crime
trends, Police Chief Dave Norris said in a report to City Council. There were 57 home burglaries in 2024 and 59 last year — more than one a week — which Norris called a stable trend. The numbers don’t include cases where only bicycles were stolen.
A spike in home burglaries in the city
in January and February “caused understandable concern,” Norris said in the report, but the number of burglaries has since returned to “typical levels.” Home burglaries are one topic council will discuss tomorrow during a study session on public safety priorities for
[See POLICE, page 19]
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Bridge closing for widening
A 115-year-old bridge connecting Palo Alto and East Palo Alto will be closed next week for about a year, the city has announced.
The Newell Road Bridge, which connects the Crescent Park neighborhood to East Palo Alto, will go from 22 to 42 feet wide after construction, with new sidewalks and shoulders.
The replacement has been in the works since 2011 but was delayed
by a lawsuit by homeowner Yang Shen, who lives next to the bridge at 1499 Edgewood Drive. Shen said the city should’ve looked at removing the bridge, not replacing it, as well as the impacts of construction. He dropped his case in August 2022.
Replacing the bridge is a necessary step before more flood control projects further upstream on the San Francisquito Creek.
The bridge will be closed to cars on May 18, so only bicyclists and pedestrians can cross. The city will have a celebration at the bridge on May 21 before it’s closed completely on May 22.
Work in the creek, which can only happen when it’s dry, will start on June 1 if permits are approved, the city said.
The project will cost $16.1 million, the city said.
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Glenn Allen Waters, age 74 passed away on April 25, 2026.
Glenn was a longtime resident of East Palo Alto and Menlo Park and graduated from Ravenswood High School. He excelled in carpentry and furniture refinishing. His family still possesses furniture pieces he worked on and cherishes them.
He also had a beautiful singing voice and sang in a local group called the LoveMen. His life partner was Elaine Johnson, who died in 2020. They had two children: Glenn Jr (Georgia) and Adrean (deceased 2020). A great cook, he loved being in the kitchen.
Glenn relocated to Tacoma Washington in 2020 where he passed away.
He is survived by his son and nine grandchildren. Also sisters Crystal Jordan and Gail Mowatt of Tacoma, WA and Phyllis Waters of Mountain View, CA, along with many nieces and nephews and their children.
He will always be in his family’s thoughts. Services will be held in Washington State.
Opinion
DA went too far — and it backfired
A thought exercise. A police officer apprehends a suspect he’s been trying to arrest for a long time. The officer is so frustrated that he not only puts the guy in handcuffs, he slams him on the floor, kicks him a few times and punches his face until it bleeds.
Dave Price
Of course, there was no need for all that violence, but the officer let his personal feelings take over and affect how he did his job.
The suspect is guilty, but the brutality leads to charges being dropped and a civil suit where he gets some money from the police. If only the officer had kept his feelings to himself and did his job professionally.
Meta ‘pauses’ village
Dear Editor: Your article on May 2 about Meta “pausing” its 59-acre Willow Village project next to the company’s campus in Menlo Park was very interesting. As I recall, Meta was successfully able to negotiate for more office space than housing with the 2022 City Council (which included three of our current council members).
It would be a good time, and in the best interests of Menlo Park, for City
But the cop allowed his feelings interfere with how he did his job.
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen is proudly Jewish and is a leader in his synagogue in Los Altos. It was his job to prosecute the protesters who were arrested in 2024 after barricading themselves inside the Stanford University president’s office.
The case
The case was open-and-shut. The pro-Palestinian protesters were photographed inside the president’s office, where they weren’t invited. One of the protesters even testified against the others. They were arrested while they were still inside the office. It’s like arresting a bank robber who is caught in the bank’s vault stuffing money in his pants.
But Rosen blew the case by using the fact that the protesters supported the Palestinians in a fundraising email to 620 members of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. He also put a link for fundraising on his campaign website. Rosen framed the case as part of his efforts to fight antisemitism, even though the defendants were not charged with a hate crime.
On Thursday, Judge Kelley Paul kicked Rosen and his office off of the case and handed it to state Attorney General Rob Bonta.
It shouldn’t matter what beliefs the protesters hold — whether they’re pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel, pro-Democrat, pro-Republican, pro-flat earth society. None of that should matter in a prosecution. The only question is whether the defendants committed the
LETTERS
Council to consider opening talks with Meta with the goal of purchasing some of the Willow Project land and using it towards new housing.
Also, the city is planning to build public housing downtown on top of three parking lots.
I realize that local workers need affordable places to live but to dismantle these three parking lots, which are heavily relied upon, and replace them with three large housing developments
is not in the best interest of our city overall. Unfortunately, it seems that some council members are focused only on building on the downtown lots and have made up their minds.
