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HOUSE OKS SPENDING BILL:
The House has passed a bill to end the nation’s longest government shutdown. The 222-209 vote yesterday along party lines sends the measure to President Trump for his signature after a 43-day funding lapse. Democrats wanted to extend an enhanced tax credit that lowers the cost of health coverage obtained through Affordable Care Act and refused to go along with a spending bill that did not include that priority. But Republicans said that was a separate policy fight to be held at another time. They eventually prevailed as the shutdown took an
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County appoints new sheriff
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
Former Santa Clara County Undersheriff Ken Binder was sworn in as sheriff after the majority of the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted to appoint him yesterday.
Four of the five supervisors voted for Binder, with Supervisor David Canepa voting for former San Francisco Assistant Police Chief David Lazar.
Canepa voted for Lazar after questioning Binder if he was associated in various scandals in the Santa Clara County sheriff’s office over the years, including previous sheriff Laurie Smith resigning shortly before a jury convicted her of trading concealed carry weapons permits for campaign contributions, iPads and concert tickets.
Canepa asked him why he didn’t resign like former Undersheriff Chris Hsiung did under fired sheriff Christina Corpus’s leadership.
Binder said he was never asked to do anything unlawful and he had a family to feed. Canepa asked him if, knowing about the allegations, he was more loyal to his job and family.
“I felt like I was the person in the sheriff’s office that needed to be there. That I was called to be there to provide stability, honesty and integrity in the office,” Binder said.
Corpus was fired by the board on Oct. 14 for allegations of retaliation and nepotism. The same day Cworpus was fired, Assistant Sheriff Sergio Enriquez resigned. The campaign to fire her started
Finalists prep for holiday runoff
BY DANIEL SCHRAGER Daily Post Staff Writer
As the two remaining candidates for Santa Clara County Assessor gear up for next month’s runoff, they won’t just have to compete with each other – they’ll be competing with a slew of holidays as well.
The runoff election will be held Dec. 30, a day before New Year’s Eve. The eight weeks between the two elections include nearly the entire holiday season.
Los Altos Vice Mayor Neysa Fligor, who led the way with 38% of the vote Nov. 4, said her campaign is worried people will forget about the runoff amid holiday celebrations and travel.
“Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa – many different holidays over the next eight weeks that people will be focused on, as they
Man arrested for kidnapping girl, 9
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
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Sefa Dincer, 25, allegedly saw the
girl riding her scooter around 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 30 and said, “Let’s play together,” according to the police report.
The girl didn’t want to go with Dincer, who is friends with her dad, but he grabbed her by the forearms and brought her into the back of his carport
behind the cars, police said. The girl told police that she wanted to scream, but she didn’t think anyone would hear because Dincer’s neighbors are elderly.
The girl said Diner touched her all over body, including her private parts.
KEN BINDER (center) smiles as he is announced to be San Mateo County’s new sheriff. Next to him are his fellow candidates Brian Wynn Huynh Travis (left) and David Lazar. Post photo by Adriana Hernandez.
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Ex-councilman hit with fine
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
Former East Palo Alto Councilman Antonio Lopez has been fined by a state ethics agency for his 2020 campaign after Councilman Webster Lincoln submitted a complaint.
Lincoln submitted a complaint to the California Fair Political Practices Commission to investigate late filings of Lopez’s 2020 campaign expenditures and missing documents, resulting in a $1,263 fine.
Forms weren’t filed on time
The FPPC found many of Lopez’s campaign statements were not filed on time, that expenditures totaling $14,104 were not recorded and that $4,500 was not processed through a bank account, according to
FPPC filings. Lopez told the Post he paid the $1,263 fine, resolving the case.
Taco truck lawsuit
Lincoln sued Lopez after the 2020 election, where both were competing for a seat on council. Lincoln claimed Lopez illegally electioneered by hiring a food truck and placing it within 100 feet of a polling place to get voters. A judge ruled in favor of Lopez in 2021, saying he didn’t improperly give away tacos to voters on Election Day.
Lopez paid about $4,000 for a truck to park near St. Francis of Assisi Church on Bay Road from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., where workers handed out free tacos to anyone who asked for one. Lopez left council last year after not seeking re-election to run for county supervisor, which he lost to Lisa Gauthier.
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increasing toll on the country. The healthcare bill will be voted on next month, but there’s no guarantee it will pass.
“KNEW ABOUT THE GIRLS”: President Trump says Democrats who released Jeffrey Epstein emails mentioning him are trying to bring up his ties to the late sex offender again because “they’ll do anything at all to deflect on how badly they’ve done” on the government shutdown and other issues. The emails were made public yesterday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. Epstein wrote in a 2011 email Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with a sex trafficking victim and said in a separate message years later Trump “knew about the girls.” Trump denies any knowledge of Epstein’s crimes.
