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City may OK tallest building
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer
Mountain View City Council on Tuesday will consider approving what would become the city’s tallest building, proposed by a former mayor who was removed from office for bullying city employees into doing his bidding.
bra submitted a prior application for a five-story building in February 2020, McCarthy wrote.
TARIFF’S DROPPED: President Trump has dropped tariffs on beef, coffee and bananas. It’s in response to consumers who say prices are too high.
NEW SOCIALIST MAYOR: A selfdescribed socialist Katie Wilson, who is Seattle’s new mayor, says she plans to tax the rich and spend the money building 4,000 homes for the homeless and revitalizing the city’s downtown. She says Seattle is so expensive her parents in New York send her checks to supplement her income.
SWALWELL INVESTIGATION: East Bay Congressman Eric Swalwell, known for his affair with a Chinese spy named “Fang Fang,” has been referred to the U.S. Justice Department to investigate allegedly false claims he made in a mortgage application to get a lower interest rate.
TRUCK DRIVER LICENSES: Gov. Gavin Newsom said he plans to revoke 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses issued to immigrants after discovering their expiration dates extended beyond the drivers’ legal stay in the U.S. The move comes after a fatal truck crash
[See THE UPDATE, page 18]
The building, called “Ambra Place,” would be 180 feet tall and have 455 apartments on a 1.2-acre property down the street from Costco, McDonald’s and In-N-Out Burger.
The tallest building in Mountain View is a 145-foot office building at
Former Mayor Mario Ambra has invoked the Builder’s Remedy — a state law that prevents cities from denying housing projects — to get his 15-story building approved at 901 N. Rengstorff Ave.
444 Castro St. Ambra, 72, walked into the permit counter on the first floor of City Hall to submit his application on April 5, 2023, according to an email from City Manager Kimbra McCarthy to council.
City planners told Ambra to submit the application online — the same way everyone else does and how Am-
“Instead, and unbeknownst to staff, Mr. Ambra and his representative left the application materials on the counter and took a selfie with them,” McCarthy said in her email, which the Post obtained using the California Public Records Act.
Ambra was first elected to council in
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
The permits for a conversational project to build 87 townhouses on Black Mountain in San Carlos were about to expire — but a new developer is asking the city for a two year extension.
A new developer, Neovi, is bringing back a proposal for 87 townhouses and seeking to extend its building permits, raising concerns among residents about the public safety risks the project could pose if built.
The project was previously proposed by Dragonfly Group, but the developer was bought by Veev Group, which was later acquired by Lenmar Corporation, based out of Miami, Fla.
During the transition between Veev and Lenmar, changing the developers
Case against Corpus paused until 2026 Townhouse plans resurface
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
Proceedings in the civil grand jury’s accusation against fired San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus are on pause until next year, a prosecutor said. That’s in order for some of her oth-
er court battles, specifically the ones where she’s fighting her firing, to be resolved, said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe.
Corpus’ attorneys have been fighting her firing in front of two judges, District Judge Vince Chhabria and Judge
Nina Shapirshteyn, causing an overlap with the proceedings stemming from the civil grand jury’s accusation of retailiation and nepotism.
Judge Mark McCannon ruled yesterday to continue the case until next
ON BLACK MOUNTAIN — This rendering shows what the previously approved development for 808 Alameda de las Pulgas in San Carlos will look like once built.
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What’s on the local agenda
Every Saturday, the Post prints items from the agendas of city councils and school boards so that you can stay informed about what your government is planning.
PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL
5:30 p.m., Monday 250 Hamilton Ave.
Turf: Council will decide whether to install a new turf field at El Camino Park or replace the current turf surface with grass.
Fry’s: Council will review a proposed housing project on the site of the former Fry’s Electronics store.
Investments: Council will receive a report on the city’s $600 million investment portfolio.
Tax: Council will review the city’s sales tax revenue, which fell by 7.7% year-over-year.
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2:30 p.m., Tuesday
250 Hamilton Ave.
Tunnels: The committee will consider seven possible locations for bike and pedestrian tunnels underneath the railroad tracks and potential enhancements to the bridge on San Antonio Road.
Underpasses: The committee will consider proposed underpasses at the Churchill Avenue, Meadow Drive and Charleston Road railroad crossings as part of its efforts to separate the train tracks from the road.