Janeene Johnson Menlo Park
More on ‘Mean Girls’
Dear Editor: Thanks for your column last week entitled “‘Mean Girls’ unleashed at city hall.” I was particu-
offenses for which they were charged. Justice is supposed to be blind.
Boomerang
In fact, you could argue Rosen’s actions backfired. The Bay Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a statement saying Judge Paul’s decision underscores concerns about the selective and excessive prosecution of pro-Palestinian protesters. Rosen turned the defendants into sympathetic figures.
Rosen’s attempt to monetize this case endangered the prosecution of these defendants and he has undermined the concept of equal justice under the law.
Editor Dave Price’s column appears on Mondays.
larly struck by the “mean girls” criticism of Allyson Rosen as “one of the math acceleration people.” The “Mean Girls” said Rosen went to a meeting “to make sure nobody blamed academic pressure for student suicide.”
One of the “Mean Girls” is Palo Alto Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims, who had frequently repeated the lie that a student petition advocated closing Churchill Avenue to prevent suicides [See LETTERS, page 8]
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when the petition actually called for the reinstatement of human crossing guards.
Lythcott-Haims later quietly retracted her distortion of the student petition at a City Council meeting, but the damage had been done.
She and the other “Mean Girls” have not addressed the school’s role in ignoring bullying and harassment, a critical lapse by one supposedly so concerned with youth mental health.
They should explore the causes of suicide and not demonize “those math acceleration people.”
Instead of virtue-signaling and spending time redefining official Palo Alto values, maybe it’s time for the City Council and the Human Relations Commission to explore why Lythcott-Haims is again serving on committees dealing with mental health and young people.
She stepped down from the City-Stanford and City-School Dis-
trict committees, and the Youth Mental Health Task Force in July 2024. She stepped down without a public apology for not disclosing the real reason why she resigned as a dean at Stanford.
Jo Ann Mandinach
Palo Alto
Foe praises Irizarry
Dear Editor: San Mateo County Supervisor David Canepa and assistant county assessor-clerk-recorder Jim Irizarry are running for assessor-clerk-recorder.
A video circulating online shows Canepa publicly praising Irizarry during a board meeting.
That candid acknowledgment serves as a compelling endorsement. I will be voting for Irizarry.
Oscar Lopez-Guerra San Mateo
Two parties needed
Dear Editor: With the best weather in the country, the best schools, abundant job opportunities and insightful
stewardship during past decades from both Democrat and Republican governors, our state has flourished. California has historically been a beacon for those seeking a good life.
That was then. Now all we have to recommend us is our weather.
It’s past time to admit we’ve become a one-party state and are reaping the harvest of woes that follows when checks and balances disappear.
Are you happy with Sacramento mandating thousands of new housing units in our built-out cities via bizarrely out-of-place high-density eight-story subsidized housing projects, and threatening us with the weaponized “Builder’s Remedy” if we don’t comply?
They claim it’s to balance the ratio of jobs to homes, but the suburbs came about because people didn’t want to live in high-density urban centers where they worked. That’s the beauty of being able to drive!
Sacramento’s progressive utopian plan, however, translates into stopping us from driving, destroying our small
businesses, urbanizing our residential neighborhoods and foreclosing on the “covenant of quiet enjoyment” that embodies the sine qua non of suburban life. But there’s a solution. When you’ve gone too far in one direction, reverse course!
Let’s make Steve Hilton our next governor! Be willing to vote across party lines to change course as the fastest route to ending one-party rule, restoring our local control and bringing back the California dream.
Cherie Zaslawsky Menlo Park
Male issues ignored
Dear Editor: Men are great. We do so much in this world for our communities and make our neighborhoods a better place. That is why I think it is important to create a political organization just for men called the League of Male Voters. Men are special, we all know that. Our new organization will concentrate on those issues important to men and that are good for us while
For far too long, male issues have been ignored by our
and that needs to change. Men are a very important part of our society and their needs should be addressed by our local
politicians. To all the grown men out there, you are important to me, and I would like you to join me in creating a new grassroots organization called the League of Male Voters. It’s time to end the emasculation of boys in our schools. We need to allow them to become the men our society so desperately needs.
WHO: Don’t panic over hantavirus
Not like Covid, but it is serious
Passengers left the hantavirus-hit cruise ship and began flying home yesterday aboard military and government planes after the vessel arrived in the Canary Islands. Travelers were escorted to shore by personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks.
People shouldn’t panic because this isn’t another Covid outbreak, said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
“The risk to the public is low. So they shouldn’t be scared, and they shouldn’t panic,” Ghebreyesus said.
High death rate
Hantavirus doesn’t spread as easily as Covid, but it has a much higher death rate — 35% to 40% of those who get it die, according to the CDC.