SHOOTING UPDATE: The man who died after being shot by Redwood City police on Tuesday was identified as Jose Reynaldo Lombera, 48, of Redwood City. He had been in a confrontation with a neighbor, investigators said, which led to Lombera shooting a warning shot into the ground, said San Mateo County Chief Inspector Bill Massey. A neighbor called 911 and police arrived at 3:19 p.m. Police tried to talk to Lombera, who pointed his gun at police, which is when officers fired, Massey said.
EX-NEWSOM STAFFER INDICTED: A former top aide to California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been indicted on federal charges alleging her involvement in a scheme to steal campaign money from former federal Health Secretary Xavier Becerra. Dana Williamson has been arrested and made her first court appearance yesterday in Sacramento. It alleges that Williamson and four other coconspirators were part of a scheme involving Sean McCluskie, who was Becerra’s chief of staff at the time of the alleged conduct. Becerra is not implicated in the indictment.
PENNIES IN HEAVEN: The U.S. has ended production of the penny. The last 1-cent coins were made yesterday at the mint in Philadelphia. The penny was embedded in American culture for more than 230 years as a symbol of frugality and the price of a person’s thoughts, but it had become nearly worthless.
TRUMP URGES PARDON: President Trump has urged Israel to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a corruption case. Trump called the case a “political, unjustified prosecution” in a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog yesterday. Herzog acknowledged the letter but said a formal request is needed for a pardon. Netanyahu is the only sitting Israeli prime minister to be indicted, facing charges of fraud, breach of trust, and accepting bribes.
MSNBC REPLACEMENT: MSNBC enters the hall of retired corporate names this weekend, with the network formally switching over to MS NOW. It’s all part of the corporate divorce from NBC News.
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Deaths
San Mateo County Coroner’s Office: Nov. 11
Su Yuk Fong Chang, 101, of San Mateo
Nov. 10
Gabriel Gerkman, 78, of Belmont
Daniel Lance O’Brien, 79, of Daly City
Ernesto Villegas, 81, of South San Francisco
Louis Raffo, 84, of San Mateo
Teri Lee Covar Rubias, 82, of San Mateo
Christine Ellen Cobb, 72, of Millbrae
Births
Kaiser Hospital in Redwood City: April 28
Shiloh Rose Cripps, a girl
Kayce Luna Hall, a girl
Yeshua Victor Ruiz, a boy
Cassandra Wren Yanga Santillan, a girl
Ella Ruth Waisberg, a girl
April 27
Evie Tse Hong, a girl
Lily Mei Lentzner, a girl
Ekavi Reddy Malgari, a girl
Moshe Patzan, a boy
Schyler Varzandeh Sabile, a boy
Blu Shiah Suarez, a boy
April 26
Jahan Fan Dudani, a boy
Violet Leon, a girl
Zakariya Adam Shiblaq, a boy
Taliah Rayaan Villanueva, a girl
April 25
Lillianna Olivia Cordova, a girl
Lilianna Ipolani Vivianna Espinoza, a girl
Everjoy Grace Guerra, a girl
Ishaan Kumar, a boy
Kyle Leeam Lam, a boy
Daisy Steinfeld Sevett, a girl
Anna Kaur Sidhu, a girl
April 24
Brielle Ava Alvarez, a girl
Holden Taiga Charity, a boy
Charles James Hathaway, a boy
Liliana Itzel Velasco, a girl
Cruz Ezekiel Acosta, a boy
Ellie Harper Adams, a girl
Olive Marie Connolly, a girl
Kion J. Deng, a boy
Cian Raymond Donlon, a boy
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Public safety building set to open
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Managing Editor
A briefing room that could be in a TV show, large evidence rooms and new holding cells are part of Palo Alto’s new $123.5 million public safety building for police, firefighters and emergency services that is opening to the public.
On Sunday, the city will open up the new building to the public with a ribbon cutting ceremony and tours. The Post was invited to a walkthrough of the new public safety building last month. Here are some highlights.
New, larger spaces
Employees have been moving over to the new building at 260 Sherman Ave., across the street from the Palo Alto Courthouse since this summer, with the last set of employees who will move from 250 Forest Ave. to be the city’s dispatchers.
Assistant Chief James Reifschneider said moving the dispatch center is an extremely important thing to get right to ensure someone answers the phone when there’s an emergency in town.
Conference rooms in the building are named after Palo Alto officers who died on duty as a remembrance of them.
One of the new conference rooms looks like it’s out of a cop show, with a large Palo Alto police badge and a podium where briefings can be given at the beginning of each shift.
The new building also has a large
command-center style room with a wall full of screens where information and notes can be broadcast to the room. That room is meant to act as a command center if there is any emergency in town, Reifschneider said.
The new building also enables the city to cut down on some rental space, as the police department’s SWAT truck and evidence truck are kept off of Bayshore Road, which means if something occurs where those vehicles are needed, someone has to go get them before responding to the situation, Reifscheider said.