PALO ALTO FINANCE COMMITTEE
5:30 p.m., Tuesday
250 Hamilton Ave.
Utilities: The committee may make a recommendation to council on 2026 gas rates and fee schedules.
Retirement: The committee will discuss ways to continue providing city employees with retirement benefits amid expected declines in sales tax revenue.
PALO ALTO POLICY AND SERVICES COMMITTEE
6 p.m., Wednesday
250 Hamilton Ave.
Fees: The committee will review an audit of the city’s permit and inspection fees.
Nonprofits: The committee will discuss procedures on partnering with nonprofits and lease extensions with a trio of nonprofits along those guidelines.
PALO ALTO CLIMATE ACTION AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE
2 p.m., Thursday
250 Hamilton Ave.
Energy: The committee will hear a report on local energy resources that recommends encouraging residents to save energy usage for off-peak hours and use solar, battery and thermal power.
MOUNTAIN VIEW CITY COUNCIL
5:15 p.m., Tuesday
500 Castro St.
Closed: In a closed session, council will discuss a lawsuit against the city filed by someone who
[See AGENDAS, page 6]
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.
El Camino Hospital in Mountain View: May 1
Joseph Pan Atienza, a boy
Ryan Yanhan Cheng, a boy
Shankara Chimata, a boy
Kalylla Mika Covarrubias, a girl
Yunkai Cui, a girl
Leo Antonio Gonzales, a boy
Matthew Jansri Berina Gowthaman, a boy
Elias Joseph Levine, a boy
Samuel Anthony Martinez, a boy
Olivia Raven Rossignol, a girl
Rudransh Singh, a boy
April 30
Ozaan Hassaan Ali, a boy
Paula Danica Avila, a girl
Cari Joy Bunch, a girl
Aathira Hariharan, a girl
Rishi Jain, a boy
Elio Luo, a boy
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Vedika Santosh Mundhe, a girl
Ayan Nasiri, a boy
Amruthavalli Ramaswamy, a girl
An Liu Welander, a girl
Avery Yang, a girl
April 29
Miles Yanto Chu, a boy
Avery Grace Ford, a girl
Violet Ivy Henderson, a girl
Jui Ajay Jadhav, a girl
Moriah Bessy John, a girl
Hailey Taline Kalfayan, a girl
Ryan Kia, a boy
Duyan Li, a girl
Callum Foley Mckeown, a boy
Nolan Pham Nguyen, a boy
Luciana Rodriguez Zambrano, a girl
Lucy Wren Rubalcava, a girl
Hazel Sasha Sequeira, a girl
Meghana June Shingne, a girl
Hannah Kieuanh Tran, a girl
Leo Tsuchida, a boy
Mahiro Yamagiwa, a girl
April 28
Aavvya Singh, a girl
Gurmaan Singh, a boy
Ahaan Shivam Tanna, a boy
Nima Jade Tayebi, a boy
Youzhi Zhang, a girl
Sofia Teresa Zuliani, a girl
AGENDAS –
tripped on a metal spike sticking out of the ground at Cuesta Park.
Rengstorff: Council will discuss reducing the costs separating the train tracks from Rengstorff Avenue.
Apartments: Council will review plans for a 15-story apartment building at 901 N. Rengstorff Ave. and a six-story mixeduse building at 749 W. El Camino Real.
LOS ALTOS CITY COUNCIL
7 p.m., Tuesday 1 N. San Antonio Road
Drones: Council may approve a fiveyear, $570,000 contract with Axon Enterprises for drones that would fly to calls before police officers and firefighters.
Chamber: Council may reduce its contract with the Chamber of Commerce from $53,500 to $14,000 per year.
Theater: Council may set aside a downtown parking lot for another two years so the Los Altos Stage Company can fundraise for a performing arts theater.
Union: Council may give raises and make other adjustments to its contract with the Teamsters Local 350 union, costing the city $129,00 next fiscal year.
MOUNTAIN VIEW LOS ALTOS HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
7 p.m., Monday 1299 Bryant Ave.
Ethnic: The board will discuss Ethnic Studies as a graduation requirement.
New: The board may approve new courses, including Commercial Music, Fashion Design, Microeconomics and Advanced Sports Medicine.
Oversight: The board will get an annual update from the Measure E Bond Citizens’ Oversight Committe.
