THURSDAY, June 18, 2026
School unions fire back at critics
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
Palo Alto union leaders are firing back at two former school board members who opposed a parcel tax and employee raises, calling them “outside critics who have got nothing better to do.”
Tom Culbertson, president of the
IRAN DEAL DETAILS: The U.S.Iran deal calls for Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, halt its military operations on all fronts, including Lebanon, and drop its plans for a nuclear weapon. Iran will get a $300 billion reconstruction fund if follows through on dropping its nuclear plans.
NO RATE CUT: The Fed voted yesterday to keep interest rates steady, removing previous hints of future cuts.
SALES INCREASE: The Commerce Department reported that retail sales grew in May by 0.9%, driven by online spending and vehicle purchases.
SWALWELL REPLACEMENT: In the East Bay, Democrat Aisha Wahab will advance to a runoff against Melissa Hernandez for the seat vacated by the disgraced Eric Swalwell.
SOCIAL MEDIA BAN: Britain announced a legislative plan to ban social media use for children in an effort to protect youth mental health.
‘BENADRYL CHALLENGE’: Health officials reportedly issued fresh alerts as the dangerous and potentially deadly “Benadryl Challenge”
[See THE UPDATE, page 4]
teachers’ union, said former school board members Todd Collins and Ken Dauber are alarmist, pessimistic and backwards-looking.
“It’s deeply ironic and frankly ridiculous to listen to lectures about budget shortfalls from the very people who actively worked to defeat our recent local parcel tax. They tried to starve
the district of revenue, and now they want to complain about the consequences,” Culbertson told the board on Tuesday.
On a phone call yesterday, Collins said he tries not to attack people.
“I try to focus on the facts and the financial condition of the district. Peo-
[See UNIONS, page 22]
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MORE INSIDE • Board surprised by language in labor contract. Page 8.
• New superintendent’s contract approved, though one member raises concerns. Page 23.
Players warned over caps
Some put Bible verses on them in Pride protest
Major League Baseball has warned players about writing on their uniforms after San Francisco starter Landen Roupp and two other pitchers added Bible verses to their Pride Night caps last week.
Roupp started the 5-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Friday night with “Gen 9:12-16” written on his cap. A portion of the Bible verse overlapped the rainbow SF logo players wore for
[See CAPS, page 22]
Woman says bad water killed bunny
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
A Mountain View resident says her bunny rabbit died the day after her water was contaminated by a city contractor’s mistake.
“It got very weird very quickly. Everyone was really on edge,” Leona
Lane resident Jennifer Baron said in an interview on Tuesday.
Baron was affected by a two-week water shutoff for 67 homes north of Cuesta Park at the end of April. She’s filed a claim against the city of Mountain View seeking $30,000. That includes $15,644 for her
plumber to install backflow valves and damages for not having clean water.
A breach happened on April 24 when a contractor, C2R Engineering, was replacing a water main at the intersection of Cuesta Drive and Bonita Avenue.
The city said cement slurry got into a
[See BUNNY, page 22]
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CAP — San Francisco Giants pitcher Landen Roupp throws to a Chicago Cubs batter on Friday at Oracle Park. AP photo.
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Council wants more parking enforcement
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ
Daily Post Staff Writer
East Palo Alto residents must call parking enforcement to have an abandoned vehicle towed from their streets.
The city entered into a $350,000 contract with LAZ Parking to issue citations, but residents have to call LAZ to remove abandoned vehicles.
LAZ began issuing tickets on April
15, focusing on residents’ complaints, street-sweeping compliance and safety concerns. Council hired them to address the lack of parking for residents after hearing complaints about oversized vehicles, abandoned cars and illegal parking.
Mayor Webster Lincoln said the current system is placing a burden on residents to make complaints to LAZ.
Councilman Mark Dinan said he has
noticed a change, but still sees many carry-on trailers that haven’t been towed.
Police Chief Jeff Liu said they can’t go around to find out which cars are abandoned and which aren’t.
Residents have called LAZ over 145 times since the program started, and a total of 8,741 tickets have been issued, according to LAZ Supervisor Edgar Cruz. Only four cars have been towed.
Lincoln and Dinan said the process for a parking permit program should be sped up to better help residents.
Dinan said he has heard many complaints from residents who have received tickets for illegally parking simply because there is no available space. Some neighbors have five cars parked but use only one, taking up four spaces, he said.
Decision expected today on new name for Chavez school
The Ravenswood School District will decide today on the renaming of Cesar Chavez Ravenswood Middle School.