Hantavirus usually spreads when people inhale contaminated residue of rodent droppings, and the disease is not
easily transmitted between people. But the Andes virus detected in the cruise ship outbreak may be able to spread between people in rare cases. Currently, there are eight cases and three deaths.
“This is not the next COVID, but it is a serious infectious disease,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, director of epidemic and pandemic preparedness at the World Health Organization.
Quarantine facility in Nebraska
Americans on board will be flown to a federally funded quarantine facility in Nebraska to assess whether they have been in close contact with any symptomatic people and their risk levels for spreading the virus, said Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, head of the CDC.
He said they they will be given the choice of staying in Nebraska or going home, where their conditions would be monitored by state and local health agencies.
Bhattacharya noted the seven Americans who left the cruise earlier have been in the U.S. for roughly two weeks, and they are living across the country.
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400 homes planned near Oracle campus
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
A developer is proposing to build 400 homes next to the Oracle campus in Redwood City.
Bay West Development has submitted an application for 64 three-story townhouses on 501 Island Parkway.
Bay West, a San Francisco developer founded by Bill R. Poland in 1979, is proposing to build townhouses next to the Hyatt House Hotel Belmont/Redwood Shores and the Belmont Sports Complex & Conference Center. The project was submitted under Senate Bill 330 and “density bonus” laws. SB330 allows a developer, under certain circumstances, to have their project approved in five or fewer meetings. The developer is also looking to exempt the
project from the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, because of “density bonus” laws that fast-track developments with affordable housing.
The project will have 584 parking spots on the ground level of the townhomes and 43 on-street parking spaces.
Bay West has only submitted a preliminary application and has yet to be scheduled for review by the Planning Commission.
This is the second project to be proposed near the Oracle campus. A 1.9 million-square-foot life sciences development is proposed for 800 Bridge Parkway, comprised of 11 buildings. Developer Longfellow Real Estate Partners has proposed five buildings, resulting in 2.35 million square feet of office space and 7,000 parking spaces.
made to police. Information is from police department logs. All of the people named here are innocent until proven guilty in court.
PALO ALTO
TUESDAY
4:41 p.m. — Petty theft from a vehicle, 1100 block of Amarillo Ave.
8:47 p.m. — Auto burglary, Waverley St. and Hamilton Ave.
WEDNESDAY
12:11 p.m. — Auto burglary, 500 block of Cowper St.
6:54 p.m. — Hit-and-run, Stanford Shopping Center.
8:12 p.m. — Hit-and-run, 200 block of Pasteur Drive.
THURSDAY
6:20 a.m. — Car accident causes injuries, 700 block of Welch Road.
MENLO PARK
FRIDAY
12:42 a.m. — Victor Hugo Vazquez, 44, transient, arrested on two warrants, 800 block of Hamilton Ave.
8:13 p.m. — Alvaro Deniss Gonzalez, 23, cited for driving with
a suspended or revoked license, 1300 block of Willow Road.
11:21 p.m. — Darvin Flores Buezo, 41, of San Francisco, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Menlo Ave. and Chestnut St.
SATURDAY
4:09 a.m. — Noah Paiva, 20, of Cupertino, arrested for domestic violence, kidnapping and resisting police, 500 block of Oak Grove Ave.
1:37 p.m. — Vehicle collision causes injuries, 900 block of Olive St.
3:22 p.m. — Burglary, 1300 block of Trinity Drive.
4:24 p.m. — Miguel Resendiz Bringas, 19, arrested for domestic battery, 200 block of O’Keefe St.
STANFORD
MAY 2
5:44 p.m. — Hit-and-run collision causes vehicle damage, Comstock Circle. MAY 3
7:10 p.m. — E-bike stolen, Abrams Court.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
MAY 2
1:31 a.m. — Battery, 1700 block of W. El Camino.
1:37 a.m. — Vanessa Romo Lopez, 33, of Gilroy, cited for DUI, 100 block of Calderon Ave.
2:01 a.m. — Battery, 2000 block of Latham St.
2:26 a.m. — Jason Rodriguez, 27, of San Jose, cited for DUI, 500 block of W. Evelyn Ave.
2:36 a.m. — Michelle Correa, 25, arrested for public drunkenness, View St. and W. Evelyn Ave.
3 a.m. — Luis Romero Marquez, 39, of Mountain View, arrested for lewd acts with a child and on a federal warrant, 1910 W. El Camino.
4:57 a.m. — Vehicle tampering, 700 block of N. Shoreline Blvd.
12:26 p.m. — Theft, 700 block of Continental Circle.
4:48 p.m. — Auto burglary, 2200 block of W. El Camino.
MAY 3
12:06 a.m. — Syrena Contreras, 30, of Porterville, arrested on warrants, 800 block of E. El Camino.