Closed: In closed session, the board will discuss a lawsuit, a legal claim, student discipline, employee discipline and labor negotiations.
LOS ALTOS SCHOOL DISTRICT 7 p.m., Monday 201 Covington Road
Rita: Santa Rita School employees will provide information on their kindergarten program.
Testing: The board will review state testing data.
AI: The board will review the district’s philosophy for artificial intelligence.
Closed: In closed session, the board will discuss an anticipated lawsuit and evaluate Superintendent Sandra McGonagle.
SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
9:30 a.m., Tuesday
70 W. Hedding St., San Jose
Charities: Supervisors may buy a property at 3001 El Camino Real in Palo Alto for $10.5 million so Charities Housing can build subsidized housing.
Budget: Supervisors may ask departments to provide more budget details.
Welfare: Supervisors will get an update on efforts to improve child welfare.
PERT: Supervisors may shift funding responsibility from the county to the city of Palo Alto for a Psychiatric Emergency Response Team, which pairs a mental health clinician with a police officer.
Stanford: Supervisors may approve an agreement with Stanford to send sheriff’s deputies to events and games through October 2030.
MENLO PARK CITY COUNCIL
6 p.m., Tuesday 751 Laurel St.
Creek: Council will review setting aside $651,000 for fiscal year 202526 for the San Francisquito Creek flood protection project.
Car: Council may buy new public works and police watch and patrol cars from Winner Chevrolet, Towne Ford, and U-Rock Utility.
Santa Cruz: Council will discuss improvements for Santa Cruz Avenue.
MENLO PARK PLANNING COMMISSION
7 p.m., Monday 751 Laurel St.
Fire: Commissioners will review plans for a brand new Fire Station 1 at 300 Middlefield Road.
REDWOOD CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
6 p.m., Tuesday 1017 Middlefield Road
Townhouses: Commissioners will review plans for 131 townhouses to be built between the Docktown Marina and the police station.
REDWOOD CITY POLICE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
4 p.m., Wednesday 1017 Middlefield Road
AI: The committee will discuss how the police station is using AI.
SAN CARLOS PLANNING COMMISSION
7 p.m., Monday 600 Elm St.
Townhouses: Commissioners will [See AGENDAS, page 8]
AGENDAS –
EAST PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL
6:30 p.m., Tuesday
2415 University Ave.
Settlement: Council may settle a lawsuit.
Closed: Behind closed doors, council will discuss potential litigation.
ATHERTON CITY COUNCIL
6 p.m., Wednesday
80 Fair Oaks Lane
Library: Council will review bids for the library children’s project to build a garden.
Appoint: Council will discuss appointing one person to the Environmental Programs Committee and another to the Planning Commission.
Park: Council will review a $1 million agreement with Gametime to construct a new playground at Holbrook-Palmer Park.
Dispatchers: Council may raise dispatchers’ hourly wage from $59.39 to $65 per hour.
Train: Council will review options for a new Caltrain sign for the Atherton Train Station Museum.
SAN MATEO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
9 a.m., Tuesday
500 County Center, Redwood City
Appoint: Supervisors may appoint Matthew Burrows to the county Planning Commission.
Sheriff: The board will review an agreement for Portola Valley to receive law enforcement services from the sheriff’s office.
Claims: The board may deny claims from former Assistant Sheriff Ryan Monaghan, Capt. Eamonn Allen and Associate Management Analyst Valerie Barnes.
Closed: Behind closed doors, the board will review six lawsuits against the county, including suits filed by Christina Corpus, former Capt. Brian Philip and Sgts. Javier Acosta and Joe Fava.
SAN MATEO COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
6 p.m., Wednesday
535 Kelly Ave., Half Moon Bay
Closed: Behind closed doors, the board will review the performance of the Chancellor Melissa Moreno and two cases of potential litigation.
Alarms: The board may approve plans for a districtwide emergency system.
MENLO PARK FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
7 p.m., Tuesday
300 Middlefield Road
Station: The board will discuss the developments to Station 1 at 300 Middlefield Road.
Raise: The board may give 3.2% raises and increased health benefits to 13 non-union employees and five assistant chiefs and fire marshals.
Drones: The board will consider a request from board member Chuck Bernstein to discuss response times and having drones respond to emergencies.
Airport: The board will consider a request from board member Rob Silano to discuss Palo Alto Airport rescue responsibilities.
