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Cubberley ballot omits key fact

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent

With voter support lagging for the city of Palo Alto’s plan to buy school-district owned land at Cubberley Community Center for $65.5 million, a former school board member has an idea: Renegotiate the deal.

The city could ask Palo Alto

In the past five sessions

Voters aren’t told the sales tax hike would pay the school district $65 million for land

Uniﬁed for a lower purchase price or better terms, such as a payment plan rather than paying cash upfront, Todd Collins told the Post yesterday.

“There are lots of ways that the

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[See THE UPDATE, page 4]

district and the city could work together to make it … less ﬁnancially burdensome for the city,” Collins said.

Collins’ suggestion comes as some residents are questioning

the language of a half-cent sales tax measure going to Palo Alto voters in November. The measure, which would raise an estimated $13 million to $15 million a year, would help fund the city’s plan to renovate Cubberley, starting with the purchase of seven acres from the school district. The city

[See CUBBERLEY, page 18]

City cracks down on RVs, then they go to next town

Number of RV dwellers surge

The city of Mountain View has gathered statistics that highlight struggles with people living in cars, trailers and RVs.

• 438 people are living in vehicles, up 306 or 43% from August. In 2023, the number was 148.

• 92% of them are in RVs, up from 63% in 2017.

• 8,700 workers are affected.

• 18.5% of buildings are vacant in these areas.

• 400 calls were made to police about RV dwellers last year.

• 34 RVs have been towed by police since January 2025.

• 1,563 citations have been issued.

• $2.4 million in property taxes are being appealed.

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school welcomed them — then they started misbehaving

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT

Daily Post Staff Writer

Mountain View city officials say increased towing in Palo Alto is contributing to an influx of RV dwellers, leading to office vacancies, fear among employees, sewage in storm drains and car accidents.

Palo Alto Preparatory School has seen a 40% decline in enrollment because of RV dwellers around 462 Wyandotte St., Assistant City Manager Audrey Seymour said in a June 22 memo for Mountain View City Council.

The school initially embraced RV dwellers as new neighbors, making contact and bringing food, Seymour said.

But the RV dwellers have changed, bringing more troubling behaviors to the private school that serves disabled students from the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District, Seymour said.

RV dwellers have cat-called and followed female students and sat with their

[See RVs, page 18]

RVs line a street in Mountain View. File photo.

COLLINS

Locally owned, independent

Family challenges order about dog

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer

A Los Altos family is challenging a county order that found their Rottweiler is “potentially dangerous” after the dog allegedly bit a neighbor who came to their door.

If the order stands, then the family would have to muzzle their dog on walks, keep his leash shorter than six feet, secure their property and post signs warning of his presence. Minors wouldn’t be allowed to walk the dog, named Apollo.

The family is arguing Apollo hurt their neighbor with his nails, not his teeth, because the neighbor threw up his hands.

No previous incidents

“There has never been any prior incident involving aggression, biting, attacks or dangerous behavior by the dog

in any public setting,” the appeal said.

The incident happened in the afternoon of Jan. 1, when neighbor Greg Pickett knocked on his neighbor’s door on Quinnhill Ave.

That’s where Wendy and Brian Turner live with their young son and Apollo.

Pickett, 42, said his mail had been stolen on La Cuesta Drive, so he was asking all of his neighbors if they had cameras and whether their mail had been stolen too.

When the Turners’ son cracked the door open, Apollo “barreled” through, snapped at Pickett and bit him on the chest through three layers of clothing, Pickett testiﬁed at a hearing on April 28.

“This was a traumatic experience for Mr. Pickett,” wrote attorney Jonathan Jackel, working as a hearing ofﬁcer for Santa Clara County.

Pickett went back home to dress his wounds, and Wendy Turner visited 15

minutes later to apologize. She said her son didn’t want the death of their dog on his conscience, according to Pickett.

A scratch or a bite?

Pickett said he was bleeding and in a lot of pain, and he’s “100% sure” that Apollo’s mouth caused the injury.

“It was the pressure from the bite that really hurt,” Pickett testiﬁed.

Pickett said he called a friend who is a doctor, and the friend told him to apply cream to his wound. Pickett said he didn’t see a doctor in-person because he didn’t need stitches.

Brian Turner said he’s owned Rottweilers for almost 30 years, and photographs from Pickett’s injuries are “more consistent with a superﬁcial scratch or abrasion.”

The Turners said Apollo thought Pickett was threatening their son, and Pickett never should’ve gone up their driveway to the door.

On the other hand, Animal Control Ofﬁcer Jessica Ibanez said Pickett’s injuries looked like a bite, based on her experience with around 1,000 dog bite cases.

Jackel sided with animal control in a May 12 decision.

“While the evidence supports the designation of Apollo as a ‘potentially dangerous dog’ that does not mean he is bad dog. It simply means that he requires special precautions to make sure that this never happens again,” Jackel wrote.

The “potentially dangerous” designation is a step down from a “vicious” dog, which can be euthanized by the county.

The Turners appealed Jackel’s order in Santa Clara County Superior Court on Thursday. Their appeal will be heard by Judge Shella Deen on July 27, court records show.

against tech giants like Meta and Google, and a new push for legislation in Congress.

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TRUMP RULINGS: As the U.S. Supreme Court term nears its end, highly anticipated decisions regarding President Trump’s assertion of presidential powers are expected. The court’s rulings will also address election-related cases and state bans on males in female sports.

HOUSING BILL: A bipartisan housing bill is headed to President Trump’s desk, although President Trump said he won’t sign it until the state approves voter ID legislation.

LEBANON PULLOUT: Israeli military forces are executing a withdrawal from two areas in Lebanon under a recently signed ceaseﬁre agreement. Despite the deal, skirmishes have occurred near southern security zones between Israel and Hezbollah.

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Births

Cherie Renee Bennett Magsino, a girl

BIRTHS

Readers have asked why our birth announcements are delayed several months. None of the Mid-Peninsula hospitals provide lists of new births. So the Post gets the births from the state Department of Health, which provides the information at a delay.All births and deaths are public record under state law.

