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BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent
A federal jury has cleared a Redwood City police officer in a wrongful death lawsuit regarding the fatal shooting of a Palo Alto school teacher outside the teacher’s home in December 2018.
Kyle Hart, 33, who taught at Greene Middle School in Palo Alto, was trying to kill himself by cutting his neck and arms with a knife at his Redwood City
home, according to court records in the case. His wife, Kristin Hart, called 911. Redwood City Police Officers Roman Gomez and Leila Velez arrived to find Hart in the backyard, and he approached them with a knife. Velez tried to shoot Hart with a Taser, but only one of the two prongs made contact, so it didn’t shock him. Gomez fired five shots at Hart. Three
[See SHOOTING, page 22]
STRONG SHOPPING SEASON:
Consumers are brushing off talk of tariffs and spending money at record levels this Christmas season, as evidenced by strong financial results from Walmart, Gap, T.J. Maxx and other chains, the Wall Street Journal reports.
HEZBOLLAH CHIEF KILLED:
The Israeli military said it killed a senior Hezbollah commander in a strike on Beirut, as it pushes to keep the battered militant group from rebuilding following a ceasefire the two sides reached last year.
49ERS STUNNER: The 49ers have voided the guaranteed $26 million in [See THE UPDATE, page 4]
A Salinas man has pleaded guilty to multiple felonies after prosecutors said he lied about being homeless to get more than $12,000 in public assistance benefits he was not eligible to receive.
The Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said 54-year-old Robert Carmona admitted to felony welfare fraud and perjury Wednesday.
Prosecutors said Carmona lived in
He wanted to cash in on the housing, meals
two residential drug-treatment programs from December 2023 to January 2025.
Because the facilities provided him with housing and three meals a day, he did not qualify for CalFresh food benefits. He was also ineligible
for CalWORKs cash aid because the programs did not allow him to live with his minor son.
Despite that, investigators said Carmona repeatedly submitted false documents to the county’s Department of Social Services, claiming he was homeless and living in a vehicle with his son.
Carmona is expected to receive a six-year, eight-month prison sentence.
BY DANIEL SCHRAGER Daily Post Staff Writer
Los Altos residents said they’re concerned a controversial eight-story condo building on El Camino Real will put students in the way of traffic as City Council brought the project a step closer to final approval. Council on Tuesday unanimously
It will take away biking, walking trail for youth
approved the project’s tentative venting map, a plan for how the 0.43-acre property will be divided, for the 85-unit building at 4898 El Camino Real near Jack in the Box.
They approved the plans amid concerns it would take away a popular walking and biking route for students.
The project’s cross street, Jordan Avenue, is currently designated by the city as a “suggested route” for students walking or biking to Los Alto High
[See BUILDING, page 22]
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$1 TRILLION CLUB: The booming market for weight-loss drugs has made Eli Lilly the first pharmaceutical company to achieve a market cap of $1 trillion. Others in the $1 trillion club include Nvidia, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet and Tesla.
JOHN F. KENNEDY’S granddaughter, Tatiana Schlossberg, has disclosed that she has terminal cancer, writing in an essay in “The New Yorker” that one of her doctors said she might live for about another year and criticizing policies pushed
by her cousin, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The daughter of Kennedy’s daughter, Caroline Kennedy, and Edwin Schlossberg, said she was diagnosed in May 2024 at 34, and kept the news private.
TEXAS REDISTRICTING IN PLAY: The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race. The order signed Friday by Justice Samuel Alito will remain in place at least for the next few days while the court considers whether to allow the new map favorable to Republicans to be used in the midterm elections.
FEMALE CRASH DUMMIES:
The U.S. government has released a new crash test dummy design
that advocates believe will help make cars safer for women. The Department of Transportation says it will consider using the dummy in the government’s fivestar safety ratings once a final rule is adopted. Women are 73% more likely than men to be injured in a head-on crash, and 17% more likely than men to be killed in a car crash.
GROK AND THE HOLOCAUST: France’s government is taking action against Elon Musk’s AI chatbot, Grok, after it generated posts questioning the use of gas chambers at Auschwitz.
TEAMMATE STABS PLAYER:
The University of Alabama at Birmingham says a football player stabbed two teammates before the game against the University of South Florida on Saturday. UAB says both wounded players are in stable condition.
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Kaiser Hospital in Redwood City: May 9
Kattalina Khelani Andino Marquez, a girl
Sage Kayden Tababa Collado, a girl
Jacob Gabriel Dela Pena Dacleson, a boy
Nikko Amari Gomes, a boy
Rey Eladio Ibarralopez, a boy
Theodore Rey Kuipers, a boy
Emily Yaroslava Popovych, a girl
Emiliano Pedro Ramos Mora, a boy
Nasir Renteria, a boy
Celine Jingyi Samranvedhya, a girl
Maxwell Leo Tong, a boy
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Dear Editor: Los Altos plans to pay $285,000 each for two drones under a five-year contract? Quick search shows Axon’s Skydio drone prices run between $35,000 to $62,000 each, with training classes around $2,000. Is the city being fleeced? Isn’t there a better way to use $100,000 a year to protect the city? Axon, formerly known as Taser International is in the news all the time! Los Altos police Capt. Katie Krauss needs to watch John Oliver’s episode on Axon’s business practices.
Jill Rakestraw Mountain View
Dear Editor: Our American holiday celebrating a material abundance and the freedom to worship had an ironic beginning.
In 1620, the Pilgrims of Plymouth began life in America with a fundamentalist religious basis and very naive economics. With a spirit of shared cooperation, citizens pooled their production, including the harvest, into a common collection. Even with help from the local Indians, this socialist system of economic production fell far short of basic needs. The following winter, food and shelter were so deficient that about half the population died.
Over the next few years, new economic rules that reinforced private property were instituted. Farmers kept all the fruits of their labor and traded
what they did not need. Agricultural yields soared as farmers and early traders maximized production using the best combinations of tools, labor and the climate for growing crops.
Also, the religious fundamentalism expanded to the point that citizens not complying with particular dogma were often cast as second-class citizens. The Salem witch trials of 1692 became the epitome of state sponsored religious terrorism.
Finally, in 1787, the U.S. Constitution limited a federal form of government, protected private property, and made no law “…establishing nor prohibiting religion...” These combinations harnessed individual initiative, dramatically created wealth, and allowed all citizens to worship as they chose.
Let’s remember, celebrate and preserve our unique American holiday this Thanksgiving.
Mark Lindberg
Mountain View
Dear Editor: As expected, the new protected bike lanes on El Camino Real in Palo Alto, Mountain View and Sunnyvale are filling with trash. Wet leaves are piling up. They are slippery and could hide bottles, cans, metal debris from trucks, dead squirrels, etc. This tends to happen in all areas alongside roads that are “protected” from the blasts of air from passing traffic that normally blow trash up against the
curb. And they are “protected” from normal street sweeping.