SOUTH BAYSIDE WASTE MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY
2 p.m., Thursday
1245 San Carlos Ave.
Raise: The board may raise Executive Director Joe La Mariana’s salary by 3% from $259,780 to $267,574.
Plastic: A representative from CalRecycle will give a presentation on plastic pollution prevention.
Hygiene: Deodorant, toothpaste, shampoo, body
Clothing: New socks, shoes, new underwear, hats, all L-3XL suits, jeans, sweats
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
NOV. 5
11:28 a.m. — Auto burglary, 500 block of Webster St.
12:29 p.m. — Auto burglary, 500 block of Ramona St. NOV. 8
4:19 p.m. — Grand theft at Whole Foods, 774 Emerson St.
SUNDAY
12:47 p.m. — Christopher Wing, 77, of Palo Alto, cited on a warrant, Stanford Shopping Center.
3:22 p.m. — Petty theft from a vehicle, 2400 block of W. Bayshore Road.
TUESDAY
8:34 a.m. — Burglary, Stanford Shopping Center.
10:08 a.m. — Petty theft, 1800 block of Sand Hill Road.
12:02 p.m. — Leah Victoria Perez, 26, of Sacramento, arrested on a warrant at Palo Alto Police Dept, 275 Forest Ave.
2:11 p.m. — Grand theft, 100 block of California Ave.
4:28 p.m. — Grand theft from an elderly or dependent adult, Maddux Drive.
5:05 p.m. — Jason Dermont Tarrant, 45, of South San Francisco, arrested for grand theft, Stanford Shopping Center.
7:48 p.m. — Home burglary, 3100 block of David Ave.
8:50 p.m. — Victim scammed, 800 block of University Ave.
STANFORD
NOV. 4
10:45 p.m. — Petty theft, 300 block of Jane Stanford Way.
11:15 p.m. — Theft from a vehicle, 500 block of Fremont Road. NOV. 5
3:06 a.m. — False report of an emergency, 300 block of Campus Drive.
9:51 a.m. — Bicycle stolen, 300 block of Santa Teresa St.
10:59 a.m. — Petty theft at Roble Gym, 375 Santa Teresa St.
11:55 a.m. — Electric bike stolen, 600 block of Knight Way.
12:24 p.m. — Petty theft at Arrillaga Recreation Center, 341 Galvez St.
MENLO PARK
THURSDAY
8 a.m. — Fraud, 1000 block of Sevier Ave.
9:35 a.m. — Malcolm Lloyd Thomas Jr., 65, of Menlo Park, arrested for assault likely to produce great injury, elder abuse and possession of drug paraphernalia, 1300 block of Madera Ave.
2:25 p.m. — Adrian Verdin, 40, transient, cited on two warrants, Willow Road and Ivy Drive.
3:22 p.m. — Violation of a court order, 1100 block of Alpine Ave.
MOUNTAIN VIEW
NOV. 7
1:03 a.m. — Melisa Alvarenga Gonzalez, 33, of North Hollywood, arrested for DUI and battery against police, Bush St. and Evelyn Ave.
5:49 a.m. — Burglary at a business, 200 block of Polaris Ave.
6:28 a.m. — Grand theft at Safeway, 645 San Antonio Road.
11:46 a.m. — Elder abuse alleged, 500 block of Mountain View Ave.
4:22 p.m. — Vehicle tampering, 800 block of Reinert Road.
5 p.m. — Battery, Shoreline Blvd. and Montecito Ave.
6:02 p.m. — Vandalism, 500 block of W. Middlefield Road.
7:56 p.m. — Battery, El Camino Hospital.
ATHERTON
THURSDAY
10:29 a.m. — Juvenile arrested for battery that causes serious injury and possession of marijuana, 500 block of Middlefield Road.
11:17 a.m. — Embezzlement, 200 block of Stockbridge Ave.
NORTH FAIR OAKS
MONDAY
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TUESDAY
2:13 a.m. — Gabriel Isaac Martinez Hernandez, 25, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Woodside Road and Broadway.
2:28 a.m. — Paulino Pardocano, 49, of Redwood City, arrested on a warrant, Bay Road and Sixth Ave.
REDWOOD
CITY
MONDAY
8:48 a.m. — Forged contracts reported, Arguello St.
10:40 a.m. — Woman scammed into sending money to people pretending they kidnapped her daughter. Location not disclosed.