Kaiser Hospital in Redwood City: Oct. 22

Vaanya Mathur Chauhan, a girl

Yoshiharu Dale Helgerson, a boy

Fisiitalia Evie Lui, a girl

Emerson Vinh Man, a boy

Emilia Alex Nguyen, a girl

Walker Iver Reddy, a boy

Rosie Love Sanders, a girl

Soﬁa Rooney Tang, a girl

Oct. 21

Sharvil Shashwat Arghode, a boy

Ember Duanguo, a girl

Myriam Jochebed Huato, a girl

Freya Kari Pickering, a girl

Isabella Kehlani Quinones Garcia, a girl

Emilia Ramon, a girl

Catherine Maria Salo, a girl

Oct. 20

Jacob Oliver Huang, a boy

Lena La, a girl

Teo Lascano, a boy

Tevita Christopher Ikahihifo Tafari Latu, a boy

Keiju Nagai, a boy

Anna Barbara Ortega Ferrer, a girl

Logan Stanmoore Tatola, a boy

Oct. 19

Vanessa Lilliana Castellano, a girl

Kaia Rocio Chiongbian Imperial, a girl

Casper Leung, a boy

Luka Elias Martinez, a boy

Townsend Montgomery McAlister, a boy

Isabella Peraza Villanueva, a girl

Gianna Mira Scafani, a girl

Oct. 18

Melody Li, a girl

Alexander Norman Bruce Mann, a boy

Aspen George Colin Mann, a boy

Oct. 17

Wesley Ian Chu, a boy

Chloe Abigail Magpantay, a girl

Ved Menon, a boy

Ezequiel James Moreno Oseguera, a boy

Isabella Panja Sardinha, a girl

Oct. 16

Keonablossom Manalo Barile, a girl

Camilo Santana Cacciotti, a boy

Elena Chou, a girl

Magnolia James Flannery, a girl

Casey Jacob Morioka, a boy

Our role in the American revolution

Well, we made it. Two hundred and ﬁfty years.

America is celebrating its Semiquincentennial on Saturday, and while the folks back east in Philadelphia are busy re-enacting a bunch of guys sweating in wool suits signing parchment, I think it’s time we look at the real reason this experiment in democracy survived long enough to reach this milestone.

I’m talking, of course, about us.

Right here in the 650 and 408 area codes.

Let’s be honest. If the Founding Fathers had to run a country using the tech of 1776 — quill pens, carrier pigeons, and whatever news leaked out of the local tavern — the United States would have fractured into three different regional factions by the War of 1812.

The East Coast gave us the laws. The Midwest gave us the muscle. But

State punishes cities

Silicon Valley gave America the central nervous system to actually hold a continent together.

It all started at Stanford. Frederick Terman decided our brightest minds shouldn’t just write academic papers; they should build things that actual human beings could buy.

Then Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett started tinkering with an audio oscillator in a cramped garage on Addison Avenue.

That little garage didn’t just spawn a multi-billion-dollar corporation — it gave life to the notion that two guys with a good idea could challenge the biggest institutions on Earth. Sound familiar? That’s literally the premise of the American Revolution.

Chips won the war

When the Soviet Union threatened to leave us in the cosmic dust during the Cold War, it wasn’t Washington bureaucracy that saved us. It was the silicon Fairchild Semiconductor baked in Mountain View. We built the micro-

chips for ICBMs, Apollo 11 and all of American industry.

We didn’t stop there. Our local disruptors — Xerox PARC, Apple and Intel among others — took computers out of giant air-conditioned government basements and put them on kitchen tables. Suddenly, an ordinary citizen in Ohio had more computing power and access to information than Thomas Jefferson could have ever dreamed of.

We democratized communication. We built the search engines, the smartphones, and the digital public squares that deﬁne modern American life. When the world faced global lockdowns a few years back, it was our software platforms that kept the American economy chugging along from our living rooms.

History of U.S., Valley intertwined

Now, look, I know what the critics say. I read the city council agendas.

I see the angry letters to the editor. We’ve got astronomical housing prices

LETTERS

Dear Editor: According to the June 24 Daily Post, our state government is going to increase the number of homes cities must include in their housing plan. Our punitive state government is at it again — making cities pay for their mistakes and shifting the bill to taxpayers. When did our government become the enemy of the people instead of the civil servants they used to be? When these seven-story monstrosities get

built next to our homes and ruin our communities, only then will our politicians be happy. Until then, expect more punitive measures from our California representatives.

Christopher P. Conway San Mateo

that drive our teachers and firefighters out of town. We’ve got tech billionaires trying to buy up half of Solano County to build utopian fantasy cities. And don’t get me started on the traffic on El Camino or the absolute mess that is the current AI hype cycle.

But on this 250th anniversary, let’s give credit where credit is due.

America is an audacious, messy, chaotic startup. It’s a 250-year-old experiment that is constantly beta-testing new ideas, failing fast, pivoting, and scaling up. That isn’t just American history — that’s the Silicon Valley playbook.

So as you enjoy a cup of chili in Mitchell Park on Saturday or look out over the Bay, raise a glass to the engineers, the coders, the garage-tinkerers, and the venture capitalists.

Jefferson wrote the code for America. But Silicon Valley built the operating system.

Editor Dave Price’s column appears on Mondays.

SF hoarding water

Dear Editor: As a resident of San Francisco, I was both saddened and heartened by Braden Cartwright’s article headlined, “Palo Alto is claiming SF hoards water.” It’s not a new idea

Dave Price

that water is both essential to life and a source of great proﬁt.

The conservation and wise use of water is as close to a sacred act as many of us ever get. That the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission may be “greenwashing” its efforts via bogus drought projections and consequent needless conservation efforts to justify unnecessary projects and rate hikes is cynical and disturbing.

It is heartening that communities are ﬁghting back with accurate information, wisdom and science. Kudos to the watchdogs like the Yosemite River Alliance. We need truth-tellers and true conservation — not more sophisticated ways to manipulate and abuse our vulnerable resources.

Terry Potente San Francisco

Los Altos campaign

Dear Editor: This is about your article Friday headlined, “Town preparing for a nasty campaign.”

The campaign over the future of Los Altos downtown parking plazas will truly be nasty if Mayor Sally Meadows positions it as a battle where younger families are “held hostage by people who are paying a tenth of the property taxes and holding the amenities hostage.”

Presumably, she means long-time homeowners who have paid for existing amenities over their long residency in the city and may now be house rich and cash poor. Maybe I should be glad if the city draws young families to a park downtown. That way I won’t have to grab my cane from my old house and yell, “Hey you kids, get off my lawn!”

Pat Marriott

Los Altos

Keep gas stoves

Dear Editor: Once again, we’re hearing from activists who want to take away our gas stoves by pushing the lie that these devices create deadly gases. But I read a very interesting article in the Feb. 20, 2026 edition of the New York Times that said the solution to this problem is you should open your kitchen window once in a while. The article suggested that if you’re worried about these tiny pollutants, you can turn on your range hood every time you cook. The range hood is there for ventilation, not odors, one expert told the Times. Instead of demanding the removal of gas stoves, let’s approach the issue with a bit of common sense.

Terry Phillips

Palo Alto

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County wins ruling in election lawsuit

Libertarians challenge definition of ‘emergency’

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer

Santa Clara County’s emergency declaration to pass a sales tax for public hospitals was legitimate, a judge has ruled, dealing a blow to a lawsuit by taxpayer advocates.

The county and four residents who sued for the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association used different deﬁnitions of an emergency.

The county said an emergency is “an unforeseen situation calling for immediate action.”

