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Official isn’t running again
Palo Alto Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims, who drew attention for her affair with a student while she was a dean at Stanford, has announced she will not seek re-election after one term.
Council seat up for grabs
in her income that comes from public speaking to avoid violating an anti-corruption law.
THE UPDATE
WAR ESCALATION: The U.S. military has fired on an Iranian oil tanker to pressure Tehran.
INFLATION UP: U.S. consumer prices have risen to an annual rate of 3.8% due to higher energy costs driven by the ongoing war in Iran. Inflation is lower than in 2024 when the annual rate was 4.12%.
TRUMP TO CHINA: President Trump is traveling to Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Xi Jinping, downplaying differences over the conflict in Iran.
FDA RESIGNATION: FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary is leaving his position after a tenure that drew criticism because he slowwalked new cures.
RICKSHAW BOMBING: A bomb rigged to a rickshaw exploded in a Pakistan bazaar, killing at least nine people and wounding over two dozen.
HANTAVIRUS OUTBREAK: A French patient is critically ill on an artificial lung as cases linked to a
[See THE UPDATE, page 19]
Lythcott-Haims said on Monday that while she loves the job, due to the amount of preparation she must do for council meetings, she has little time to “do the work that pays my bills.”
Lythcott-Haims has published three books and earns much of her income from publishing and speaking tours related to her books about parenting and youth development.
Lythcott-Haims said she will not be a lame duck while finishing out her term, and in fact, plans to finish strong. In 2024, the Fair Political Practices Commission told her to reign
“As the developers say, I just can’t make it pencil,” Lythcott-Haims said.
The FPPC enforces a state ban on elected officials making more than half their income from paid speaking gigs. Lythcott-Haims had 37 promotional book talks and workshops in 2022, and about 85% of them were paid, her lawyer
Wanted: Famous architect
Railroad
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Managing Editor
Palo Alto City Council has unanimously decided not to close the Churchill Road rail crossing to cars after students and parents asked for the closure due to recent suicides on the tracks.
Instead, council on Monday agreed
to keep funding guards at the rail crossings, as deaths have not occurred at the tracks since they have been hired, and to expedite plans for a quiet zone –where trains will not be forced to blast their horns when traveling over where the rail and road intersect.
The quiet zones will free residents
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
A Redwood City Councilwoman wants to hire a famous architect to draw up plans for the proposed housing and office space next to the library.
Vice Mayor Kaia Eakin said on Monday the city should find a famous architect to design the building at 1044 Middlefield Road to win awards across the United States.
“Why not think big? This is such a
[See ARCHITECT, page 18]
and students at Paly from the “haunting sound of train horns, a continual reminder of our tremendous loss as a community,” Councilwoman Julie Lythcott-Haims said.
All seven council members said they wanted to balance the safety of all res-
[See CROSSING, page 19]
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Menlo race takes shape
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
Menlo Park will have a competitive race for the council seat representing downtown and the Allied Arts neighborhood.
Laura Melahn, 41, announced her bid for the seat being vacated by Mayor Betsy Nash yesterday.
Melahn is on the city’s finance and audit commission, co-created a nonprofit called Downtown Menlo Fund, which aims to reinvigorate downtown, and spearheaded a petition to reduce speeding in her neighborhood.
Melahn is the second person to jump into the race to succeed Nash. Charlotte Reed, 31, a volunteer with the Junior League who works
in communications for an AI marketing company, announced her candidacy in March.
Melahn founded Meadow Valley Capital, which invests and supports tech companies focused on AI and health. She was previously a partner at Google Ventures and a marketing manager for Google. She has a degree in molecular biology from Princeton.
Resident-first approach
“I’m running for the people of Menlo Park. I’m obviously not a career politician. If I were, I’d have better hair and smoother speeches. But I do know what it feels like to have my neighborhood’s concerns dismissed by our district representative. It’s terrible,” Melahn said in a statement to the Post announcing her candidacy.
Melahn says she built a plan to make streets safer for kids walking and biking and worked with neighbors to save a 90-year-old tree from being axed by a developer.
She said that for the past several years, the council has listened to everyone except residents.
Melahn said she supports housing, but the city is focused on the downtown parking lots, putting all the weight on one site and making progress less likely.
Residents have asked council to consider other locations, and there are other opportunities for housing in town, such as the former USGS campus, Melahn said.
Melahn said if elected, she will start fixing the fundamentals, like crumbling sidewalks, faded and peeling signs, before taking on bigger ambitions.