12:59 p.m. — Jose Pastora, 39, of Redwood City, arrested on a warrant, El Camino and Cedar St.
3:33 p.m. — Caller says a man ran up to the caller’s car while he was driving and hit the car multiple times, damaging it, Roosevelt Ave.
5:33 p.m. — Vehicle crashes into something and also hits a dog, Farm Hill Blvd.
7:30 p.m. — Home burglary, Cambridge Road.
8:34 p.m. — Vehicle with a dog inside it is stolen, El Camino.
9:47 p.m. — Sophia Hondagneu, 29, of Redwood City, arrested for domestic violence, threats and child endangerment, 1400 block of Regent St.
10:05 p.m. — Juliene Lynn Brown, 60, of Redwood City, arrested for domestic violence, 2200 block of Jefferson Ave.
TUESDAY
11:18 a.m. — Electric bike stolen, Vera Ave.
12:53 p.m. — Suneel Ritesh Kumar, 38, of Concord, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, 1000 block of El Camino.
2:31 p.m. — Caller reports seeing a man shoot at a sidewalk and then run away, 200 block of Hazel Ave. Police find and approach a suspect, 48-year-old Jose Reynaldo Lombera of Redwood City, who allegedly
points a gun at them. Officers shoot Lombera, who is taken to a hospital and pronounced dead there.
6:25 p.m. — Home burglary, Rolison Road. Backpack and other items stolen from a bedroom.
7:16 p.m. — Vehicle hits a tree, El Camino.
8:45 p.m. — Angel Cortez Jimenez, 20, of Redwood City, arrested for possession of a ghost gun, possession of a short-barreled rifle, carrying a concealed weapon in a vehicle, reckless driving and transportation of an assault weapon, El Camino and Hazel Ave.
SAN CARLOS
MONDAY
3:52 a.m. — Unlocked vehicle rummaged through, but nothing is taken, 300 block of San Carlos Ave.
9:46 p.m. — Violation of a restraining order, 700 block of Elm St.
TUESDAY
6:47 p.m. — Driver sideswipes a vehicle, 2500 block of San Carlos Ave. Marc Service, 39, of Belmont, arrested for DUI and hit-and-run.
BELMONT
THURSDAY
12:18 p.m. — Male trespasser reported to be asleep next to a pool with a bottle of alcohol next to him, Shoreway Road. The man is transported for medical treatment. 9:21 p.m. — Resident comes home and finds the rear glass door shattered and footprints leading into the house, Altura Way.
CHP
From the Redwood City office of the CHP, which covers the Mid-Peninsula.
NOV. 1
Martin P. Mouton II, 38, arrested for DUI.
NOV. 2
Luis A. Merino Castillo, 50, arrested for DUI.
NOV. 5
Saurashi J. Sanyal, 45, arrested for DUI.
NOV. 6
Fernando Contreras Gonzalez, 28, arrested for DUI.
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850 Arroyo Court, 94306, 5 bedrooms, 3200 square feet, built in 2000, Victoria and Michael Ribero to Graciela and Adam Richardson for $3,600,000, closed Oct. 14 (last sale, $1,575,000, 03-16-00)
1131 Esther Court, 94303, 3 bedrooms, 1541 square feet, built in 2025, Summerhill West Bayshore LLC to Yuanmei and Shuai Peng for $1,857,000, closed Oct. 17
3180 Berryessa St., 94303, 3 bedrooms, 1715 square feet, built in 2010, Hongji Bao to Yi-Hsuan and I Huang for $2,050,000, closed Oct. 14 (last sale, $1,520,000, 11-18-16)
MENLO PARK
671 Live Oak Ave., 94025, 5 bedrooms, 4070 square feet, built in 2023, Trc Live Oak LLC to Ilyas Living Trust for $4,600,000, closed Sept. 26 (last sale, $2,000,000, 07-14-20)
1360 Elder Ave., 94025, 4 bedrooms, 2030 square feet, built in 1953, Walters Family Trust to Liu and Feng Living Trust for $4,880,000, closed Sept. 26 (last sale, $3,550,000, 04-10-17)
274 Princeton Road, 94025, 4 bedrooms, 2150 square feet, built in 1929, Pintz Living Trust to Arugula Investments Lllp for $5,350,000, closed Sept.