In this case, the emergency was President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” signed on July 4, 2025, to make cuts and changes to Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal in California, County Executive James Williams said.

Work requirement

Most of the changes stemmed from a federal requirement that able-bodied adult recipients work at least 80 hours a week at a job, doing volunteer work or attending school. The work requirements reduced the number of people who decided to seek Medi-Cal coverage, and that reduction meant less money for the county’s hospitals.

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 on Aug. 7 to put a 5/8-cent sales tax on the ballot to fund four public hospitals facing budget shortfalls of more than $1 billion due to the bill.

“The alternative is the collapse of incredible local public services and healthcare access,” Williams said.

Measure A passed with 57% of the vote in a special election on Nov. 4, bringing the sales tax rate to 9.75% in Santa Clara County, plus a Caltrain tax and any city taxes.

The county started collecting the sales tax on April 1, estimated to bring in $337 million annually for the next ﬁve years.

Supervisors had to unanimously declare an emergency to advance a sales tax outside of a regular election.

Libertarian residents Chris Robell, Rhonda Richards, Kennita Watson and David Wolen sued the county in January to challenge the emergency declaration and invalidate the tax.

What’s an emergency

They said emergency declarations are for “air pollution, ﬁre, ﬂood, storm, epidemic, riot, drought, cyberterrorism, sudden and severe energy shortage, de-energization event, electromagnetic pulse attack, plant or animal infestation or disease, the governor’s warning of an earthquake or volcanic prediction, or an earthquake.”

“The county board has engaged in magicians’ hand waving to conjure up an ‘emergency,’ with no constitutional or statutory justiﬁcation,” the lawsuit said.

But Judge Nahal Iravani-Sani ruled Friday that the burden of proof is on the residents, and they didn’t disprove the existence of an emergency. Iravani-Sani gave them 15 days to update their lawsuit.

“While it is not clear how (residents) will be able to amend to state a cause of action, the court will afford them an opportunity to do so as they have requested,” Iravani-Sani said in his ruling.

At fundraiser, Vance raises $4.2 million

Vice President JD Vance raised $4.2 million at a fundraiser in Palo Alto, money that will be used to defend Republican majorities in the House and Senate, Axios and Yahoo Finance reported.

About two dozen supporters paid as much as $250,000 for the dinner Thursday at the Palo Alto home of venture capitalist and “All-In” podcast host Chamath Palihapitiya, Axios reported.

Goldman Sachs executive John Underwood co-hosted the event, which drew several prominent technology leaders, including Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan.

Venture capital connections

Before Vance was elected to the Senate from Ohio, later becoming vice president, he worked as a venture capitalist and built relationships across the technology industry.

The dinner helped Republicans increase their advantage over Democrats when it comes to campaign funding.

Federal Election Commission ﬁlings show the Republican Party’s national

committees have outraised their Democrat counterparts during the current election cycle, giving the GOP a larger campaign war chest as it seeks to hold its House and Senate majorities, Axios reported.

Republicans are also working to overcome the historical trend that sees the president’s party lose seats in midterm elections.

While the event was to raise money for the Republican Party, it allowed Vance an opportunity to develop a closer relationship with people who could fund his expected presidential run in 2028, Axios reported.

Remarks about Nixon

Earlier Thursday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, Calif., Vance downplayed the signiﬁcance of the Watergate scandal.

“The idea that it would have taken down a presidency is crazy,” Vance said, according to the New York Times. Vance compared himself to Nixon. “Young senator, vice president, writes some bestselling books, is hated by the media,” Vance said. “It kind of sounds like JD Vance. I’ve always liked Richard Nixon.”

Don’t scratch bug bites

You’ve likely heard it since childhood: Don’t scratch that bug bite or rash, you’ll make it worse. But why would something that feels so good be bad?

A lot of things can cause itchiness, sometimes serious diseases. Whatever the cause, doctors have long warned that scratching too much can damage the skin. Now researchers better understand why even a mildly annoying itch could put you on an itch-and-scratch cycle if you give in.

Experiments on mice

Dr. Daniel Kaplan, a University of Pittsburgh dermatologist whose lab studies immune reactions in skin, was exploring a run-of-themill type of itch called allergic contact dermatitis, caused by irritants such as poison ivy or nickel in jewelry.

Kaplan’s research team put a rash-inducing irritant on the ears of mice. Normal mice scratched and inﬂammatory immune cells rushed to the site, increasing swelling.

The rash was much milder in mice bred with defective itch-sensing nerve cells. But was the difference really the scratching?

Just ignore it

Ignore a mosquito bite and the itch is “gone in ﬁve or 10 minutes for most people,” Kaplan said. “But if you start scratching it, it’s your friend for a week,” getting itchier and more inﬂamed.

The immune system’s ﬁrst responders can help — and hurt.

To understand what was happening in the skin, Kaplan’s team took a deeper look at mast cells,

among the immune system’s ﬁrst responders. When called into action, they release a chemical messenger called substance P.

Kaplan’s team reported that substance P can activate mast cells through a different molecular pathway than allergens do — a double whammy that explains why scratching further inﬂames itchy rashes or bites.

A skin bacteria holds key

One long-held theory is that scratching an itch may help creatures slough off parasites like ﬂeas or mites. But Kaplan also was intrigued by other labs’ ﬁndings that mast cells could fend off a common type of skin bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus.

So his team infected mice and then repeated the cone-of-shame itch experiment. Sure enough, those that scratched had lower levels of that germ on their ears, maybe because of the extra inﬂammation or some other mast cell-related compound.

A MOSQUITO BITES.

Fewer on Obamacare

About 3 million fewer people had Obamacare plans in February compared with the same time last year, according to new federal data.

In a new report, the Department of Health and Human Services suggested the 13% drop in enrollment from 22.1 million people in 2025 to 19.2 million this year could be attributed to a federal crackdown on fraudulent or “phantom” enrollment. But health analysts said it was also due to the Jan. 1 expiration of federal subsidies, which raised many people’s premiums.

Losing your insurance

“We know that real people lost their health insurance coverage,” said Cynthia Cox, a vice president at the healthcare research nonproﬁt KFF, citing survey ﬁndings on people who had left their plans. “This coverage loss

happened at the same time millions of people faced double or even triple digit increases in their premium payments.”

The new data represents the government’s first official look at how people’s inability to pay their first bills this year affected total enrollment.

More declines expected ahead

Cox said KFF expects the total number of people in the government healthcare program to continue to decline throughout the year, potentially to a low of about 17.5 million. That would be a signiﬁcant drop for the government subsidized health insurance program.

In recent years, ACA plans, also known as Obamacare, have become a popular choice for gig workers, farmers, ranchers, hairstylists and others without health coverage through an employer.

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 22

10:37 a.m. — Julio Cesar Magana Gonzalez, 46, of San Jose, cited on a warrant, El Camino and Churchill Ave. Citation given by Stanford police.