MELAHN
DEATHS
San Mateo County Coroner: May 11
Michael Cecil Moberg, 92, of Redwood City Ramon Torres De O’Campo. 84, of San Mateo
May 9
Cresencio Alensa, 89, of Burlingame
Gui Fen Li, 96, of Burlingame
Leonard Nordson, 73, of South San Francisco
Hugh Allan Morasky, 60, of Oakland
May 8
Roland Suarez, 79, of South San Francisco
Tiancai Tan, 80, of Daly City
David Leigh Weber, 61, of San Mateo
Carole Fitzpatrick, 85, no hometown listed
Santa Clara County Medical Examiner: May 3
Mary Mourkas, 95, of Palo Alto
May 2
Zhen Xing Gu, 83, of Palo Alto
Maggie Tang, 59, of Redwood City
May 1
Madhu Jain, 68, of Sunnyvale
Pengli Wang, 28, of Stanford
April 30
Elizabeth Ling, 73, of Mountain View
April 29
Brian Holmes, 63, no hometown given, died at Stanford
BIRTHS
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto:
Sept. 16
Adam Anthony Discolo, a boy
Jefferson Gael Galo Galeas, a boy
Advik Gupta, a boy
Anika Gupta, a girl
Jeremias Jacob Hernandez Agudelo, a boy
Vivienne Chiao Hui, a girl
Joshua Thomas Kwok, a boy
Lessany Estefania Lopez Pineda, a girl
Malakai Ezekiel Ramirez, a boy
Sept. 15
Aws Anas Aljabarat, a boy
Arthur James Kenneth Anderson, a boy
Malea Shiloh Martinez Asilo, a girl
Sergio Cavazos Benavides, a boy
Akhil Aodhan Flatterytiruviluamala, a boy
Abraham Galustyan, a boy
Luke Ryan Garrett, a boy
Aarush Iyengar, a boy
Andie Annette Jaron, a girl
Asher Lin Kishore, a boy
Eva Claire Shen Lin, a girl
Delayza Guadalupe Lopez, a girl
Aayat Haseeb Nasim, a girl
Adelaida Pong, a girl
Urvi Ateet Shetty, a girl
Madeline Seoah Yoon, a girl
Sept. 14
Apollo Demetrius Poteat, a boy
Orion Duane Poteat, a boy
Nathaniel Javier Ramos, a boy
Nailani Adalet Rizo Hernandez, a girl
Praanik Sareen, a boy
Joselyn Love Schochet, a girl
Sofia Souza Dantas, a girl
Amaya Rose Zarate Toscano, a girl
Glenn Allen Waters ¢ ¢
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.
Battle looms over rent control push
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
The California Apartment Association (CAA) is gearing up to campaign against a possible rent control measure in Redwood City.
The measure, led by nonprofit Faith in Action Bay Area, has not officially landed on the November ballot, but the CAA is getting ready just in case, CAA Communications Director Mike Nemeth said in a statement Friday.
About the measure
Faith in Action Bay Area, which organizes in communities on various issues, is seeking to place an initiative on the ballot to cap rent increases and protect tenants from eviction by imposing stricter rules. The group collected over 7,300 signatures, and Chief Elections Officer Mark Church’s office is currently verifying signatures to ensure everyone is over 18 and registered to vote, City Clerk Yessika Castro said yesterday.
If the measure wins at the ballot box, it will limit rent increases to 60% of the Consumer Price Index, capped at 5%, and make changes to relocation payments and evictions.
The measure would tighten justcause eviction rules, and landlords will have to provide tenants with reloca-
tion assistance equal to four times the monthly fair market rent or $12,000, whichever is greater, Nemeth said.
Guillermina Hernandez, a member of Faith in Action, said on Monday that she has heard of cases in which tenants’ rents increase, but the conditions are horrible. Landlords have agreed to fix apartments but still raise rent, Hernandez said.
Tenant protection ordinance Council on Monday moved forward with changes to its tenant protection ordinance to regulate appeal guidelines and landlord relocation assistance fees. The ordinance helps tenants achieve greater stability through lease-term requirements, just-cause eviction protections, and relocation assistance.
But local property managers like Denise are worried they will not be able to cover repair costs, such as replacing sewer lines, if they have to offer tenants the same rent rate.
“We’re bleeding money. There’s just no way to recover costs. We’re basically renting out properties for free,” Denise, who only gave her first name, said.
The CAA has a successful record of defeating rent-control ballot measures, including in San Mateo in 2016, Burlingame in 2016 and Pacifica in 2018.
