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Felony conspiracy and vandalism charges against five pro-Palestinian Stanford protesters will be dismissed under an agreement reached with the state Attorney General’s Office. A jury in the case deadlocked in February before the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office was recused for a conflict of interest. A judge ruled that District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s use of the case in a campaign fundraising
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ciding whether to retry the felonies, prior to the diversion agreement reached Monday. The agreement means all 12 materials that referred to the protest some of the most serious criminal ac- of the protesters will avoid criminal as “antisemitic” and other communica- cusations to be brought after thousands charges if they complete the terms of tions represented a conflict. of arrests were recorded around the pretrial agreements, after seven others The case stemmed from a protest in country in 2023 and 2024 during stu- already reached deals to avoid convicJune 2024 during which an administra- dent protests against financial support tion. The defendants will have the charges tion building was occupied and dam- for Israel’s genocide in Gaza. dismissed if they complete 100 hours aged. The charges, which also included The California Attorney General’s [See PROTESTERS, page 23] misdemeanor trespassing, represented Office took over the case and was de-
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CORRECTION: A letter in Monday’s Post was unclear about Menlo Park’s Measure P. Voters who want to require a public vote before the city can sell, lease, or alter eight city-owned downtown parking plaza should vote “yes” on P. Those who favor the housing developments without a further vote should mark “no.” ANNIHILATE IRAN: President Trump says U.S. and Iranian officials met for about three hours yesterday, shortly after he threatened in his address to the U.N. General Assembly that he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end the nearly seven-month war. Trump says he has a “big decision” to make on whether a deal will be made with Iran. VARYING VIEWS: World leaders are painting quite different views of the future of artificial intelligence at the United Nations, with colorful phrases such as killer robots and super intelligence. At yesterday’s General Assembly, UN SecretaryGeneral Antonio Guterres warned of the potential dangers of AI, calling for [See THE UPDATE, page 4]
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The clip came from a debate about housing on Sept. 10, when the moderaAn exchange between three candi- tor asked candidates how they’d address dates for Palo Alto City Council has 151 RV dwellers living on the streets. “We’ve got to get the poor, the bad gone viral on social media. A three-minute clip, posted on Tik- actors here, to move along,” Planning Tok by Democratic Socialist candi- Commissioner Bryna Chang said in date Raymond Goins, has over 40,000 her response, which she later called “a gaffe.” views and 300 comments. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
Nonprofits to get Cubberley space providing an acre of city-owned land at Cubberley for a gym. In exchange, Palo Alto City Council is on the a nonprofit called Friends of the Palo verge of agreements with two nonprof- Alto Recreation and Wellness Center its that want space at a rebuilt Cubber- will fundraise 100% of the costs to design and build the gym, estimated at ley Community Center. One agreement commits the city to $40 million. BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT
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Dr. Gary Gechlik said RV dwellers aren’t a priority. “They’re not the family types,” he said. “We have to be very careful when we talk about sympathy for people who arrive and just want services.” Goins accused Chang and Gechlik of disparaging poor people. “I [See VIRAL, page 22]
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campaign donors and high-profile individuals, like tech founders and athletes, Santa Clara County’s former under- while ignoring applications from peosheriff has pleaded guilty to trading gun ple in real danger, a jury later found. permits for iPads and San Jose Sharks iPads donation tickets. Apple made little progress in Smith’s Rick Sung will be senoffice until 2019, when Chief Security tenced to six months of Officer Thomas Moyer agreed to doprobation and 400 hours nate 200 iPads worth $70,000 to the of community service sheriff’s office, prosecutors said. for two felony bribery Sung pushed the permits through afcharges, his attorneys SUNG ter the donation. said Monday. But Apple canceled the donation afSung’s case looked back to August 2017, when Apple was trying to get ter District Attorney Jeff Rosen issued four gun permits from former Sheriff a search warrant related to the gun perLaurie Smith for its executive security mits. Moyer’s lawyers argued the iPads team to protect then-CEO Tim Cook. Smith approved gun permits for [See SUNG, page 8] BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
ED AND BRYNA HAVE HAD MANY YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE. Ed Lauing: • Current City Councilmember and former Mayor • Former Chair, Planning and Transportation Commission • Former Chair, Parks and Recreation Commission • Little League coach and former President, Palo Alto Babe Ruth League Bryna Chang: • Chair, Planning and Transportation Commission • PTA Leadership, Hoover, JLS and Gunn HS • Little League coach • Member, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space Working Group PASZ BELIEVES THAT WE NEED A CITY COUNCIL WITH EXPERIENCED PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO HAVE A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OF PRIORITIZING RESIDENTS’ CONCERNS.