TUESDAY

7:48 a.m. — Parts and/or accessories stolen from a vehicle, 700 block of Hamilton Ave.

9:26 a.m. — Vandalism, Sheridan Ave. and El Camino.

12:49 p.m. — Theft at Coupa Cafe, 538 Ramona St.

4:14 p.m. — Jason Daniel Hosking Jr., 26, of East Palo Alto, arrested for shoplifting and on a warrant at Whole Foods, 774 Emerson St.

6:14 p.m. — Parts and/or accessories stolen from a vehicle, 500 block of Center Drive.

8:03 p.m. — Daniel Gilbert Dibb, 46, transient, arrested for public drunkenness, possession of drug paraphernalia and obstructing police, El Camino and Oxford Ave.

WEDNESDAY

12:53 a.m. — Petty theft, 1500 block of Page Mill Road.

EAST PALO ALTO

JUNE 22

3:37 p.m. — Hifoileva Langi, 40, of Menlo Park, arrested for robbery, resisting police and evading police in a vehicle, Wisteria and Camellia drives. Arrest made by Mountain View police.

MENLO PARK

FRIDAY

10:19 a.m. — Charleen Marie Deberry, 47, of Menlo Park, arrested for drug possession and probation violation, 500 block of Hamilton Ave.

10:43 a.m. — Vehicle collision causes injuries, 800 block of Alma St.

2:37 p.m. — Vehicle tampering, 700 block of Roble Ave.

2:53 p.m. — Burglary, Constitution Drive.

SATURDAY

12:45 p.m. — Grand theft, 600 block of Sharon Park Drive.

8:40 p.m. — Yilfer Bullones

Police Blotter

Camacaro, 25, of East Palo Alto, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Middle Ave. and Blake St.

9:08 p.m. — Noninjury hit-andrun, Willow and Bay roads.

STANFORD

JUNE 19

6:02 p.m. — Petty theft, Thoburn Court.

JUNE 20

8:44 p.m. — Edier Alfredo Lemus, 27, of San Francisco, cited for theft, 44 Olmsted Road.

8:55 p.m. — Jason Lawrence Crawford, 46, of San Francisco, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, 200 block of Galvez St.

JUNE 21

9:29 p.m. — Grand theft at a student co-op residence, 576 Alvarado Row.

JUNE 22

11:49 a.m. — Theft, 700 block of Escondido Road.

3:49 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, 500 block of Memorial Way. Xinzhou Liang, 52, of San Mateo, cited for theft and possession of burglary tools.

6:31 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, 200 block of Campus Drive.

9:36 p.m. — Petty theft at Blend Eatery, 382 North-South Axis Road.

9:59 p.m. — Vandalism at Red Barn Equestrian Center, 621 Fremont Road.

MOUNTAIN VIEW

JUNE 20

8:10 a.m. — Vandalism, 1100 block of Castro St.

10:38 a.m. — Vandalism, 500 block of Central Ave.

4:59 p.m. — Theft, 200 block of San Antonio Road.

8:03 p.m. — Lee Agbulos, 45, transient, arrested for vandalism at Safeway, 570 N. Shoreline Blvd.

10:44 p.m. — Roberto Gonzalez Perez, 19, of Mountain View, arrested for DUI and driving with a suspended or revoked license, Old Middleﬁeld Way and Rengstorff Ave.

11:41 p.m. — Jose Hinojosa, 26, arrested for DUI, domestic violence and driving with a suspended or revoked license, 400 block of Stierlin Road.

JUNE 21

2:16 a.m. — Assault, El Camino Hospital.

2:33 a.m. — Luis Penaloza Gonzalez, 24, of San Mateo, cited for DUI, Shoreline Blvd. and Highway 101.

4:22 a.m. — Curtis Kinner, 62, of Palo Alto, arrested for being under the inﬂuence of drugs, 1-99 block of E. Evelyn Ave.

11:43 p.m. — Trespasser reported at Taqueria Tres Hermanos, 327 Moffett Blvd.

JUNE 22

12:39 a.m. — Ellias Hernandez, 28, of Mountain View, arrested for public drunkenness, El Camino and Escuela Ave.

1:08 a.m. — William Chavez Jimenez, 25, of East Palo Alto, arrested for trespassing, theft of utility services, resisting police and on a warrant at 24 Hour Fitness, 550 Showers Drive.

5:21 a.m. — Lee Agbulos, 45, transient, arrested for assault with a deadly weapon, El Camino Hospital.

2:22 p.m. — Robbery at Walmart, 600 Showers Drive.

3:56 p.m. — Vandalism at 24 Hour Fitness, 550 Showers Drive.

6:29 p.m. — Brian Lopez, 33, arrested for domestic battery, 600 block of Clyde Ave.

9:23 p.m. — Jorge Fabian Zarate, 19, arrested for public drunkenness, 2000 block of Latham St.

11:16 p.m. — Auto burglary, 900 block of N. Shoreline Blvd.

LOS ALTOS

WEDNESDAY

7:38 a.m. — Vehicle stolen, 900 block of Oxford Drive.

6:17 p.m. — Joseph Masaon, 59, of Susanville, arrested for public drunkenness and on a warrant, 2300 block of Homestead Road.

ATHERTON

SATURDAY

12:18 p.m. — Petty theft, Valparaiso Ave.

NORTH FAIR OAKS

WEDNESDAY

12:47 p.m. — Brian Rafferty, 47, cited on a warrant, 2800 block of El Camino.

11:24 p.m. — Arturo Gonzalez, 61, cited on a warrant, Second Ave. and Bay Road.

BELMONT

SATURDAY

1:46 a.m. — Jakob Xavier Rohde, 22, arrested for DUI, Old County Road and Mountain View Ave.

REDWOOD CITY

TUESDAY

1:25 a.m. — Group of people ﬁghting, Lincoln Ave.

2:44 a.m. — Deondrea Anthony Washington Simmons, 31, of Foster City, arrested for possession of meth, a glass pipe and a concealed dirk or dagger, 900 block of Shasta St. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.

7:09 a.m. — Brick through a window of an ofﬁce, Broadway.

12:18 p.m. — Man says his payroll system was hacked and money he transferred to pay people went to a different account instead, Haven Ave.

2:28 p.m. — Adrian Pliego Cayetano, 27, cited on a warrant, Santa Clara Ave. and Woodside Road. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.

3:35 p.m. — Grand theft, Oak Ave.

4:35 p.m. — Woman trying to hit people with her cane, Marshall St. 8:31 p.m. — Man says his boyfriend hit him in the head and he is injured. Location not disclosed.

WEDNESDAY

6:34 a.m. — Vehicle stolen, Cleveland St.