3:19 a.m. — Auto burglary, 300 block of Hope St.
8:28 a.m. — Home burglary, 1300 block of W. Middlefield Road.
3:30 p.m. — Eric Salazar Lopez, 47, of Sunnyvale, arrested for public
drunkenness and resisting police at 7-Eleven, 615 S. Rengstorff Ave.
LOS ALTOS
THURSDAY
2:42 p.m. — Michael Collins, 57, arrested on a warrant, 100 block of Mayfield Ave.
ATHERTON
FRIDAY
8:36 a.m. — Battery, Middlefield Road.
3:30 p.m. — Fraud, Stockbridge Ave
SATURDAY
10:37 p.m. — Marlon Funes Medina, 37, of East Palo Alto, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Middlefield Road and Ringwood Ave.
NORTH FAIR OAKS
WEDNESDAY
2:43 p.m. — Jose Ladislado Aguilar, 77, of Redwood City, cited on a warrant, 700 block of Hurlingame Ave.
SATURDAY
10:30 p.m. Jose G. Gaytan, 34, of North Fair Oaks, arrested
for being a felon in possession of a firearm, shooting at a home, child endangerment and violating a protective order, 500 block of Warrnington Ave. Witnesses told deputies that Gaytan fired shots into the air and retreated into his home where he lives with several relatives including an infant and a 92-yearold grandmother. A woman exited the home and said that Gaytan was suffering from a mental health crisis and was armed with a handgun. Deputies negotiated with Gaytan through the night while they worked to get all of the family members out of the house. Gaytan continued to refuse to leave the home and threatened to shoot deputies. At 6:20 a.m. yesterday, deputies fired gas into the house and got Gaytan to leave. He was arrested and taken to jail.
REDWOOD CITY
WEDNESDAY
1:23 a.m. — Brayan Sanchez
Reyes, 26, of Newark, arrested for DUI, 1800 block of El Camino.
4:26 p.m. — Man with his pants down reported to be acting erratically and to possibly be on drugs, Middlefield Road. Police are unable to find the man.
4:34 p.m. — Man says his brother hit him in the face, Arguello St.
5:43 p.m. — Man reported to be screaming “Where’s my crystal meth?” and throwing rocks at people and threatening them, James Ave. Police are unable to find the man.
7 p.m. — Petrona Morales Corado, 36, of Redwood City, cited for shoplifting at Target, 2485 El Camino.
11:33 p.m. — Rafael Ignacio Cortes, 47, of Redwood City, arrested on a warrant, Hawes Park.
11:39 p.m. — Miguel Antonio Pargaz, 43, of San Jose, arrested for burglary, possession of burglary tools and resisting police, 500 block of E. Bayshore Road.
SAN CARLOS
THURSDAY
11:52 p.m. — Walter Emanuel Cax Chilel, 38, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Industrial and Quarry roads.
BELMONT
FRIDAY
3:49 p.m. — Vehicle accident causes minor injuries, Lake Road and Lyall Way.
4:35 p.m. — Theft, 500 block of El Camino.
7:31 p.m. — Theft, 300 block of El Camino.
CHP
From the Redwood City office of the CHP, which covers the Mid-Peninsula.
MAY 1
Jorge E. Gutierrez Garcia, 24, arrested for DUI.
Jose M. Uyu Chamale, 34,
arrested for DUI, driving with a suspended or revoked license and probation violation.
MAY 2
Neyva Topacio Alonso, 23, arrested for DUI.
Sydney M. Calcaterra, 27, arrested for DUI.
Marcos A. Francia, 45, arrested for DUI that causes injuries.
Anitha Vemuri, 39, arrested for DUI.
MAY 3
Eduardo E. Carrillo Garcia, 29, arrested for DUI.
Kaitlyn L. Idtensohn, 23, arrested for DUI.
Wilfredo C. Palma, 33, arrested for DUI.
Alexis Robles, 24, arrested for DUI.
David J. West-Cervantez, 36, arrested for DUI.
APRIL 25
Kevin G. Wu, 35, arrested for recklessly evading police in a vehicle.