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Council candidate OK with lot plans council members on the measure. Van Deursen is running against former Los Altos City Council candidate Councilwoman Lynette Lee Eng, who Anky Van Deursen is supports Measure D. Lee Eng didn’t return phone calls or opposed to a ballot measure that would up- emails yesterday. end the city’s plans to About the measure develop its downtown Measure D was placed on the ballot parking lots. Van Deursen said by a group of residents to require counthat council, not vot- cil to get voter approval before develVAN DEURSEN ers, should decide what oping the city’s downtown lots. Van Deursen said she’s open to buildhappens on the parking lots because council is better positioned to get ex- ing a park, parking garage and performpert analysis and weigh competing in- ing arts theater on the downtown lots. But she wants to understand the terests. She’s aligned with all four sitting costs, impacts to parking and businessBY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
es and community preferences before making a decision. Works for neighboring city Van Deursen, 68, is Mountain View’s rent stabilization manager, overseeing the city’s rent control and tenant relocation assistance. She said she’s planning to retire by the end of the year and wants to take what she’s learned from her job home to Los Altos, where she’s lived for the last 35 years. Van Deursen said council is doing a great job. She’s endorsed by all four members, 10 former mayors, the Santa Clara County Democratic Party and the Silicon Valley Association of Realtors.
This will be the first election in Los Altos where the city is broken up into five districts, each with about 6,334 residents. The race Van Deursen and Lee Eng are running in south Los Altos in District 2 around Grant Park. Vice Mayor Larry Lang is running unopposed in District 4 around downtown. Van Deursen said some of the most important issues in her neighborhood are safe routes to school and maintaining retail, like Lucky at 2175 Grant Road and Trader Joe’s at 2310 Homestead Road.
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step up and provide parking for their employees living in RVs. Veenker said critics of the city’s slow approach to RVs, including residents Bob Marinaro and Barry Katz, are encouraged by the city’s multi-pronged approach. “I’ve had multiple conversations (about RVs) today already. It’s pretty much an everyday thing,” she said.
Housing in focus Veenker said she wants to improve Palo Alto’s reputation as a pro-housing city. She pointed to affordable housing projects council has approved downtown, on El Camino Real and in the Ventura neighborhood, along with the city’s new homeless shelter that opened in May at the end of San Antonio Road. Veenker said the city needed a nudge from the state to build housing, but many state laws have gone too far in taking away local control. “It makes my job on council easier because there’s not that much to decide,” she joked. Veenker ran for state Assembly in RV count 2016 but lost to Assemblyman Marc The city counted 133 RVs on the Berman, who is termed out in 2028. streets in May. Veenker said she wants She was elected to council in 2022. to focus on helping RV dwellers who Veenker represents the city at the live or work in Palo Alto, and she’s Bay Area Air District and Northern hoping the city can find a way to verify California Power Agency. She works their ties to the city. She wants larger as an attorney and mediator and has employers like Stanford and Google to lived in Palo Alto for 34 years.
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through transformative camp experiences and programs, all offered free of charge. After the dinner, Lobsterfest guests will hear from Okizu participants and enjoy a video presentation about the program. According to one camper, “You walk in scared, shy, nervous, but one of your counselors says ‘Hi’ and they look at you like they just won $1,000,000 and you don’t feel scared or nervous. You feel like the most important person in the world. And you find that happiness at Camp Okizu.”
long after it ends,” she said. “And for more than 20 years, the incredible consistency and generosity of the Lobsterfest has helped make that possible — providing the sustaining support we need to continue to offer our programs free of charge.”