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Palo Alto’s City Council has signed off on an $85,000 settlement with a woman who says she tripped and fell on the sidewalk, resulting in multiple injuries.
Mayor Vicki Veenker announced the settlement on Monday after council met behind closed doors to discuss the lawsuit that resident Anne Kramer filed last year.
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Kramer
The fall resulted in injuries to her right forearm, right cheek, a rib and her left knee, according to court documents.
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Gunn grad found dead in San Jose
Arnav Singh, a 20-year-old Gunn High School graduate, has been found dead in San Jose, police announced.
Singh had taken a gap year off after graduating from Gunn and planned to enter San Jose State this fall, according to Indicanews.com, which first reported about his death.
Singh was reported missing by his parents on May 5. They told police they dropped him off at the San Jose State University library at 4th and E. San Fernando St.
When Singh didn’t return that eve-
ning, his parents contacted police to say he was missing.
Police discover body
On May 8, police went to a location in the 700 block of Phelan Avenue and found Singh’s body, police said. The body was recovered by a search-andrescue team and firefighters. The 700 block of Phelan Ave is located near the SJSU campus and the Spartan Village (formerly Campus Village Phase 3) area.
“The preliminary investigation revealed no obvious signs of injury or foul play,” police said. No arrests have been reported.
Bicyclist hit by car dies
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
A 75-year-old bicyclist has died from his injuries after being hit by a car in Woodside, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.
The bicyclist, who lived in Palo Alto, died after sustaining serious injuries from a May 1 accident, Sgt. Philip Hallworth said on Monday.
The bicyclist was struck near the 1400 block of Portola Road at around 12:15 p.m. when deputies responded to a 911 call, according to Hallworth.
Paramedics arrived, and found the bicyclist unconscious but alive, Hallworth said. The Sheriff’s Office Major Accident Investigation Team also responded to the scene and is still investigating the incident.
The driver involved cooperated with investigators, who do not think drugs or alcohol were a factor in the crash.
The bicyclist was sent to the hospital and died on Sunday, according to Hallworth. His name has not been released by the coroner’s office pending notification of his next of kin.
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Doctors: Recess essential
Recess isn’t just a fun break for grade schoolers. It’s crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages.
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That’s the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the first new guidance in 13 years about this unstructured time at school and how it needs to be protected.
The updated policy statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics comes after years of shrinking recesses and worsening children’s health.
Playtime’s ‘powerful’ impact
The group “has always supported play — free play for kids — but it’s been increasingly threatened over time,” partly by the drive for higher test
scores, said Dr. Robert Murray, a lead author. “It has a very powerful benefit if it’s used to the fullest.”
The new guidance, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, is similar to the previous policy statement but cites the latest research on why these breaks are essential for kids’ academic success and mental, physical, social and emotional growth.
For example, new evidence shows that kids need pauses between concentrated bouts of learning so the brain can hold and store the information. Researchers also say recess gives kids a chance to navigate relationships and build confidence, which is just as important for older kids as younger ones.
Women’s disorder
PCOS now PMOS
A hormonal condition affecting one in eight women around the world just got a new name in hopes of improving care. It is now called polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome instead of polycystic ovary syndrome.
Researchers and supporters of the change said the old name, often shortened to PCOS, is inaccurate. It reduced a complex hormonal or endocrine disorder to a misunderstanding about cysts and a focus on ovaries, contributing to missed diagnoses and inadequate treatment, said the Endocrine Society, a global group of physicians and scientists.
“The thought behind that is that one, there’s no cysts in the ovary, so it’s very confusing,” said Dr. Melanie Cree, a pediatric endocrinology expert at the University of Colorado Anschutz. “The hope was that with a more comprehensive and accurate name change, that it would start to enable and push better care.”
The name change — made after 14 years of collaboration between experts and patients — was published in The Lancet yesterday.
PCOS is now PMOS
The condition is characterized by fluctuations in hormones that can affect weight, metabolic and mental health, the reproductive system and the skin.
It is associated with metabolic syndrome, a group of health conditions that increases your risk of Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and stroke, Dr. Sarah Hutto with the University of Minnesota Medical School said in an online article put out by the university.
No one knows exactly what causes the condition, but there’s evidence that genetics and obesity play roles, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
What are the symptoms?
Symptoms vary, which can make it tough for doctors to diagnose.
It is associated with irregular menstrual cycles and excess production of a group of hormones known as androgens, which can cause acne and hair growth or thinning. It may also cause follicles on the ovaries, although not abnormal cysts. But not all of these findings are required for the diagnosis.