26 (last sale, $1,090,000, 12-10-01)
765 Magnolia St., 94025, 1 bedroom, 725 square feet, built in 1948, Vista Homes LLC to Burnett Living Trust for $6,000,000, closed Sept. 22 (last sale, $4,275,000, 11-13-23)
MOUNTAIN VIEW
2016 Thea Circle, 94043, 3 bedrooms, 1614 square feet, built in 2020, Sam Parsa to Hao Wang for $1,940,000, closed Oct. 15 (last sale, $1,758,000, 10-07-20)
876 San Simeon Drive, 94043, 3 bedrooms, 1302 square feet, built in 1962, 2408 Uplift Real Estate LLC to Yenamandra Living Trust for $2,500,000, closed Oct. 14 (last sale, $2,100,000, 03-07-25)
961 San Marcos Circle, 94043, 4 bedrooms, 1576 square feet, built in 1964, Lochun Family Trust to Li and Shan Fu for $2,780,000, closed Oct. 14 (last sale, $720,000, 0923-10)
LOS ALTOS
1660 Elmhurst Drive, 94024, 4 bedrooms, 2291 square feet, built in 1956, Melko Trust to Gouri and Puneet Sharma for $5,150,000, closed Oct. 17 (last sale, $4,000,000, 02-24-23)
626 Los Ninos Way, 94022, 6 bedrooms, 3126 square feet, built in 1950, Kristian 1997 Family Trust
to Dheeraj and Harshita Goyal for $5,850,000, closed Oct. 14
40 Cielito Drive, 94022, 4 bedrooms, 4276 square feet, built in 1993, David Kim to Yuchen and Mengyao Tan for $6,720,000, closed Oct. 14 (last sale, $5,000,000, 06-28-22)
REDWOOD CITY
2611 Carson St., 94061, 3 bedrooms, 1320 square feet, built in 1951, Barnes Family Trust to Thomas and Jessica Moriarty for $2,110,000, closed Sept. 26 (last sale, $1,795,000, 07-19-18)
362 Topaz St., 94062, 3 bedrooms, 1660 square feet, built in 1951, Develpment Bradley to Michelle Ruggeri for $3,200,000, closed Sept. 26 (last sale, $1,875,000, 01-03-24)
998 Governors Bay Drive, 94065, 4 bedrooms, 3040 square feet, built in 1994, Ketul Parikh to Jacques and Claudia Galvez for $3,235,000, closed Sept. 26 (last sale, $2,600,000, 11-20-20)
SAN CARLOS
2000 Arroyo Ave., 94070, 4 bedrooms, 1800 square feet, built in 1946, Dabaldo Trust to Corinne and Ian Foley for $2,535,000, Sept. 10 711 Best Court, 94070, 5 bedrooms, 3950 square feet, built in 1989, Laura and Randy Atherton to Haiyang and Xinyu Huang for $3,615,000, Sept. 9
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Dave Anderson & Marvin Christie
John James
Ashcroft Way in Sunnyvale
SOLD FOR $4,250,000
6 Bed | 4.5 Bath | 3,580 SF | 15,876 SF Lot
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REALTORS
ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRE-QUALIFICATION PROCEDURES AND OPEN DATES FOR SEMI-ANNUAL PRE-QUALIFICATION
Notice is hereby given that the Mountain View Whisman School District has determined that prospective bidders on Mountain View Whisman School District construction projects during the calendar year 2026 must be pre-qualified prior to submitting bids. Pre-qualification approval will remain valid for one (1) calendar year from the date of notice of qualification, unless modified as stated below.
All contractors with the following license classifications must be prequalified to bid on projects: “A”, “B”, “C-4”, “C-7”, “C-10”, “C-16”, “C20”, “C-34”, “C-36”, “C-38”, “C-42”, “C-43” or “C-46”. Pre-qualification is not a guarantee that contractors will be allowed to bid the projects. Certain projects may impose additional experience requirements. No bid will be accepted from a Contractor that has failed to comply with these requirements. If two or more business entities submit a bid on a project as a Joint Venture, or expect to submit a bid as part of a Joint Venture, each entity within the Joint Venture must be separately qualified to bid.
Pre-qualification applications may be submitted twice a year: (1) from December 1 through December 10 and (2) from June 15 through June 25. If the ending date falls on a Sunday, packages will be due the next day no later than 12 noon.