Superintendent Gina Sudaria recommended the board pick Ravenswoods Middle School as the new name on June 11. The district received suggestions to name the school “lions” after its mascot, while others suggested not changing it, according to Sudaria.
The board is renaming the school at 2450 Ralmar Ave. after reports that its namesake, Cesar Chavez, had raped and sexually abused women when he led the farm workers unionization movement.
The district received 170 responses from its survey, Sudaria said. A total of 106 students, 38 parents, 106 employees and 22 residents offered their opinions to the board, according to Sudaria.
The top contender was Ravenwood Middle School, with support from 59 participants. Only six people supported the name lions, and five people said not to change the name.
Plus, no other school in the area is named Ravenswood.
There was clear support for a name that is historical and inspiring to students, Sudaria said. Board member Sammuel Tavera said he was happy to
hear the large participation from students because it gives them a sense of identity and belonging in the district. He also asked the community to participate in today’s meeting, during which the board will take a vote.
At a future meeting, the board will rename Costano Elementary School after Edwin Magana-Lopez, an archaeologist at Stanford. The word “costano” is offensive to the Ohlone tribe.
THE UPDATE FROM PAGE 1
continues to resurface among teenagers on social media.
APPLE TO RAISE PRICES: CEO Tim Cook told the Wall Street Journal that soaring costs are making increases in the price of Apple products “unavoidable.”
ICE OFFICER ARRESTED: State and federal agents arrested an ICE officer in South Texas for allegedly lying about a shooting that wounded an immigrant in Minnesota.
LEBANON HIT: ISRAELI air bombings yesterday reportedly killed at least four people in Lebanon as Israel maintains it will stay in occupied territories.
SUPPORT FOR DEAL: Meeting in France, G7 leaders reportedly issued a joint declaration supporting the U.S.-Iran deal while simultaneously vowing tighter sanctions against Russia.
LEADER’S SON ARRESTED: In South America, the son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been jailed over illegal lobbying activities conducted in the United States.
SPACEX ACQUISITION: SpaceX has acquired AI coding startup Cursor.
PIZZA HUT SOLD: Yum Brands agreed to sell the Pizza Hut restaurant chain to a private equity firm.
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DEATHS
San Mateo County Coroner: June 14
Elizabeth Headley Pilot, 95, of Redwood City
Maxima Yambao, 93, of South San Francisco
June 13
Richard Barrick, 93, of Redwood City
James Henry Johnson Jr., 58, no hometown listed
BIRTHS
El Camino Hospital in Mountain View: Oct. 7
Elsa Mahin, a girl
Mihir Meka, a boy
Anyelin Perez Alavez, a girl
Francis Nam Protopsaltis, a boy
Danae Reilly, a girl
Raaed Ahmed Shah, a boy
Oct. 8
Abel Emir Aybay Bautista, a boy
Daniel Chang, a boy
Gemma Guo, a girl
Yinghao Andrew Hu, a boy
Isabel Sophia Lahsene, a girl
Krish Mayur Masrani, a boy
Nina Lily Milinovich, a girl
Autumn Nhi Nguyen, a girl
Violet Thuy Nguyen, a girl
Avery Ni, a girl
Melody Poh, a girl
Maximus Scott Sherbino Arzuaga, a boy
Ren Shioya, a boy
LESTI
Police in Vietnam foil cat meat ring
Police in Vietnam have rescued more than 400 cats in a major bust of a cat meat crime ring in Ho Chi Minh City, and at least 40 of them have been reunited with their owners.
However, following the dayslong police operation, several of the cats died because of the harsh conditions they were found in, animal welfare groups said. They didn’t elaborate or provide an exact number on the cats who didn’t make it.
Rescue center
Since the operation, veterinarians and volunteers have flocked to care for the cats at a temporary rescue center set up at a facility run by the Ho Chi Minh City Criminal Police Division.
“People who lost their cats can come to the police station to identify their pets and help the police with the in-
vestigation,” police official Nguyen
The Bao told the state-owned Tuoi Tre newspaper.
This operation is “a sobering reminder of the enormous scale of Viet Nam’s cat meat trade,” according to Karanvir Kukreja, who leads a campaign against dog and cat meat consumption for the international nonprofit Humane World for Animals.
9 people arrested
Local media also reported that the Ho Chi Minh City police investigation into a spate of pet thefts resulted in the arrest of nine people.