Unless the cities and state have budgeted extra money for street sweeping services (doubtful), this will get worse over time. These lanes probably will need sweeping or blowing at least once a week. During heavy rains, obstructed storm drains could cause ponding
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I’ve enjoyed riding a couple of miles in these lanes, but that was before the junk started accumulating. We should “protect” our investment.
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BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
Menlo Park may get 50 new townhouses where a former controversial techie social club once operated.
Chase Rapp, owner of 68 Willow Road, is proposing to demolish the existing Cuckoo’s Nest, which drove neighbors crazy with noise and barbecue smoke in 2016, and replace it with 50 townhouses.
The project is in the first stages, and groundbreaking is a year or two away, Rapp’s Director of Operations Gloria Arteaga, said to the city housing commission on Nov. 5. Commissioners were worried
about the 23 heritage trees — coast live oaks, cherry and valley oaks — that would be removed. Commissioners asked if the wood could be repurposed or if any of the trees would be replaced.
Arteaga said the site is constrained. She said they’d try to save as many trees as they could.
The townhouses are near a proposed 40-story complex proposed for the former Sunset Magazine headquarters at 80 Willow Road.
Russian businessman Vitaly Yusufov wants to develop the 7-acre Sunset property, building 665 units of housing and towers as high as 458 feet. While such a pro-
posal would normally violate city building codes, because the city didn’t turn in its housing plan to the state on time, certain projects are allowed under the Builder’s Remedy law if they include a portion of subsidized housing.
The city has declared Yusufov’s Sunset project isn’t eligible for consideration under the Builder’s Remedy law.
At the Nov. 5 hearing on the Cuckoo’s next proposal, city Housing Commissioners asked Arteaga to make some homes more accessible for seniors. Each townhouse will have a different room configuration, Arteaga said.
APPLICANT: Evan Walsh for Sweet Doggies, Inc
APPLICATION NO: PL-7602
HEARING DATE: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Request for a Conditional Use Permit to allow an Animal Services Establishment use ("Sweet Doggies Daycare") consisting of a dog daycare with overnight boarding services in a 2,797-square-foot tenant space within an existing, multitenant commercial building and a Development Review Permit to construct minor building and site modifications to create an enclosed, uncovered outdoor area for the animal service establishment, on a 0.42-acre site; and a recommended determination that the project is categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15301 (“Existing Facilities”) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines. This project is located on the east side of Moffett Boulevard between Central Expressway and Central Avenue in the CRA (Commercial/Residential-Arterial) district.
If you have comments or questions about this project, please contact the project planner, Phillip Brennan at (650) 903-6306 or at phillip.brennan@mountainview.gov
Draft recommendations and associated documents will be available for review the Friday before the hearing at mountainview.legistar.com.
This meeting will be held with a virtual component and broadcast live at mountainview.legistar.com and on YouTube at MountainView. gov/YouTube. Members of the public wishing to provide comments to the ZA may: 1) send an email to azh@mountainview.gov 2) join the Zoom Webinar online at mountainview.gov/meeting or call 669-900-9128 and enter Webinar ID 85261011237; or 3) attend the meeting in person in the Plaza Conference Room, Second Floor at 500 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041. Please consult the meeting agenda, which will be available for review the Friday before the meeting at mountainview.legistar.com. Meeting dates and times are subject to change. Please check the final published agenda online at
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
The Las Lomitas School District has approved new expense policies after an audit found that former Superintendent Beth Polito misused funds on travel and food.
Now, if the district’s new superintendent Erik Burmeister, or any other district official goes on a junket, they will have to submit all receipts for meals with a timeline of the trip in order to be reimbursed.
The board approved the changes on Tuesday after the San Mateo County Office of Education hired a third party to audit the district’s credit card spending and found that there were no policies to prevent misspending in the district that serves parts of Atherton and Menlo Park.
The audit found many missing receipts and struggled to distinguish when funds were used for educational purposes.
District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said his office is reviewing the audit to see if there’s any evidence of fraud.
Polito did not have receipts for 115 of her credit card purchases totaling $56,404, according to the audit.
Some of Polito’s purchases were marked as “unknown educational purpose” because she couldn’t remember what they were for — purchases like $658 in hotels in December 2022 and $588 in March 2023.
The audit found a $160 custom birthday cake as part of a $10,812 leadership retreat at the Dream Inn in Santa Cruz in August 2022.
Board President Paige Winikoff said Polito’s spending didn’t reflect the interests of the people who elected her to represent them on the board.
Winikoff said a committee was already working to revise the board’s policies before it received the audit.
Winikoff said she wants to protect the district from further issues like this and has a desire to move on with Burmeister.
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Not everyone has someone to give thanks with, or a home where they can celebrate. Kemal Kurt and his family would like to share a traditional Thanksgiving meal, free of charge, to those who are less fortunate.
Greystar, the nation’s largest landlord with properties locally, has reached a $7 million settlement with nine states that sued the property management giant for using an algorithm that drove up housing costs.
The proposed settlement is the latest to result from antitrust lawsuits targeting RealPage and similar software companies. Prosecutors argue the products help rival property managers illegally align prices and push up rents. A judge must still approve the deal.
Colluding to drive up rents
“Whether it’s through smoke-filled backroom deals or through an algorithm on your computer screen, colluding to drive up prices is illegal,” Democratic California Attorney General Rob Bonta said. “Families across the country are staring down an affordability crisis. Companies that intentionally fuel this unaffordability by raising prices to line their own pockets can be sure I will use the full force of my office to hold them accountable.”
As part of the settlement, Greystar will no longer use software that relies on other landlords’ confidential data to set rents. Greystar also agreed separately last month to pay $50 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over its use of RealPage. And in August, the company
reached a separate nonmonetary deal with the Department of Justice to halt similar practices.
“We are pleased this matter is resolved and remain focused on serving our residents and clients,” Greystar said in a statement.
Greystar manages more than 946,000 units nationwide. RealPage, which is based in Texas, has said its software is used on fewer than 10% of rental units in the U.S., and that its price recommendations are used less than half the time. It did not have a comment.
What
RealPage has denied any wrongdoing and argues that the plaintiffs misunderstand how their product works. It argues that the real driver of high rents is a lack of housing supply, and says its pricing recommendations often encourage landlords to drop rents since they are incentivized to maximize revenue by maintaining high occupancy.
The RealPage software provides daily recommendations to help landlords and their employees price their available apartments. The landlords do not have to follow the suggestions, but critics argue that because the software has access to a vast trove of confidential data, it helps RealPage’s clients charge the highest possible rent.
Of the 10 largest airlines in the United States, Delta, Hawaiian and Southwest had the fewest delayed or canceled flights at the nation’s top airports last year.
TSA estimated that nearly 39 million people were screened at U.S. airports between Dec. 19 and Jan. 2 last year — so you can always count on a busy time at the airport.
While much around air travel is out of our control, a new analysis of Department of Transportation data for the past four holiday seasons by FinanceBuzz, indicates that picking an airline is just as important to keep things running smoothly.