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PALO ALTO
1965 Cowper St., 94301, 5 bedrooms, 3381 square feet built in 1931, Dwivedi Family Trust to Dong and Fang Huang for $9,080,000, closed April 7 (last sale, $6,793,500, 06-15-20)
1711 Webster St., 94301, 6 bedrooms, 7930 square feet built in 2012, Weiss Familty Trust to Beverly DC Capital LLC for $19,200,000, closed April 9 (last sale, $5,545,000, 05-31-11)
128 Middlefield Road, 94301, 2 bedrooms, 856 square feet built in 1924, Ai Lam to Mrelashvili and Kaloiani Trust for $1,919,000, closed April 7 (last sale, $1,800,000, 02-14-19)
800 High St. #216, 94301, 3 bedrooms, 1638 square feet built in 2006, Geilhufe Living Trust to Carene Kamel for $2,500,000, closed April 8 (last sale, $1,250,000, 02-27-07)
3773 Redwood Circle, 94306, 3 bedrooms, 1488 square feet built in 1953, Lazaro Trust to Seval and Serdar Aksu for $3,200,000, closed April 9 (last sale, $2,950,000, 09-16-22)
MENLO PARK
1440 Bay Laurel Drive, 94025, 5 bedrooms, 3970 square feet built in 2013, Bay Laurel Drive Residences Trust to Nisha and Manish
Mehta for $9,500,000, closed March 23 (last sale, $6,675,000, 06-26-19)
1245 North Lemon Ave., 94025, 6 bedrooms, 5839 square feet built in 2021, Craig Schmitz to Roberts Living Trust for $10,750,000, closed March 24 (last sale, $7,800,000, 06-15-21)
1410 Franks Lane, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 1200 square feet built in 1941, SF23L LLC to Woodson Family Trust for $2,753,000, closed March 27 (last sale, $2,325,000, 04-01-25)
4 Mansion Court #721, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 2850 square feet built in 1975, Homer Sun to Helen and Igor Balabine for $3,375,000, closed March 23 (last sale, $2,368,000, 06-19-17)
MOUNTAIN VIEW
793 Calderon Ave., 94041, 3 bedrooms, 2340 square feet built in 1932, Utley Family Trust to Reshma and Sean Sodha for $3,220,000, closed April 9 (last sale, $1,554,000, 11-08-13)
800 Fountain Park Lane, 94043, 4 bedrooms, 2264 square feet built in 1988, Qingkun Li to Gunjan and Nishant Desai for $3,500,000, closed April 9 (last sale, $2,920,000, 11-22-21)
LOS ALTOS
1808 Fallen Leaf Lane, 94024, 3 bedrooms, 1739 square feet built in 1953, 1808 Fallen Leaf LLC to Janapaty Family Trust for
$7,000,000, closed April 10 (last sale, $3,700,000, 11-12-24)
1065 Ray Ave., 94022, 3 bedrooms, 2258 square feet built in 1952, Yuhwa and John Fadely to Ying and Ting Xu for $4,766,000, closed April 8 (last sale, $980,000, 12-03-09)
1694 Clay Drive, 94024, 5 bedrooms, 2569 square feet built in 1968, Living Diwan to Ahyoung and Moonchul Kim for $5,250,000, closed April 6 (last sale, $2,960,000, 05-16-16)
REDWOOD CITY
3713 Red Oak Way, 94061, 3 bedrooms, 2290 square feet built in 1956, Garvin Family Trust to Shailja and Vishal Parikh for $3,178,000, closed March 25 (last sale, $335,000, 02-01-92)
1 Mandalay Court, 94065, 4 bedrooms, 2260 square feet built in 1995, Jinfu Leng to Runli and Shibao Feng for $3,382,000, closed March 24 (last sale, $2,462,500, 12-02-19)
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1731 Francis Court, 94002, 2 bedrooms, 1340 square feet built in 1947, Mcevoy Family Trust to Yuen and Jason Benedict for $2,100,000, closed March 24
3208 Upper Lock Ave., 94002, 4 bedrooms, 2210 square feet built in 1965, Prayor Family Trust to Yuxiao and Shucheng Chen for $2,100,000, closed March 24
PALO ALTO SOCCER CLUB TRYOUTS will be held the week of May 18, depending on age and gender. Since its founding in 1977, PASC has become the largest youth sports organization in Palo Alto, supporting more than 1,500 players on about 100 teams. Led by professional licensed coaches, they focus on high-level development that guides children along a unified pathway from youth competition to college—perpetuating the mantra: “Developing Skills, Hearts and Minds.” To find out more about Palo Alto Soccer Club and register for tryouts, email info@pasoccerclub.org or visit pasoccerclub.org.
FOUNDATIONAL TUTORING, REIMAGINED. Mehr Sikri believes that anyone can excel in math. She founded OpMath 7 years ago to develop a modern solution to help Palo Alto students eliminate gaps in understanding,
build strong foundations, and grow confidence in their math ability. She and her team are passionate about helping students realize their full potential. With the start of the new semester, OpMath is taking enrollments for K-8th-grade foundational tutoring support as well as enrollments for Mehr’s own Paly math classes (current openings in Alg 2/Trig A, Alg 2/Trig H, IAC, and AP Calc AB). Learn more at opmath.com or email Mehr directly at mehr@ opmath.com.