The suspects admitted to trapping and collecting cats across south Vietnam over the past three years — in Ho Chi Minh City, the country’s largest city, as well as in the cities of Tay Ninh and An Giang, police said.
STOLEN CATS — This photo released by Humane World for Animals Viet Nam shows cats in cages that were seized by police in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on June 15. Photo by Phuong Pham/Humane World for Animals Viet Nam.
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School board surprised by how much they promised unions
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
The Palo Alto school board stumbled into a dilemma before approving contracts with two unions that could result in the district losing money if property taxes go up too much.
That’s because the district agreed on May 27 to pay the union for non-teachers 80% of all property tax growth above 5%.
Then the district agreed to do the same for the teachers’ union on June 9.
So the district would pay 160% of all property tax growth above 5% to its unions next school year, increasing a budget deficit.
After some confusion, the board decided to honor the contract with the
employees’ union and table the property tax bonus for the teachers’ union.
The issue was raised by parent Chris Colohan, who ran for the board in 2024 with a focus on the budget.
Contract language a surprise
Board members were surprised. They said the language in the contracts didn’t match their intent, which was to split property tax growth between the two unions and keep the remaining 20% for the district.
“It sounds potentially problematic. So I’m at a loss as to what we should be doing now,” board member Josh Salcman said.
“Obviously I don’t think we can approve the agreements if we don’t
even agree what the ultimate intent of that provision was,” board member Shounak Dharap said.
‘Wealth gap’
Meb Steiner, president of the California School Employees Association, the union for non-teachers, urged the board to approve the contracts. She said her union proposed the extra payment because its 850 members are worried about a growing wealth gap.
“We have people waiting for paychecks, for money,” she said.
Steiner’s union negotiated a 10.2% raise, retroactive to July 1, 2025. Teachers are getting a 10.4% raise, and both unions are getting $10,000 in bonuses.
Acting Superintendent Herb Espiritu
said the idea was to offer both unions the same deal, and that’s why teachers were also set to get a bonus from property taxes. He suggested giving the bonus to the non-teacher’s union and going back to the negotiating table with teachers, since the bonus wouldn’t apply until next summer.
“We would have no leverage,” Dharap said.
The board ultimately stopped the public meeting to privately discuss the contracts for 30 minutes.
After the break, Dharap said the board decided to honor the contracts, except for tabling the property tax bonus for the teachers. The board approved the contracts with a unanimous vote.
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
JUNE 6
6:08 p.m. — Vehicle collision causes injuries, 2400 block of Alma St.
8:37 p.m. — Grand theft at Show De Carnes Brazilian Steakhouse, 3398 El Camino.
JUNE 7
12:20 p.m. — Julian Esteban Garcia Zuluaga, 24, of Compton, arrested for organized retail theft, Stanford Shopping Center.
JUNE 8
7:35 p.m. — Auto burglary, 400 block of Lytton Ave.
JUNE 9
9:47 p.m. — Merchandise shoplifted at Whole Foods, 774 Emerson St.
JUNE 11
12:32 p.m. — Vehicle accident causes injuries, 400 block of W. Charleston Road.
FRIDAY
4:09 a.m. — Kathryn Haines, 53, of Napa, arrested on a warrant, El Camino and Medical Foundation Way.
10:05 p.m. — Vehicle accident causes injuries, Emerson St. and Homer Ave.
MENLO PARK
TUESDAY
8:06 a.m. — Noninjury vehicle collision, 1000 block of El Camino.
8:21 a.m. — Patricia Bernal Perdomo, 30, of Oakland, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Bayfront Expressway and Willow Road.
9:51 a.m. — Mail containing credit cards stolen, 3600 block of Haven Ave.
10:15 a.m. — Vehicle tampering, 300 block of Central Ave.
11:18 a.m. — Passport stolen, 100 block of Constitution Drive.
12:49 p.m. — Jose Tellez Hernandez, 37, of Menlo Park, cited on two warrants, 800 block of Pierce Road.
2:40 p.m. — Dwight Dominique, 63, of East Palo Alto, cited on a warrant, 700 block of Laurel St.
7:02 p.m. — Three-vehicle accident causes injuries, Willow and Bay roads.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
APRIL 15
3:20 a.m. — Jorge Salazar, 46, transient, cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, 600 block of National Ave.
2:26 p.m. — Thomas Kemp, 61, of Mountain View, cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, Leghorn St. and Independence Ave.
APRIL 18
12:54 a.m. — Francisco Mendoza, 22, of Mountain View, cited for drug possession, 1900 block of W. El Camino.