To do this, FinanceBuzz reviewed statistics on number of cancelled/delayed flights, number of mishandled bags, and average arrival delay length. Airlines were then ranked, with a score of 50 reflecting the fewest amount of these things. Here’s what the personal finance outlet found.
3) Southwest
4) United
5) Spirit
6) American Airlines
7) Frontier
8) Allegiant
9) Alaska
10) JetBlue
Other airlines had shorter delays
Delta Air Lines came out on top in FinanceBuzz’s rankings, with the airline claiming the smallest percentage of delayed and/or cancelled flights among the airlines analyzed.
Despite this high score, Delta was beaten by multiple airlines when it comes to average length of delays, FianceBuzz’s analysis showed.
“The average flight delay clocks in at over an hour (63 minutes),” said FinanceBuzz writer Josh Koebert. “Passengers on just three major airlines experienced average delays shorter than that, with Southwest’s average delay of 50 minutes leading the industry, followed by Hawaiian Airlines at 52 minutes and Alaska Airlines at 53 minutes.”
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.
WEDNESDAY
8:53 a.m. — Steven Cary Taylor, 67, of Palo Alto, cited on a warrant, 1-99 block of Encina Ave.
8:54 a.m. — Grand theft, Palo Alto High School.
12:45 p.m. — Steven Cary Taylor, 67, of Palo Alto, arrested for creating a public nuisance, 1-99 block of Encina Ave.
7:12 p.m. — Hit-and-run causes property damage, 700 block of El Camino.
THURSDAY
11:03 a.m. — Auto burglary, 500 block of High St.
FRIDAY
9:48 a.m. — Lilia Romero Garcia, 36, transient, cited on a warrant, Bayfront Expressway and University Ave.
12:50 p.m. — Fraud, 500 block of El Camino.
3:26 p.m. — Monica Espinoza Sanchez, 44, of East Palo Alto, cited on a warrant, Adams Drive and Adams Court.
4:49 p.m. — Suzanne Tetens, 43, of Hayward, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Willow Road and Nash Ave.
5:21 p.m. — License plate stolen, Elmwood Place.
SATURDAY
11:14 a.m. — E-bike rider crashes
and suffers injuries, 2300 block of Sharon Road.
11:52 a.m. — Auto burglary, 1600 block of Marsh Road.
1:19 p.m. — Package stolen, 800 block of Coleman Ave.
4:25 p.m. — Robert Cordaro Blair, 32, of Menlo Park, cited for shoplifting, 500 block of El Camino.
6:44 p.m. — Purse stolen and credit cards in it used, 500 block of El Camino.
8:22 p.m. — Car crash causes injuries, Sand Hill Road and Branner Drive.
NOV. 13
1:38 a.m. — Vehicle stolen, 1000 block of Campus Drive.
4:13 p.m. — Electric bike stolen, 700 block of Campus Drive.
4:22 p.m. — Electric scooter stolen, 500 block of Memorial Way.
NOV. 15
12:51 a.m. — Battery, 500 block of W. Middlefield Road.
2:31 a.m. — Wendy Leon Ortiz, 25, of San Jose, arrested for possession and transportation of narcotics for sale and on warrants, Highway 101 and Moffett Blvd. Juan Castro Grimaldos, 24, of San Jose, arrested for DUI, driving without a license and possession and transportation of narcotics for sale; Angely Forero Gamboa, 19, arrested for possession and transportation of narcotics for sale; and Nicolas Castro Gonzalez, 28, arrested for possession and transportation of narcotics for sale and, later, for bringing drugs into a jail.
10:12 a.m. — Jose Stennett, 50, of Mountain View, arrested for violation of a protective order, 1100 block of Castro St.
11:32 a.m. — Edwin Moore, 48, of Mountain View, arrested for public drunkenness, 800 block of E. El Camino.
1:35 p.m. — Two auto burglaries, Shoreline Amphitheater.
1:56 p.m. — David Jackson, 51, arrested for vandalism and damaging or destroying a phone, 500 block of W. Middlefield Road.
3:51 p.m. — Chella Ghanasekaran, 31, of San Jose, arrested for trespassing at Trinity Methodist Church, 748 Mercy St.
5:40 p.m. — Giovanni Perez Garcia, 42, transient, arrested for trespassing, 1900 block of W. El Camino.
7:30 p.m. — Adam McCloskey, 34, arrested for petty theft and narcotics possession at Target, 555 Showers Drive.
TUESDAY
8:22 p.m. — Katie Vanessa Navarro Chaire, 21, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Broadway and Clinton St. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
10:18 p.m. — Lace Lucila Tuimavave, 32, of San Mateo, arrested for threats at LifeMoves, 275 Blomquist St.
WEDNESDAY
1:42 a.m. — Eric Giovanni Belan, 35, arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and on a warrant, 300 block of Woodside Road. Arrest
made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
2:59 a.m. — Josue Raul Guillen Sanchez, 35, of Redwood City, arrested for theft of someone’s identifying information with the intent to defraud, identity theft, mail theft and credit and/or debit card fraud, Jackson St. and Fulton Ave.
9:07 a.m. — Alejandro Godinez, 38, of Redwood City, arrested for domestic battery, Whipple Ave. and E. Bayshore Road. Jesus Gabriel Delrio, 39, of Redwood City, arrested for domestic battery and possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia.
4 p.m. — Electric bike stolen, Broadway.
8:56 p.m. — Elias Reyes Garcia, 36, of Redwood City, arrested for domestic violence and child endangerment, 1000 block of Broadway.
9:47 p.m. — Erik Jesus Villagomez, 31, of San Jose, arrested for DUI, Alden and Warren streets.
THURSDAY
12:14 a.m. — Angel Wilfredo Prado Cabrera, 44, arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and on a warrant, 300 block of Woodside Road. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
10:17 a.m. — Caller says a drunken man punched the caller in the face, Broadway. Police are unable to find the assailant.
10:36 a.m. — Alexander Herman Monterroso, 38, arrested for failure to comply with sex offender registration requirements, 1300 block of Maple St. 11:39 a.m. — Ian Donnell Spencer, 56, arrested for vandalism, 400 County Center. Arrest made by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.
of Palo
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12:25 p.m. — Martin Barreras Sanchez, 36, cited on a warrant, Cedar and Heller streets.
5:10 p.m. — Woman yelling racist slurs at customers and causing a disturbance inside a store, El Camino. The woman is gone when police arrive.
5:17 p.m. — Joshua Peter Trayer, 44, arrested for shoplifting and resisting police, 200 block of Walnut St.
8:34 p.m. — Dine-and-dash at a restaurant, Woodside Road.
11:53 p.m. — Vehicle stolen, El Camino.
WEDNESDAY
3:23 a.m. — Michael Lucas Cannon, 43, arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and on warrants, 400 block of El Camino.
FRIDAY
9:54 a.m. — Three-car accident causes minor injuries, Ralston Ave. and Old County Road.