6:59 a.m. — Resident says someone dumped oil and trash all over her vehicle and says her neighbor’s vehicle was vandalized in a similar way, Center St.

12:20 p.m. — Woman steals alcohol from a store, El Camino. 2:45 p.m. — Man touching himself lewdly in public, Jefferson Ave.

4:10 p.m. — Caller says a client punched the caller in the head after the caller refused to work on the woman’s eyelashes anymore, Linden St.

5:48 p.m. — Caller says a man has a woman on the ground and is hitting her, Middleﬁeld Road.

6:04 p.m. — Caller says a resident is throwing things out of an apartment window and the caller

was almost hit in the head by a pineapple, Main St.

7 p.m. — Derrell Joshua Thompkins, 36, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, Veterans Blvd. and Charter St. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.

From the Redwood City office of the CHP, which covers the Mid-Peninsula.

JUNE 6

Carlos A. Urquilla Alvarado, 35, arrested for DUI.

John Flesher, 35, arrested for driving under the inﬂuence of both drugs and alcohol.

JUNE 7

Elser O. Godoy Rodriguez, 37, arrested for DUI.

Jose A. Hernandez Camacho, 33, arrested for DUI.

Scott Wiener target of anti-Israel harassment

Scott Wiener, a Democratic state senator running to replace Nancy Pelosi in Congress, said he was chased away from San Francisco’s Trans March by harassment over his stance on Israel and Gaza.

A group of people in Dolores Park, where the march began Friday, “began screaming at me, ran up to me, surrounded me, and began harassing me, both verbally and physically, including physical contact,” Wiener said in a statement Saturday.

“They made statements about my ‘Israeli handlers,’ among many other inaccurate, extreme, and vile statements,” he said. “They were so physically and verbally aggressive that it was impossible for me to safely remain in the park.”

Mayor Daniel Lurie condemned the harassment but stopped short of ordering police to intervene.

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PALO ALTO

2302 Webster St., 94301, 2 bedrooms, 2076 square feet, built in 1940, Himes Family Trust to Webster Palo Alto LLC for $5,351,000, closed May 26

839 Melville Ave., 94301, 5 bedrooms, 3913 square feet, built in 2004, Cohen-Mason Family Trust to Namrata and Tudor Achim for $7,005,000, closed May 26 640 Fairmede Ave., 94306, 6 bedrooms, 3690 square feet, built in 2025, Catherine Shen to Lu Living Trust for $7,900,000, closed May 27 (last sale: $1,814,000, 03-17-08)

1932 Emerson St., 94301, 6 bedrooms, 5310 square feet, built in 2008, David Xu to Ssso7 Family Trust for $9,800,000, closed May 27 (last sale: $7,600,000, 10-19-15)

MENLO PARK

2134 Clayton Drive, 94025, 4 bedrooms, 3980 square feet, built in 2003, Yandle Family Trust to Amee and Rajiv Shah for $7,123,000, closed May 12

MOUNTAIN VIEW

215 Lauella Court, 94041, 3 bedrooms, 1182 square feet, built in 1952, Annett and Daniel Nielson to Bols Trust for $3,100,000, closed May 29 (last sale: $1,750,000, 08-05-24)

3397 Ivan Way, 94040, 3 bedrooms, 1932 square

feet, built in 1964, Jordan Family Trust to Parika and Prosenjit Aich for $3,200,000, closed May 26

537 Mountain View Ave., 94041, 3 bedrooms, 2513 square feet, built in 1906, Smart Living Trust to Ashley and Levi Romandine for $3,298,000, closed May 27 (last sale: $2,850,000, 07-16-21)

1244 Rose Ave., 94040, 4 bedrooms, 1780 square feet, built in 1948, Yun and Shuai Family Trust to Zezhong and Xiaoting Sun for $3,900,000, closed May 26 (last sale: $2,750,000, 04-30-18)

170 Levin Ave., 94040, 4 bedrooms, 2737 square feet, built in 2011, Chou Living Trust to Emily and Stephen Magowan for $5,425,000, closed May 29 (last sale: $1,895,500, 01-30-12)

LOS ALTOS

943 Castilleja Court, 94024, 4 bedrooms, 3238 square feet, built in 1966, Dawes Living Trust to Flavio and Roberta Pinheiro for $5,450,000, closed May 27

LOS ALTOS HILLS

12728 La Cresta Drive, 94022, 3 bedrooms, 6508 square feet, built in 2003, Morgan Family Trust to Yaming and Steven Lester for $10,788,000, closed May 28

REDWOOD CITY

330 Grand St., 94062, 5 bedrooms, 2979 square feet, built in 2020, Brien Colwell to Blaugrund Trust

for $4,100,000, closed May 12 (last sale: $3,500,000, 08-25-20)

SAN CARLOS

60 Dartmouth Ave., 94070, 4 bedrooms, 2445 square feet, built in 1955, Struhar Family Trust to Rampell-Diep Trust for $3,900,000, closed May 12 (last sale: $2,750,000, 02-01-17)

HILLSBOROUGH

620 Barbara Way, 94010, 3 bedrooms, 2140 square feet, built in 1951, Dickinson Family Trust to El Dorado Associates LLC for $4,000,000, closed May 12 901 Glen Way, 94010, 3 bedrooms, 2340 square feet, built in 1930, Robins Family Trust to Kole Family Trust for $4,350,000, closed May 15 (last sale: $940,000, 02-01-90)

340 Arden Road, 94010, 4 bedrooms, 3060 square feet, built in 1975, Mabel and Joseph Hsu to Hae and Tae Yoon for $5,725,000, closed May 15 (last sale: $4,350,000, 02-03-25)

755 Bromfield Road, 94010, 3 bedrooms, 3380 square feet, built in 1936, Hessekiel Trust to Melissa and Joshua Radel for $6,700,000, closed May 11 (last sale: $2,625,000, 02-25-14)

200 Tobin Clark Drive, 94010, 5 bedrooms, 7010 square feet, built in 1981, Lai Lei to 200Tcd LLC for $8,108,000, closed May 12 (last sale: $412,500, 09-01-87)

Design. Build. Remodel.

SATISFY YOUR LOBSTER CRAVING. CRAVING some fresh seafood and cool breezes? Just head over to New England Lobster Market & Eatery in Burlingame. New England Lobster gets its Dungeness crabs straight from Bay Area ﬁshermen and all its lobsters shipped live from New England every day – and they’re never frozen. They go from the crate to the plate. Owner Marc Worrall says fresh lobster that has never been frozen is always the best – it has no preservatives or additives, and it’s hand-picked and cooked that day. When you get your ﬂavorful, succulent lobster, you can taste the difference. The restaurant is open every day for lunch and dinner.

TERUN & ITALICO RECEIVED THE Outstanding Business award from the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce this year. Brothers Maico and Franco Campilongo opened Terun in

2013 and iTalico in 2016. Beyond their restaurants, they have been active members of the merchant community, performing music in public plazas and leading a cycling team. “We feel very loved by the community, and we keep growing,” said Franco. “We are so thankful for all the support the community gives us.”