APRIL 25
10:31 p.m. — Fermin Martinez Vasquez, 31, transient, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, Calderon Ave. and Dana St.
JUNE 6
5:10 p.m. — Masoud Borhani, 45, of San Jose, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving without a valid vehicle registration and on a warrant, 1-99 block of E. El Camino.
6:31 p.m. — Fredy Guardado Sanchez, 31, of Santa Clara, cited for drug possession, 1200 block of Terra Bella Ave.
8:34 p.m. — Reynol Dominguez Gonzalez, 22, of Sunnyvale, cited for reckless driving, Ellis St. and National Ave.
JUNE 7
8:18 p.m. — Keio Paeahelotu, 49, transient, cited on warrants at Safeway, 645 San Antonio Road.
JUNE 8
12:16 a.m. — Rusbel Guataquira Arenas, 37, of Mountain View, arrested for domestic battery, 2200 block of California St.
2:48 a.m. — Elvin Perez Reyes, 224, of San Jose, cited for DUI, 200 block of Hope St.
5:40 a.m. — Battery, El Camino Hospital.
9:23 a.m. — Indecent exposure, 100 block of N. Rengstorff Ave.
9:30 a.m. — Grand theft, 600 block of Chiquita Ave.
2:06 p.m. — Vehicle tampering, 2200 block of Latham St.
3:54 p.m. — Amiel Aguilar, 47, of San Jose, arrested for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, probation violation and on warrants, San Antonio Caltrain Station.
LOS ALTOS
MONDAY
7:47 a.m. — Isidro Blanco, 30, of San Jose, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, El Camino and San Antonio Road.
NORTH FAIR OAKS
SATURDAY
12:22 p.m. — Man reported to be throwing rocks at passing vehicles, 2600 block of Middlefield Road. Jose
Heriberto Barrera, 31, of Redwood City, found with three glass pipes and arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia.
5:32 p.m. — Abel Castillo, 43, of Redwood City, cited on a warrant, Fair Oaks and Barron avenues.
REDWOOD CITY
FRIDAY
10:46 p.m. — Eric Giovanni Belan, 35, of Redwood City, cited for trespassing, 1700 block of El Camino.
11:26 p.m. — Three-vehicle accident causes minor injuries, Brewster Ave.
11:53 p.m. — Caller says four men are breaking into vehicles, Woodside Road.
11:58 p.m. — Caller says a group of people are breaking into vehicles, Poplar Ave.
SATURDAY
12:13 a.m. — Vehicle window smashed but nothing stolen, Poplar Ave.
2:01 a.m. — Derrell Joshua Thompkins, 36, of Fairfield, cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, Spruce and Chew streets. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
3:04 a.m. — Jorge A. Zamora, 36, of Redwood City, arrested on a warrant, Buckeye St. and Middlefield Road. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
11:30 a.m. — Ray Laurence Bedilion, 58, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, driving without a mandated ignition interlock device and driving without a valid vehicle registration, Middlefield Road and Chestnut St. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies. 11:49 a.m. — Ivan Gonzalez, 36,
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of San Francisco, arrested for trespassing and obstructing police, 2100 block of Broadway.
11:52 a.m. — Vehicle hits a pedestrian, causing minor injuries, El Camino.
12:09 p.m. — Resident says that a neighbor leaves a caged parrot outside the home’s front door and the parrot screams all day long, Stambaugh St.
12:09 p.m. — Cheyenne Miles Johnson, 33, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, 2100 block of Middlefield Road. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
2:25 p.m. — Caller says a homeless man is completely naked and possibly on drugs, Broadway.
9:21 p.m. — Maycol Dionisio Meza Lopez, 27, cited for driving without a license and driving on the wrong side of the roadway, Woodside Road and Santiago Ave.
9:33 p.m. — Eriberto Rodriguez Ramirez, 43, of Redwood City, arrested for DUI, Woodside Road and Carolina Ave.
9:46 p.m. — Oscar Asmir Guerrero, 49, cited on warrants, 200 block of Linden Ave. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
9:47 p.m. — Fire set in a bathroom, Broadway.
10:47 p.m. — Woman reported to be banging on a door and making threats, 3500 block of Rolison Road. Anna Alicia Barragan, 42, of Newark, arrested for domestic battery, threats, burglary and vandalism. Adriana Barragan Dimas, 26, of Menlo Park, arrested for threats and vandalism.