The new building has a much larger new evidence room, which is cli-
mate-controlled and has a refrigerator to ensure sensitive or old evidence is kept safe. This includes murder evidence that has to be held on for 100 years per state law, Reifschnieder said.
Holding cells
One of the biggest differences between the two stations are the holding cells in the building’s basement.
As it is now, the Forest Ave. station has two cells that were installed when the original police station was built. There are no bathrooms in the cells, leading for officers to regularly check in on those being held in the cell. The new cells also bring the city into com-
pliance with state law regarding the holding of anyone under 18. Youths need to be held in a space completely separate from any adults, Reifschneider said, and that’s difficult in the current set up at 250 Forest, Reifschneider said. In the new police station, there are four holding cells with a wall down the center of the area, one half for juveniles and the other half for adults.
The difference between the holding cells in this police station and others and the jail is that people are not meant to be there for longer than a few hours, at most over night, Reifschneider said.
The ribbon cutting for the new station is Sunday at 10 a.m.
NEW DIGS — The city’s new public safety building, above, includes a large conference room, top right, and a larger evidence room with refrigerated storage, bottom right. Post photos by Adriana Hernandez.
Driver in stabbing gets 1 year in jail
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
An Uber driver will spend a year in jail for stabbing a man who confronted him about cutting in line at the 7-Eleven in downtown Palo Alto, court records show.
The confrontation started around 11:30 p.m. on Oct. 2, when Diyar Polat, 36, of Palo Alto, was buying a beer and ice cream at the end of his shift for Uber.
“You just cut everybody in line,” said a man who was buying condoms, according to the police report.
Polat, slurring his words, started cussing and then got into his Tesla in the parking lot at 401 Waverley Street, according to the man who confronted him.
Argument turns physical
The man started yelling at Polat again in the parking lot and threw a punch into Polat’s window, video from the store showed.
The man told police he swung at Polat because he thought Polat was grabbing a gun, but Polat told police that he was attacked.
Polat grabbed a folding knife with a four-inch blade and went after the man, stabbing him in the hand, glute and
chest as the man punched back, police said.
They both got back in their cars and drove away, and the man flagged down a police officer.
Officer Michael Rojo pulled Polat over near Polat’s home at 845 Ramona St.
“I hope I didn’t kill someone,” Polat said, according to the police report.
“I had a beer man, I’m sorry,” Polat also told police.
At the hospital, the man said he didn’t feel himself getting stabbed until he saw the knife and blood.
“A couple inches to the left or right, he would’ve killed me,” the man said, according to the police report.
Case details
Polat was charged with attempted murder on Oct. 7 and has been at the Main Jail in San Jose with no bail allowed.
At the Palo Alto Courthouse on Nov. 4, he admitted to assault with a deadly weapon likely to cause great bodily injury.
Polat will spend one year in jail from the date of his sentencing, which hasn’t been scheduled yet.
Man hit on tracks ID’d
The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner’s office has identified Jeremiah Chapman, 47, of Palo Alto as the man who died on the Caltrain tracks.
Around 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 6, Chapman was hit by a Caltrain near the Palo Alto Avenue and Alma Street.
The medical examiner hasn’t determined whether the death was accidental or a suicide. Caltrain wouldn’t confirm the death, citing its policy to not
publicize deaths on the tracks, which it says will prevent copycat suicides.
Last year, 19 people died on the Caltrain tracks, the most since 2015. Through August, seven people had died on Caltrain tracks in 2025.
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PALO ALTO
NOV. 1
was
SATURDAY
12:46 a.m. — Janet Parks Swanson, 66, of San Francisco, arrested on a warrant, 400 block of High St.
2:54 a.m. — Andres Cardona, 28, of Morgan Hill, arrested on a warrant, 1-99 block of Wells Ave.
9:01 p.m. — Jessica Lenece Drewrey, 38, of Las Vegas, arrested for shoplifting, Stanford Shopping Center. NOV. 2
3:27 p.m. — Vehicle accident involving a cyclist, 3800 block of Middlefield Road.
5:57 p.m. — Shilpa Mayank Vadodaria, 36, of Cupertino, cited for theft, Stanford Shopping Center.
10:50 a.m. — Auto burglary, 500 block of Cowper St.
4:29 p.m. — Martin Cholico Duenas, 57, of San Jose, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 900 block of Commercial St.
7:40 p.m. — Jose Luis Molina Penaloza, 27, of San Mateo, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 1000 block of E. Meadow Circle. NOV. 4
2:11 p.m. — Yeison Adany Funes Castro, 22, of Redwood City, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 2400 block of Embarcadero Way.
3:32 p.m. — Dorothy Motschenbacher, 45, transient, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 1000 block of Corporation Way.