Burlingame’s New England Lobster Market & Eatery will host its annual Lobsterfest Benefit for Okizu on Saturday, Oct. 10. Doors open at 4 p.m., dinner begins at 5:30 and the event runs through 10 p.m. You’ll enjoy a traditional East Coast-style lobster boil with all the fixings, all laid down onto the tables and enjoyed as a feast for all! The 21+ event will have a no-host bar serving beer and wine all evening as well as a DJ, dancing and raffle.
Worrall has been holding the annual benefit for two decades now, and all proceeds from the lobster fundraiser go directly to the nonprofit. According to Okizu Executive Director Suzie Randall, the Lobsterfest event has raised more than $1 million over the years, helping thousands of kids and their families.
The nonprofit faced significant challenges after their former 500+-acre camp facility burned down in September 2020 in the Bear Fire. With the support they’ve gotten, they’ve continued to be able to run the camps every year since at rented facilities. They purchased a new property in 2024 and are in the early stages of their capital campaign to rebuild. The proceeds from Lobsterfest will all go to making sure camp experiences continue uninterrupted as rebuilding takes place.
Okizu, which just celebrated its 45th summer, provides children and families affected by childhood cancer with peer support, respite and community
“Families tell us that the consistency of Okizu throughout their childhood cancer journey is an important part of healing, both during treatment and
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vitalization is a priority, that they’ve cut budget for tree light maintenance, In the upcoming election for City that the holiday tree lighting is canCouncil, two candidates are running in celed.” Reed also said she would like to exDistrict 4 to replace Betsy Nash to represent the Allied Arts and parts of cen- plore creating a business improvement tral Menlo Park: Charlotte Reed and district. These districts allow property owners to pay an extra fee to fund loLaura Melahn. calized developments in the designated area. Charlotte Reed “This is an opportunity where the Reed, 32, is a two-time Grammy-nominated singer and most recently business community has a financial worked in communications at Klaviyo, and leadership stake in the downtown an AI marketing company. Reed wants where they have poured all of their time a dedicated commission of residents and energy and livelihood,” Reed said. and local business owners that would “We as a city need more institutional infrastructure support for our business prioritize bringing livelicommunity.” ness to downtown. “Creating a downtown Measure P stance commission can focus on Reed said she will vote “no” on economic development Measure P. The measure would require issues, and that commisthe city to go to voters with any plans sion can offer recommenREED to redevelop parking lots to build more dations to council to keep momentum around improving and sup- housing and fix parking. “I feel we fully need to replace the porting our downtown,” Reed said in an interview with the Post. parking. We cannot build without reMenlo Park is in a $2.8 million bud- placing this parking. Parking is essenget shortfall, which has forced budget tial to make sure people can access our cuts, such as a proposal to cancel the commercial core, and the developers Christmas tree lighting to save about said they’ll widen the spaces,” Reed $70,000. said. “We have seen, especially in the past Reed said after knocking on about several months, significant budget cuts 3,000 doors in her district and connectto programming downtown,” Reed ing with constituents that she has found said. “It’s really disappointing that the a big issue in Menlo Park is residents city, despite saying that downtown re- feeling shut out from civic life. BY NORAH SHEPPARD-HUTCHINS Daily Post Staff Writer
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Melahn said in an interview with the Post. AMI is planning jargon for Area Median Income, which is the exact midpoint of household earnings in a specific region used by California to measure housing affordability. The Area MediLaura Melahn Melahn, 41, is on the city’s finance an Income for a family of four in San and audit commission and co-creat- Mateo County is $200,800. Melahn said it would be cheaper and ed a nonprofit called the Downtown Menlo Fund, which aims to reinvig- faster to add very-low-income housing orate downtown Menlo Park. Melahn in Parkline, compared to the downtown parking plaza, which three developers created a housing plan focused on exploring have bid to develop on. ways to deepen the af“The rent difference between a 60% fordability in homes at unit and a 50% unit is about $450 a the already-approved month. Permanently filling that gap development at the forcosts roughly $90,000 per home,” mer SRI campus, called Melahn said on her campaign website. MELAHN Parkline. Council approved the developMeasure P stance When asked about Measure P or the er Lane Partners’ proposal to build 800 homes at 333 Ravenswood Ave., rezoning of downtown parking lots, which will include 244 low-income Melahn did not provide a direct answer. and seven moderate-income homes, She said she is on team “Menlo Park,” but no very-low-income housing. In where her main focus is not on the vote California, a 50% area median income itself, but what happens after. Melahn also aims to revitalize downlevel qualifies as very low income, which means the combined average town, which she said she has already household income must be $50,000 or been working on through the Downtown Menlo Fund. less to be qualified. “That project is already underway; She helped launch a monthly event it’s rolling, it’s going to get built. And downtown in July called Fourth Frimoving the affordability level from the days that will be going into the fall and 60% Area Median Income level down returning next spring, which features to the 50% AMI level means more live music up and down Santa Cruz Avaccessible homes for Menlo Park,” enue. “My background in public relations makes me uniquely qualified to understand how to communicate with constituents in a way that resonates,” Reed said.