Cleveland Clinic experts say it is the most common cause of female infertility, because not ovulating frequently can result in not being able to conceive.
Having the condition may also increase the risk of certain pregnancy complications, such as gestational diabetes or preterm birth. Still, most people with the condition can successfully carry a pregnancy.
PALO ALTO
MAY 1
8 a.m. — Burglary, 3900 block of Middlefield Road.
MAY 2
7:48 p.m. — Battery, 100 block of University Ave.
MAY 3
8:20 p.m. — Rape, Forest Ave.
MAY 5
1:54 p.m. — Tauaomalo Poialii, 63, of Palo Alto, arrested on a warrant, 3200 block of E. Bayshore Road.
THURSDAY
11:04 p.m. — Petty theft, 2800 block of Waverley St.
FRIDAY
12:29 a.m. — Petty theft, 500 block of Lytton Ave.
7:17 a.m. — Domestic battery, Emerson St.
12:55 p.m. — William Fred Ringe, 76, of San Jose, arrested for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, 200 block of University Ave.
6:03 p.m. — Michael Gregory Berger, 45, of Mountain View, cited on a warrant, Encina Ave. and Urban Lane.
10:49 p.m. — Daniel Dibb, 46, transient, arrested on warrants, 3800 block of El Camino.
MENLO PARK
SUNDAY
8:11 a.m. — Assault, 3600 block of Haven Ave. Shristi Singh, 26, of Menlo Park, arrested for assault with a deadly weapon.
10:46 p.m. — Aryana Niki Zamora, 36, of Menlo Park, cited on a warrant, University Ave. and Adams Drive.
MONDAY
2:25 p.m. — Addison Filipczyk, 36, of East Palo Alto, arrested for public drunkenness, resisting arrest and probation violation, El Camino and Stone Pine Lane. Arrest made by Atherton police.
2:35 p.m. — Fraud, Mansion Court.
3:39 p.m. — Elliot Holt, 43, transient, arrested for being under the influence of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia, 1000 block of Alma St.
4:53 p.m. — Jennifer Romero, 22, of Gilroy, cited on warrant, Santa Cruz Ave. and El Camino.
5:13 p.m. — Vandalism, 1100 block of Alma St.
6:33 p.m. — Vehicle collision causes injuries, 500 block of Newbridge St.
7:53 p.m. — Michel Angela Guadalupe Jimenez, 22, of East Palo Alto, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Bayfront Expressway and University Ave.
PORTOLA VALLEY
FRIDAY
9:50 a.m. — Antonio Lopez Diaz, 30, of San Jose, cited on a warrant, 100 block of Golden Oak Drive.
STANFORD
MAY 4
7:55 a.m. — Bicycle stolen, 1-99 block of Olmsted Road. Daniel Wilfredo Rivera, 38, of Mountain View, cited for grand theft, drug possession and having a prohibited weapon on a university campus.
11:34 a.m. — Assault to commit rape reported, 450 Jane Stanford Way.
1:54 p.m. — Electric bike stolen, 200 block of Governors Ave. South.
2:45 p.m. — Electric bike stolen, 600 block of Escondido Road.
7:22 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, 600 block of Knight Way.
5:58 p.m. — Trespassing and vandalism at a residence, 700 block of Dolores St.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
MAY 1
3:31 a.m. — Jaime Davila, 32, of East Palo Alto, cited on a warrant at Mountain View Police Dept., 1000 Villa St.
MAY 2
5:39 p.m. — Juan Hernandez Cabrera, 28, transient, cited on a warrant, 1900 block of Crisanto Ave.
MAY 3
9:28 p.m. — Rex Cornwell, 45, of Stanford, arrested for public drunkenness, 200 block of Castro St.
11:09 p.m. — Nathaniel Page, 42, of Mountain View, arrested for public drunkenness, 2500 block of Leghorn St.
MAY 4
12:18 a.m. — Alex Cruz Lozano, 19, of Mountain View, arrested for public drunkenness, possessing cannabis and resisting police, 700 block of E. Evelyn Ave.
6:08 a.m. — Vehicle stolen, 1200 block of Farley St.
8:49 a.m. — Ellias Hernandez, 27, of Mountain View, arrested on a warrant, 1900 block of Latham St.
10:44 a.m. — Auto burglary, 200 block of Palo Alto Ave.
LOS ALTOS
FRIDAY
9:47 p.m. — Cesar Zavala, 20, of Mountain View, arrested on a warrant, Springer Road and Fremont Ave.