CANYON INN, THE BELOVED REDWOOD City staple and legendary 49ers bar, celebrated its 53rd anniversary this month. Since opening in 1973, the establishment has evolved from a local

joint into a neighborhood tradition. “Reaching 53 years is an incredible milestone that wouldn’t be possible without the unwavering support of our loyal customers and dedicated team,” said Owner and Founder Tim Harrison. Located at 587 Canyon Road, Canyon Inn invites you to stop by and enjoy

its famous burgers, beer, and collection of vintage 49ers memorabilia.

EXPERIENCE CLASSIC FRENCH DINING AT Le Petit Bistro, where owner and chef Jean-Michel Peuvrelle has been preparing authentic cuisine for 37 years. They are open Tuesday through Saturday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. As a special offer, guests receive a complimentary glass of house wine with the purchase of an entree. Le Petit Bistro is located at 1405 West El Camino Real in Mountain View. Please call (650) 964-3321 to reserve your table.

CELEBRATE YOUR SPECIAL OCCASIONS WITH delicious Italian cuisine at Don Giovanni in downtown Mountain View, Cafe Figaro in Burlingame, or Andiamo In Banca in South San Francisco. Both Don Giovanni and Cafe Figaro offer a full menu of classic Italian dishes, including seafood and numerous vegetarian options. Andiamo In Banca prides itself on providing a taste of Italy

with a unique Mediterranean twist. For reservations, please contact the restaurants directly: Ristorante Don Giovanni: (650) 961-9749; Cafe Figaro: (650) 344-8277; and Andiamo In Banca: (650) 745-8811.

THE BEST ROOFTOP PATIO. TRELLIS

Restaurant specializse in seasonal Italian cuisine with a California ﬂair, offering a seasonal menu and daily specials. Dining options include a rooftop patio

and three private indoor dining rooms. For more information or to make a reservation, call 1 (650) 326-9028.

ARE YOUR MUSCLES FEELING OLD and cranky? Is your neck and shoulders feeling tight and sore? If so, you might just need a little relaxation and massage at Blue Danube spa in Palo Alto. Right

NDNU President Beth Martin Meets Pope Leo XIV

NOTRE DAME DE NAMUR UNIVERSITY (NDNU) President Beth Martin, Ph.D., joined an Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU) delegation for an audience with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican. The gathering brought together presidents and leaders from Catholic colleges and universities across the United States to discuss the vital role of Catholic higher education in preparing future generations of leaders and advancing the Church’s mission through education, service, and community engagement.

now, you can treat yourself to an hour of Swedish massage with hot rock therapy for just $65, which is a steal compared to the usual price of over $90. This massage can help you unwind, boost your energy, and can be helpful after an injury.

Swedish massage uses long, kneading strokes, rhythmic tapping, and joint movement. Pair that with hot rock therapy to ease muscle tension, pain, and improve blood ﬂow to the area. Blue Danube spa is conveniently located near the Palo Alto Caltrain station at 200 California Ave. Feel free to drop by or book an appointment by calling (650) 321-1777. Be sure to bring in the Daily Post coupon.

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.

door open, partially clothed and in full view of students walking by on the sidewalk, Seymour said.

One RV dweller defecated on the school’s lawn during the school day where students could see, Seymour said.

Another RV dweller was upset that he couldn’t park his car behind his RV, so he yelled and kept honking his horn to try to get the school to move its van, Seymour said.

Pizza delivery

The school had to sort out a pizza delivery when an RV dweller gave the school’s address with his order, Seymour said.

Now the school is considering leaving Mountain View or closing altogether, Seymour said.

The city has painted curbs red and posted signs prohibiting parking by the campus during school hours, Seymour said.

Palo Alto Preparatory School is one of 23 businesses and property owners who have reached out to the city about RV dwellers, concentrated in nine areas where they’re allowed.

43% increase in car campers

The city of Mountain View has seen the number of people living in vehicles go from 306 in August to 438 in March — a 43% increase in seven months.

An employee’s car was t-boned while leaving a driveway that was blocked by an RV, Seymour said.

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en street cleaning into their own hands, getting a city permit to do private street sweeping twice a year. Other businesses have hired private security and offered to build bike lanes to keep RVs away, Seymour said.

Arriving from Palo Alto

The inﬂux of RVs in Mountain View coincides with new bike lanes on El Camino Real and the city of Palo Alto stepping up its enforcement and regulations, Seymour said.

Menlo Park banned RVs from overnight parking throughout the city in February 2025, removing RVs from commercial areas that weren’t already covered by a long-standing neighborhood ban.

“What happens in one city can quickly have a signiﬁcant impact on another city nearby,” Seymour said in her memo, which the Post obtained on Friday using the California Public Records Act.

Palo Alto is towing

Palo Alto City Council voted in October to have police tow unregistered RVs and do more street sweeping, requiring RVs to move twice a month. Police have towed 144 vehicles since then, including 77 RVs, and spent $91,600 on towing services, City Manager Ed Shikada said in a June 8 report for council.

The number of RVs in Palo Alto’s monitored locations decreased from 191 in January to 131 in May, Shikada said.

Palo Alto’s efforts are contributing

to the inﬂux in Mountain View, Seymour said in her memo.

RVs –------------- CUBBERLEY

Mountain View voters passed Measure C in November 2020, restricting RVs from parking on streets less than 40 feet wide.

Six RV dwellers sued the city in July 2021 before enforcement began, arguing the ban threatened them with unreasonable seizures, excessive ﬁnes and restrictions on their free movement.

The city settled with RV dwellers in September 2022, allowing them to park their RVs on at least three miles of city streets and providing them a map of where they can go.

The settlement expires at the end of February.

‘Vanlords’

The city is looking into changes when the settlement ends, including a ban on detached trailers and “vanlords” who rent out RVs to tenants, City Manager Kimbra McCarthy told council on Tuesday.

“There is some low-hanging fruit there,” McCarthy said.

Cupertino, Palo Alto and San Jose already ban vanlords. Mountain View police estimated that 50% of RVs in the city are owned by vanlords, charging from $200 to over $1,000 per month in rent.

Vanlords attract RV dwellers from outside the city, and tenants can’t move to dump their waste or follow the city’s 72-hour parking rules, Seymour said.

“People are being taken advantage of,” Councilman John McAlister said at Tuesday’s meeting.

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already owns eight acres at Cubberley. But ballot question language approved by the City Council on June 8 doesn’t mention the land purchase. Instead, it focuses on items such as preparing for natural disasters and repairing electrical systems.

“It just seems off to me — I mean we can’t really do it without the purchase of the land,” resident Phyllis Brown told council members during the June 8 meeting.