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Rich Repertoire From an Outstanding Ensemble From cathedral classics to contemporary master works, the Bay Choral Guild offers a rich and varied repertoire that keeps the timeless experience of choral music alive for Peninsula audiences. Now starting rehearsals for its 48th season, the Bay Choral Guild (BCG) is a 35-voice, auditioned chorus based in Palo Alto with singers from around the Bay Area. They have been led for 27 years by Artistic Director Sanford Dole, a conductor, composer and singer who has performed with, and had his pieces performed by, many of the region’s leading ensembles. The volunteer group puts on three programs a year and is known for offering well-produced programs at an advanced level with a variety of repertoire, Dole said. “We are a wonderful community resource, both for singers and audiences interested in getting a thoughtful program produced at a high level that will be moving and inspiring,” he said. “Advent of Light,” the group’s first program this year, will
celebrate both the season of advent and the return of light promised by the winter solstice. Performances will be held Dec. 4 and 6. The program will feature settings of the seven” O Antiphons,” Gregorian chants of the Catholic church dating back to at least the eighth century, as well as works about light, including Eric Whitacre’s modern choral masterpiece, Lux Aurumque (“Light and Gold.”) That span of more than 1,000 years is no accident. Dole said that over the course of an individual season, he tries to include pieces from as many eras as possible. “For a group like this I like to hit all the different eras of music so both the singers and audience get a satisfying survey,” he said. “Early, Classical, Romantic, and a healthy dose of contemporary, by which I mean anything written in the last 50-75 years.” For the March concerts, Dole was inspired by the period of the Spanish and Portuguese Renaissance and the incredible cultural mix of Christian, Jewish and Muslim influences of the period. Almost the entire first half of
the pieces will be from the 1600s, while the second half will contrast them with contemporary pieces from living Spanish and Portuguese composers. In June, their final program Sanford Dole of the season artistic director will cover three mid-20thcentury choral gems accompanied by organ, harp, and percussion: Maurice Duruflé’s “Requiem,” Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms,” and Bryan Kelly’s “Magnificat.” These “Cathedral classics” are all beloved by singers and audiences alike, said Dole. Before each concert, Dole offers a 20-minute talk illuminating the program and its inspiration. Performance venues this year are the Campbell United Methodist Church, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Palo Alto and the First Congregational Church of Palo Alto. For more information and to buy concert tickets, go to baychoralguild.org.
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Renaissance, more contemporary works by Pablo Casals, Javier Busto, and others, plus the premiere of a suite celebrating the diverse influences on Spanish culture.
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Irene Wong, Peying Lee to Receive 2026 Athena Awards The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce this year’s winners of their Athena Awards, which celebrate impactful women leaders who serve their communities and actively help others achieve their leadership potential. Irene Wong, CEO of the Palo Alto Community Fund, will receive the Athena Leadership Award, and Peying Lee, Director of Project Safety Net, is this year’s Athena Emerging Leader, an honor that goes to a rising professional. These accomplished women will be celebrated at a reception given by the chamber on Thursday, Oct. 15 at the El Prado Hotel in Palo Alto, and tickets are available now. Past winners have included women from diverse fields, from former Stanford head women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer (2011) to Carol Larson, former president and CEO of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation (2019).