SATURDAY
12:26 p.m. — Fiona Marsh, 59, of San Mateo, arrested on warrants and for resisting police and falsely identifying herself to police, 1900 block of W. El Camino.
ATHERTON
MONDAY
9:07 a.m. — Cyclist suffers minor injuries from a hit-and-run, Toyon Road and Ringwood Ave.
1:21 p.m. — Anthony Burrola, 22, of San Lorenzo, cited for fraudulent vehicle registration, Selby Lane.
NORTH FAIR OAKS
MAY 5
11:14 p.m. — William Moran Moran, 22, cited for drug possession, El Camino and Fifth Ave.
MAY 6
4 a.m. — Sergio Milian Posada, 24, of Redwood City, cited for possession of meth, Spring and Charter streets.
REDWOOD CITY
THURSDAY
1:35 a.m. — Man seen trying to steal a bike that is chained to a tree,
Winslow St. and Broadway. Jarrett Michael Galarza, 38, of San Francisco, cited for possession of burglary tools, falsely identifying himself to police and on warrants. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
1:39 a.m. — Wilson Anibal Primero Camaja, 24, of Redwood City, arrested for DUI and on a warrant, 1300 block of Marshall St.
9:38 a.m. — Jamil Asem Omar Qasem, 39, of San Francisco, cited for unlawful use of tear gas at Safeway, 1071 El Camino.
10 a.m. — Brandon Shawn Salinas, 43, cited for threats at Safeway, 1071 El Camino.
10:45 a.m. — Vandalism, 700 block of El Camino.
10:47 p.m. — Andrew William Sebastiano Kern, 33, of Redwood City, arrested for being under the influence of drugs, 800 block of Jefferson Ave.
SAN CARLOS
MAY 6
10:45 a.m. — Mario Ortega Romero, 47, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license and on a warrant, Industrial Road and Holly St.
3:51 p.m. — Stolen license plate found on a vehicle, 1200 block of San Carlos Ave.
THURSDAY
Time not given — Police are shown security footage of the theft of smoke bushes valued at $10,000 that took place on April 24, 300 block of Shoreway Road.
4:15 p.m. — Assault involving a vehicle reported, Industrial Road and Cherry Lane. The male suspect flees in a van before sheriff’s deputies arrive. The two victims are not injured.
BELMONT
FRIDAY
12:55 p.m. — Marlon Arbulu, 42, arrested for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia and on a warrant, El Camino and Ralston Ave. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
SATURDAY
3:11 p.m. — Traffic collision causes minor injuries, Ralston Ave. and Twin Pines Lane.
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PALO ALTO
540 Guinda St., 94301, 1 bedroom, 931 square feet, built in 1958, Kfir Living Trust to Minority Television Project In for $1,070,000, closed April 14 (last sale: $904,500, 11-07-22)
3289 Berryessa St. #5, 94303, Hengyi Huang to Hee Kim for $1,130,000, closed April 13 (last sale: $1,059,000, 02-05-16)
866 Altaire Walk, 94303, 3 bedrooms, 1342 square
feet, built in 2010, Junyan Ding to Itamar and Ashleigh Talberth for $1,550,000, closed April 17
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480 East O’Keefe St. #206, 94303, 1 bedroom, 619 square feet, built in 1981, Buns Trust to Kason Chiu for $520,000, closed April 2 (last sale: $260,000, 02-21-07)
MENLO PARK
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MOUNTAIN VIEW
1901 West Middlefield Road, 94043, 2 bedrooms, 1010 square feet, built in 1924, Moreno Family Trust to Jacqueline and Wing-Hong Ko for $1,765,000, closed April 17
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HEAD WEST RETURNS TO SAN MATEO this Saturday, May 16, at 11 a.m. HEAD WEST creates a neighborhood marketplace experience that brings together the spirit of the modern maker with the energy of the traveling vagabond, providing a space for our community of Makers, Crafters, Designers and Artists to connect with friends, neighbors and travelers. HEAD WEST has free entry, is kid- and pet-friendly, and all are welcome!
Patrons can enjoy live music all day from local Bay Area musicians. Return engagements are scheduled for the third Saturday of every month through December.