11:18 p.m. — Cirilo Ceja, 45, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Woodside Road and Spring St. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
11:30 p.m. — Desean Ramon Carey, 57, of East Palo Alto, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, Hancock and Charter streets. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
SUNDAY
6:54 a.m. — Edgar Ionatana Baquero, 30, of Redwood City, arrested for DUI, Main St. and Veterans Blvd.
8:15 a.m. — Francisco Javier Ayala Zamora, 37, of Redwood City, arrested for brandishing a weapon and threats, Broadway and Cassia St.
10:30 a.m. — Woman says her ex-boyfriend tried to force her into his vehicle, King St.
11:26 a.m. — Colleen Marie Krieger, 57, arrested for drug possession, Whipple Ave. and El Camino. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
3:36 p.m. — Rafael Ignacio Cortes Ororio, 47, of Redwood City, cited on a warrant, 1000 block of El Camino.
5:02 p.m. — Two women shoplift from a store, Walnut St.
7:15 p.m. — Charles Chester Chatman III, 39, arrested for being a felon in possession of a gun and ammunition, drug possession and carrying a concealed and loaded gun, Redwood City Caltrain Station. A charge is added later for bringing drugs into a jail.
8:49 p.m. — Carlos Ivan Vargas Jr., 36, of East Palo Alto,
cited for shoplifting at Target, 2485 El Camino.
11:55 p.m. — Group of kids reported to be throwing pine cones at passing vehicles. Location not disclosed due to juvenile involvement.
BELMONT
TUESDAY
10:52 a.m. — Bag containing cash and personal items stolen, Sixth Ave.
12:20 p.m. — Man steals a purse and flees, Shoreway Road.
1:53 p.m. — Stolen vehicle recovered, Carlmont Drive.
10 p.m. — Christopher Scott McKinley, 62, cited for hit-andrun, 3600 block of Hillcrest Drive.
CHP
From the Redwood City office of the CHP, which covers the MidPeninsula.
MAY 29
Eric Hernandez-Bautista, 24, arrested for DUI.
Humberto A. Lozano, 28, arrested for driving under the influence of both alcohol and drugs and narcotics possession.
MAY 30
Armando J. Bautista, 19, arrested for reckless driving and racing.
Brandon A. Martinez Beltran, 29, arrested for DUI.
MAY 31
Bryan Gomez Juvinal, 20, arrested for DUI.
Gervacio Hernandez Gregorio, 33, arrested for DUI. Dhruv N. Patel, 31, arrested for DUI.
Angel A. Patzan Cubule, 24, arrested for DUI.
DESSERT
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PALO ALTO
649 Seneca St., 94301, 4 bedrooms, 1960 square feet, built in 1930, Chandrasekar Family Trust to Priya and Shailendra Desai for $5,825,000, closed May 21 (last sale: $1,600,000, 06-25-09)
957 Clara Drive, 94303, 1014 square feet, built in Anfield Property Clara LLC to Liu Living Trust for $6,418,000, closed May 20 (last sale: $3,533,000, 10-22-24)
644 Wellsbury Way, 94306, 5 bedrooms, 2900 square feet, built in 2019, Chuan Wang to Heather and Intaik Park for $6,810,000, closed May 19 (last sale: $5,550,000, 02-13-20)
EAST PALO ALTO
151 Verbena Drive, 94303, 3 bedrooms, 1110 square feet, built in 1950, 151 Verbena LLC to Kelsey and Michael Matthew for $1,090,000, closed May 4 (last sale: $324,000, 0114-11)
MENLO PARK
217 McKendry Drive, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 1150 square feet, built in 1947, Julie Harris to Mahsa and Farhad Roueintan for $2,505,000, closed May 4
243 Robin Way, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 1700 square
feet, built in 1947, Jessica and Roger Pineda to Jennifer and Fred Baik for $3,600,000, closed May 5 (last sale: $2,920,000, 09-19-23)
ATHERTON
77 Flood Circle, 94027, 4 bedrooms, 11574 square feet, built in 2007, Jarve Family Trust to PRBH LLC for $27,750,000, closed May 8
28 Selby Lane, 94027, 7 bedrooms, 17761 square feet, built in 2020, RCR Residence LLC to Paraiba Holiday LLC for $29,100,000, closed May 5 (last sale: $30,000,000, 12-10-20)
LOS ALTOS
27994 Via Ventana Way, 94022, 4 bedrooms, 5412 square feet, built in 1997, Shideler Family Trust to Irawaty and Hery Djie for $5,300,000, closed May 18 140 University Ave., 94022, 4 bedrooms, 3182 square feet, built in 1956, Nelson Family Trust to Hayat and Tevfik Ekici for $5,650,000, closed May 19 (last sale: $183,500, 0101-88)