SATURDAY
6:26 p.m. — Man steals
detergent from a store, El Camino.
From the Redwood City office of the CHP, which covers the Mid-Peninsula.
NOV. 13
Eric L. Escobedo-Wu, 52, arrested for DUI.
Armando Gutierrez Jr., 28, arrested for DUI.
NOV. 14
Winnona A. Alba, 32, arrested for DUI.
Miguel A. Salazar Sanchez, 39, arrested for DUI.
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ZONING HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mountain View Zoning Administrator will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at 4:00 pm in the Plaza Conference Room, Second Floor, Mountain View Civic Center, 500 Castro Street, at which time all interested parties may be heard regarding the following project: PROPOSED PROJECT
LOCATION: 705 W. Dana Street (APN: 158-23-030)
APPLICANT: Boyd Smith for Hope Dana LP
APPLICATION NO: PL-13992
HEARING DATE: Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Request for a two-year Permit Extension for a previously approved Planned Community Permit and Development Review Permit to construct a three-story, 18,800 square foot commercial building with ground-floor restaurant and upper floor office with one level of underground public parking, replacing an existing auto repair shop, a Provisional Use Permit to allow the restaurant use and upperfloor administrative office use, and a Heritage Tree Removal Permit to remove one Heritage tree on a 0.23-acre project site; and a recommended determination that the project is categorically exempt pursuant to Section 15332 of the CEQA Guidelines ("InFill Development Projects"). This project is located on the southwest corner of West Dana Street and Hope Street in the P-19 (Downtown) Precise Plan.
If you have comments or questions about this project, please contact the project planner, Tristan White at (650) 903-6306 or at tristan.white@mountainview.gov
Draft recommendations and associated documents will be available for review the Friday before the hearing at mountainview.legistar.com.
This meeting will be held with a virtual component and broadcast live at mountainview.legistar.com and on YouTube at MountainView. gov/YouTube. Members of the public wishing to provide comments to the ZA may: 1) send an email to azh@mountainview.gov 2) join the Zoom Webinar online at mountainview.gov/meeting or call 669-900-9128 and enter Webinar ID 85261011237; or 3) attend the meeting in person in the Plaza Conference Room, Second Floor at 500 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041. Please consult the meeting agenda, which will be available for review the Friday before the meeting at mountainview.legistar.com. Meeting dates and times are subject to change. Please check the final published agenda online at the web address listed above or view the posted agenda located outside the front door of City Hall at 500 Castro Street to verify the meeting date, times, location, and agenda items. To arrange an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act for this hearing, please call (650) 903-6306.
A growing number of U.S. restaurants are catering to customers on Ozempic by offering pintsized portions, London’s Daily Mail reports.
For instance, Clinton Hall in Midtown Manhattan is offering its Teeny Weeny Mini Meal designed for those on GLP-1 medications, which decrease appetite.
The miniature burger dish, which is more like the size of a slider than a full-size burger, comes served with just a shot
glass of a few fries and a syringe of ketchup.
The restaurant states on its website “get a shot of fun... no prescription needed.”
The $8 meal deal also comes served with the choice of a mini beer, mini martini or weeny wine.
Clinton Hall owner Aristotle Hatzigeorgiou said he got the idea to invent the Ozempic meal after
observing the diminished appetites of his friends on weight-loss drugs.
“I started noticing that when I’d go out to dinner with friends, some of them would take one bite of pasta or chicken parmesan, have a sip of wine, and then be done. I saw that happen multiple times within a month,” Hatzigeorgiou said.
“I realized that for people whose appetites have changed, especially in group settings, we needed an option they could enjoy without wasting food.”
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Regularly listening to music is linked to a lower risk of developing dementia, according to a study cited by the Washington Post.
In the study, released in October, researchers looked at data spanning a decade and involving more than 10,000 relatively healthy people, aged 70 and older, in Australia. People who listened to music most days slashed their risk of developing dementia by 39% compared with those who did not regularly listen to music, the study found.
Study looked at lifestyles
The Aspree Longitudinal Study of Older Persons followed participants to investigate what factors are associated with the risks of developing various diseases — and how much lifestyle changes could make a difference.
“Music was one of the areas we were interested in,” said Joanne Ryan, head of the Biological Neuropsychiatry and Dementia research unit in the School of Public Health at Monash University and the senior researcher on the new study.
Researchers collected data annually from participants and their medical providers, and cognitive function assessments were conducted by trained researchers, the Washington Post reported.
They found that of the 10,893 participants in the study, the 7,030 who said they listen to music most days had the
biggest drop in dementia risk compared with people who were not as frequent music listeners. The study did not specify what kind of music.
Better cognitive test results
“They also had a decreased risk of experiencing more general cognitive decline,” Ryan said. “And we also found that in that time period, they performed better, consistently better, on the tasks of memory and also on a global cognitive function test.”
Ryan pointed out that this is an observational study, and the research can’t determine if listening to music caused the decreased risk in cognitive decline. There might be other factors associated with listening to music that account for the difference. But she found the results striking.
“If we do consider our findings in light of other research that has been done,” Ryan said, “we think there could be a real direct link.”
Brain stimulation
Ryan pointed to the large body of research that has shown that music can boost our moods and stimulate a number of areas of our brains, which is beneficial for cognitive function.
“I have started myself listening to music more than I was,” Ryan said. “I would encourage people to be listening to music, because if it’s something they take pleasure from and it’s also stimulating their brain, why not?”
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Jay Green and Darrius Davis returned fumbles for touchdowns to help Stanford snap a four-game losing streak in the Big Game with a 31-10 victory over mistake-prone Cal.
The Cardinal (4-7, 3-5 ACC) took advantage of three lost fumbles and 13 penalties by the Bears (6-5, 3-4) on Saturday at Stanford to get their first win in the rivalry since the 2020 pandemic season and first at home since 2017.
‘True Euphoria’
“It’s truly amazing,” said linebacker Jahsia Galvan, who forced the second fumble return touchdown. “It’s unlike anything I’ve ever been part of. True euphoria. This game with so much tradition, so much history to be able to go out and get a W and bring The Axe
back to Stanford means the world to everyone that is part of the program.”
The win improved Stanford to 4-1 at home this season under interim coach Frank Reich and gave the Cardinal their most wins in a season since going 4-2 in the shortened 2020 campaign.
Stanford pulled away by scoring three times in a span of just over seven minutes starting late in the third quarter.
Emmet Kenney made a 36-yard field goal after missing his first two tries to make it 17-10.
The Cardinal then quickly got the ball back when Cal quarterback Jaron-Keawe Sagapolutele fumbled a shotgun snap that was recovered by Matt Rose at the Bears’ 20. Micah Ford ran it in from 4 yards out four plays later to the delight of Cardinal fans.