JOIN THE PENINSULA CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE at Harry’s Hofbrau in Redwood City on Tuesday, May 19, at 11:30 a.m. Tonya
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Graham McQuade will talk about “Patty’s Lament.” McQuade is the author of “A State Divided: The Civil War Letters of James Calaway Hale and Benjamin Petree of Andrew County, Missouri, 1862-65,” and is a contributing writer to the Emerging Civil War website. She loves both history and historical fiction and has a passion for writing which she plans to continue pursuing. You can learn more about McQuade at tonyagrahammcquade.com. peninsulacivilwarroundtable.org.
children, newborns and their families. They invite you to participate through donations, shopping at The League Shop, and expressing interest in volunteering. Their address is 169 State Street, Los Altos.
and other community members watch and cheer the marchers on. For more information on how to participate in the Los Altos Kiwanis Pet Parade, please visit the Los Altos Kiwanis website at www.LosAltosKiwanis.org. Alternatively, if you wish to volunteer, please email them at info@ losaltoskiwanis.org or call (650) 735-1552.
THE DAUGHTERS OF NORWAY CHAPTER in Palo Alto, Sigrid Undset Lodge, is a great place to learn about your Nordic ancestors’ history and culture.
The members meet once a month at Grace Lutheran Church on Waverley St. in Palo Alto. They have a variety of cultural programs, including food and arts demonstrations, and sometimes invite speakers to talk about Nordic subjects. Throughout the year they invite guests for various cultural events. For more information about events and becoming a member, please contact Julie Bennett at (408) 507-4620 or jabennett31@gmail.com.
THE ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF LOS ALTOS is an all-volunteer philanthropic nonprofit organization serving the Santa Clara County community for over
65 years. They are dedicated to transforming lives and strengthening our community. They operate The League Shop in downtown Los Altos which accepts donations and sells vintage items and collectibles. The proceeds from their operations support various programs that benefit underserved school-age
LAD WILSON, LOCAL SKIING MOGUL and man about town, always has time for dinner and a glass of wine at the Parkside Grille when he’s in town. Lad enjoys only the best and that means the Parkside is a favorite spot to enjoy dinner with friends. Surrounded and shaded by 1,000-year-old redwood trees and serving a cuisine fit for kings and kids, the Parkside is not to be missed. Sit in the beautiful dining room or out in the patio. You’ll have a good time, just ask Lad. The Parkside Grille is located at 884 Portola Road in Portola Valley. Call (650) 5299007 for reservations or more information.
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Pet Parade will be taking place Saturday, May 16th. A beloved community tradition since 1947, the Los Altos Kiwanis Pet Parade is a celebration that brings out the community and their pets every year. Hundreds of kids, adults and their pets; dogs, cats, birds, chickens, turtles and even worms will be participating, while a thousand or more parents
OK, SO YOU PULLED THE BARBECUE onto the deck and immediately wanted to put it away? Deck too dirty? Sweeping and hosing it down won’t clean it, right? Call Mark Carlsen for a deep-down clean pressurewashing job on that deck. He’ll wash away winter and whatever else is on that wood! Gutters clogged? He can help you with that too. Call Mark today at (650) 868-0801.
LOOKING FOR DRINKS WITH FRIENDS, or a chill place to socialize after a great show at the Guild? Check out
Bar Loretta. The lounge is a vibrant gathering place to enjoy cocktails, small plates, with a stylish, chill ambience. With a marble bar and swank, new Deco vibe, the interior has been completely and gorgeously redesigned. Stop into Loretta this evening and enjoy a cocktail at 639 Santa Cruz Avenue Menlo Park and then grab dinner at Bistro Vida next door.
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yer Gary Winuk told the FPPC in April 2023. Lythcott-Haims also received book royalties, and she was paid to write weekly for Meta and to do a book review for the Washington Post, Winuk said.
Lythcott-Haims won’t accept any income from anyone located in Palo Alto, and all of her paid activities are solely related to her published work, Winuk said.
Her business, Love Over Time LLC, is worth between $100,001 and $1 million, and paid her more than $100,000 in a year, she said in a statement of economic interests during her campaign.
Lythcott-Haims announced last June that she was working on a book about multi-generational housing.
The affair
In July 2024, former Stanford student Olivia Swanson Haas revealed that she had an affair with Lythcott-Haims while Lythcott-Haims was a dean at Stanford in 2011 and 2012.
Haas was 22 at the time. She said her parents complained to Stanford, alleging manipulation and abuse of power. Lythcott-Haims left the university and pursued her career as a writer.
After Haas revealed the affair, Lythcott-Haims paused her paid newsletter and resigned from three council committees to counter calls for her resignation.
Text messages
Other controversies have come up around Lythcott-Haims. The Post reported last month text messages between Lythcott-Haims and her school district friends show she voted against a volunteer for a city
Former Mayor Lydia Kou said the texting scandal reeked of a “mean girls” type of mentality.