4:44 p.m. — Sheila Michelle Vanvleet, 58, of Mountain View, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 1000 block of Elwell Court.
NOV. 6
7:50 a.m. — Kenneth Evan Nichols, 62, transient, arrested for creating a public nuisance at Palo Alto Police Dept., 275 Forest Ave. FRIDAY
11:37 a.m. — Liam Bickford, 63, transient, arrested on a warrant, 500 block of High St.
3:48 p.m. — Vehicle stolen, 400 block of Tasso St.
8:24 p.m. — Burglary, 500 block of Seale Ave.
10:29 p.m. — Vandalism, 400 block of Wilton Ave.
3:37 a.m. — Vehicle accident involving an emergency vehicle, 900 block of Matadero Ave.
12:02 p.m. — Juan Diaz Morales, 31, of Blossom Valley, arrested for DUI that causes injuries, El Camino and Dinah’s Court.
3:45 p.m. — Richard Bryan Kennedy, 54, transient, arrested for public drunkenness, 200 block of Forest Ave.
7:35 p.m. — Auto burglary, 400 block of Bryant St.
STANFORD
OCT. 30
3:43 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, 400 block of Jane Stanford Way. NOV. 1
11 p.m. — Domestic battery and false imprisonment reported, 500 block of Mayfield Ave. NOV. 2
5:30 p.m. — Grand theft, Stanford Golf Course. NOV. 3
7:24 a.m. — Vandalism, 500 block of Lasuen Mall.
9:11 a.m. — Attempt made to break into Hoover Tower.
9:44 a.m. — Vandalism, 500 block of Lasuen Mall.
9:56 a.m. — Vandalism, 200 block of Rosse Lane.
10 a.m. — Bicycle stolen, 600 block of Escondido Road.
1:23 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, 700 block of Serra St.
2:46 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, 600 block of Escondido Road.
2:50 p.m. — Bicycle parts stolen, 600 block of Escondido Road.
3:05 p.m. — Vandalism, 500 block of Lasuen Mall.
MENLO PARK
TUESDAY
9:15 a.m. — Auto burglary, 600 block of Lemon St.
10:14 a.m. — Cristobal Cardenas, 59, transient, and Antoinette Davis, 58, of East Palo Alto, each cited for
trespassing, Adams Drive and Adams Court.
1:57 p.m. — Fraud, 1600 block of Bay Laurel Drive.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
JUNE 21
4:27 p.m. — Skyler Mattison, 19, of Phoenix, cited for driving the wrong way on a road, driving without a license and driving without proof of insurance. Location not listed.
SEPT. 25
3:45 p.m. — Peter Khoury, 43, of San Jose, cited for battery, 2000 block of Old Middlefield Way.
SEPT. 27
11:37 p.m. — Justin Selph, 34, of Castro Valley, cited for driving without a license and having a forged vehicle registration, RT Jones and Perimeter roads.
SEPT. 28
6:59 a.m. — Mary Silvain Almada, 30, of Sunnyvale, cited for driving under the influence of both alcohol and drugs, 600 block of E. Evelyn Ave.
OCT. 25
4:34 p.m. — Ilie Marinache, 31, of Fremont, cited on a warrant, 800 block of California St.
OCT. 26
10:51 p.m. — Michael Dever, 26, transient, cited on a warrant, 1-99 block of W. El Camino.
NOV. 4
9:53 a.m. — Disturbance, Eagle Park.
1:56 p.m. — Naythan Ragland, 27, arrested for attempted burglary and resisting police, 2500 block of Leghorn St.
4:41 p.m. — Theft, 1000 block of Wright Ave.
5:51 p.m. — Vehicle accident causes minor injuries, Rengstorff and Stanford avenues.
8:27 p.m. — Home burglary, 1400 block of San Luis Ave.
ATHERTON
TUESDAY
1:29 p.m. — Fraud, El Camino.
NORTH FAIR OAKS
SATURDAY
1 p.m. — Daniel Rios Macias, 34, of Redwood City, cited for driving
with a suspended or revoked license, Huntington and Pacific avenues.
8:36 p.m. — Patrick Steel, 43, of Redwood City, cited for drug possession, Middlefield and Fourth avenues.
9:09 p.m. — Erik Marvin Torres, 30, of Redwood City, arrested for public drunkenness, resisting police and probation violation, 400 block of Third Ave.
REDWOOD CITY
SUNDAY
12:28 a.m. — Jose Manuel Perez, 62, arrested for DUI, 1800 block of Broadway.
1:29 a.m. — Three robbers assault a victim and take the keys to the victim’s truck, Cassia St.
9:12 a.m. — Vehicle stolen, Farm Hill Blvd.
12:14 p.m. — Storage unit broken into and several boxes of items stolen, E. Bayshore Road.
1:13 p.m. — Woman says someone stole her laundry, Blomquist St.