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1033 Guinda St., 94301, 3 bedrooms, 1703 square feet, built in 1922, Adams Trust to Hanjin and Sangeun Han for $4,280,000, closed Oct. 24
1101 Hamilton Ave., 94301, 4 bedrooms, 2994 square feet, built in 1941, Oaksan LLC to Mead Family Trust for $6,520,000, closed Oct. 20 (last sale, $6,700,000, 06-17-24)
1230 Sharon Park Drive #62, 94025, 2 bedrooms, 1997 square feet, built in 1978, Amerian 1994 Trust to KC Lifetime Trust for $1,550,000, closed Oct. 1 (last sale, $1,300,000, 08-18-15) 591 16th Ave., 94025, 4 bedrooms, 1920 square feet, built in 1964, Gianino Living Trust to YLY Investment LLC for $2,200,000, closed Sept. 30
200 Mountain View Ave., 94041, 6 bedrooms, 3297 square feet, built in 2025, Golden Granite LLC to Prithvi and Vidya Vellal for $4,388,000, closed Oct. 14 (last sale, $1,800,000, 11-07-23)
49 Showers Drive #W108, 94040, 2 bedrooms, 1168 square feet, built in 1974, Xiaoshuang Wang to Mohammad and Shinibali Bhattacharyya for $988,000, closed Oct. 23 (last sale, $2,490,000, 09-14-15)
1175 Westridge Drive, 94028, 4 bedrooms, 2710
square feet, built in 1961, Creevy Trust to Monica and Pedro Alvarez for $5,500,000, closed Oct. 3
415 Cervantes Road, 94028, 4 bedrooms, 3963 square feet, built in 1965, Kerwin Trust to Omand Living Trust for $7,257,000, closed Oct. 1 (last sale, $2,843,000, 03-17-11)
371 Jeter St., 94062, 3 bedrooms, 1420 square feet, built in 1948, Robert Dougherty to Avni and Fnu Kurnar for $2,412,000, closed Oct. 2 (last sale, $1,475,000, 08-08-16)
3729 Laurel Way, 94062, 2 bedrooms, 1585 square feet, built in 1959, Lepe Trust to Shu and Tong Sun for $2,455,000, closed Oct. 3
238 Hillview Ave., 94062, 4 bedrooms, 1820 square feet, built in 1966, Toler Living Trust to Sima and Mojtaba Ronaghi for $2,582,000, closed Oct. 1 (last sale, $145,000, 03-01-79)
1125 Virginia Ave., 94061, 5 bedrooms, 2620 square feet, built in 1953, Debartok Steiner Family Trust to Ruiliang Hong for $2,750,000, closed Sept. 30 (last sale, $1,986,000, 11-15-18)
210 Montalvo Road, 94062, 4 bedrooms, 3050 square feet, built in 1988, Lloyd Family Trust to Elena and Russell Green for $2,865,000, closed Sept. 29 (last sale, $2,750,000, 04-15-19)
SAN CARLOS
438 Portofino Drive #102, 94070, 2 bedrooms, 1966
square feet, built in 1988, Bridgeman Living Trust to Svetlana and Edward Karpovits for $1,065,000, closed Oct. 1 (last sale, $530,000, 03-08-02)
777 Walnut St. #204, 94070, 2 bedrooms, 1145 square feet, built in 2018, Ostiller-Rau Family Trust to Benjamin and Zena Jensvold for $1,360,000, closed Sept. 29
236 Windsor Drive, 94070, 3 bedrooms, 1695 square feet, built in 1965, Hardy Trust to Lauren and David Hank for $2,310,000, closed Sept. 30 (last sale, $905,000, 06-10-05)
2130 Belmont Ave., 94070, 2 bedrooms, 1230 square feet, built in 1941, Moshe and Anat Voloshin to Kailath Trust for $3,650,000, closed Oct. 1 (last sale, $2,100,000, 06-20-24)
2235 Carmelita Drive, 94070, 4 bedrooms, 2390 square feet, built in 1941, Trigub Family Trust to Anastasia and Joseph Harper for $3,850,000, closed Sept. 30 (last sale, $2,272,000, 04-17-14)
2140 Pullman Ave., 94002, 3 bedrooms, 1900 square feet, built in 1962, Brian Mullen to Julie and Jonathan Wetherbee for $2,300,000, closed Oct. 3 (last sale, $1,300,000, 0330-05)
2608 Cipriani Blvd., 94002, 3 bedrooms, 1350 square feet, built in 1956, 2608 Cipriani LLC to Sarah and Patrick Lanter for $2,350,000, closed Oct. 3 (last sale, $1,530,000, 0824-20)
Mollie Stone’s Markets has donated $25,000 to the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank. This contribution will support the Food Bank’s mission to provide meals for individuals and families experiencing food insecurity in San Francisco and Marin counties.
Mike Stone, CEO of Mollie Stone’s Markets, stated, “At Mollie Stone’s, we believe everyone deserves access to good food. The San Francisco-Marin Food Bank has been a lifeline for so many of our neighbors, and we’re honored to support their efforts. Our team and our customers share a deep commitment to making our communities stronger and healthier.”
This donation continues Mollie Stone’s tradition of community giving, which includes their annual Grab & Give holiday food drive. This drive encourages shoppers to donate essential grocery items to local food banks. Through these combined efforts, Mollie Stone’s has helped provide tens of thousands of meals to Bay Area families.
CROWNE PLAZA PALO ALTO IS offering a decadent Thanksgiving buffet on Thursday, Nov. 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The buffet will include a carving station with roasted turkey, honey glazed ham, slow roasted prime rib, hot entrees, salads, sides, and delicious desserts. Share in warm Thanksgiving cheer with friends and family at Crowne Plaza Palo Alto. $99 per adult | $45 per child 5-12 | children under 5 FREE. Price does not include tax and a 24% service fee. Reserve at (650) 857-0787 or via OpenTable.
EAT LOBSTER ON THANKSGIVING. Go to New England Lobster Market & Eatery in Burlingame, where they take pride in getting your lobster straight from the crate to your plate. Owner Marc Worrall says the freshest lobster is always the best – it has no preservatives or additives, and it’s hand-picked and cooked that day. They make everything you eat from scratch: From their signature lobster corn chowder to their coleslaw, salad dressings and sauces, to the house-baked
brioche rolls and tortillas for seafood tacos, they make everything in their own kitchen. They even make their own potato chips and classic whoopie pies. “If it’s not made from scratch, it’s not made at all,” says Worrall.
THE CASK WINE BAR, LOCATED at 782 Laurel St. in downtown San Carlos, is hosting a complimentary, traditional Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings. Guests will be seated and served a full turkey dinner by Cask owner Kemal Kurt, his family, and other volunteers. The feast will take place on November 27th, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. No reservations are needed, and seating will be family-style. Owner Kemal Kurt shared his motivation for hosting the event, stating, “We just want to treat people well and make them happy.” Please help spread the word to anyone in need so they can enjoy this special holiday meal.