Contractors who submit a complete pre-qualification package will be notified by first class mail of their qualification status, such notice to be mailed no later than twenty business days after the final deadline date of each submission period. The Mountain View Whisman School District’s decision will be based on objective evaluation criteria. Pre-qualification approval will remain valid for one (1) calendar year from the date of notice of qualification, except that the Mountain View Whisman School District reserves the right during that calendar year to adjust, increase, limit, suspend or rescind the pre-qualification ratings based on subsequently learned information and after giving notice of the proposed action to the Contractor and an opportunity for a hearing consistent with the hearing procedures described below for appealing a prequalification determination. The Mountain View Whisman School District also reserves the right to require prequalification for specific projects with additional prequalification requirements for a specific project.
Pre-qualification packets are available at the District’s Construction Manager’s Greystone West Co., website: https://www.greystonewest.com under the Bid Information Tab.
Pre-qualification packages should be submitted in a sealed envelope and marked “CONFIDENTIAL” to Mountain View Whisman School District, Attn: Rebecca Westover, Chief Business Officer, 1400 Montecito Way, Mountain View, CA 94043.
The pre-qualification packages (questionnaire answers and financial statements) submitted by Contractors are not public records and are not open to public inspection. State law requires that the names of contractors applying for prequalification status shall be public records subject to disclosure, and the first page of the questionnaire will be used for that purpose.
Each questionnaire must be signed under penalty of perjury in the manner designated at the end of the form, by an individual who has the legal authority to bind the Contractor on whose behalf that person is signing. If any information provided by a Contractor becomes inaccurate, the Contractor must immediately notify the Mountain View Whisman School District and provide updated accurate information in writing, under penalty of perjury. Mountain View Whisman School District reserves the right to waive minor irregularities and omissions in the information contained in the pre-qualification application submitted, to make all final determinations, and to determine at any time that the pre-qualification procedures will not be applied to a future public works project
A contractor who has submitted a completed application form, and who receives a rating of “not qualified” from Mountain View Whisman School District may appeal that determination. There is no appeal from a finding that a contractor is not pre-qualified because of a failure to submit required information, but reapplication during the designated time period is permitted.
Note: A contractor may be found not pre-qualified for bidding on a specific public works contract to be let by Mountain View Whisman School District, or on all contracts to be let by Mountain View Whisman School District until the contractor meets Mountain View Whisman School District’s requirements. In addition, a contractor may be found not pre-qualified for either:
(1) Omission of requested information or
(2) Falsification of information
Publication Date: (1) November 15, 2025
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1996. Then-City Manager Kevin Duggan said Ambra got in the face of city employees, mostly over his attempts to acquire several pieces of property for a lucrative condominium development or Porsche dealership next to his family’s property at 987 N. Rengstorff Ave.
Ambra’s family has lived and had an olive oil business there since 1926, according to his old campaign materials.
Duggan referred Ambra to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, but Ambra was never charged with a crime.
Civil grand jury accusation
Instead, a civil grand jury filed an accusation against him in November 2001 alleging misconduct as a public official. The only punishment he faced was removal from office.
Three charges said Ambra used his official position to influence city decisions on land where he had a financial interest.
But the charges were dropped when Ambra’s attorney successfully argued that the property was actually owned by a trust controlled by Ambra’s father.
A fourth charge alleged that Ambra violated the city’s charter by going behind Duggan’s back to tell other city employees what to do.
City employees testified that Ambra tried to have them harass his neighbors out of town so that he could buy their properties and stop their developments, including his aunt’s proposal for an office building.
Removed from council
A trial jury convicted Ambra in April 2002 — the first time that an official in Santa Clara County was removed from office through a civil grand jury accusation. More than two decades later, and
Ambra is on the verge of developing his property without touching the olive oil factory-turned-family home at the corner of Leghorn Street. Ambra didn’t return a phone call and email yesterday. His building would have 429 parking spaces in a garage on Plymouth Street and 183 studios, 142 one-bedroom apartments and 130 two-bedroom apartments, plans show.
Builder’s Remedy project
The Builder’s Remedy is a provision in state law that allows developers to ignore local rules in cities that were late on their 2023-2031 Housing Element — a state-mandated plan that outlines how and where new housing can get built.