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Join Children’s Health Council’s (CHC) free, virtual parent support groups—a welcoming place to connect with others who understand what you’re navigating. Each group is led by CHC experts who specialize in supporting children, teens, and young adults. Come as you are—ask questions, share challenges, or simply listen. You’ll gain practical strategies, helpful insights, and a sense of community. Upcoming topics include: ADHD (May
12), and Anxiety (May 15). Learn more or RSVP at chconline.org/parent-support-groups. CHC is here to support you.
ACNE TREATMENT. Acne primarily affects teenagers due to hormonal changes during puberty. Palo Alto Dermatology Institute (PADI) offers customized treatments—featuring the advanced TheraClearX acne laser—that target breakouts at the source and calm inflammation, promoting clear and healthy skin. Give your teen-ager the confidence they need—book their appointment today! Call (650) 606-7234. PADI’s schedule is designed to accommodate same-day appointments. PADI is located at 301 High St. in Downtown Palo Alto.
TRUSTED CARE FOR THE MOMENTS THAT MATTER. The new Caminar Teen and Family Wellness Center - Palo Alto offers timely, accessible, and competitively priced therapy with a licensed clinician. Services for youth aged 12-17 meet teens where they are—in both readiness for care and logistical needs. Each young person receives care reflecting their unique needs and preferences,
with evidencebased therapy addressing emotional regulation, mood and anxiety symptoms, trauma and grief, peer relationships and social stress, identity development and selfesteem, parent-child communication, and more. Family therapy is also offered. Visit Caminar.org/ TeenWellness for more information.
FREE WORKSHOP ON ARTHRITIS. If you are frustrated with chronic arthritis pain and have been told surgery or medication are your only remaining options, please join PhysioFitTherapy for a free workshop on Saturday, May 16, at 10 a.m. at 1000 Fremont Ave., #108, Los Altos. Kim Gladfelter and Kelli Farhat will demonstrate how shockwave therapy—a non-invasive acoustic wave
treatment—can restart the healing process in joints where traditional physical therapy or injections have failed. During this session, you will learn how this technology works and have the opportunity to experience a live demo.To reserve your seat, please call (650) 360-9373 or visit physiofitpt.com. Shown in the photo is Exec. Dir. Kim Gladfelter, MPT, OCS, FAAOMPT.
YOGA TEACHER TRAINING. Fulfill your dream of becoming a yoga teacher or deepen your current practice. Join Crave Yoga’s trauma-informed 200hour Yoga Teacher Training which blends in-person immersion with virtual learning, Aug. 4 to Oct. 8, 2026. The training is led by Nikki Saengcha (formerly Wong), a 500-hour Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher (ERYT) with two decades of teaching experience. Nikki specializes in Vinyasa/Power Yoga and has successfully
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GOT THE BLUES? We have good news. Let Brandon pour you tall cool one or maybe mix you up a tasty attitude adjusting martini. We’re in the historic sports lounge at Palo Alto’s Sundance the Steakhouse. There’s usually people to mingle with or grab a cozy corner for some private reflection. There are display cases filled with local and national sports memorabilia and beautiful framed autographed photos. There is also a full size Stanford crew rowing boat hanging from the ceiling. Throw in the gourmet appetizers, a worldclass wine list, assorted beers and cocktails and you know you’ll be coming back to the Sundance lounge. Come by 1921 El Camino Real and see why Sundance is such a special place. Call (650) 3216798 for a reservation and check the website for more info.
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Corpus at her home in San Bruno over two weeks in April, but received no answer, even when all the lights were on and a BMW was in the driveway, according to court records.
A process server knocked on Corpus’s door on April 3 at 6:41 p.m., April 6 at 8:41 p.m., April 6 at 8:49 a.m., April 10 at 7:14 p.m., April 12 at 12:06 p.m. and April 14 at 5:04 p.m., according to court records.
Corpus claims she refused to open the door because she thought the process server had a gun, Franklin said he was told. Corpus felt that since the process server threatened to return, it constituted harassment, Corpus’s attorney, Wilson Leung said to Franklin, according to emails provided to the Post.
“We have no reason to believe that the process server had a gun. The suggestion that further attempting to serve Corpus with legal papers would constitute harassment is nonsense,” Franklin said.
Going forward, Leung has agreed to accept service on Corpus’ behalf.
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors removed Corpus from office on Oct. 14 amid allegations of retaliation, misconduct and abuse of power, stemming from an alleged relationship with Aenlle.
A stake out
As for Aenlle, when the process server went to his door, only once did a woman answer out of six attempts, according to court documents.
The process server even attempted to stake out the bench outside a courtroom on April 17 from 1:30 to 2:15 p.m. to see if Aenlle would show up in another case. Only two people entered who appeared to be lawyers, the process server wrote in his report.