IRENE WONG Chief Executive Officer Palo Alto Community Fund
PEYING LEE Director of Community Partnerships Project Safety Net
In a perfect illustration of awardees helping others on the pathway to leadership, Carol Larson played a key role in nominating Irene. The two worked together for more than a decade at the Packard Foundation, where Irene worked with more than 200 community organizations and helped steer up to $20 million annually to support local nonprofits. Irene began her career in community philanthropy at the former Community Foundation Silicon Valley, where PACF itself has roots. From there, she went on to help scale the eBay Foundation and then spent 15 years at the Packard Foundation before joining PACF in 2024.
works to grow and sustain equitable urban forests for all on the Peninsula. Peying said community collaboration is the cornerstone of all her work. “It takes a community to prevent suicide,” she said. “Prevention happens at multiple levels and everyone can play a part in suicide prevention. I think about folks at the boba shop, the soccer coach, the neighbor down the street, families, faith leaders, schools, cities, media and more. Through my work at Project Safety Net, I appreciate getting to be a part of community efforts to support youth well-being.”
“Coming to PACF brings together so much of what I have learned along the way: the importance of giving The Athena International Award recognizes leaders where you live, listening to people closest to the issues, who inspire, empower and uplift others, said Charlie strengthening local organizations, and bringing people Weidanz, CEO of the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce. together around shared community needs,” Irene said. “PACF truly feels like a full circle chapter in my career. I “The Athena Award is not just a recognition of started in community philanthropy here, spent much professional achievement, it is also about mentorship, of my career thinking about how to strengthen local community and the ripple effect of leadership,” he giving, and now I have the opportunity to do that work said. “This award highlights leaders who open doors in the very communities I call home.” and create pathways for the next generation. Irene and Peying embody the very best of this community, Born and raised in Palo Alto, Peying started as a showing us how strength, vision and compassion can volunteer at Project Safety Net about 10 years ago transform not just an organization but the lives of and now is the director of the nonprofit, helping to those around them.” mobilize community support, funding and advocacy for youth suicide prevention and mental health. She is For more information about the Athena Awards also an advocate for green spaces and since 2023 has and to purchase tickets for the reception, go to served on the board of directors for Canopy, which paloaltochamber.com/athena-awards.
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Post Times shown are when a report was made to police. Information is from police department logs. All of the people named here are innocent until proven guilty in court.
PALO ALTO SEPT. 4 10:25 a.m. — Vehicle accident causes injuries, Webster St. and Melville Ave. SEPT. 5 2:16 p.m. — Auto burglary, 700 block of Seneca St. SEPT. 9 12:52 p.m. — Vehicle accident causes injuries, E. Meadow Drive and Cowper St. 8:04 p.m. — Battery, Arastradero Road. SEPT. 11 1 p.m. — Home burglary, 700 block of San Antonio Road. SEPT. 13 10:26 p.m. — Battery, 500 block of High St. SEPT. 14 10:06 a.m. — Liam Anselm Bickford, 64, of Palo Alto, arrested for theft, 500 block of Emerson St. 8:57 p.m. — Donald Eric Pettee, 66, of Palo Alto, arrested for drinking alcohol in a public place, University Ave. and Bryant St. SEPT. 16 11:52 a.m. — Charles Bouvier Williams, 59, of El Centro, arrested for trespassing at Dinah’s Garden Hotel, 4261 El Camino. 9:10 p.m. — Petty theft from a vehicle, 400 block of Bryant St.
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THURSDAY 2:45 p.m. — Grand theft from an elderly or dependent adult, Sherman Ave. FRIDAY 1:29 a.m. — Venkata Saisrikar Balijelpalli, 30, of Sunnyvale, arrested for DUI, Scofield Ave. and Circle Drive. 12:24 p.m. — Silvestre Martinez, 31, of Half Moon Bay, arrested for grand theft and parole violation, Alma St. and Lytton Ave. 7:07 p.m. — Vehicle stolen, St. Francis Drive and Channing Ave.