The state’s deadline to finish the Housing Element was Jan. 31, 2023, and Mountain View’s plan was approved on May 26, 2023, after getting five Builder’s Remedy applications. Council has already approved two of those applications. The first was a seven-story, 70-unit condo building near the San Antonio Shopping Center at 2645 Fayette Drive, approved in November 2024.
The second was a seven-story, 80unit condo building approved at 294 Tyrella Ave. Dozens of residents wrote letters and went to meetings to argue against the development, saying the new building would tower over their houses and make traffic worse.
Forced to approve
But council members said they had to approve the development because of state law.
“We are caught with this penalty,” Councilwoman Pat Showalter said at a meeting in April.
Four neighbors — Timothy Palmer, Roger Noel, Ken Brent and Ivan Linscott — are suing the city for allegedly ignoring the environmental impacts and earthquake risks. “We’re not op-
posed to development, but this project is just not right for the neighborhood,” Noel said.
Ambra’s project has one opponent from his neighbor at 918 Arietta Drive, who said in an email that the building would block his sunlight, intrude on his privacy and add an unbearable amount of traffic.
The most controversial Builder’s Remedy project so far has been in Menlo Park. Developer Oisin Heneghan wants to put up four towers at Sunset Magazine’s former headquarters, with the tallest reaching 461 feet at 80 Willow Road.
tionship with Aenlle, for firing former Assistant Sheriff Ryan Monaghan after talking to Judge Cordell, reassigning former Capt. Brian Philip for refusing to start an internal affairs investigation into Sgt. Javier Acosta, brother to sergeant’s union president Hector Acosta and for arresting deputy’s union president Carlos Tapia for alleged timecard fraud. Wagstaffe’s office declined to file charges against Tapia.
If she is convicted of any of the accusations, she will be unable to hold public office in the future.
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year to decide whether to recuse the District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe’s office since he is acting as both the administrator of the civil grand jury and as prosecutor. Corpus’ attorneys claim Wagstaffe’s office has a conflict of interest due to its dual role.
Slowly moving on charges
Wagstaffe has said his office has been looking into whether to file criminal charges against Corpus and her former chief of staff Victor Aenlle based on allegations that were made in a 400-page report the county commissioned from retired Judge LaDoris Cordell that was released last year.
Wagstaffe said yesterday that his office is interested in the case, but isn’t actively pursuing it.
Wagstaffe said his office has spoken with the Attorney General’s office many times to determine whether his office ought to be recused, and Wagstaffe has been given a green light to proceed.
Hearing in March
A hearing is scheduled for March 5 to make a decision if the DA’s office should be recused in hopes that a decision has been made on whether or not Corpus will be reinstated, Wagstaffe said.
The civil grand jury has filed four “accusations” against Corpus for failing to disclose her close rela-
for the project, the city did not hear back from the developers on whether they were moving forward with the proposal.
The project is now returning with Neovi as its new developer, requesting a two year extension for its tree removal permits and design review approvals. Neovi plans to start construction before November 2026, according to its letter to the city on Oct. 9.
Neighbor opposition
The project, which would be on the hillside between Madera Avenue and Melendy Drive, has been opposed by residents because it’s on a steeply sloped site.
The townhouses could cause landslides, mudslides or sinkholes, resident Debbie Baldocchi said in a letter to the city in January.
Neovi is proposing to build 87 townhouses that would have rooftop patios and east-facing balconies. The project would include 206 parking spots, with each townhouse having a two-car garage and 32 street parking spaces along the main roadway on the site.
Tree removal
trees, but replace them with 127 new trees. Resident Zinovy Fichtenholz said the project concerns her because it will be started, but maybe not completed, after it causes damage to the hillside.
“The developer will take out the trees, will start moving dirt, but then realize that they are not able to build as planned, due to lack of expertise building projects of this size on such steep slopes with underground water channels,” Fichtenholz said in a letter to the city on Wednesday.
Could have been a park
When the project was proposed by Veev Group in 2015, residents voted down a bond measure that would have taxed them $90 million over 30 years, so the city could buy the land and create a 25-acre park.
After the measure failed, Veev, then known as Dragonfly Group, and another development company bought the property that the city could have bought if the bond had been successful.
The Planning Commission will discuss the project on Monday at 7 p.m.
Another 11 public spaces would be available for guests along the Alameda de las Pulgas. The developer also plans to have 26 private bike parking spots in private garages. The project will also remove 260
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