COME FOR THE PASTA, STAY for more pasta if you want. There is always the cheesecake for dessert. Vincenzo Maddalena loves to serve an Italian dinner you won’t forget. He’s a nice guy that loves pouring the wine at his 888 Ristorante Italiano in San Carlos. The Italian cuisine served there is the finest and freshest around. Vince comes from a
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large, old-school family, and mamma had all the best recipes. Come by this romantic little spot for some fun and fine dining. They’re popping the corks and pouring the vino at 888 Laurel St. in downtown San Carlos. Buon Appetito! Call (650) 591-0920 for a reservation or check the web.
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shots struck him in the chest. Hart was pronounced dead in the emergency room.
In April 2021, Kristin Hart and the couple’s two children filed a civil suit against the city of Redwood City, then-Police Chief Dan Mulholland, and officers Gomez and Velez in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
No appeal
Gomez’s trial in the case started last month. On Nov. 6, jurors issued a verdict saying the Hart family hadn’t proved their wrongful death case. The court entered judgement in favor of Gomez; Hart will recover nothing in the case.
Lawyers for Hart and Gomez submitted a notice saying they wouldn’t file any additional motions or appeals.
In March 2019, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe decided that Gomez and Velez would not face criminal charges in Hart’s death. Wagstaffe noted that Gomez ordered Hart to drop the knife, but instead, Hart moved toward the officers with the knife raised.
“The death of Hart is a tragic outcome for his family and the community, but it is my belief that both officers conducted themselves in a professional, reasonable and proper manner and to the last moment sought to avoid the very result caused by the conduct of Hart,” Wagstaffe wrote.
Better training urged
Kristin Hart has also advocated for more crisis intervention training for Redwood City officers and for bean bag guns to be carried in every patrol car as an alternative to firearms. Although another officer was on the way to Hart’s house with a less lethal weapon, the officer got there too late.
Before Gomez’s trial last month, the case took a detour to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
There, a three-judge panel addressed the issue of whether “qualified immunity” applied to Gomez. That’s when police officers are shielded from personal liability in cases where they’re accused of using excessive force.
A key question in shielded immunity is whether it would be reasonable for the officer to believe that the amount of force used was required in a particular situation, the appellate court wrote in its decision. And
the reasonableness of the force must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, the court wrote, citing previous case law.
The judges said Hart’s family failed to show that Gomez’s conduct was “objectively unreasonable” and therefore a violation of Hart’s Fourth Amendment rights.
“Officer Gomez’s decision to fire was based on Hart’s failure to comply with commands, his approach, and his possession of a lethal weapon,” the judges said.
“It is undisputed that Officers Gomez and Velez literally had only seconds to react to a non-responsive man quickly approaching them with a knife,” their decision stated.
Among the Hart family’s arguments was that Hart was less of a threat to officers because he had harmed himself before they arrived.
But the judges said Hart was able to approach the officers “at least at a brisk walk, while wielding the knife in front of him.”
The appellate court reversed the lower court’s decision that the officers were not entitled to qualified immunity. The lower court said that Hart had not committed an offense, was suicidal, was not a flight risk and was not a threat to others.
Suicide motivation unknown
What caused Hart to attempt suicide the morning of Dec. 10, 2018, is unclear.
Kristin Hart told District Attorney’s investigators that her husband had been more anxious than usual due to their daughter’s birth three days earlier and the couple’s purchase of a “fixer-upper.”
Redwood City officers at the scene didn’t have body cameras. District attorney’s investigators instead relied on surveillance camera footage from across the street, which didn’t show the backyard, and a one minute and 28 second video that a neighbor recorded.
Kristin Hart didn’t witness the shooting, according to court documents. She said she saw her husband approaching the officers in the backyard, but then went inside to check on their children.
School and Egan Junior High School. “The study completely ignores the school peak hours when hundreds of students walk and bike on Jordan Avenue twice a day for school.” Xing Jin said during
the council’s public comment period. Seven people spoke during that period with six opposing the project or saying it was moving too quickly. The other primary concern was with the project’s size.
“I think it’s too big for my area,” Elizabeth Corner said at public comment. “I think we’re going to turn from Los Altos, the beautiful picture that was up there, to ‘Los Condos.’”
New sidewalks promised
In response to the complaints, Navneet Aron, the property’s developer, said sidewalks along Jordan Avenue that can accommodate students will be added to the plans before they’re complete. Aron also pointed out that the proposed building is shorter than the Avalon apartment building across the street, which is in Mountain View.
Aron said that parts of the building will be assembled before construction, cutting down on building times, and that it will have a 95-spot parking garage with an automated car elevator to sort vehicles.
The plans include nine studios, 47 one-bedroom units and 29 two-bedroom units. 10 of the condos are designated as low-income units.
The planning commission approved Aron’s application in a Nov. 6 meeting but a group opposing the project has since filed an appeal. The town’s municipal code requires council to set an appeal hearing within 15 days of getting an appeal. They then have 10 days to hold the hearing.
The planning commission received 14 emails about the project ahead of the meeting and what Commissioner Joe Beninato called “too many cards to count” during the public comment portion.
“Many children walk or bike here every day and I’ve personally seen many close calls between kids and cars. And adding more traffic will only make it more dangerous,” Julia Shmelev said during public comment at the Nov. 6 meeting.
Council’s decision Tuesday doesn’t impact the appeal and only gives approval to the property map, not the project as a whole. The building’s design still needs separate approval.
Council approved the tentative map for another project as well at Tuesday’s meeting, a 13-condo unit at 996 Loraine Ave. near the Post Office in the Loyola Corners neighborhood.
BY JOHN FENSTERWALD EdSource
California has never spent more state money on TK-12 students — more than double per student over the past dozen years.
But that could change in 2030 when a temporary tax in place since 2012 on the wealthiest Californians is set to expire. School districts and community colleges could see a cut of $2 billion to $5 billion.
That expiration is four years away — a lifetime in politics — but the California Teachers Union, the largest union representing more than 300,000 teachers in the state, isn’t sitting back to let that happen. It is driving an effort to make the temporary tax permanent by gathering signatures to place The California Children’s Education and Health Care Protection Act of 2026 on the November 2026 ballot.
“People have shown us time and time again that they know that investing in our students, our communities, and educators is one of the best investments we can make as a state,” said CTA President David Goldberg. “Frankly, they also are blown away by income inequality we have in the state.”
Still, with all that money, California’s ranking in reading and math scores is in the bottom half of states, with recent scores for fourth and eighth graders often ranking between 33rd and 39th for math, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
The CTA took the lead in placing the tax on the ballot in 2016, the first time it was extended. And now it sees the effort as a way to galvanize members to campaign for its success.
The income tax on the wealthiest began in 201213 and, along with a strong economy, has meant that funding for TK-12 and community colleges has more than doubled to $114 billion annually. Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature have used the additional money to fund transitional kindergarten, after-school and summer learning, Covid recovery aid, teacher recruitment incentives, and to increase general funding — funding now viewed as indispensable.