In a letter to council, resident Penny Ellson asked if there was a mistake in the ballot question language, which “makes no mention of the $65.5M Cubberley land purchase from PAUSD.”

“This seems to be a signiﬁcant omission,” Ellson wrote. “Shouldn’t this be included?”

Brown and Ellson both support the city’s Cubberley plans.

Ballot word limit blamed

Councilman Pat Burt told the Post yesterday that the ballot question has a word limit and followed “legalistic guidance” from the city attorney and other city staff. But an accompanying argument in favor of the measure will “clearly state one of the key purposes is the actual land purchase,” Burt said.

During council’s June 8 meeting, council member Julie Lythcott-Haims asked about the omission of the land purchase from the ballot question. Christine Paras, assistant administrative services director, said items included in the measure’s lan -

STOP THE LAND GIVEAWAY

The City of Los Altos is not required to transfer ownership of the Almond and Loyola Fire Stations (for free) to maintain County Fire Service.

• If 25% of voters submit petitions, the county LAFCO comission will dismiss the annexation or put it on a future ballot.

ACTION:

• Download and print “Protest Form” (or use QR Code) here: https://santaclaralafco.org/sites/default/files/ProtestForm_2.pdf

• Fill out all information by hand, sign and date.

IMPORTANT:

• Fill out both boxes if you are both a voter and an owner. • All info must be in ink and handwritten.

guage were those with the most voter support.

Only 34% of Palo Alto voters surveyed in January said buying seven acres at Cubberley from the school district was very or extremely important.

“Electrical, plumbing – those kinds of basics really resounded with the voters,” Paras said.

Hiding the land purchase?

Collins said some people he’s talked to feel that with the city’s purchase of Cubberley land, they’d be paying for property that they already own.

He said that rather than “hide” the land purchase by keeping it out of the ballot question, the city and school district should go back to the negotiating table. The process wouldn’t necessarily be lengthy, he added.

“If that’s an important thing standing in the way of the community approving additional funding for Cubberley, then both the school district and the city should take a beat and try to incorporate that into their thinking and into their deal,” he said.

Collins and another former school board member, Ken Dauber, opposed the school district’s $800 parcel tax measure, Measure B, which voters rejected this month. They said the district is in a strong ﬁnancial position, with declining enrollment and over $100 million in reserves.

In contrast, Collins said he views Cubberley as a good investment of tax money.

Measure B needed a two-thirds vote to pass, but garnered only 62% approval.

The city’s sales tax measure would

BALLOT QUESTION — At right is the proposed ballot question that may go to voters in November.

need only majority approval to pass. Proceeds would go into Palo Alto’s general fund for the city to spend as it sees ﬁt.

But council is poised to vote after its summer recess on an advisory resolution that describes the intended use of the funds.

What the higher tax will fund

In addition to the purchase of seven acres from the school district, the resolution includes modernizing Cubberley’s aging buildings, expanding space for outdoor activities, and investing in recreation and cultural facilities. The city expects the sales tax revenue to be augmented with funds from community organizations and fees from new development.

To carry out its renovation plan for Cubberley, Burt said the city would likely issue certiﬁcate of participation bonds that would be repaid by the sales tax proceeds. A series of bonds would likely be issued over time.

The ﬁrst steps would likely be to buy the seven acres from the school district and then work on utility upgrades.

Brown, one of the residents who addressed council on June 8, said she strongly supported the proposed advisory spending guidelines for the sales tax proceeds.

“Council members, change and it’s not going to be totally binding,” she said. “But at least it’s written. It’s out there. It expresses what we care about.”

NOTICE OF ELECTION AND NOMINATION PERIOD

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a General Municipal Election will be held in the Town of Los Altos Hills on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, for the following office:

TWO (2) MEMBERS OF THE TOWN COUNCIL

Full Term of Four (4) Years

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that nomination papers may be obtained from the City Clerk beginning Monday, July 13, 2026, and must be filed no later than Friday, August 7, 2026, at 5:00 p.m.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that if the number of persons nominated for the Office of City Council Member does not exceed the number of offices to be filled, the election for that office may be canceled and the City Council may appoint the qualified nominees to office in accordance with Section 10229 of the California Elections Code.

Arika Miller, CMC

City Clerk / Elections Official

Town of Los Altos Hills

Dated: June 29, 2026

Resolution No

Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto

Requesting Election Consolidation and Election Services for a Ballot Measure to Impose a Local Transactions and Use Tax at a Rate of 0.5% R E C I T A L S

A. The City Council, by Ordinance No. ______, adopted at the same time as this companion resolution, formally called an election for the submission of a ballot measure to the voters of Palo Alto to impose a transactions and use tax at a rate of 0.5% for the November 3, 2026 election.

B. To the extent a resolution is required by Elections Code sections 10002 and 10403, the City Council hereby requests consolidation of the ballot measure described above with the statewide election on November 3, 2026 and related elections services from the County of Santa Clara

The City Council of the City of Palo Alto resolves as follows:

SECTION 1 Findings. The City Council adopts each of the findings set forth above

SECTION 2 Measure The exact form of the question shall be as follows:

City of Palo Alto Community Safety/Services Measure. To provide general city services including repairing Cubberley Community Center for current safety, earthquake, accessibility standards; upgrading deteriorating electrical systems, wiring, plumbing; acquiring outdoor space/sites; maintaining streets, safe, clean downtown/commercial cores; preparing for natural disasters; repairing deteriorating community spaces, libraries, shall City of Palo Alto’s measure enacting a 0.5% (1/2¢) sales tax, providing approximately $15,600,000 annually until ended by voters, with published financial audits, all funds used locally, be adopted?

YES NO

This question requires the approval of a majority of those casting votes.

SECTION 3. Consolidation Request (Elections Code § 10403) The Council of the City of Palo Alto requests that the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara permit the Registrar of Voters to completely consolidate the City’s Municipal Elections for November 3, 2026 and the City Council consents to such consolidation. The Council requests the Board of Supervisors of Santa Clara County to include on the ballots and sample ballots, all qualified measures submitted by the City Council to be considered by the qualified electors of the City of Palo Alto. The Council acknowledges that the Election will be held and conducted according to

Grisly discovery made at ‘no-kill’ dog shelter

The remains of at least 117 dogs were found on the grounds of a Fortuna, Calif., “no-kill“ animal shelter, many of them with gunshot wounds, authorities said.

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Ofﬁce said Friday that it also discovered 21 canine skulls, hundreds of bones and other remains during searches at Miranda’s Rescue Animal Sanctuary, a 50-acre facility in Humboldt County.

600 dog collars found

Investigators found a barn where they believe dogs were likely killed, the sheriff’s ofﬁce said. More than 600 dog collars were found nearby, the ofﬁce said.

Sheriff William Honsal called it a “horriﬁc scene.” No charges have been ﬁled.