“The male did not resemble Victor at all. But just to be sure I asked him and he confirmed he was not Victor,” the process server wrote.
Aenlle has not yet been served, only Corpus, Franklin said.
Barnes is suing the county, Corpus and Aenlle, claiming they were responsible for rumors about her sleeping with men who donated to Corpus’ campaign. Barnes also alleges that Corpus and Aenlle were in a romantic relationship.
Franklin said this was not the first time he has had difficulty getting Corpus to cooperate in the legal process.
Franklin represented former sheriff’s deputy and SWAT team member Carryn Barker, who accused the sheriff’s office of sexual harassment and received an $8 million settlement in 2024. Barker allegedly confided in Corpus about the harassment, but she resisted efforts by Franklin to get her to submit to a deposition. When it came time to take Corpus’ deposition, the county offered the settlement to end the case. The $8 million payout was a record for the county at the time.
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ed in nightmares and trauma, according to the federal lawsuit by attorney Aaron Zisser.
Zisser sent an update to the court on Monday saying that he will finalize a settlement with the district within 90 days. Judge Eumi Lee has to approve the settlement since it’s on behalf of a
minor, court records show. Until then, Zisser said he can’t release details of the deal.
The lawsuit named former Superintendent Don Austin, former Ohlone Principal Elsa Chen, Title IX Coordinator Robert Andrade, classroom teachers Roni Kraft, Monica Lynch and Avery Olesen and Title IX investigators Kelly Whitney, Ashley Hull and Chelsea Tibbs.
Title IX is a 1972 federal civil rights law that prohibits sex-based discrimination in education.
At lunch and on playground
The boys allegedly went under a lunch table and poked the girl over her clothes between her legs on Feb. 6, 2024.
They kept poking the girl after she kicked them and told them to stop, the suit said.
One of the boys touched the girl again during recess two days later and in a classroom on March 1, 2024, the suit said.
“The boys required ongoing redirection and supervision to ensure they remained separate,” the suit said.
The girl’s parents filed a Title IX complaint and asked to move her to another classroom on March 14, 2024, the suit said.
Ohlone had five or six other classrooms available but didn’t move the girl, so she transferred to another school, the suit said.
Austin asked to intervene
The parents asked Austin for help but he didn’t intervene, the suit said.
Chen and Andrade handled the initial review before bringing in investigators Kelly Whitney and Ashely Hull from Grand River Solutions.
Whitney investigated, and Hull made a decision based on Whitney’s report. The suit claimed they had a conflict of interest because they work together.
Whitney allegedly didn’t interview two of the boys and left out her interview with the girl’s parents, the suit said.
Whitney also ignored how the incident impacted the girl, who needed therapy, the suit said.
“There was extensive documentation of this impact available to the investigator, including medical documentation,” the suit said.
Whitney instead portrayed the girl as happy and carefree, overlooking that children have unpredictable reactions to abuse, the suit said.
Based on Whitney’s investigation, Hull found the poking happened but “cannot reasonably be compared to more sensual, lingering touches like massaging and fondling, or to grabbing,” according to the suit.
The parents disagreed, arguing that touching the genitals is inherently sexual if it’s done on purpose. They said Whitney and Hull were biased against their daughter because they didn’t want to penalize the young boys.
“This approach indulges in gendered tropes about well-meaning boys and overly sensitive girls,” the suit said.
After an appeal, attorney Chelsea Tibbs said the touching wasn’t sexual or “objectively offensive” because of the age of the children, the suit said.
The lawsuit is one of a dozen cases pending against the school district. Other suits allege unchecked bullying, racist attacks, injured students, inade-
quate special education and retaliation by administrators.
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The school board voted on Feb. 10 to pay former PE teacher Peter Colombo $3.25 million to settle his case accusing the district of mishandling an unsubstantiated rape allegation against him from 2002. the next fiscal year, which starts July 1. Council picked public safety as a top priority for the new fiscal year during a workshop in March.
For combatting home burglaries, Norris pointed to strategies that have “proven very fruitful,” including increased patrols, technology-aided strategies, and working with law enforcement in other jurisdictions. He also suggested neighborhood watch blocks, officer home inspections and the department’s security camera registry.
“Residential burglary remains a top priority, and the department will continue to address it with urgency, communication, and strong community partnership,” the report said.
License-plate cameras
Norris’ report to council said the city could consider expanding its automated license plate reader program.
The police department launched the program last year with 32 out of 35 approved cameras.
Policies were tightened so agencies outside of California can’t access the data, and the system had “zero misuse” in 2025, Norris’ report said.
The plate readers have helped police with cases involving stolen vehicles, wanted persons, violent crime, drugs, retail theft and missing kids.