MENLO PARK SUNDAY 10:07 p.m. — Jose Valdivias Soto, 40, of East Palo Alto, cited on a warrant, O’Brien and Adams drives. MONDAY 4:35 a.m. — Diego Perez Martinez, 19, of Menlo Park, arrested for DUI after being involved in a noninjury collision, 1400 block of Chilco St. 8:16 a.m. — Petty theft, 3600 block of Haven Ave. 5:57 p.m. — Petty theft, 1000 block of Laurel St. 7:55 p.m. — Vandalism, 500 block of Oak Grove Ave. 8:41 p.m. — Petty theft, 700 block of Laurel St.
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NORTH FAIR OAKS SEPT. 16 6:56 a.m. — Juan Carlos Madero, 44, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Fifth Ave. and Hoover St. THURSDAY 9:53 a.m. — Eduardo Antonio Alvarez Jr., 18, arrested for driving with a suspended or revoked license and carrying a
switchblade knife, Fifth Ave. and Middlefield Road. 6:08 p.m. — Alfredo Pirir Pirir, 56, of Redwood City, arrested for public drunkenness, 2900 block of Glendale Ave.
ATHERTON FRIDAY 5:42 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, Middlefield Road. SATURDAY 10:07 p.m. — Juvenal Bedolla Jr., 38, of Menlo Park, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Palmer Lane and Middlefield Road.
REDWOOD CITY THURSDAY 12:50 a.m. — Bryan Ismael Mendez, 33, of unincorporated San Mateo County, arrested on warrants and for falsely identifying himself to police, Marshall and Chestnut streets. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies. 2:05 a.m. — Luis Alfredo Acosta Rodriguez, 40, of Half Moon Bay, arrested on a warrant, El Camino and Brewster Ave. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies. 3:06 a.m. — Auto burglary, Hope Court.
8:02 a.m. — Auto burglary, Lincoln Ave. 10:08 a.m. — Burglary, Willow St. Cameras, camera mounts and other items stolen. 11:39 a.m. — Stolen vehicle recovered, Kentfield Ave. 1:56 p.m. — Two-vehicle accident, Whipple Ave. and Veterans Blvd. 7:55 p.m. — Victim says he was jumped and robbed by five people who took his phone and wallet, Redwood City Caltrain Station.
BELMONT SATURDAY 10:28 a.m. — Man steals beer from a store, El Camino. Hugo Edgardo Cabrera Linares, 42, cited for shoplifting and on a warrant. 3:26 p.m. — High school student says another kid from the same school stole the student’s phone, Alameda de las Pulgas. SUNDAY 6:35 p.m. — Witness reports seeing a man beating at a truck with a hammer, breaking the windshield and windows of the truck, Shoreway Road. 10:04 p.m. — Kenny Joseph Portera, 31, arrested for domestic battery, 100 block of Irene Court.
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eas will help address complaints from businesses and residents. Gechlik said he “kind of grew up poor” as the youngest of five kids. “My situation wasn’t some glamorous situation,” he said at the debate, hosted by Palo Alto Forward and SV@Home. Chang further clarified yesterday that she has a family history of peoGELCHIK ple who are poor. She said her husband’s family immigrated from Taiwan to Bolivia with nothing but suitcases and didn’t have enough to eat at times. Her father was a farmworker who picked garlic until his hands bled for 25 cents a bag to put himself through college. And her relatives in China live in one room, with a single light bulb and a dirt floor. A lot of respect “So I have a lot of respect for people who are working hard and trying to make their way,” Chang said. Chang said she saw Goins in front of City Hall over the weekend, and he was open to posting a correction on his social media. She said there’s a reason the League of Women Voters requires candidates to post the full video, not clips, from debates. “I don’t think it’s right to take people’s comments out of context. And I was certainly hoping that in a local race, that we can give each other grace,” Chang said. “None of us are experienced politicians. We are just regular people trying to step up.”