Didn't seek vice mayor seat
Lythcott-Haims’ announcement comes after she decided in December not to seek the vice mayor position.
Lythcott-Haims said in her newsletter at the time that she believed “others are better suited to the task” and didn’t want the role.
“In the normal flow of things it would seem that it’s ‘my turn’ for the latter role given that the people alongside whom I was elected have already served as vice mayor,” Lythcott-Haims wrote at the time.
Lythcott-Haims nominated Councilman Keith Reckdahl for the job, but ultimately the council picked Councilman Greer Stone to hold the position.
The November election
Lythcott-Haims said she was making her announcement now so others in town can decide whether to step up to the plate.
Filing for the position doesn’t begin until July, but some, such as Planning Commissioner Bryna Chang, have filed campaign finance forms to begin fundraising.
There are three seats up for election this November. The other two council members up for re-election are Vicki Veenker and Ed Lauing.
Veenker told the Post in December that she plans to run for a second term.
Lauing told the Post in March that he loves the job, but did not say if he will run again, mentioning that candidates usually announce their plans in the early summer.
prime location,” Eakin said about the project that the city plans to have include city offices, between 70101 apartments and a new parking garage.
Council agreed on Monday to get more input from library patrons, downtown business owners and other community members before asking developers to submit plans to build where 98 parking spaces are for the library.
Eakin said the city should move quickly so when grants become available, the project is shovel-ready.
Where will library patrons park?
Councilwoman Marcella Padilla said they should think about the children who aren’t reading at grade level. Many caretakers or grandparents take kids to the library’s programs, but where will they park during construction, Padilla said.
“We all need housing, but we also need our children to be reading. We need safe spaces for people to congregate,” Padilla said.
If seniors can’t find parking, they will decide not to travel downtown anymore, Padilla said.
Councilwoman Diane Howard said she sees many mothers who struggle to get their kids out of the car and can’t imagine them walking several blocks to the library. The parking lot is a golden opportunity to create a cohesive design with other buildings in the area, she said.
Businesses want to provide input
Many downtown businesses have told her there isn’t enough parking and council should reach out to the community before making a decision, Howard said. Councilwoman Isabella Chu said housing should
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that on May 4, 2026, the Palo Alto City Council adopted the following ordinances: Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Amending Chapter 9.73 (City Policy Against Arbitrary Discrimination) of Title 9 (Public Peace, Morals and Safety) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Add Sections 9.73.050 (Local CEDAW Principles) and 9.73.060 (Private Right of Action) and Amend Associated Sections [FIRST READING: March 23, 2026, PASSED: 7-0; SECOND READING: May 4, 2026, PASSED 7-0). Ordinance of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Creating New PAMC Chapter 9.05 (Entertainment Zones) and Establishing an Entertainment Zone on a Portion of California Avenue [FIRST READING: April 20, 2026, PASSED: 7-0; SECOND READING: May 4, 2026, PASSED 7-0].Text of the full ordinances is available at: https://www. paloalto.gov/CouncilAgendas.
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be the main priority in this project, ahead of parking, because self-driving cars are the future. The next generation is learning to drive at a slower rate, and the future of transportation is walking, biking, public transportation and automated cars, Chu said. She said she didn’t agree with spending so much money on keeping parking when it would be more aligned with the city’s goals to have family housing close to the library.
The cost of parking
If the city wants to construct parking, it will cost between $5.8 million and $10 million, depending on the placement and number of spaces, according to Deputy City Manager Jennifer Yamaguma. If the council decided to save parking, it would have to choose between having underground parking or having the first two levels be parking.
Councilman Chris Sturken said if council decides not to move forward with replacing parking, it should invest in parking programs. Sturken also agreed that community outreach will be important.
“This is public land for public good and we need to deliver the most public good for Redwood City on this land,” Sturken said.
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idents with the possible track closure. Councilman Ed Lauing pointed out that by closing the Churchill crossing, some 714 bicyclists trying to get to and from Palo Alto High School would be rerouted an extra mile, likely forcing them onto Embarcadero Road, which he said is unsafe on many levels.
Frightening encounter
Lauing then detailed an encounter on Embarcadero, where he and another driver waiting at a light were nearly hit by another car who zipped across two lanes of traffic to turn into Town and Country Village, across the street from Paly. Lauing said if someone had been in the bike line, it likely would have resulted in a death for the hypothetical cyclist. Other council members agreed, saying that since the track watch
program is successful thus far, to not risk endangering additional lives by forcing cyclists and pedestrians onto Embarcadero or other streets where frustrated drivers, no longer able to cross at Churchill, will be speeding through.