The tax on the top 2% of earners only partially goes to schools. It would continue to be distributed as General Fund revenue, of which, on average, about 40% (between $2 billion and $6 billion) would go to schools and community colleges through Proposition 98, the complex formula that determines education’s annual share. In years when funding for Prop. 98 includes money that the Legislature owes from the year before, the portion can be more than 40%. The 202627 state budget, which Newsom will reveal in January, will likely be one of those years.
A man was charged with smuggling after Customs and Border Protection officers at the U.S.-Mexico border noticed a suspicious bulge in his pants — only to learn he had two parakeets hidden in his underwear.
Jesse Agus Martinez, a 35-year-old U.S. citizen living in Tijuana, Mexico, was indicted Friday after authorities said he tried to smuggle two heavily sedated orange-fronted parakeets – a protected species — into the United States late last month, a federal prosecutor said, according to the London newspaper The Independent.
When questioned by customs officers, Martinez “claimed several times” that the bulge in his pants was his “pirrin,” a Spanish word for penis.
However, when authorities took a closer look, they discovered the two parakeets hidden inside his underwear.
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Relations pursuant to Labor Code Section 1725.5.
This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department
NOTICE is hereby given that the latest general prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of Industrial Relations, State of California, Department of Industrial Relations is to be paid to the various craftsmen and laborers required to construct said improvements and is made a part of the Specifications and Contract for said work to which reference is hereby made for further particulars.
The project will be constructed within the City of Mountain View, California, in accordance with the plans and specifications, available for viewing at the Public Works Department, City Hall, 500 Castro Street, First Floor, Mountain View, or via the internet at www.bidnetdirect.com/ california/cityofmountainview.
Bidding documents may also be viewed and/or purchased from Prints Charles Reprographics for a nonrefundable fee via the internet at www.printscharlesplanroom. com/ (PLAN ROOM) or by calling 408-240-3330. Any addenda will be provided free of charge to all registered Prints Charles plan holders. Questions regarding the bidding documents must be submitted in writing to Marichrisse Hoang, Project Manager, via email to marichrisse.hoang@ mountainview.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 5, 2025. Responses to questions received will be provided through an addendum. Any addenda will be provided free of charge to all registered Prints Charles plan holders.
Bidders may be able to examine or download PDFs of the plans and specifications at the locations below. The plan holder list may be viewed via the Prints Charles Reprographics website and Bidnet Direct.
Prints Charles Reprographics, 1643 South Main Street, Milpitas, California, 95035, Telephone No. 408-240-3330, Fax No. 408-240-3331, www.printscharlesplanroom. com/ (PLAN ROOM).
Bidnet Direct at www.bidnetdirect.com/california/cityofmountainview.
• Bay Area Builders Exchange, 3055 Alvarado Street, San Leandro, California, 94577, Telephone No. 510-483-8880, Fax No. 510-352-1509.
Bid America, 41085 Elm Street, Murrieta, California, 92562, Telephone No. 951-677-4819, Fax No. 951-600-0615.
Builders Exchange of Santa Clara County, 400 Reed Street, Santa Clara, California, 95050, Telephone No. 408-727-4000, Fax No. 408-727-2779.
Builders Exchange of San Joaquin, 4561 Quail Lakes Drive, Suite B-2, Stockton, California, 95207, Telephone No. 209-478-1000, Fax No. 209-478-6507. Central Coast Builders Association, 242 East Romie Lane, Salinas, California, 93901, Telephone No. 831-758-1624, Fax No. 831-758-6203.
Construct Connect, 111 West Washington, Suite 1700, Chicago, Illinois, 60602, Telephone No. 877-737-6482.
Golden State Builders Exchange, 820 Park Row, No. 625, Salinas, California, 93901-2406, Telephone No. 888-472-3492.
North Coast Builders Exchange, 1030 Apollo Way, Santa Rosa, California, 95407, Telephone No. 707-542-9502, Fax No. 707-542-2027. Sacramento Regional Builders Exchange, 5370 Elvas Avenue, Sacramento, California, 95819, Telephone No. 916-442-8991, Fax No. 916-446-3117. • San Francisco Builders Exchange, 850 South Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94110, Telephone No. 415-282-8220, Fax No. 415-821-0363. Sierra Contractor’s Source, 860 Maesho Drive, Suite B, Reno, Nevada, 89511, Telephone No. 775-329-7222, Fax No. 775-329-7255.
Valley Builders Exchange, 1118 Kansas Avenue, Modesto, California, 95351, Telephone No. 209-522-9031, Fax No. 209-522-0616.
Pursuant to the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended (40 USC 276a-376a-5), the Secretary of Labor has determined the prevailing wage rates for laborers and mechanics employed by the contractors or subcontractors on similar construction in the locality. This determination has been made a part of the Specifications and Contract for this work. The Contractor shall be responsible for payment of the Federal wage rate by trade.
Each proposal shall be accompanied by cash, cashier’s or certified check, or by a bidder’s bond, made payable to the City of Mountain View and executed as surety by some corporation authorized to issue surety bonds in the State of California, for an amount equal to at least ten percent (10%) of the amount of said bid, and no bid shall be considered unless such cash, cashier’s or certified check, or bidder’s bond is enclosed therewith. A bidder’s bond will not be accepted unless it conforms to the bond form included in the “Contract Documents and Specifications” for the project and is properly filled out and executed. Blanks conforming to the abovementioned form can be obtained by request from the Engineer. If desired, the bond form included in the “Contract Documents and Specifications” for the project, properly filled out as directed, may be executed and used as the bidder’s bond.
THIS PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO THE “BUY AMERICA” PROVISIONS OF THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1982 AS AMENDED BY THE INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT OF 1991.
This contract is subject to state contract nondiscrimination and compliance requirements pursuant to Government Code Section 12990.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) provides a toll-free “hotline” service to report bid-rigging activities. Bid-rigging activities can be reported Mondays through Fridays, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Eastern time, Telephone No. 800-424-9071. Anyone with knowledge of possible bid rigging, bidder collusion, or other fraudulent activities should use the “hotline” to report these activities. The “hotline” is part of the DOT’s continuing effort to identify and investigate highway construction contract fraud and abuse and is operated under the direction of the DOT Inspector General. All information will be treated confidentially, and caller anonymity will be respected.
Bidders are to be licensed in accordance with the provisions of the “Contractors License Law,” Chapter 9 of Division 3 of the State Business and Professions Code. In addition, at the time of submitting the bid, bidder must have one of the following classification(s) of contractor’s license from the State of California: Class A, General Engineering Contractor License
Contractors bidding the project are strongly encouraged to attend a prebid conference prior to bidding. The prebid conference is scheduled at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 2, 2025. Meet at the northeast corner of the Villa Street/Shoreline Boulevard intersection. On-street parking is available on Oak Street and limited on Villa Street near the project location.