1:32 p.m. — Two-vehicle accident causes minor injuries, Bay Road.
2:40 p.m. — Lucas Allen Alford, 34, arrested on a warrant, 1000 block of Middlefield Road. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
SAN CARLOS
SUNDAY
2:05 p.m. — Shelley Mildred White, 62, of San Carlos, arrested for robbery and elder abuse, 1900 block of Elizabeth St.
BELMONT
TUESDAY
12:41 a.m. — Woman reports a scam, Buena Vista Ave.
CHP
From the Redwood City office of the CHP, which covers the Mid-Peninsula. NOV. 1
Rittik Bhaduri, 22, arrested for street racing.
Glenn P. Brogan, 53, arrested for DUI.
Justin Cham, 27, arrested for DUI. Alyssa N. Hanson, 29, arrested for DUI.
Suzanne S. Kim, 56, arrested for DUI.
PALO ALTO
3750 Ross Road, 94303, 2 bedrooms, 996 square feet, built in 1939, Breon Trust to Thorsten Brants for $3,000,000, closed Oct. 17 (last sale: $140,000, 1101-85)
2399 South Court, 94301, 3 bedrooms, 1590 square feet, built in 1926, Satterlee Trust to ShengFen and Patrick Maginnis for $3,088,000, closed Oct. 15 (last sale: $222,500, 0516-22)
MENLO PARK
2140 Santa Cruz Ave. #D207, 94025, 2 bedrooms, 1203 square feet, built in 1978, J C Wang Inc to Cara Mccarty for $960,000, closed Sept. 25 1890 Oak Knoll Lane, 94025, 4 bedrooms, 2360 square feet, built in 1953, Stanford Leland to Patrick Purdon for $2,250,000, closed Sept. 23 (last sale: $4,220,000, 08-27-24)
2061 Oakley Ave., 94025, 3 bedrooms, 1490 square feet, built in 1947, Nelson Living Trust to Xinghuo and Yuanhang Cao for $3,125,000, closed Sept. 22
MOUNTAIN VIEW
248 Walker Drive #2, 94043, 2 bedrooms, 1771 square feet, built in 1981, Lisa Matichak to Tanvi Sharma for $1,490,000, closed Oct. 16 (last sale: $716,500, 05-22-07)
493 Magritte Way, 94041, 3 bedrooms, 1637 square
feet, built in 2011, Boteiho Family Trust to Xiao and Xiang Xiao for $1,690,000, closed Oct. 14 (last sale: $1,831,000, 04-26-23)
110 East Middlefield Road #C, 94043, 2 bedrooms, 917 square feet, built in 1972, Han Wu to Yi and Junsheng Yang for $1,800,000, closed Oct. 17 (last sale: $750,000, 0411-16)
LOS ALTOS
11569 Arroyo Oaks Drive, 94024, 4 bedrooms, 2918 square feet, built in 1978, Helen and Ching-Ling Tseng to Wen-Hui Lee for $2,800,000, closed Oct. 16
296 La Cuesta Drive, 94024, 3 bedrooms, 1964 square feet, built in 1946, Watson Family Trust to Eileen and Steven Schefsky for $3,500,000, closed Oct. 17
5824 Arboretum Drive, 94024, 2 bedrooms, 2058 square feet, built in 1954, Hartman Living Trust to Sonali and Amrito Chaube for $3,618,000, closed Oct. 14
376 Alicia Way, 94022, 3 bedrooms, 1666 square feet, built in 1953, Elise and Robert Wilke to Vishwanth and Ketaki Mangalmurti for $3,900,000, closed Oct. 17
LOS ALTOS HILLS
27040 Dezahara Way, 94022, 4 bedrooms, 3883 square feet, built in 1973, Survivors Ditzler to Ja Investments LLC for $7,200,000, closed Oct. 15
ATHERTON
179 Almendral Ave., 94027, 5 bedrooms, 3640
square feet, built in 1928, 2000 Dorothy Hope Stiv Trust to Almendral Group LLC for $8,500,000, closed Sept. 26 (last sale: $20,400,000, 08-31-11)
PORTOLA VALLEY
240 Willowbrook Drive, 94028, 4 bedrooms, 2440 square feet, built in 1965, Bower Living Trust to Sanam and Ali Zaman for $4,600,000, closed Sept. 22 (last sale: $4,000,000, 05-25-21)
REDWOOD CITY
1116 Brewster Ave., 94062, 2 bedrooms, 1500 square feet, built in 1980, Mostajelean-Lionetti Trust to Ji and Adhar Maheshwari for $980,000, closed Sept. 23 (last sale: $445,000, 06-03-09)
319 Cedar St., 94063, 2 bedrooms, 1270 square feet, built in 1912, Joan and Joseph Bonello to Fernando and Justina Morales for $1,200,000, closed Sept. 26 (last sale: $425,000, 08-03-10)
SAN CARLOS
472 Emerald Ave., 94070, 3 bedrooms, 1690 square feet, built in 1949, Bardsley Family Trust to Murali Living Trust for $2,600,000, Sept. 11 (last sale: $702,000, 0316-00)
BELMONT
833 Alameda de las Pulgas, 94002, 2 bedrooms, 1060 square feet, built in 1947, Jieh Trust to Yuting Chen for $1,688,000, closed Sept. 22 (last sale: $300,000, 03-01-89)
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Bishops ban trans care
U.S. Catholic bishops voted yesterday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care.