MOUNTAIN VIEW
49 Showers Drive #N265, square feet, built in 1974, Xiaodong Qiu to Jiehan and Randi Wang for $940,000, closed May 18 (last sale: $810,000, 08-18-14) 141 Huntington Court,
94043, 2 bedrooms, 1119 square feet, built in 1998, Alvaro Echevarria to Daniel and Emily Yang for $1,380,000, closed May 18 (last sale: $1,150,000, 07-21-23)
1918 Newbury Drive, 94043, 3 bedrooms, 1879 square feet, built in 2010, Narmeen and Zulfiqar Pishori to Chih Chen for $1,600,000, closed May 18
WOODSIDE
3362 Woodside Road, 94062, 3 bedrooms, 1480 square feet, built in 1920, Rb6M LLC to Jhsw LLC for $6,500,000, closed May 5 (last sale: $2,200,000, 08-09-11)
REDWOOD CITY
1 Doris Court, 94061, 6 bedrooms, 4885 square feet, built in 1979, 1 Doris Court LLC to Jason Toy for $2,759,000, closed May 8 (last sale: $2,759,000, 11-07-25)
1082 Eden Bower Lane, 94061, 3 bedrooms, 2430 square feet, built in 1964, Wynn Trust to Nan and Shu Pang for $2,900,000, closed May 7 (last sale: $750,000, 11-26-07)
2034 Washington Ave., 94061, 2 bedrooms, 850 square feet, built in 1951, OM Venture Capital LLC to Emmett Trust for $4,350,000, closed May 5 (last sale: $1,600,000, 07-22-22)
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In ‘Toy Story 5,’ tech is the new threat
BY JAKE COYLE
Associated Press Writer
The “Toy Story” movies, like “Star Wars” and those games Michael Jordan played with the Washington Wizards, pose a problem of canon.
The first three movies are a near-perfect trilogy: a series that spanned a childhood: from bedroom playtime to college, from enchantment to loss. The scope didn’t seem epic. The movies rarely strayed much further than the pizza joint down the road or Al’s Toy Barn. Yet those first three films, so attuned to the pangs of both childhood and parenthood, seemed to stretch to infinity and beyond.
But, of course, narrative neatness is not an abiding principle in modern-day Hollywood franchise guardianship.
High bar to clear
Nine years after “Toy Story 3” — an ending as flawless as Jordan’s almost-goodbye jumper in 1998 — came “Toy Story 4.” It made a billion dollars, easy, and blew up the artful arc of “Toy Story.” The less said about “Lightyear” — for sure the Washington Wizards chapter of “Toy Story” — the better.
Yet as much as my bitter heart wanted to reject “Toy Story 4,” I had to grant that it was pretty good. There is only so much moral grandstanding
I can do in the face of Tony Hale as a fork and Key and Peele as plushies.
And “Toy Story 4” also had a decent point. If the original trilogy suggested the story ends when the kid reaches adulthood, the fourth movie is about Woody, the empty nester. Tom Hanks’ cowboy and Annie Potts’ Bo Peep find out life goes on after Andy. They might as well have moved to Florida.
This is my belabored way of saying “Toy Story 5” is, also, a crime against humanity and, also, pretty good. It may fall shy of the first three and probably ranks as the fifth best of these movies. But “Toy Story” has a high
bar and the quality and thoughtfulness that has long distinguished Pixar is very much present here in the film directed and co-written by Andrew Stanton, a Pixar stalwart who goes all the way back to 1995’s “Toy Story.”
Rise of the tablet
There are some basic things going for the latest “Toy Story” movie. This one moves Joan Cusack’s Jessie, the cowgirl, closer to the center, and she’s always been a hoot. The cute-as-a-button Bonnie (voiced by Scarlett Spears) is an upgrade over Andy. (Sorry, Andy.)
But most of all — as the movie’s “toys vs. tech” advertising has made abundantly clear — “Toy Story 5” is predicated on an extremely relatable conflict for kids and parents, alike.
In “Toy Story 5,” tablets arrive just as ominously as weapons did in “2001: A Space Odyssey.” Bonnie’s parents, fearing their child is being left out, cave in and get her a Lilypad (“Lily,” voiced by Greta Lee). When Bonnie brings Lily to a sleepover, the toys, peering through a basement window are appalled to find them “just sitting there.” Alarms are sounded.