A message seeking comment was left for the shelter’s founder, Shannon Miranda.

In a statement on the shelter’s website, Miranda said that media coverage and online commentary “have presented an incomplete and, in some cases, inaccurate picture of our work.”

The sheriff’s ofﬁce was tipped off by a pair of animal advocates, one of whom owns property adjoining the shelter and used trail cameras to monitor activity near an alleged burial site.

The advocates later went onto

shelter property and dug up dog remains, the afﬁdavit said.

“This investigation is just getting started,” Honsal said. “There is a tremendous amount of data to process, witnesses to interview, and evidence to examine.”

Investigators using ground-penetrating radar found 117 intact remains in various stages of decomposition buried in an open ﬁeld.

Dogs remains with bullets

They X-rayed 70 of the remains on site and found evidence of bullet fragments in many of them. The cause of death for many of those animals appeared to be gunshot wounds, the sheriff’s ofﬁce said.

and maintenance of public art projects, such as murals, to beautify Valley Water property and infrastructure, to in public spaces throughout Santa Clara County to educate the public about water and environmental stewardship, which in turn will also help deter graffiti and litter.”

National Recognition

Palo Alto

Topic: Public Hearing on Proposed Modifications to the Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program

Who: Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water)

When: Tuesday, July 14, 2026, 1:00 p.m.

Where: Valley Water Headquarters Building Boardroom 5700 Almaden Expressway, San Jose, CA and by Zoom Teleconference at valleywater. zoom.us/j/84454515597

Valley Water invites you to a Public Hearing regarding proposed modifications to the Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program (Safe, Clean Water Program or Program).

Priority E: Provide Flood Protection to Homes, Businesses, Schools, Streets, and Highways

E5: San Francisquito Creek Flood Protection, San Francisco Bay to Upstream of Highway 101 – Palo Alto (Modify Key Performance Indicators)

As part of the voter-approved Measure S, Valley Water conducted an independent professional audit of the Safe, Clean Water Program. The auditor assessed Program implementation during its first three years and evaluated governance, compliance, transparency, and progress toward meeting the Program’s priorities and key performance indicators (KPIs). KPIs are measurable targets used to track project outcomes and ensure program accountability under Measure S.

Among the auditor’s findings was that Project E5: San Francisquito Creek Flood Protection Project’s (E5) current KPIs do not fully align with Valley Water’s role, because the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (SFCJPA), not Valley Water, is the lead agency responsible for overall project delivery. In response, Valley Water is proposing modifications to Project E5’s KPIs to better reflect Valley Water’s role as a funding partner in the project.

The proposed modification replaces the existing KPIs #1 and #2 with a modified KPI #1 to focus on Valley Water’s funding contributions rather than project delivery outcomes outside Valley Water’s direct control.

Proposed KPI Modifications:

1. Preferred project with federal, state and local funding: Protect more than 3,000 parcels by providing 1% (100-year) flood protection.

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2. With state and local funding only: Protect approximately 3,000 parcels by providing 1% (100-year) flood protection downstream of Highway 101, and approximately 1.4% (70-year) protection upstream of Highway 101.

1. Provide the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority a portion of funds commensurate with the project’s benefits to Santa Clara County, to provide flood protection along San Francisquito Creek.

Priority F: Support Public Health and Public Safety for Our Community

F6: Good Neighbor Program – Graffiti and Litter Removal and Public Art (Modify KPI and Expand Project Scope)

Staff also proposes expanding the scope of Project F6: Good Neighbor Program –Graffiti and Litter Removal and Public Art (F6), specifically the Public Art Program and the associated KPI #3. The proposed modification is to extend the Public Art Program beyond Valley Water-owned property and infrastructure. The proposed modification would allow funding for eligible public art projects throughout Santa Clara County, rather than limiting funding to projects on Valley Water property and infrastructure. It will better align the program with Valley Water’s strategic goals, available funding, and staffing capacity. It aims to use public art to support broader community benefit, create more opportunities for public education regarding water and environmental stewardship, deter graffiti and litter, and ultimately increase community benefit.

Proposed KPI #3 Modification:

“Provide up to $1.5 million over 15 years to implement or fund public art projects on Valley Water property and infrastructure.”

Proposed Description Modification (Scope)

To maintain consistency with the proposed change to KPI#3, staff recommends the following modification to the Project F6 description:

“This project allows Valley Water to continue responding to requests for cleanup of illegal dumping, trash and graffiti on Valley Water’s property and rights-of-way. Cleanup efforts include graffiti removal from floodwalls, concrete embankments, signs, structures and other Valley Water assets, as well as maintaining, repairing and installing fences and gates so that Valley Water structures and facilities remain safe and clean. The project also funds installation

This meeting is being held in accordance with the Brown Act. The 1:00 p.m., July 14, 2026, public hearing will be held during a board meeting and is accessible for public in-person participation at the time, date, and location shown above, and by public virtual participation at the Zoom link above. Document(s) associated with this hearing are available for public inspection prior to the meeting in the Clerk of the Board’s Office and online at valleywater.org, and will be available at the meeting.

For more information, contact Luz Penilla, Assistant Officer, at 408-630-2228

Important Notices:

Valley Water, in complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), requests individuals who require special accommodations to access and/or participate in Valley Water Board meetings to please contact the Clerk of the Board’s office at (408) 630-2277, at least 3 business days before the scheduled Valley Water Board meeting to ensure that Valley Water may assist you. Reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate persons with disabilities. 重要通知： Valley Water 遵守美國殘疾人法案(ADA)，要求需要特殊便利才能訪問和/或參加Valley Water 委員會會議的個人請致電(408) 6302277 聯繫委員會辦公室的書記員，網址為在預定的Valley Water 委員會會議召開前至少3 個工作日，以確保Valley Water 可以為您提供幫助。將做出合理的努力以容納殘疾人。 Thông báo quan trọng: Valley Water, để tuân thủ Đạo luật Người Mỹ Khuyết tật (ADA), yêu cầu những cá nhân cần điều chỉnh đặc biệt để tiếp cận và/hoặc tham gia các cuộc họp của Hội đồng Valley Water vui lòng liên hệ với Văn phòng Thư ký của Hội đồng theo số (408) 630-2277, tại ít nhất 3 ngày làm việc trước cuộc họp đã

Aviso Importantes: Valley Water, en cumplimiento de la Ley de Estadounidenses con Discapacidades (ADA), solicita a las personas que requieren adaptaciones especiales para acceder y/o participar en las reuniones de la Junta de Valley Water que se comuniquen con la oficina del Secretario de la Junta al (408) 630-2277, al menos 3 días hábiles antes de la reunión programada de la Junta de Valley Water para asegurarse de que Valley Water pueda ayudarlo. Se harán esfuerzos razonables para acomodar a las personas con discapacidades.