From a Baltimore hotel ballroom, the bishops overwhelmingly approved revisions to their ethical and religious directives that guide the nation’s thousands of Catholic health care institutions and providers, including Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City and Seton Hospital in Daly City.
More than one in seven patients in the U.S. are treated each day at Catholic hospitals, according to the Catholic Health Association.
Major medical groups and health organizations support gender-affirming care for transgender patients.
Conservative approach
Most Catholic health care institutions have taken a conservative approach and not offered gender-affirming care, which may involve hormonal, psychological and surgical treatments. The new
directives will formalize that mandate. Bishops will have autonomy in making the directives into law for their dioceses.
“With regard to the gender ideology, I think it’s very important the church makes a strong statement here,” said Bishop Robert Barron of Minnesota’s Winona-Rochester diocese during the public discussion of the revised directives.
In a statement the Catholic Health Association thanked the bishops for incorporating much of the organization’s feedback into the directives.
The pelvic floor is a network of muscles and tissues that form the base of your core, supporting the bladder, intestines, and reproductive organs. Yet, for millions, pelvic floor dysfunction silently disrupts daily life— causing discomfort, embarrassment, and limitations that erode confidence and freedom.
Freedom from Leakage: Reclaiming Control and Confidence
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Renewing Connection: Intimacy, Confidence, and Joy
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Navigating Memory Loss: She will cover Essential Questions and Answers on Alzheimer's and Other Dementias. She is the founding medical director of the Ray Dolby Brain Health Center, known for her compassionate approach to care for those with cognitive decline and their families
It’s always interesting when time overtakes the dystopias of the past. In Stephen King’s 1982 novel “The Running Man,” the United States has fallen into a totalitarian state, divided between haves and have-nots, where all movements can be surveilled and realistic video propaganda is easily generated. King’s book was set in the year 2025.
Edgar Wright’s new big-screen adaptation is fittingly but awkwardly timed. Arriving in the year of King’s imagined dystopia, its near-future has little in it that isn’t already plausible today, making this “Running Man” — while fleet of foot in action — feel a step, or two, behind.
Modern day remake
“The Running Man,” of course, has already begat one movie. Paul Michael Glaser’s 1987 film starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as Ben Richards, the
young father who out of financial desperation auditions for a reality show where survival for 30 days means a $1 billion payday. (The movie was set in a distant 2017.) Times have changed, though. Wright’s film stars Glen Powell as Richards, a fairly exponential upgrade in smirking charisma.
This is, for sure, a dystopia with a genial spin. That’s not only the case with the dashing and overweening Powell but with Wright, a playful genre practitioner whose approach to apocalypse (“Shaun of the Dead”) is, by nature, comic.
From the start, the darkest shades of
King’s book have been snuffed out of this blandly entertaining remake that swaps out the brutalist 1980s nihilism of the Schwarzenegger movie for a satirical portrait of America lacking in bite and prescience.
It’s not like the 1987 “Running Man” was all that great, either. But at least it locked into a tone and stuck with it.
Wright’s movie has flashes of flamboyance that help, but it struggles to balance such violent science fiction with funny, over-the-top farce (care of Colman Domingo and Michael Cera). Ultimately, weightier themes of inequality and antiauthoritarianism come off as hollow in a big-budget, IP-draining reboot that’s too timid for King’s bleakest plot turns.
Release info
“The Running Man,” a Paramount Pictures release in theaters tomorrow, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for strong violence, some gore and language. Running time: 133 minutes.
IN THE CROSSHAIRS — Glen Powell in “The Running Man.” Paramount Pictures via AP.
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a year ago after the release of a scathing report by retired Judge LaDoris Cordell. Cordell was hired by the board to investigate HR complaints about Corpus and her then-chief of staff, Victor Aenlle.
The sheriff’s office was left under the leadership of Undersheriff Dan Perea, who submitted his resignation letter yesterday, according to sheriff’s office spokeswoman Gretchen Spiker.
Binder, who up until yesterday was the acting police chief in Gilroy, is the brother of Palo Alto’s police chief, Andrew Binder. Both Binder brothers have worked under current Santa Clara County Sheriff Bob Jonsen, who became Menlo Park’s police chief in 2013, when now Supervisor Ray Mueller was on the Menlo Park City Council.