All proposals or bids must be sealed and addressed to the PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT of Mountain View and the envelope must be plainly endorsed as follows: SHORELINE BOULEVARD PATHWAY IMPROVEMENTS, PROJECT 21-37, FEDERAL AID PROJECT STPL-5124 (039)
Bids are invited on a unit-price basis for the entire work. The City Council reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
11-24-25
The race for California governor has been singed by scandal and witnessed one campaign nearly melt down. And the race hasn’t officially started yet.
The pending exit of term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom has created the most wide-open and crowded field for the state’s highest office in memory. The job pays $242,000 a year but provides an arguably more valuable national political platform and the ability to engage in trade, climate and other global affairs.
The lure of the powerful job attracted its latest candidate Thursday — East Bay Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, who became known for his affair with a Chinese spy named “Fang Fang.”
The eventual winner will inherit a long list of problems, from an unchecked homeless crisis to multibillion-dollar projected future budget gaps.
The primary is June 2. Candidates can begin taking the first steps needed to qualify for the ballot next month.
Democratic advantage
Democrats outnumber registered Republicans by nearly 2-to-1 statewide, a staggering advantage.
One challenge for the growing list of Democratic candidates will be trying to stand out when they largely agree on most issues — dealing with the state’s affordability crisis, combatting homelessness and countering Trump will top the agenda.
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has positioned himself toward the center political lane and has been talking about his record of cutting taxes. He also boosted police force numbers and saw crime drop when he was LA’s mayor.
Billionaire businessman Tom Steyer, a recent entrant into the contest who ran for president in 2020, says the state can “break up the monopolistic power
of utilities” to reduce its second-highest-in-the-nation electricity rates.
How many is too many?
In California, the top two vote-getters advance to the November general election, regardless of party. With many candidates dividing up the electorate, that means the two candidates who advance could get to November with just over 20% of the vote.
Porter’s temper
Along with Swalwell, Villaraigosa and Steyer, other Democrats in the contest include former U.S. Rep. Katie Porter. She was previously seen as the frontrunner, but her momentum collapsed in early October, after a TV interview went viral showing her in an awkwardly tense backand-forth with a reporter where she refused to take follow-up questions. At one point, she threatened to walk out. Shortly afterward, a video surfaced of a 2021 interview showing her loudly berating a staffer.
Another contender is former Health Secretary Xavier Becerra. However, prosecutors allege longtime Becerra aide Sean McCluskie was at the center of a plan to steal money from one of Becerra’s dormant state campaign accounts to pad his salary after he accepted a job as Becerra’s chief of staff in Washington.
Even in a heavily Democratic state, Republicans can pull off surprises.
Last year, former baseball star Steve Garvey finished second in the U.S. Senate primary, besting Porter and then-Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee and advancing to the November election. He lost to Adam Schiff.
The leading Republicans in the governor’s race — Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco and Fox News commentator Steve Hilton — are hoping to slip through into November, given the large Democratic field dividing the vote.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Palo Alto will conduct a Public Hearing at its Regular Meeting on Monday, December 1, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Council Chamber, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California, and via Zoom Virtual Teleconference (Site: https://zoom. us/join Meeting ID: 362 027 238 Phone: 1(669)900-6833) to consider changes to the City’s Gas Rates. Copies of the proposed Gas Rate Schedules G-1 (Residential Gas Service), G-2 (Residential Master-Metered and Commercial Gas Service), and G-3 (Large Commercial Gas Service) and the repealed rate schedule G-10 (Compressed Natural Gas Service) are available on the City’s website at https://www.paloalto.gov/agendas, December 1, 2025 City Council Agenda and in the Utilities Department, 3rd Floor, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. There is a $3.00 per copy charge for this publication.
Mahealani Ah Yun City Clerk
TOWN OF LOS ALTOS HILLS NOTICES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL REGARDING AN AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL PLAN HOUSING ELEMENT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town of Los Altos Hills, State of California, will hold the following public hearings in the Council Chambers of Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, California:
Planning Commission – Regular Meeting
Date: Thursday, December 4, 2025
Time: 6:00 P.M., or as soon as thereafter practicable
Purpose: Consideration of a Resolution Making Findings and Recommending the City Council Approve an Amendment to the General Plan Housing Element and Conforming Amendments to the General Plan Land Use Element as Necessary.
CEQA Review: Exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080.085 and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
To participate in the meeting via Zoom Video Conference, please use the following information:
https://bit.ly/LAHPCREGULAR
Webinar ID: 899 6476 5820
Password: 609916
City Council – Special Meeting
Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Time: 6:00 P.M., or as soon as thereafter practicable
Purpose: Consideration of a Resolution Making Findings and Approving an Amendment to the General Plan Housing Element and Conforming Amendments to the General Plan Land Use Element as Necessary.
CEQA Review: Exempt pursuant to Public Resources Code section 21080.085 and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3).
To participate in the meeting via Zoom Video Conference, please use the following information:
bit.ly/December9CCMeeitngLAH Webinar ID: 892 1513 9557 Passcode: 94022
If you have any questions or need additional information about the foregoing actions for consideration, please contact Jay Bradford, Community Development Director at (650) 559-2244 or jbradford@losaltoshills.ca.gov.
All interested persons may appear and be heard at said time and place. Written communications should be filed at Town Hall prior to the date of the hearing. Court challenges to the action of the Planning Commission, or City Council may be limited to issues raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence received at Town Hall at, or prior to, the time of the public hearing. Further details may be obtained from the City Clerk’s Office at 650-947-2513.
To attend the meeting in person: City Council Chambers, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022
To provide Public Comment:
1. If you wish to submit a public comment on agenda items in advance of the meeting, email the staff member for the project. If you choose to email your comments, indicate in the subject line “FOR PUBLIC COMMENT” and specify the agenda item. Written comments will be posted on the City website at www.losaltoshills.ca.gov subject to Staff’s ability to post the documents before the meeting.
2. If you wish to provide public comment during the meeting in person, please complete a speaker card and submit it to the City Clerk at the meeting.
3. If you wish to provide public comment during the meeting via Zoom Video Conference, follow this protocol: raise your hand in the Zoom application, before sharing your comment, identify yourself by name and where you reside.
Public testimony will be taken at the direction of the chairperson and members of the public may only comment during times allotted for public comments. This meeting will be broadcast via live-stream service at http://www.losaltoshills.ca.gov.
Marco Ahumada
Administrative Clerk/Technician
Town of Los Altos Hills
NOTICE DATE: November 24, 2025
• Elegant Living Room with Fireplace and High Ceilings
• Formal Dining Room
• Chef’s Eat-in Kitchen with Stainless Steel Appliances and Breakfast Bar Opens to Family Room with Fireplace and Skylight
• Primary Suite Retreat Features Spacious Walk-in Closet, Double Sinks, and Stall Shower
• Three Bedrooms with Office or Possible Fourth Bedroom
• Three Bathrooms
• Interior Features Include Laundry Room, Central Heating and Air Conditioning, and Ample Natural Light Throughout
• Lovely Landscaped 12,561± sf Lot
• Award Winning Las Lomitas School District
Offered at $4,575,000