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with a timeline of significant milestones. Council will also consider signing an agreement with Maker Nexus on Monday. Maker Nexus “will start a major donor fundraising effort” in exchange for space at Cubberley for at least seven years, with options to extend a lease for another 10 years. Details about the budget and space will come later in a binding agreement. Both agreements are on council’s consent calendar, which is a list of routine items that can be approved without discussion. About maker space Maker Nexus is a nonprofit with a 28,000-square foot facility north of Highway 237 in Sunnyvale. The makerspace has wood, metal and textile shops, a computer and electronics lab and tools like laser cutters and 3-D printers. “Basically anything you need to make something,” Executive Director Regina Sakols said in an interview in April. But the property owner is planning to redevelop the facility, so Sakols is interested in having the same square footage at Cubberley. Maker Nexus has 650 members and runs a summer camp with 80 kids a week, she said. Maker Nexus currently has an 1,100-square foot makerspace at Cubberley. Plans to buy Cubberley The city owns eight acres of the 35-acre property at 4000 Middlefield Road. The school district owns the remaining 27 acres and has leased most of the space to the city since 1989. Council and the school board reached a long-awaited land deal in October 2024. The city agreed to buy seven acres from the district for $65.5 million, as long as voters fund the purchase with a half-cent sales tax on the Nov. 3 ballot. Council will consider signing agreements with three more nonprofits in October, Community Services Director Kristen O'Kane said in a report. Avenidas wants to build a 6,000-square foot senior center. Palo Alto Community Childcare wants four to six classrooms for a preschool and daycare. HeartFit for Life wants to continue offering exercise classes inside a gym. Council already approved a letter of intent on Feb. 9 for TheatreWorks to build a 40,000-square-foot performing arts complex.
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Disrupted life She said that the trial and criminal charges had disrupted her and her other defendants’ lives. But she said the experience did not diminish June 5, 2024 — 11 protesters break into the the group’s support for the PalestinStanford president’s offices and vandalize the ian people, who the United Nations building. says face daily killings by Israel’s April 10, 2025 — Rosen announces felony military, has had nearly its entire charges against the protesters. population displaced, and continNov. 13 — Three protesters are granted a ues to face a humanitarian crisis of mental health diversion. food, sanitation, and medical needs Nov. 25 — Three more protesters take plea ZHAI brought on by the military onslaught deals. that has been supported by the United States. Dec. 5 — Rosen sends out a campaign Zhai said she hoped the case would invigorate the fundraising email that mentions the case. movement and lead more people to speak up for the Jan. 9, 2026 — Five protesters go on trial. people of Gaza. Feb. 13 — A judge declares a mistrial, and “If this was an attempt to silence speech that supRosen says he’ll try again. ports Palestine, that failed,” she said. April 27 — Attorneys for the protesters argue The Attorney General’s Office said in a statement Rosen should be recused because he campaigned that the resolution would bring accountability for on the case. the damage caused during the demonstration, during May 8 — A judge recuses Rosen from the which the protesters demanded the university divest itcase, and the Attorney General’s Office takes self from investments funding war crimes in Palestine. over. “This resolution requires the defendants to make Sept. 21 — The AG drops the charges. amends to the community for their actions through extensive community service and ensures they fully charges for their participation in a campus protest,” reimburse Stanford for all repairs,” the Attorney Gen- CAIR-SFBA said in a statement. eral’s Office said in an email. “Treating protest activity as felony conduct was disproportionate from the outset, and putting them Lower bill through another trial after more than two years, a misRosen initially accused the protesters of causing trial and the disqualification of the District Attorney’s $300,000 in damage. Office because of a conflict of interest would only “Although initial reporting suggested a higher dam- have compounded that harm,” the organization said. ages figure, our office worked closely with Stanford The Jewish Community Relations Council was to generate a complete and accurate accounting of disappointed in the AG’s Office for dismissing the the full cost of repairs for all damages caused by the charges on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish charged defendants,” the AG’s Office said. calendar. Two of the defendants have completed their com“The outcome of this case sends the troubling mesmunity service, according to the nonprofit Council sage that politically motivated destruction of property on Islamic-American Relations – San Francisco Bay carries minimal legal consequences,” spokesman JerArea, or CAIR-SFBA. The advocacy organization emy Russell said in a statement yesterday. objected to the charges being brought by the DA’s Stanford students were calling on the university Office and said they were motivated by the students’ to divest its endowment from investments tied to Ispro-Palestinian stance. rael’s government and military, according to the stu“These students should never have faced felony dents involved.
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