Lauing, Lythcott-Haims and others said the decision to keep Churchill open was not in favor of those who claim they’d be inconvenienced by the road closure, but instead to preserve additional young lives by not putting them in danger during their school time commutes.
“Our successes are invisible. We will never know how many lives we will save. But our failures are not. We feel them every time we lose another young life, and we’ve lost far too many in this city,” Vice Mayor Greer Stone said.
Debate over the closure
The city has debated closing the crossing for years, but the conversation gained urgency after the death of student Summer Devi Mehta, 17, on Feb. 3.
In a letter to council, Mehta’s father Nick Mehta said the crossing provided an “easy means for her to impulsively act at a low moment.”
“It is too late for my daughter but it is not too late for others,” he wrote.
Council hired security guards to watch each of Palo Alto’s four railroad crossings on Feb. 23.
The one-year contract costs $1.7 million, split between the city and the Palo Alto Unified School District.
Council members open up
Some council members tonight also talked about how suicide has touched their lives, Councilman Keith Reckdahl said a friend in college died by suicide. Stone talked about how a former Paly classmate of his died a few years after they graduated from high school, changing Stone’s life trajectory.
Mayor Vicki Veeker said growing up, she had the same birthday as the youth choir director’s son at her family’s church.
“We ended up at the DMV on the same day for our licenses,” Veenker said. “He told me to be safe out
there.” But a few years later, he was gone, having died by suicide.
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cruise ship outbreak rise to 11. Another one of the passengers is back home in Santa Clara County.
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MAYOR A SPY: Former Arcadia Mayor Eileen Wang is set to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government.
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Feud colors race for DA
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT
Daily Post Staff Writer
The race to lead the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is more about a personal feud than politics or prosecutions.
District Attorney Jeff Rosen, 58, of Los Altos, is facing a challenge from a prosecutor who he has fired twice, only to have the firings reversed both times.
Deputy District Attorney Daniel Chung, 37, of San Jose, is getting a $8,525 paycheck every two weeks to stay home while running against his boss.
Rosen has raised ten times as much money as Chung and has endorsements from six members of congress, seven state legislators, four county supervisors, Senator Adam Schiff, Sheriff Bob Jonsen, more than a dozen city council members and every police and firefighters’ union in Santa Clara County.
Rosen’s legal career
Rosen grew up in Los Angeles and got his bachelor’s degree in philosophy from UCLA. He graduated from UC-Berkeley Law
School in 1992 and worked for private law firms before he was hired as a Santa Clara County prosecutor in 1995.
Rosen in 2010 unseated his boss, former District Attorney Dolores Carr, and has been elected three times since then.
In his ballot statement, Rosen said he’s created mental health, drug treatment and veterans’ courts that give offenders a second chance.
At the same time, Rosen said he’s cracked down on retail theft, gun crimes, sex trafficking, domestic violence, elder fraud, drug dealing and online scams.
“Under my leadership, Santa Clara County is one of our nation’s safest counties,” he said.
Chung seeks change
Chung said it’s time for change. He said violent crime has gone unpunished, with victims waiting seven years for justice, and he would tackle an “insane” case backlog.
“Repeat offenders harm our neighborhoods because of disastrous policies like the $950 theft rule,” Chung said in his ballot statement, referring to the 2014 state law that made shoplifting under $950 a misdemeanor.
Chung grew up in Milpitas and went to Harvard and then Columbia Law School. He worked as a pros-
ecutor in the Bronx on gun crimes before Rosen hired him in 2018.
Feud goes public
The feud between Rosen and Chung went public in February 2021, when Chung wrote an opinion piece that criticized “progressive prosecutors” in the wake of several hate crimes against Asians.
In May 2021, Chung visited the families of mass shooting victims in San Jose without Rosen’s permission.
Rosen had Chung escorted out of the office and fired, but an arbitrator reduced the punishment to a 30-day suspension.
Chung ran against Rosen in 2022 and used his candidacy as a platform to criticize Rosen.
Chung received 79,378 votes to Rosen’s 181,851.
Chung then went to a training seminar in San Diego in April 2023, despite instructions not to do so. Rosen fired him again. A personnel board reduced the firing to a twoweek suspension and reinstated Chung in June.
Chung and his union are suing Rosen for not giving him an assignment.
For this campaign, Rosen has raised $420,239 since the start of last year. Chung has raised $43,052 and taken out a $100,000 loan, campaign finance forms show.
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