A new sheriff you can trust
Supervisor Noelia Corzo said she believes Binder will be a sheriff the county can trust, which is similar to a slogan Corpus used when she ran for sheriff in 2022, “a sheriff you can trust.”
Corzo asked Binder how he would protect undocumented inmates. Binder said he would not be turning over information, and during protests, he would ensure residents are protected and officers don’t take any sides.
Supervisor Lisa Gauthier asked Binder how he would care for the wellbeing of inmates in the county’s two jails. Under Corpus, seven inmates have died.
Binder said he would make sure inmates have access to mental health services, medical and dental care. He also said he would want beagles to work with deputies in the jails to search people to prevent overdoses and accidental deaths.
Binder said he would put his “heart and soul” into running the organization.
Bringing back Hsiung, Monaghan
Binder said previously he would want to have Hsiung and former Assistant Sheriff Ryan Monaghan as
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part of this team. “I am grateful for the chance to return and support the men and women of the sheriff’s office as we work to heal, rebuild trust and move forward together with purpose,” Hsiung said.
Hsiung resigned in June 2024 after he saw the disarray in the sheriff’s office and witnessed the close relationship between Corpus and her former Chief of Staff Victor Aenlle.
Monaghan did not respond to the Post’s inquiry about whether he will consider joining Binder’s executive team. Monaghan was fired by Corpus in September 2024 after he participated in Cordell’s investigation.
Labor liked him
Binder got the support of the sergeants’ union, with Sgt. Jonathan Sebring telling the board to go with Binder because he has a reputation for rebuilding trust.
The deputies’ union did not endorse a candidate because of the short time frame they were given to look into their backgrounds, but said they look forward to working with Binder.
Head of the county’s Labor Council Julie Lind said the best candidate was Binder. He was shown he will work the best in every department in the sheriff’s office.
Canepa liked Lazar
Canepa picked Lazar because he showed resilience, even though there are many people who may not like him. At least 30 people from San Francisco appeared in Monday’s meeting, urging the board to appoint him. The community that came in support of Lazar was a reflection of how he doesn’t just sing it, but brings it, Canepa said.
Lazar was questioned by Supervisor Jackie Speier for his tardy response to the background check. Lazar said he was busy meeting with community members and put off the background, but did it yesterday morning and regretted it because it only took 5 minutes.
Deputy HR Director Michelle Kuka told the board that multiple people tried to reach out to Lazar to get
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him to complete it. Speier told the Post she hopes Binder will consider Lazar or Police Chief for Solano Community College District Brian Wynn Huynh Travis to be part of his executive team, as they showed great strengths that could help the sheriff’s office.
Binder said in his first 90 days in office, he will be working to form his executive team, fill vacancies and review the standing polices to make sure they are in alignment with the community’s expectations and internal affairs investigations.
Started yesterday
He was sworn in yesterday at 5 p.m. by Supervisor Ray Mueller, and his wife placed the sheriff’s badge on him.
Binder will be the sheriff for the remainder of Corpus’s term until January 2029. Speier asked Binder if he would run for election.
“I would like to build the trust of the community over these next couple of years and with the organization. If I’m doing a good job and the community and the board trusts me, I’d love to run again,” Binder said.
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should,” Fligor said in a phone call with the Daily Post. “So our campaign will have to figure out how to still get our message out and to get their attention, and also to remind folks that there is a runoff election.”
FLIGOR
Fligor, who served as the assessor’s office attorney over a decade ago and was endorsed by longtime assessor Larry Stone, said her campaign is trying to get ahead of the issue by encouraging voters to cast their ballots early.
“The ballots will go out in the mail Dec. 8. So part of our message will be to let people know, vote early, please vote early before you get too far into your holiday celebrations,” Fligor said. Her opponent, former
Saratoga Councilman Rishi Kumar, is taking a different approach. Kumar, who received 24% of the vote, said his campaign won’t be too active during the days leading up to the runoff.
“Holidays are the time where we slow down and smell the cookies and bake some cookies and enjoy family time,” Kumar said in a phone interview. Kumar said his campaign won’t be bothering anyone during the holidays.
Kumar, who ran as an outsider hoping to automate much of the assessor’s office, said he’s concerned the holidays could get in the way of the campaign, but that it’s outside of his control.
Encouraged by results
Both candidates said they were encouraged by last week’s results – Fligor because she led all candidates by nearly 14 percentage points and Kumar because he believes he’ll get voters who supported the other two candidates without experience in the assessor’s office, San Jose’s East Side Union School District board member Bryan Do and Saratoga Councilwoman Yan Zhao.
“There is a disparity between the top vote getter and me, but we believe that the coalition of votes with Bryan Do and Yan Zhao and myself will come together,” Kumar said.
Fligor plans to stick to her campaign’s central message, that she’s the only candidate with experience in the office. She said community leaders who supported Zhao and Do at first have reached out to her offering their support.