“The age of toys is over!” shrieks a nearby forlorn toy. Later, the dinosaur Rex (Wallace Shawn) exclaims: “Extinction! Not again!”
Paradigm shift
In the world of “Toy Story,” as in ours, the onset of “screen time” is a legitimately cataclysmic event. It has, of course, been a central part of other recent animated movies. ( “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” and “Ron’s Gone Wrong” are among the many that come to mind.)
But taking up the topic means something more in a “Toy Story” movie — and not just because Pixar was the Bay Area-based pioneer of digital animation. These films have done so much to capture childhood that they almost seem like part of all
NEW MISSION — Jessie, voiced by Joan Cusack, in “Toy Story 5. Pixar via AP.
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ple will say what they want to say, but the facts are the facts,” Collins said.
Collins and Dauber successfully opposed Measure B, an $800 parcel tax that would’ve raised $14 million for the district each year. They pointed to the district’s declining enrollment and over $100 million in reserves.
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Two days after the measure failed, the district reached a tentative deal to give teachers a 10.4% raise and $10,000 in bonuses.
Collins and Dauber said the board should give modest raises to keep pace with inflation. They said the raise actually comes out to 14.5% when increases for experience and education are factored in.
Deficit of $20-$50 million
Including a deal with the non-teachers’ union, Collins and Dauber said the district is creating a budget deficit of almost $20 million this year and a breathtaking $50 million next year — dwarfing what the parcel tax would’ve brought in.
“The brief good feeling of giving people what they want will quickly be replaced with the grim reality that hundreds of jobs will be lost and children’s education disrupted,” Collins and Dauber said in a letter to the board on June 9.
Dauber attended Tuesday’s board meeting to say the board was facing “remarkable consequences” by approving the contracts, including up to 20% of employees getting laid off.
“It’s critical, as you consider these contracts, that you expose the full extent of the financial impact,” Dauber said.
Culbertson said the district can avoid layoffs through natural attrition and longterm planning. He said Collins and Dauber are “two private citizens (who) have suddenly spoken up at the eleventh hour to push a narrative of artificial scarcity.”
‘Doom and Gloom’ Meb Steiner, president of the non-teachers’ union, said the district can afford the raises.
“All of this doom and gloom about deficit spending and, ‘Oh we can’t afford it’ — I’ve heard this for years.
During Mr. Collins’ and Mr. Dauber’s time as well. It never materialized,” she said.
Board member Josh Salcman said the board understands what it’s doing with the raises.
“We have room to make changes to the structure of our district that will not impact student outcomes,” he said.
Board member Shana Segal said it’s important to invest in employees, and the board gave 11% raises from 2022 to 2024, exceeding the raises approved on Tuesday. She said she wants to discuss another attempt to renew the district’s parcel tax before the current tax expires next year.
Dauber was on the board from 2014 to 2022, and Collins was on the board from 2016 to 2024.
Collins warned board about bonds
Before Collins was elected, he spoke out against the district issuing “capital appreciation bonds,” or CABs, that have compounded interest rates and can cost up to 10 times as much in the long run.
In San Diego, the Poway Unified School District issued CABs to borrow $105 million in 2011 and later discovered that it owed $982 million over the next 50 years.
The Palo Alto school board was heading down this same road until Collins spoke up in 2012.
the Pride Night. San Francisco relievers JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker also added Bible verses to their caps.
Another Giants pitcher, left-hander Sam Hentges, wore the team’s standard black cap with the orange logo instead of the Pride Night version.
MLB issued a warning about future violations of the league’s uniform policy.
“The writing on the cap violates our rules and consistent with normal practice we have warned the players about future violations,” MLB said in its original statement.
MLB changes its story
The league issued another statement Tuesday to elaborate.
“To be clear, this routine verbal warning not to wear the hat in future games is not disciplinary and had absolutely nothing to do with the content of the message,” MLB said.
“We respect players’ right to free expression. However, writing of any kind, with any message, is prohibited per Major League Baseball’s Uniform Regulations which provides in part that, ‘(a) Player may not write, attach, affix, embroider or otherwise display nicknames or messages on apparel or playing equipment…’. We have given the same warning numerous times in the past to players for messages such as ‘Dad’, ‘Happy Mother’s Day,’ ‘I Love Mom,’ and names of family members.”