The department also has been trying out mobile closed-circuit television trailers in crime hot spots.
Drones are another technology the city might want to consider for the police department, Norris’ report said. Drones could be used in running search and rescue operations, gathering traffic collision information, or analyzing crimes in progress.
But the city would first have to look at issues such as privacy, security and training, the report said.
The department is also evaluating artificial intelligence tools to help in investigations.
In commenting on city priorities,
residents also said they’re concerned about the time it takes for police officers to respond to calls. Average police response times, which were 18 to 19 minutes in 2022-23, grew to about 27 minutes last year.
Norris blamed the situation in part on the department’s practice of sending two officers to a call for safety reasons. When there are four officers on a shift, two calls at the same time can tie them up, potentially delaying the response to a third call.
The situation is expected to improve when more officers finish their training and can start work.
Code enforcement workload
At the same time, the workload for the department’s two civilian code enforcement officers is increasing. The officers, who handle issues such as noise complaints and building code violations, now must also respond to calls about the city’s zero-emission landscape equipment ordinance. The ordinance banned gas-powered leaf-blowers and string trimmers starting in July 2024. ZELE enforcement added 297 calls last year to the city’s 453 other code enforcement calls.
Menlo Park isn’t the only Mid-Peninsula city grappling with home burglaries.
Residents in the Menlo Oaks neighborhood of unincorporated San Mateo County said last year that they had spent more than $100,000 for private security guards and security cameras to address an increase in attempted burglaries. Residents said they weren’t getting an adequate response from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.
In Atherton, burglars smashed glass doors in attempted burglaries of three homes within a four-day period in October, just days after a community safety meeting about burglaries in town.
Overall crime is down
Norris noted a decrease in Menlo Park’s overall crime statistics. “Person crimes,” such as assault, rape, and human trafficking, dropped from 196 cases in 2022 to 157 cases in 2025. Property crimes fell from 936 to 804 over the same period.
Menlo Park’s person and property crime rates, adjusted for population, were both higher than the rates seen nationally from 2022 to 2024, according to Norris’ report. But the police chief said Menlo Park’s rates for property crime and violent crime were falling faster than those at the national level.
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Plea in park shooting
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ
Daily Post Staff Writer
One of the men involved in the fatal shooting in East Palo Alto’s Jack Farrell Park in 2022 has been sentenced after accepting a plea bargain, while another man is heading to trial, a prosecutor said.
Luis Javier Mariscal, 39, of East Palo Alto, pleaded no contest to assault with a gun and possessing a gun during the shooting on May 17, 2022, District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said. Mariscal was sentenced to eight years and eight months in prison.
The shooting killed Ralph Fields Jr., 34, the cousin of Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Davante Adams, and injured three others.
Bobby Williams Jr., 50, of East Palo Alto, will be in court next week to start the process of his trial for his involvement in the shooting, Wagstaffe said.
Kids playing amid gunfire
Shots were fired at around 6 p.m. at Jack Farrell Park, where several children were playing on the playground while others were practicing baseball on the field, according to Wagstaffe. Over 30 shots were fired by multiple men, Wagstaffe said. Williams was shot during the gunfire.
An eight-year-old girl was using her mom’s phone at the time to record while playing tag with her cousin. In the video, the girl runs
away scared and shortly before the video ends, she is heard saying “help me.”
No murder or manslaughter charges have been filed against the four men involved because, in the chaos of the incident, it is hard to figure out who started shooting and who was acting in self-defense, Wagstaffe said.
Two other men arrested in the case, Miguel Bracamontes Ruiz, 24, of East Palo Alto, and Michael Tyrone McNack, 22, of Union City, were sentenced in 2024 after pleading no contest. Bracamontes Ruiz was sentenced to nine years and four months in prison and McNack was sentenced to eight years in prison, Wagstaffe said.
Older Chinese adults are one of the fastest growing populations in the US, but whether their background influences how they age is unknown. Purpose of this study is to research of how the brain ages in older Chinese Adults.
Your participation will help us improve future early detection of aging related brain diseases.
The study may be a good fit for you if you are:
❏ 55-95 years old
❏ Must be able to speak, listen, read, and write Chinese (Mandarin);
❏ Can be bilingual (No requirement for English proficiency; all study visits can be conducted in Mandarin)
❏ Must be willing to have brain MRI
Volunteers will be asked to (all tests are free): ❏ Complete basic questionnaire about your age, race, health, and family history ❏ Visit Locus Center at 1201 Welch Rd, Stanford, CA 94305 for brain MRI (1hr)
❏ Visit CogT Lab at 1070 Arastradero Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304 for memory and thinking test (1.5 hr) and blood draw (20 CC) (30 min)
A $50 check will be awarded for completion of the test, thanking you for your participation
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