Worried people won’t vote
However, she is worried that some of her supporters assume she already won because of her strong showing last week and will forget about the runoff.
“I can’t tell you the number of people who have reached out to me over the last week congratulating me, thinking the election is over,” she said.
Since election day, her campaign has received seven new donations of at least $999, according to campaign finance forms filed to the county. In the lead-up to the election, her campaign brought in $293,949, according to a filing that goes through Oct. 18. Kumar’s
campaign has received a single $1,000 donation since election day, after receiving $20,671 total as of Oct. 18.
More energy this time
Kumar said his runoff campaign will likely be more energetic. Kumar’s father died in the middle of the campaign and Kumar caught malaria while attending the funeral in Mumbai, he said.
“We weren’t really running a high energy campaign,” Kumar said.
Now, he says, “we are back to the drill, which is a good, regular Rishi Kumar campaign.”
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Dincer tried to convince the girl to go inside to he see his cats, and when she said no he grabbed her arm and brought her into his backyard, police said.
Dincer gave the girl a pumpkin to carve and kept touching her, police said.
The girl’s family noticed she was missing and started looking for her with neighbors before calling police at 7:49 p.m.
Ran away
The girl stabbed Dincer’s finger with a carving knife, got on her scooter and rode away as Dincer yelled at her to come back, police said.
The girl started crying when she was reunited with her family, and her mom encouraged her to talk to her school counselor.
The school counselor, who was shaken up by the conversation, then reported Dincer to the police.
The girl’s dad tried to change the girl’s story because he didn’t want Dincer to face serious consequences, but Detective Lauren Riffel continued her investigation, the police report said.
What he told police
Dincer told Riffel that he only practiced gymnastics and carved pumpkins with the girl, and her hand slipped with the carving knife and cut him.
Dincer was arrested at his home at 191 E. El Camino Real and charged with committing lewd acts with a child under 14 years old.
He was released with GPS monitoring on Nov. 7 and is due back at the Palo Alto Courthouse in February, court records show.
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November is Month of Giving at NDNU
THROUGHOUT THIS MONTH, THE OFFICE of Advancement is encouraging your support of their annual Month of Giving campaign. Gifts received through November 30 will go toward scholarship support for graduate and degree completion students. Every gift makes a difference. Donate now at ndnu.edu/ndnu-donation-page/.
DOWNTOWN LOS ALTOS
IS THE place to kick off the festive holiday season tomorrow, Nov. 14th, 5 to 9 p.m., at the 22nd Annual Holiday Stroll. Discover unique gifts, enjoy sparkling lights, live music and carolers, shopping specials and fun at Downtown shops. End or begin your festive evening with dinner at one of their many fine restaurants. Brought to you by the Los Altos Village Association and sponsored by Calligraphy Wines and Presidential Property Management. More information at downtownlosaltos.org.
ALTOS BANK CLIENT YUMMY FUTURE just soft-opened their 4th AI-powered café at 170 University Ave. in Palo Alto! Faster, smarter, more sustainable — with robot baristas, study
nooks, and soul. Altos Bank serves customers both online at AltosBank.com and from its headquarters at 467 First St., 3rd Floor, in downtown Los Altos. For more information, call them at (650) 830-8089 or email RelationshipManagers@AltosBank.com.
BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY TO TheatreWorks Silicon Valley for some holiday fun: see “Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley” starting performances December 3. This festive sequel to Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” stars Georgiana Darcy (Mr. Darcy’s sister, played by Emily Ota) and Kitty Bennet (one of the youngest Bennet sisters, played by Kushi Beauchamp). TheatreWorks artistic director Giovanna Sardelli helms this delightful romp full of
favorite characters in new adventures. Don’t miss “Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley,” performing Dec. 3-28 at Palo Alto’s Lucie Stern Theatre. Save your seat today at theatreworks.org.
JOIN SYMPHONY SAN JOSE, SYMPHONY San Jose Chorale, Cantabile Youth Singers, New Ballet, and special guests under the baton of Elena Sharkova, and rejoice in beloved holiday classics, heartwarming carols, dazzling dance numbers, audience sing-alongs, and the ever-popular 12 Days of Silicon Valley. Include friends and family and make this experience an unforgettable part of your holidays. Tickets range from $35 to $115. Saturday, December 6 matinee special: Use promo code FAMILYFUN to get a child ticket for only $10 with each adult ticket purchased. symphonysanjose.org/.
350 SILICON VALLEY IS A grassroots climate advocacy group working locally to advance a just and rapid transition away from fossil fuels to 100% renewable energy. The local level is where your voice has the greatest impact — and together, they’re driving real change in cities like Palo Alto, San Mateo, and Menlo Park. Join them or support their work for a cleaner, fairer future. Donate at 350siliconvalley.org/ways-to-give.