MLB hosts Pride Nights
MLB teams sometimes host Pride Nights during the regular season to support their LGBTQ+ fans. The league has been a leader among the four major pro sports in hosting Pride Nights, in part because its regular season overlaps with Pride Month in June. Many adopt rainbow-colored uniforms patches or logos, set up special signage around ballparks and invite guests including community leaders and drag queens.
The portion of the Genesis verse cited by Roupp on his hat included God’s promise to never again send a worldwide flood and the rainbow in the sky is the sign of that covenant.
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pipe, and water tested positive for potentially harmful bacteria.
Baron said she first heard about the contamination from her neighbors, and a city worker knocked on her door that night.
‘Kind of scary’
In the morning, Baron found one of four rabbits dead on her lawn, which was still wet from her sprinklers. She included pictures of the dead rabbit in her claim.
Baron said the rabbit was young and had no visible injuries.
“That wasn’t right — honestly kind of scary for me,” she said.
Baron kept the rest of her rabbits
away from the wet grass and only gave them bottled water from then on.
Baron said the city wouldn’t give her a timeline for ending the water shutoff. She’s a dermatologist in San Jose, and she said she needs to show up ready for important procedures like facial reconstructions after skin cancer.
Baron said she looked for a hotel, but none would let her leave her old dog alone. So she bathed with buckets of water from her hot tub.
Plumber called Baron called her plumber, Edgar Ochoa of TrioTech Plumbing in San Jose, on the third day of the shutoff, according to a receipt included in her claim.
Ochoa installed three backflow valves — one at her water meter and two where her sprinklers connect to the house, the receipt said.
Ochoa also installed a water sediment filter and a thermal expansion tank for her water heater, the receipt said.
Barron paid $5,787 for the meter valve and a city permit, $7,994 for two sprinkler valves, $1,512 for the water filter and $850 for the tank, the receipt said.
Barron said city workers confronted Ochoa and accused him of taking advantage of residents. But Barron said she called him for peace of mind, so she could separate herself from future contamination.
“I have a really hard job that takes all my energy, so it’s really important that I feel safe and can relax,” she said in an interview on Tuesday.
New school supe’s contract approved amid concerns
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
Palo Alto school leaders are excited about new Superintendent Jason Glass, but one board member voted against his contract because she wants more oversight authority.
“I have been grievously disappointed with the non-transparent and rushed nature of our contract negotiations,”
board member Rowena Chiu said at Tuesday’s meeting
Chiu said she received a copy of the contract at 11:19 p.m. on Friday, and the district published the contract at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
“Fourteen hours on Friday night to Saturday morning is insufficient time for thorough review of a contract that is so onerous and so important,” Chiu said.
The city said residents could drink water after boiling it on May 1.
Barron filed her claim against the city on May 5, and Mountain View City Council privately discussed the city’s potential liability that night.
The city gave the all-clear to 46 of
Because of the short timeline, Chiu said she couldn’t make any changes She said she supports Glass and hopes he’ll be a “healing force,” but she’s concerned that Glass will have the “exclusive right” to make recommendations on employment decisions.
High school teachers confronted the board at a Feb. 10 meeting to protest a decision to lay off two copy technicians.
Admins gets the final say
Then students confronted the board on March 17 to stop the district from re-assigning a drama teacher.
Administrators reversed both decisions after the outcry.
Chiu said she wanted the new contract to mention board oversight of employment, given the recent friction.
“Our community has called for greater accountability, better governance and frankly needs cultivation
67 homes on May 6, including Baron, and lifted restrictions for the remaining 21 homes two weeks later.
Fridge water filter doesn’t work Barron said the water filter in her fridge still doesn’t work.
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in terms of an atmosphere of trust,” she said.
Chiu is also concerned that Glass will get an automatic raise, regardless of his performance review. She said she wants to cap his reimbursable expenses and ban him from outside consulting.
Former Superintendent Don Austin started a leadership coaching business, called SimpleWins, at the same time he led the district.
The board approved the contract with a 4-1 vote. Glass will make a $396,136 salary in the first year of his four-year contract.
Glass comes from the Laguna Beach Unified School District, which traded superintendents with Palo Alto by hiring Austin.
Glass is moving with his family to a district-owned condo at 3189 Berryessa Street, and his two sons will be enrolled in the public schools.
Senior Assistant City Attorney Dave Wilgus sent a letter to C2R Engineering on May 11 saying that the contractor is liable for Baron’s claim. Wilgus said a contract requires C2R Engineering to pay for its “negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct.”
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